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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 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 ; the period for public submissions closed on 27 September 2013 and submissions made by a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics and data on the number of affordable housing units broken down by local authority area are included within this range. While my Department collates and publishes statistics on loan arrears in local authorities these are not broken down by loan type and I am unable, therefore, to provide specific data for affordable housing arrears.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department, along with other Departments and State Bodies, is currently participating in a Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht-led Steering Group to consider a number of relevant issues, including planning aspects, in developing a National Landscape Strategy for Ireland The assignment of ministerial responsibilities is a matter for the Taoiseach, who has assigned lead...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Standards (18 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Oldcourt Estate in Bray was built by Wicklow County Counc il in 1972 in accordance with the building standards which obtained at that time. A refurbishment programme carried by Wicklow County was completed in 1988. Following a number of fires in the Oldcourt Estate which resulted in fatalities , Wicklow County Council engage d consultants to carry out a condition survey of houses in the...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: NAMA continues to work closely with my Department, and with the Housing Agency, local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in relation to the delivery of social housing. To date, NAMA has identified almost 4,370 residential properties, controlled by its debtors and receivers, under this initiative as being potentially available for social housing. Demand has been confirmed by the local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (19 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I expect to continue to make significant progress in 2014 in addressing the legacy issue of unfinished housing developments. I chair a National Co-ordinating Committee, which was established as a response to the report of the advisory group on unfinished housing developments and which has harnessed the expertise and goodwill of the construction and banking sectors, local authorities,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (19 Dec 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: Housing Issues (19 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The provision of new homes generally, other than those provided for social housing, involve commercial considerations in which I, as Minister with responsibility for social housing, have no direct function. Investment in housing for private sale is primarily a matter for the market. My Department is in the process of assessing the amount of residentially zoned undeveloped land in the Dublin...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a matter for each housing authority to determine the eligibility of individual households for social housing support, in accordance with section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 made thereunder. Regulation 22(1) of the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 provides that a household with alternative...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (15 Jan 2014)

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: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (15 Jan 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 and 519 together. The Government, on 17 December 2013, approved priority drafting of a Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill that will, among other things, underpin a new tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines. I expect that the Bill will be enacted this year, following which I will prescribe in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (15 Jan 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 484 and 496 together. The results of the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments carried out in 2013 were published last month which showed that there were 89,872 households on local authority waiting lists as at 7 May, 2013 . The summary involved the submission by all authorities of details on the number of households on their waiting lists at this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is targeted at those households who have been in receipt of Rent Supplement from the Department of Social Protection for 18 months or more and who have been assessed by a housing authority as having a long-term housing need. Decisions on the eligibility of specific persons for social housing support, which includes RAS, are a matter solely for the housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (15 Jan 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Commencement of Chapter 4 of the 2009 Act is dependent on the new local authority rent charging provisions of section 31 of the 2009 Act coming into operation. The elected members of each local authority are required to make a rent scheme under section 31 before the rent charging provisions of the enactment can be commenced. I intend shortly to bring the rent scheme provisions of section 31...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (15 Jan 2014)

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 and alterations to rented properties, is a matter for individual authorities. In addition to revenue funding local authorities may also use available internal...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (15 Jan 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: For the past number of years my Department has compiled statistics on various aspects of housing including statistics on the supply of housing land. A recent survey on the availability of housing land shows 13,707 hectares of serviced land was available for housing at July 2012 and of that 525 hectares was owned by local authorities and earmarked by them for social and affordable housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (15 Jan 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Work is currently underway in my Department on preparing the capital allocations under the various housing measures which comprise the Social Housing Investment Programme for 2014. I intend to announce details of these allocations as soon as possible. As part of this process, I am reviewing the existing levels of contractual commitments on approved housing projects and the potential to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2014)

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 ; the period for public submissions closed on 27 September 2013 and submissions...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (15 Jan 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Once the agreements are signed and the units are made available for social housing the allocation or tenanting of such units is a matter for the local authorities in the areas in which they are located. My Department does not hold data in relation to the tenanting of properties.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Response (15 Jan 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no statutory function in relation to this matter. However, I understand that under Section 58 of the Communications Regulation Act 2002 (No 20/2002), an electronic communications network operator or any person authorised by the operator may lop or cut any tree, shrub or hedge which obstructs or interferes with any physical infrastructure of the network operator.