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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (13 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government, on 17 December 2013, approved drafting of a Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill that will provide for the Housing Assistance Payments scheme; a new procedure for the repossession of local authority dwellings; a new tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses on the incremental purchase model and related matters. Drafting of the Bill is proceeding as a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (13 Feb 2014)

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: Homeless Accommodation Funding (13 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177, 179 and 182 together. My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (13 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 220 of 19 December 2013, which set out details with regard to the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. Last month, some changes to the terms and conditions of these schemes were notified to Local Authorities. These changes were made on foot of the report of a review group, established last year by my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Applications (18 Feb 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: Planning Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 32(1)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that, subject to the other provisions of the Act, permission is required under Part III of the Act in respect of any development of land, not being exempted development. Section 3(1) of the Act defines development to mean, except where the context otherwise requires, the carrying out of any works on, in, over or under land or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Last month, some changes to the terms and conditions of the schemes were notified to local authorities. These changes were made on foot of the recommendations of a review group, established in 2013 by my Department, to examine the terms and conditions governing the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. Membership of the group included the County...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Welfare Code (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants in this sector. The Act does not make provision for the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 495 and 506 together. The Eighth Annual Report on Service Indicators, published by the Local Government Management Services Board in 2013, which details service indicators in local authorities in 2011, provides a range of information in relation to the social housing stock in each local authority. Specific information is provided with regard to vacant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Data (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government’s housing policy statement published in June 2011 marked a radical departure for housing in Ireland, including a shift to a tenure neutral high level objective, and a clear commitment to restoring balance to the housing sector generally through a lesser reliance on home ownership. The statement also announced the standing down of all affordable housing schemes on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 498 to 500, inclusive, together. My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Details of the allocations to local authorities in respect of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability over the period 2011 to 2014 are set out in the table. There are three distinct measures under this scheme, Housing Adaptation Grants for People with a Disability, Housing Aid for Older People and Mobility Aids Grants. It is a matter for the Local Authority as to how...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 504 and 505 together. I recently announced capital allocations to local authorities amounting to €38.4 million under the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. I have increased the level of funding available for the grant schemes by 12% in 2014. Every local authority has increased funding for grants compared to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 regulations the commencement date and the detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) funding is provided to Approved Housing Bodies, through the local authorities, for the provision of accommodation for persons with specific categories of housing need, including older persons, persons with a disability or homeless persons. In January 2014 my Department requested local authorities to submit by 28 March, 2014 a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Question Nos. 511 and 512 together. I have no role in relation to private legal contracts entered into between land owners and developers of wind farms. It is a matter for land owners to seek their own legal advice on such matters.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no proposals to change the requirement in the prescribed application form for social housing support that, where the fact of a divorce or separation agreement is relevant to a household’s application, the applicant must submit a copy of the relevant documents or agreement to the housing authority. This requirement is in line with Regulation 11 of the Social Housing Assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Feb 2014)

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 built are included in this range and are broken down by local authority area. We do not, however, collect information on the allocation of units.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Development Management Guidelines for Planning Authorities were published on 8 June 2007.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Foreshore consent applications are processed strictly in accordance with a prioritisation framework focusing on major infrastructural projects e.g. wastewater treatment plants and offshore energy applications. The application in question falls within the lowest priority level. The application did not contain sufficient information to enable my Department’s advisers to carry out a...