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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Impact Statements (10 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The requirement on a developer to submit to the competent authority information in relation to the likely impacts on the environment of a proposed development arises from the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive (codified Directive 2011/92/EU). Article 5 of the Directive requires the developer to submit the information specified in Annex IV of the Directive relating to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (10 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011 and 2012 local authorities provided details of all unfinished housing developments in their areas. Unfinished housing developments were divided into four categories in the 2011 survey as follows:- Category one, where the development is still being actively completed by the developer, or where no serious public...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (10 Dec 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 implementation of on-going maintenance programmes and the carrying out of responsive repairs or alterations to rented properties, is a matter for individual authorities. It is unclear as to whether the problem referred to is due to the structural...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government’s 2011 housing policy statement announced the standing down of all affordable housing schemes, including the shared ownership scheme, in the context of a full review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act. Details regarding the review are available on my Department’s website and the period for public submissions closed on 27 September 2013. Submissions...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Application Numbers (10 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Cork City Council have advised my Department that a recoupment claim for the balance of the 2013 allocation under the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability will be submitted very shortly.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy might look to his current party for some of the causes of that.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy may be aware of the cause of it.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: He may be aware of agreements made by the previous Government.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy might have a few faults.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 sets out the fees to be charged by the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) for the registration of a tenancy and provides that the PRTB may adjust the fees charged, having regard to changes in the value of money.The registration fee for a tenancy is currently set at €90. Part 4 of the Act provides for security of tenure on the basis of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Much of the information provided by a planning applicant on a planning application form and, where relevant, in response to a further information request, is checked by the planning authority in the course of its consideration of the application. The giving of false information by a developer could lead to a permission granted being deemed invalid by the courts. I have no current plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) provides funding to approved housing bodies of up to 100% of the approved costs of accommodation for people with specific categories of housing need, including people with a disability. My Department’s involvement with the CAS relates primarily to the provision of funds for individual projects. The detailed administration of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The amendment of section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 referred to in the Question, which requires a planning authority to respond to a request for the taking in charge of an estate received from a majority of the “owners” of the units in the estate, rather than the “owners or occupiers” as had previously been the case, was made to implement a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Impact Statements (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Additional information including an addendum to the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and a Natura Impact Statement (NIS) was received by my Department on 28 February 2013. All documentation in regard to the foreshore lease application can be viewed via my Department’s website at . To date the application has not been assessed by my Department. Any future environmental assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The National Co-ordinating Committee, which I chair, was established as a response to the report of the advisory group on unfinished housing developments and has harnessed the expertise and goodwill of the construction and banking sectors, local authorities, residents representatives and NAMA. Local authorities are continuing to pursue developers and others to comply with their obligations...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in the private rented residential sector and represented the most significant legislative reform in the private rented sector in over a century. The Act provided real security of tenure for tenants in the private rented sector for the first time and, inter alia, provided access for both tenants and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 specify requirements in relation to a range of matters in rented accommodation such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, light and the safety of gas and electrical supply. The most recent data available, from the 2011 Census, indicate that 728 properties described as bedsits were rented from a local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 and 137 together. The Abridged Estimate for my Department, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in Expenditure Report 2014, provides some €28.6 million in respect of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. The Estimates provision will be supplemented by the recently announced €10 million...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department’s role in relation to the voluntary housing capital funding schemes relates primarily to the provision of funds to support the annual construction and housing acquisitions programmes by the sector. It is a matter for the relevant housing authority to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of the schemes, and to have appropriate oversight and liaison arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. Housing authorities have no function in relation to the rent supplement scheme, which is operated by the Department of Social Protection. Insofar as the rental accommodation scheme (RAS) and the proposed scheme of housing assistance payments (HAP) are concerned, responsibility for estate management in relation to private rented...