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Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (4 Jun 2008)

Michael Finneran: My predecessor initiated a study to identify measures that would assist in responding to the targets set for affordable housing in Towards 2016. The study is now completed and the resultant report, Increasing Affordable Housing Supply, has been published by the Affordable Homes Partnership for public consultation. Following the completion of the consultation process, it is intended that...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (29 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: I refer to the reply to Question No. 240 of Wednesday, 14 May 2008. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (28 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: My Department does not collect information on complaints of anti-social behaviour in local authority estates. Powers to address anti-social behaviour were provided to housing authorities under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997. The main feature of the Act is provision for a court order, on application by a tenant, local authority or approved housing body, to exclude an...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (28 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: At present there are seventeen housing related PPP projects at various stages of procurement, or at an advanced stage of preparation for the procurement process, across the country. A number of other projects have also been identified as being potentially suitable for PPP. Overall, the seventeen projects are expected to yield some 1,500 social housing units, 2,000 affordable units, and...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (28 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Question Nos. 355 and 356 together. Details of the inspections of private rented accommodation carried out, the dwellings inspected which did not meet the statutory standards and prosecutions initiated up to 2006 are included in my Department's Annual Housing Statistics Bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library and on my Department's website at...

Written Answers — Public Private Partnerships: Public Private Partnerships (28 May 2008)

Michael Finneran: I refer to the reply to Question No. 88 of 27 May 2008. The position remains as set out yesterday.

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...

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.