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Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: We did not say that.

Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is not the case.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government’s 2011 Housing Policy Statement clearly outlines that the priority for Government is to meet the most acute needs of households applying for social housing support. Government is responding to these needs through a variety of mechanisms and more flexible funding models. To maximise the social housing gain from constrained resources, the social housing leasing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 3 on today’s order paper. I am chairing the National Co-ordination Committee on Unfinished Housing Developments to oversee implementation of the Report of the Advisory Group on Unfinished Housing Developments, together with the Government’s response to the recommendations. My Department launched the Public Safety Initiative (PSI) in March...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In 2014, funding of over €587 million is being made available across a range of housing programmes. This includes a €50 million capital stimulus to support construction and related programmes, of which some €15 million will be used to support a new social housing construction programme and €15 million for a targeted measure aimed at returning vacant and boarded-up...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) commenced in late 2005 and to the end of December 2013 some 47,911 households have been transferred from Rent Supplement to RAS and other social housing options. My Department does not hold information on the number of households in RAS at any given time. Numbers in RAS constantly vary as contracts end, tenants move on to other properties, landlords...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Following the insertion of subsection (2A) into section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, by the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010, planning authorities are not prevented from taking in charge any housing estate even if it has not been completed to the satisfaction of the planning authority in accordance with the planning permission. My Department has no information...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Pursuant to Part XI of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 a local authority may carry out development in its functional area which does not contravene materially the development plan. In this regard, where the estimated cost of a proposed development is less than €126,000, a local authority can proceed to carry out the proposed development without the need to obtain the approval of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under section 58 of the Housing Act, 1996, the management and maintenance of the local authority social housing stock, including the carrying out of planned maintenance and the provision of minor adaptation works to meet the needs of tenants, is a matter for individual authorities. My Department provides funding to local authorities for a range of measures to improve the quality and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Question Nos. 37 and 41 together. The Government’s 2011 Housing Policy Statement announced the standing down of all affordable housing schemes in the context of a full review of Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2013. Details regarding the review are available on my Department’s website The period for public submissions has closed and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The report on the 2011 Housing Needs Assessment, available on my Department’s website at , contains details of waiting list numbers for each local authority which were recorded under the tri-annual social housing needs assessments carried out from 1993 to 2011 under Section 9 of the Housing Act 1988. The latest social housing needs assessment was carried out as at 7 May 2013 in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I commenced a public consultation on 11 December 2013 on proposed “draft” revisions to the existing 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines focussing specifically on the issues of noise, setbacks and shadow flicker. These draft revisions include a proposal for a mandatory setback of 500 metres between a wind turbine and the nearest dwelling for amenity considerations. My...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (12 Mar 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 Acts 2000-2013. Details regarding the review are available on my Department’s website . In 2013, I asked the Housing Agency to conduct a standalone review...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 124 and 125 together. Budget 2014 contains a special provision, in the form of a targeted €10 million Special Resolution Fund (SRF), to further assist in addressing the legacy of unfinished housing developments. The SRF has been introduced to encourage the resolution of the remaining tranche of unfinished developments identified in the National...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The report on the 2011 Housing Needs Assessment, available on my Department’s website at , contains details on waiting list numbers for each local authority which were recorded under the tri-annual social housing needs assessments carried out from 1993 to 2011 under Section 9 of the Housing Act 1988. The latest social housing needs assessment was carried out as at 7 May 2013 in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 129 together. 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 . The data show that a total of 35,547 units of local authority social housing were provided over the past ten years. Some 27,407...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 132 and 133 together. 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 Acts 2000-2013. Details regarding the review are available on my Department’s website In 2013, I...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Management Companies (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has no function in relation to the operation of property management companies. The Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011, which falls under the remit of my colleague the nister for Justice and Equality, regulates the management and operation of such companies.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the context of the broader efforts to control development in rural areas, my Department’s 2005 Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Rural Housing recommend the attachment of a seven-year occupancy condition period for a dwelling being granted planning permission in a rural area. Nonetheless, within this period, it is open to the dwelling owner, with the consent of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (12 Mar 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector and the Act provides that landlords in the sector must apply to register the tenancy of a dwelling with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) within one month of the commencement of the tenancy. Tenancies may be registered by post or on-line and I understand that...