Results 101-120 of 2,386 for speaker:Michael Finneran

Public Private Partnerships. (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: Following the announcement by Dublin City Council on Monday, 19 May 2008, that a number of regeneration projects being carried out through PPP arrangements would not proceed as planned, my Department and the council met to examine the implications of the announcement for the projects concerned. The city council has informed the Department that, while the developer in question has not...

Public Private Partnerships. (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: I accept that the five communities involved have concerns. The position is that three of them are signed contracts and two are at the tender process. Dublin City Council is in consultation with the regeneration boards in the different areas. My Department is actively in consultation with the council regarding these matters. As I said, a specialist group has been established under the...

Public Private Partnerships. (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: As the Deputy knows, the capital announcements have been made to the different local authorities. An allocation of €250 million has been made available to Dublin City Council. The PPP process is only one of a number of options available to Dublin City Council as regards the provision of housing. As I said, the developer in this case has not withdrawn from the projects. He has raised...

Public Private Partnerships. (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: Obviously, we will take into consideration all of the reports. As the Deputy is aware, the report from the different local authorities is due to be returned to my Department inside the next couple of weeks. There are 17 live PPP projects across the country, most of which are in Dublin. They will offer 1,427 social housing units, 2,131 affordable housing units and 4,105 private units so...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95, 105, 455, 457, 461 to 463, inclusive, and 478 together. Homelessness involves a complex interplay between personal, economic, social and structural issues and the Government is, therefore, committed to addressing homelessness in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. Significant progress has been made since the adoption of the Integrated Government...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform is currently preparing legislation to establish the National Property Services Regulatory Authority (NPSRA) on a statutory footing. This legislation will provide for licensing and standards-setting for property management agents and other property services providers. Details of the proposed legislation are available on that Department's...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 103 together. The Government's housing policy statement, Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities, and the National Development Plan 2007-2013 (NDP) reflect the strong commitment to expand social and affordable housing provision contained in the social partnership agreement Towards 2016. The NDP provides the resources — some €18 billion in total...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: Standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations, 1993. Responsibility for enforcing the regulations rests with the relevant local authority, supported by a dedicated stream of funding allocated by my Department. As part of the Action Plan to promote improvement in standards of private rented accommodation, my Department requested the...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 454 together. The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is at the mid-point in its initial implementation period and is operational in all housing authorities, with, in some cases, the County Council managing the scheme for the county at large. All housing authorities have transferred cases from Rent Supplement to RAS and, since the commencement of...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: Considerable progress has been made in drafting the Bill, and every effort is being made to outstanding legal issues with a view to publication before the end of the current Dáil session.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: The project appraisal and detailed drawings for this 99-unit scheme, costing an estimated €34 million, were received in my Department from Dublin City Council on 14 April, 2008. These are being examined at present with a view to deciding on the first phase of the project, involving the demolition of Fr. Scully House. This examination will be concluded as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: Allocation details on the Local Authority Housing, Regeneration & Remedial Works and Traveller Accommodation programmes from 2003 — 2007, together with expenditure details under these programmes and the voluntary and co-operative housing Capital Assistance Scheme, are set out in the following table: 2003 2003 2004 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 € € € € € € € €...

Written Answers — Public Private Partnerships: Public Private Partnerships (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: I refer to the reply to Question No. 88 on today's order paper which outlines the current position regarding the PPP regeneration projects in question.

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: The application was received in my Department on 9 April, 2008. An inspection with a view to issuing a Certificate of Approval, if in order, will be carried out shortly.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: A statutory assessment of housing need is carried out every three years by all housing authorities. The last assessment took place in 2005 and indicated that there were 43,684 households on local authority housing waiting lists. 1,301 of these households were on waiting lists of housing authorities in County Mayo; further information is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie....

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: A statutory assessment of housing need is carried out every three years by all housing authorities. The last assessment took place in 2005 and indicated that there were 43,684 households on local authority housing waiting lists. Detailed information on this assessment is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie. This information on housing need, broken down by housing...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: I refer to the reply to Question No. 425 of 22 April, 2008. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: A total of €51,450,000 has been allocated to the local authorities in Kildare for the supply of social housing in 2008, which is broken down as follows: Local Authority Main Allocation Traveller Accommodation Total € € € Kildare County Council 45,000,000 450,000 45,450,000 Athy Town Council 4,000,000 Nil 4,000,000 Naas Town Council 2,000,000 Nil 2,000,000 Total 51,000,000...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: Under my Department's Capital Funding Schemes for voluntary and co-operative housing, funding of up to 100% of the approved cost is available for the provision of permanent accommodation for low-income families and persons with special housing needs where all proposed tenants have been assessed by the housing authority as being in need of social housing. Approved housing bodies providing...

Constituency Commission Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, for affording me some of his time. At the outset, I wish to compliment the Constituency Commission. It had a job to do and it did it. The commission's recommendations do not satisfy everybody, however, which is the reason we are having this debate. Comments were made in advance of this debate, including by our current Taoiseach who commented...