Results 1,121-1,140 of 4,700 for speaker:Noel Ahern
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (22 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 313 and 315 together. It is a matter for local authorities in exercising their housing functions to act in a manner that is consistent with the norms of administrative and constitutional law, including the European Convention on Human Rights Act 2003. The Department will review any housing policy instruments for which we have responsibility where concerns are...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (23 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 and 253 together. Numbers of actual housing starts by the three local authorities in County Kildare under their construction-acquisition programmes for the years 2000-04 are set out in the following table. Local Authority 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Kildare County Council 177 204 7 86 232 Athy Town Council 2 0 7 9 10 Naas Town Council...
- Local Authority Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: The Government's commitment to improving social and affordable housing is reflected in a number of recent announcements. In May I announced this year's allocations for the commencement of 5,500 new housing starts by local authorities to be further boosted to 6,000 starts when new house starts under the regeneration programmes, principally in Ballymun, are taken into consideration. In...
- Local Authority Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: The Deputy is correct. There is a major examination of housing lists every three years. The last compilation in 2002 showed that 48,000 families were on the lists. Families can be represented by just one person; 30% of the list consisted of single people and 32% consisted of one adult and one child. The 48,000 families on the list represented 109,000 people. People can calculate the figures...
- Local Authority Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: We could have gone ahead and built around 30 apartments on the Harcourt Terrace site. Instead of that we are getting 193 units.
- Local Authority Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: Up to 140 of them will be built this year and the remainder will be built early next year. That is the real beauty of it. We are not just providing more units, we are also providing them very quickly. We might have had to wait three or four years for the 30 apartments, but now we are getting 140 units this year and the remainder next year. That was a very innovative project and I was very...
- Local Authority Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: We are working on them.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2004 is fully operational and all relevant residential planning applications are now subject to a Part V agreement. Apart from the provision of housing units to the local authority on or off-site, an agreement under Part V may provide for a range of other options. Notwithstanding the availability of these options, my Department's stated...
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: Deputy Gilmore's question is about affordable units but the total dividend from Part V would include social as well as affordable units. The figure of 508 units relates to affordable housing. However, the total dividend from Part V is about 800 units.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: It is approximately 850. Where I referred to 1,200 affordable units today, that would amount to 1,900 Part V units in total.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: It is small, it is only about 30 units.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: This is where Deputy Gilmore deliberately tries to blackguard and act the fool. He is the only person he is codding.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: No, I am not. It takes time.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: The public is more sensible. People realise that it takes time to build houses. One cannot just produce houses overnight. The affordable housing initiative was first mentioned two years ago. Some 350 units will be produced this year under Sustaining Progress that are not related to Part V. That will increase substantially. Any developer would say the same thing.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: I am sorry if I sound boring repeating myself but it takes a minimum of three or four years from the time one gets a site to the time houses are provided. Next year will see a higher output of housing units. By the end of the year we expect to be on 13 sites.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
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- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: The local authority in Finglas has been active in this area, mainly under the 1999 scheme, and there is some affordable housing initiative. The valuation of the Harcourt Terrace site is â¬39 million.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: We are receiving a net consideration for this site of â¬15.6 million, which is â¬2.6 million more than its pre-sale valuation of â¬13 million. This equates with â¬39 million per acre and is at the top of the range of sale prices achieved in city centre locations. It is a very good deal. We could have provided approximately 30 apartments on the site and some commercial units but instead...
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: ââand much quicker. That is the real beauty of it. We could have got 30 apartments but it might have taken another three or four years. We are to have 140 of the 193 units this year. It is not just a case of getting more but of getting them much quicker. This is a really good deal.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (28 Jun 2005)
Noel Ahern: No, it is not 30 out of 10,000.