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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Deposit retention and rent arrears are the main categories of dispute from applicant parties for dispute resolution according to the annual report of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) for 2013. The Programme for Governmentincludes a commitment to establish a tenancy deposit protection scheme. On foot of this commitment the PRTB commissioned research on such a scheme and reported...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I can confirm to the Deputy that it was important to engage in the recruitment process and that qualified and competent people were found to run the service to give the essential supports required for the homeless people. However, I am glad to state that, as the Deputy has outlined, this process now has been completed and the night café will be open 24 hours a day, which is important...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank Deputy Joan Collins for providing me with the opportunity, on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Kelly, to update the House on actions being taken to address homelessness, including the night café in Dublin. At yesterday's meeting of the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform, the committee considered the progress on implementing the action plan to address...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Where a planning appeal is made to An Bord Pleanála, the Board is required, under section 129 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, to give a copy of the appeal to the relevant planning authority and to each other party to the appeal as soon as possible after receipt of the appeal. The planning authority concerned, pursuant to article 68 of the Planning and Development...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Planning authorities must have regard to the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines, which were issued under Sections 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), when making decisions on applications for wind energy developments. Chapter 7 of the Guidelines lists matters that may be appropriately dealt with by the inclusion of conditions on a planning permission for wind...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, sets out the process by which local authorities can take in charge housing estates. When taking an estate in charge under the terms of this provision, a planning authority must take in charge, among other things, any, sewers, water mains or drains within the attendant grounds of the development. The Water Services (No. 2) Act...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented residential sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants relating to, inter alia, security of tenure and the termination of tenancies. The 2004 Act represented the most significant legislative reform in the private rented sector in over a century. Prior to this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants relating to, inter-alia, security of tenure, termination of tenancies, rent and rent reviews. The 2004 Act provides that rents may not be greater than the open market rate and may only be reviewed upward or downward once a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 574 and 575 together. The pyrite remediation scheme involves a number of stages commencing with a validation process by the Pyrite Resolution Board to check each application for compliance with the scheme’s eligibility criteria. The next step involves a damage verification process carried out by the Housing Agency which is followed by approval from...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Legal complexities regarding the assignment of the foreshore leasehold interest have arisen in this case. Advice from the Chief State Solicitor’s Office is awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (15 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: My Department’s Sectorial Plan, as provided for in section 31 of the Disability Act 2005, was developed in consultation with groups representing people with disabilities to assist the Department and local authorities in supporting an inclusive society with accessible buildings, facilities, services and information.In accordance with my Department’s Sectorial Plan, all local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (15 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Decisions as to the priority to be awarded to individual households in the allocation of dwellings are a matter for the housing authority concerned, having regard to section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Allocation Regulations 2011. This legislation requires all housing authorities, as a reserved function, to make an allocation scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (15 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The removal of gravel from the foreshore requires consent under section 3 of the Foreshore Act 1933. Details of how to make such an application can be found at .

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 to 234, inclusive, together. Under the terms of the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which is administered by the local authorities, grants are available to assist households with specific needs to have necessary repairs or improvement works carried out in order to facilitate the continued independent...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure (14 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments (the Mahon Tribunal) was established in October 1997 and published its Final Report in March 2012. The work of the Tribunal at present is largely focused on the settlement of third-party and court costs incurred during the work of the Tribunal. My Department was advised by the Chairman of the Tribunal in M ay 2014 that the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (14 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The operation of the tenant purchase scheme for local authority apartments is a matter for housing authorities and my Department does not collect information regarding the implementation of the scheme by individual authorities. Drafting of the transfer and charging orders to be used under the scheme is underway in my Department and the necessary regulations will be made in due course. It...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Local authorities have the statutory responsibility for the detailed provision of social housing services in their areas. Decisions in relation to the planning and delivery of these services are matters for the relevant authorities in the first instance. In this case, it is a matter for Cork County Council to identify the appropriate services to meet the housing need involved and I...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (14 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: It is a matter for planning authorities to ensure that decisions on planning applications are taken having regard to the policies set out in their respective development plans and local area plans. Furthermore, all planning authorities - including An Bord Pleanála - must have regard to the provisions of section 28 guidelines issued by the Minister in exercising their planning functions....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rented Housing Sector (14 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants relating to, inter alia, security of tenure, termination of tenancies, rent and rent reviews. The 2004 Act provides that rents may not be greater than the open market rate and may only be reviewed upward or downward once a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Social Housing Strategy 2020builds on the provisions contained in Budget 2015 and sets out clear, measureable actions and targets to increase the supply of social housing, reform delivery arrangements and meet the housing needs of all households on the housing list. The total targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units...