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Written Answers — Public Private Partnerships: Public Private Partnerships (10 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: Since the announcement of 19 May 2008 by Dublin City Council that five housing projects being carried out through PPP arrangements would not now be proceeding as planned, my Department and the Council have met several times to assess the implications of the announcement for the projects concerned. The City Council has also been engaged in discussions with the developer to identify the next...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (10 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: I refer to the reply to Question No. 340 of 9 July 2008, which addresses the issues in question.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The legal provisions relating to affordable housing under the 1999 Affordable Housing Scheme and Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2006 provide that the clawback must be based on the market value of the property at the time of sale to the person purchasing the property, and in the case of the Shared Ownership Scheme it is based on the date of grant of the shared ownership...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (10 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The determination of a person's eligibility for social housing or emergency accommodation is a matter for the relevant Housing Authority, in this case Mayo County Council.

Written Answers — Departmental Statistics: Departmental Statistics (10 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: Data on the number of house completions, including private, social and affordable housing, for each year from 2002 to 2007, are set out in my Department's Annual and Quarterly Housing Statistics Bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library and on my Department's website at www.environ.ie. Provisional data indicate that there were some 23,569 completions in the first...

Written Answers — Sustainable Development Strategy: Sustainable Development Strategy (10 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The definition of sustainable communities, set out in the Bristol Accord, has been adopted in my Department's housing policy statement Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities. The policy statement sets out a vision to guide the transformation of the Irish housing sector over the medium term, by delivering more and better quality housing responses and by doing this in a more strategic...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The new homeless strategy is now being finalised and I expect that it will be published shortly, following the resolution of a number of outstanding issues. It will set out a vision to address adult homelessness over the next five years. In particular, key objectives will be the elimination of long-term occupancy of emergency homeless facilities and the need to sleep rough by the end of...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The vast bulk of the delivery to date under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2006 has been in the form of completed homes, land and individual sites. Financial settlements account for only a small share of the delivery and any such monies received by a planning authority must be used as capital for its functions under Part V or for its functions in relation to the provision...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The triennial statutory assessment of housing needs provides information on homelessness, including details of the number of homeless households by local authority area. The Government's housing policy statement, Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities, published in February 2007 announced a new means of assessing housing need. My Department is currently considering the implementation of...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 72 together. 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. The revision of these regulations is an important element of An...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 85 together. The triennial statutory assessment of housing needs provides information on homelessness, including details of the number of homeless households by local authority area. These are published in the Annual Housing Statistics Bulletins, which are available in the Oireachtas Library and on my Department's website at www.environ.ie. The most...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69 and 84 together. Information on housing activity, including under Part V, up to the end of 2007 is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie. Information is also published in my Department's Housing Statistics Bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. My Department is collating data on output for the first quarter of...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The administration of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability is a matter for individual local authorities. My Department made a combined capital allocation of €71.4 million to all local authorities on 21 May for the operation of the adaptation grant schemes in private houses in 2008. The schemes are funded by 80% recoupment available from my...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The allocation of social housing is undertaken by a local authority under its scheme of letting priorities, the making of which is a reserved function of the authority under section 11 of the Housing Act 1988. Guidance issued by my Department in respect of the making of these schemes made it clear to local authorities that the primary objective of their schemes should be to promote equality...

Written Answers — Housing Strategy: Housing Strategy (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The new homeless strategy will incorporate both national and local actions to underpin the achievement of its strategic aims. It is also intended that an implementation plan will be finalised following the publication of the strategy.

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The revision of the minimum standards regulations for private rented accommodation is an important element of An Action Programme to Promote Improvement in Standards, which was launched on foot of the Towards 2016 social partnership agreement, and is also a core component of the Government's housing policy statement, Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities. A general review of the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: Following an inspection of the property on 11 June 2008, my Department issued a Certificate of Provisional Approval for the renewal of thatch on 13 June.

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: Details of the costs incurred by local authorities in processing individual applications under the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant Scheme and the Housing Aid for Older People scheme are not held by my Department.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: There are no specific constraints placed on housing authorities providing appropriate housing support to households in need of housing in the circumstances outlined. There is a broad range of supports available for members of households who have suffered a marital separation, subject to the terms of the relevant scheme of letting priorities and taking account of each household's individual...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336, 363 and 364 together. Details of the combined capital allocations made to each local authority in 2008, in respect of the operation of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability, together with the amounts recouped to each authority in 2007, are set out in the table below. The combined capital allocations made by my...