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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 €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 — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: Information up to June quarter 2005 on the number of housing units acquired by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-04 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. In addition, one transfer of land has been completed...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (19 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: An application has been received by my Department from the group in question under the 2005 programme of grants for locally based community and voluntary organisations. The process of assessment of the large number of applications received under the programme is ongoing and I expect to decide on qualifying applications early in November 2005.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (19 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: Local authorities are responsible under the Housing Acts for the management and maintenance of their housing stock. Several measures have been put in place to ensure they have the capacity to fulfil these responsibilities. The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 contains provisions to assist local authorities in addressing problems arising on their estates from serious anti-social...

Written Answers — Budget Submissions: Budget Submissions (19 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: The main issue pertaining to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government which the Disability Federation of Ireland has raised in its 2006 pre-budget submission is the operation of the disabled person's housing grant. This scheme is under review in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the issues raised by the Disability Federation of...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (18 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: Decisions on the disbursement of funds from dormant accounts moneys in the initial round of funding are a matter for the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board. The board is an independent body established under the Dormant Accounts Acts. It engaged Area Development Management Limited, ADM, to administer the initial round of funding on its behalf. I understand the process of assessing and...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: Dublin City Council has submitted a preliminary report to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, outlining the regeneration proposals for the Charlemont Street flats, including the Tom Kelly flats complex. As it is a preliminary report, the matter requires detailed consideration, by the Department in consultation with Dublin City Council, of the nature and extent of...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (18 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: The review of the disabled persons grant scheme, which was first signalled in March 2003, is being finalised in my Department. On its completion, it will be possible to determine the changes, if any, required to the regulations governing the scheme to ensure that the funding available is directed at those persons in greatest need of such assistance. The future funding of the scheme will be...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: The terms of the current tenant purchase scheme provide that, where the site of a dwelling has been provided to a housing authority for a nominal sum, the sale price should be reduced accordingly for the tenant purchaser.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 805 and 806 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 175 of 29 September and Questions Nos. 536 and 557 of 4 October where I outlined the main actions to date in implementing the rental accommodation scheme, RAS. Under this scheme announced by the Government in July 2004, local authorities will over a four-year period progressively assume responsibility...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (18 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: Houses sold under the various affordable housing schemes at a discount from market value contain a claw-back provision which is necessary to ensure that there is no short term profiteering on the resale of a house. In the traditional circumstances where local authorities were the sole supplier of mortgage finance for affordable housing, authorities registered the claw-back as a charge on the...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (13 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: Responsibility for the enforcement of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 1993 rests with the local authorities. Between 1996 and 2004 specific resources for such work were available to local authorities through registration fees payable by landlords to the local authority in whose functional area their rented dwellings are situated. Since 1 September 2004, the regulations...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (13 Oct 2005)

Noel Ahern: Under my Department's voluntary housing capital assistance scheme, assistance is available to approved voluntary housing bodies providing accommodation for persons with special needs such as the elderly, homeless or persons with disabilities. The scheme is not designed to provide nursing homes or accommodation where residents would require extensive medical, nursing or institutional type...