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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (12 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: It would be a matter for individual local authorities to ensure that any correspondences to their tenants are prepared with due consideration of their customer charters and other relevant provisions as regards the accessibility of the material. While I have no plans to issue guidelines along the lines proposed it should also be noted that efforts are continually made where possible to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The demolition of buildings - other than as exempted by Class 50 Schedule 2, Part 1 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (demolition, subject to conditions, of a building within the curtilage of a house, an industrial building, a business premises or a farmyard complex) - is subject to the requirement to obtain planning permission. Section 34(4)(l) of the Planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The decision as to whether to grant planning permission in any particular case is a matter for the relevant planning authority, in the first instance, and for An Bord Pleanála in the event of an appeal. In making decisions on planning applications, planning authorities and the Board must consider the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, having regard to the provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (12 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Glending Estate in Blessington is comprised of 69 social and 14 affordable houses. Since its completion in 2009, this estate has been subject to a number of construction related problems and flooding issues. In late 2011, Wicklow County Council sought funding from my Department to assist in bringing the estate up to a satisfactory standard. Subsequently a budget of over €2.3...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The decision as to whether to grant planning permission in any particular case is a matter for the relevant planning authority in the first instance, and for An Bord Pleanála in the event of an appeal. In making decisions on planning applications, planning authorities and the Board must consider the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, having regard to the provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy, and those data are available on my Department’s website . Data on the social housing stock broken down by local authority area are included in this range.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not hold information on the number of households on local authority waiting lists. These figures fluctuate as households are allocated housing and new households apply for support. In accordance with Section 21 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, I directed all housing authorities to prepare a summary of social housing assessments carried out in their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (12 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I expect the recently announced €30 million additional Exchequer investment in social housing to deliver up to 500 local authority homes for families on the housing waiting list. Approximately half of this investment will facilitate the construction of new infill housing developments in areas with a high demand for social housing. It is also intended that €15 million will be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (13 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 112 together. My Department’s involvement with the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants. These schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupments available from my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (13 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Improvement Works in Lieu (IWIL) scheme allows local authorities to improve or extend privately owned accommodation which is occupied or intended to be occupied by an applicant approved for social housing as an alternative to the provision of social housing. Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding i s provided to housing authorities in respect of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (13 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 293 of 12 November, 2013 which sets out the position on this matter.

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is a very serious accusation.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (14 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the terms of the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, grants are available to assist households to have necessary repairs or improvement works carried out in order to facilitate the continued independent occupancy of their homes. Three separate schemes are available: the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (14 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: A proposal for the construction of a house at 9 Ard Edmond, Castletown was submitted to my Department by Laois County Council in response to a call for proposals in June 2012 for the purchase or construction of new social housing units over the period 2012 to 2014, based on priority and need. My Department recently notified Laois County Council of funding approval of €207,970 to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (14 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, the management and maintenance of the local authority housing stock, including the compilation and funding of on-going maintenance programmes, is a matter for individual authorities, in this case Meath County Council. As part of my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, local authorities are allocated funding each year in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (19 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 416 and 417 together. The management and maintenance of the local authority housing stock, including the compilation and implementation of planned maintenance programmes and the carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, is a matter for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act, 1966. My...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications (19 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not hold information on the number of outstanding applications for social housing support received by housing authorities. The assessment of such applications is a matter solely for the housing authority concerned in accordance with the Social Housing Assessment Regulations, 2011.  Regulation 12 of the 2011 Regulations prescribes the timescales for the processing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government's housing policy statement confirms that the priority for Government is to meet the most acute needs of households applying for social housing support. To achieve this objective we need to ensure that the social housing programme optimises the delivery of social housing and the return for the resources invested. It is essential that we tailor the use of available Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy, and those data are available on my Department's website Data on the number of social housing units constructed are included in this range and are broken down by local authority area. While my Department funds the provision of social housing units,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 431, 464 and 465 together. In July 2012 I announced details of a three-year funding programme of €100 million to deliver some 800 new units of voluntary and local authority owned social housing. In addition, Budget 2014 provides for the allocation of a further €50 million from the sale of State assets to fund infrastructural investment...