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- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: I have explained the situation. From now on, Part V applies to all planning permission passing through the system on zoned land. Many houses have been built, far more than Deputy Gilmore adverted to. It does not apply to small developments of under five houses. It does not apply to one-off housing. It applies to zoned land.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: Deputy Gilmore may have to allow a greater figure than that. It will be far better in future because all the old stockpiled planning permissions are dying away.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: It is the law of the land and there is no scope for interpretation. If Deputy McCormack is aware of any case where this provision has been misinterpreted he should please let us know. Part V applies to zoned land. If an estate of ten or 20 houses is being built in a village, it may well be that the land is not zoned.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: They get planning permission.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: It may not be zoned development land.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: Land around cities was always zoned. If Deputy McCormack is aware of any case where a peculiar interpretation has been put on it he should please give me the details and I will check it out. Part V applies to all zoned residential land. There is no doubt about that.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: No.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: I expected to announce the results of the needs assessment in September.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: Now it looks like it will beNovember because some of the information coming from local authorities has had to be sent back to be checked and rechecked.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: I say to Deputy Morgan that nobody is getting out of obligations. When we brought in the change to the law we gave flexibility because there was no point in having social units on Ailesbury Road selling at â¬1.2 million. That is why we brought in the flexibility.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: It is about giving numbers quickly and in the right place. I will speak privately to Deputy Stanton about the guidelines. I am not sure what he is getting at.
- Written Answers — National Building Agency: National Building Agency (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: The primary objectives of the National Building Agency are to provide advisory services to local authorities in the provision of social housing and to undertake urban renewal projects on a commercial basis in joint venture arrangements with local authorities and-or builders and developers. The agency makes a valuable contribution in delivering on the Government's objectives on social housing...
- Written Answers — Homelessness Policy: Homelessness Policy (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: The definition of homelessness in the Housing Act 1988 provides for a wide range of circumstances on the basis of which a person may be deemed homeless by a local authority. I am, however, aware of calls for the revisiting of this definition and for its application on a more consistent basis by local authorities nationally. The independent review of the implementation of the integrated and...
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: The changes to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, introduced by way of amendment, are specifically designed to secure delivery of housing more quickly and more efficiently. Section 3 of the 2002 Act, which replaced section 96 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, sets out certain additional ways in which an applicant for permission for development may comply with the...
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: I refer to the reply to Question No. 95 of today.
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: Activity under the voluntary and co-operative housing schemes has been increasing steadily over the last five years. Some 1,600 units of accommodation were provided last year compared with 950 units in 2000, which represents an increase of more than 59%. The number of units completed and in progress at the end of June 2005 stood at 2,564 and it is anticipated that the number of units which...
- Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: My Department does not have information on the number of households equipped with solar panels for energy. However, information on a range of other energy efficiency measures in Irish households is available in the Irish National Survey of Housing Quality 2001-2002, which was commissioned by my Department. A copy of this report is available in the Oireachtas Library.
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: Information up to the June quarter of 2005 on the number of social and affordable housing units acquired under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2004 is published in my Department's housing statistics bulletins, which are available in the Oireachtas Library and on the Department's website at www.environ.ie.
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 119, 180 and 198 together. The most recent three yearly assessment of need for social housing was carried out by local authorities in March 2005. Returns were received in my Department over the summer period. The data are now being finalised and will be published very shortly. The Government has been making substantial progress in addressing the concerns...
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)
Noel Ahern: My Department continually monitors and reviews policies and measures aimed at fulfilling key objectives of national housing policy. This year we have already introduced a number of further initiatives aimed at increasing supply in a sustainable way as well as making substantial progress in addressing concerns raised in the NESC report on housing. Overall housing output for the first six...