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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The current situation-----

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There were 275 last year in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There will be a lot more.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There were 275 last year in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: They do not have to sign up.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: They do not have to sign up for that long.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: They do not have to sign up for longer than a year.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Or longer; whichever.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Yes.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will build social houses as soon as I have the money.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy supported the commitment in the programme for Government also.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Special Amenity Areas (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy is aware, the special amenity area at Howth, County Dublin is managed under local arrangements involving Fingal County Council and local interest groups. The background to the Deputy’s question relates to the erection of a gate at Heather Cottage, Howth. Fingal County Council (pursuant to section 152 of the Planning & Development Act, 2000 as amended) issued a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The approval by Government in July 2013 of the introduction of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) also included approval for the provision of funding to local authorities to cover the cost of accommodating HAP households and meeting the administration costs of the scheme by way of a funding transfer from the Department of Social Protection (DSP). The timing and scale of this transfer is to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 16 January 2014, I 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 allocations for 2013. Through careful management of my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government is committed to responding more quickly and on a larger scale to social housing needs through a variety of mechanisms. In terms of the delivery of social housing, the main focus in terms of supports provided by Government will be on meeting the most acute needs – the housing support needs of those unable to provide for their accommodation from their own resources....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government considered the findings of the Final Report of the Mahon Tribunal at its meeting on 27 March 2012 and published its response to the Final Report recommendations on 19 July 2012. This response is available on my Department’s website, . The Final Report contained a total of 64 recommendations for further consideration, relevant to a number of Government Departments. In...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 355, 357 to 361, inclusive, and 363 together. In June 2010, the former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government announced the initiation of a planning review, the purpose of which the was to assess the application of planning legislation, policy and guidance within the development plan and development management systems with the aim of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356 and 362 together. I appointed MacCabe Durney Barnes Consultants in February 2014 to carry out an independent planning review on the performance of planning functions in six selected planning authorities (Carlow, Cork, Galway and Meath County Councils and Cork and Dublin City Councils) in accordance with section 255 of the Planning and Development Act...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Leases Database (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has no specific remit in relation to vacant commercial properties and does not gather data of the nature outlined in the Question. However, the Retail Planning Guidelines published by my Department in 2012 provide policy direction for local authorities which relates, inter alia, to commercial properties. The Guidelines provide advice to local authorities with regard to preparing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (24 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012 is currently before the Oireachtas and will amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide, inter alia,for: - the inclusion of the Approved Housing Body (AHB) sector within the remit of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; - the introduction of a new fast-track procedure to deal with non-payment of rent; - the transfer of the...