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- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 136: In page 80, line 19, to delete "works to be carried out under section 68(1)" and substitute "works concerned".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 137: In page 80, lines 20 and 21, to delete "works under section 68(1)" and substitute the following: "any of the works referred to in section 68(1)(a) to (c)".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 138: In page 81, line 17, to delete "fund" and substitute "apartment complex support fund".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 139: In page 81, line 29, to delete "fund" and substitute "apartment complex support fund".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 140: In page 81, line 30, to delete "fund" and substitute "apartment complex support fund".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 141: In page 81, line 33, to delete "fund" and substitute "apartment complex support fund".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 142: In page 83, line 39, after "shall" to insert the following: ", subject to such regulations as may be made under section 77,". Section 74(1) provides for the making of a charging order in the prescribed form and for the period specified in the order. Section 77 provides for the Minister to make regulations in respect of the minimum period within which a housing...
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 143: In page 86, lines 1 and 2, to delete ", in accordance with subsection (2),".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 144: In page 86, line 14, to delete "purchaser" and substitute "apartment purchaser".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 145: In page 86, line 17, to delete "purchaser" and substitute "apartment purchaser".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 146: In page 86, to delete lines 20 to 28 and substitute the following: "(3) (a) Where a housing authority has suspended the reduction of the charged share under subsection (1), the housing authority shall, as soon as practicable thereafter, notify the apartment purchaser in writing of the suspension and the reasons for the suspension. (b) The housing authority shall, on...
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 147: In page 86, line 38, to delete "(a) to (d)".
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I move amendment No. 148: In page 86, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following: "(6) (a) For the purposes of this section, the market value of an apartment shall be determined by the housing authority or, where the apartment purchaser does not agree with the market value so determined, by an independent valuer nominated by the apartment purchaser from a panel of suitably qualified...
- Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I thank Deputies for their contributions, help and suggestions along the way. I might not have been able to accept every suggestion, but we tried to accommodate them as best we could.
- Written Answers — Housing Policy: Housing Policy (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: My Department has a number of initiatives in place which will facilitate the use of currently vacant houses to meet the accommodation needs of both households on local authority housing waiting lists and rent supplement recipients with a long term housing need. In the first instance, the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS), which was introduced in 2004, is designed to cater for the long term...
- Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I propose to take Question Nos. 194 and 195 together. Section 137 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 specifies the fee for the registration of a single tenancy with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) within one month of the commencement of the tenancy as â¬70 and a fee of â¬140 applies where the tenancy is registered after this period. The Act also provides for a composite...
- Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together. The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 was amended by the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2009, which was a technical piece of legislation introduced to regularise a number of appointments to the Dispute Resolution Committee of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) about which concerns had been raised in terms of procedural and...
- Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: My Department has no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), which is an independent statutory body established under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. The PRTB may be contacted at their offices at O'Connell Bridge House, D'Olier Street, Dublin 2 or by telephone or email. Contact details are available on the Board's website at www.prtb.ie. As...
- Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (25 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: The PRTB, an independent statutory body, is committed to delivering its services in as timely a manner as possible and it has set out a clear strategic approach in this regard. My Department supports the PRTB in this approach and, last year, in response to the large and ongoing volume of work involved, a request from the Board of the PRTB for the recruitment of an additional 14 permanent...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (30 Jun 2009)
Michael Finneran: Section 63 of the Housing Act 1966 sets out the definition of overcrowding which housing authorities have regard to in assessing a household for, and in the allocation of, appropriate social housing support.