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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I would like to continue.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a transfer list - I am being absolutely honest about that - but it will reflect the specific priority or previous position that the household had on the main waiting list within the authority area where it is resident. The household should be placed on a transfer list on no less favourable terms. I am not trying to alter people's rights.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: If a person is in receipt of the HAP, he or she is under the local authority remit and receiving a social housing support as opposed to a social protection payment under the Department of Social Protection. A person receiving a social housing support comes within the housing system. I am determined to ensure these people will not lose their place or the number of years built on the list....

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: By all means let them do so but that may not be true. In some parts of the country people are on long-term rent supplement and if they were offered a council house in the morning they may have a serious problem because they may not want a council house.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the area which Deputy Boyd Barrett represents, most people would tick the box. Some may be happy to stay in a private rented dwelling as they may like it. I am expressing the issue as clearly as possible. These people will be entitled to go on a list for a council house without losing-----

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I can act with statutory powers of direction and I want the process to be as simple as possible for people.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Not everybody wants a council house. The amendment originally put down by Deputy Cowen would mean people would not have social housing support. That is how the discussion arose. It is not correct to say people would not have social housing support as they do.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a transfer list.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I did not say that.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The rules can be changed.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: No. They will be taken off the housing list but they can go on a transfer list.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: If they want to transfer-----

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I said they could access local authority housing.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The introduction of systems that will ensure rental contributions due from tenants on social welfare are paid directly to the housing authority is central to the implementation of the housing assistance payment, HAP. At the end of 2011 the extent of the accumulated rent arrears across all housing authorities was €53.25 million. By the end of 2012 the figure had risen to €56.4...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 74 and 95 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 individual...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Deposits (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Programme for Governmentincludes a commitment to establish a tenancy deposit protection scheme. On foot of this commitment I asked the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) to commission research on such a scheme and to report back to me with recommendations in that regard. The subsequent report assessed a number of different options for delivery of a scheme ranging from one where...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As a result of the economic downturn, there has been an associated significant decline in construction activity. As the extent of social housing gain from Part V is directly related to private housing construction, the current situation is that Part V is delivering little in terms of social housing. I am committed to the principle of a social housing gain from private development but to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 15 February 2014, I issued a notice of intent to issue a Direction, together with a draft Direction, to Westmeath County Council relating to the Westmeath County Development Plan 2014-2020 as adopted by the elected members on 21 January 2014. I formed the provisional opinion to issue such notice on the basis that the Planning Authority had ignored or not taken account of a submission made...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (17 Jun 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. Receipt of a determination order is the official...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department continues to work closely and successfully with NAMA, the Housing Agency, local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in relation to the delivery of social housing. To the end of Quarter 1 this year, NAMA have identified 4,653 units as being potentially suitable for social housing. Of these some 1,849 units have been confirmed by local authorities as being suitable. Of the...