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Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: Additional information and documentation has been requested and is still awaited by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on applications for the first-time buyer's grant, as set out in the following tabular statement: County Total Carlow 1 Cavan 7 Clare 7 Cork 88 Donegal 21 Dublin 98 Galway 37 Kerry 10 Kildare 37 Kilkenny 6 Laois...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: Available information to the end of June 2005 is published in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's housing statistics bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library and is also available on the Department's website at www.environ.ie.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: Information up to June quarter 2005 on Part V affordable housing completions is published in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's housing statistics bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. Data relevant to the question is also available on the Department's website at www.environ.ie. The information sought regarding the price of Part V...

Written Answers — Land Zoning: Land Zoning (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government carries out a survey of the total amount of serviced land zoned for residential purposes. This survey is valuable in assessing the overall stock of land at the same point each year, and the sufficiency of that stock to underpin required housing supply. Details on the amount of undeveloped land zoned for housing in the State and...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: The management and control of local authority dwellings is vested in and exercised by the housing authority concerned subject to compliance with regulations and statutory provisions. Regulations made in 1980 provide that the tenancy of every letting by a housing authority shall be a weekly tenancy. The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 requires that a notice to quit must not be less...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1348 and 1354 together. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government recently approved the invitation of tenders for this project, which will be carried out under the capital funding schemes for voluntary and co-operative housing projects. Kilkenny County Council, which is responsible for the detailed administration of the scheme in their...

Written Answers — Local Authority Grants: Local Authority Grants (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: With effect from December 2001, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government recoups to local authorities two thirds of their expenditure on disabled persons grants to a maximum of €13,547 in each individual case. The local authority pays the remaining one third, thereby giving an effective maximum grant under the scheme of €20,320. The grant can cover up to 90% of the...

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1363 and 1364 together. Details in relation to the percentage increase in both new and second-hand houses prices from June 1997 to date are set out in my Department's housing statistics bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library, and also on the Department's website at www.environ.ie.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: The data on the number of local authority houses let are collated at the end of each calendar year, with most recent figures available in my Department's housing statistics bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library, and also on the Department's website at www.environ.ie. On this basis, at end December 2001 there were 102,789 local authority houses let and a further...

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: The OPW has compiled an electronic database of property holdings based on information supplied by Departments and agencies. Consistent with the commitment in the joint programme, the database has assisted in developing the affordable housing initiative, although further investigations were required to determine whether lands were suitable for housing. The affordable housing initiative was...

Written Answers — Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: An application has been received in my Department from Roscommon County Council seeking funding for extensive conversion, extension and new works to the existing Traveller specific accommodation at Turpan Beg, Ballyforan, County Roscommon which was first occupied in 2000. I understand that, following discussions with my Department, the council is re-examining the priority of this proposal vis...

Written Answers — Home Ownership: Home Ownership (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: My Department does not have a detailed breakdown of housing stock by type of purchaser or by category of dwelling status. Information collected as part of the census of population does provide some analysis on vacant dwellings. However, as there may be other reasons why a dwelling is vacant, such as households' absence on the night of the census or that rented dwellings are between lettings,...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: Certain clarifications regarding the design and cost of the project submitted under the capital loan and subsidy scheme were sought from Cork County Council, who are responsible for the detailed administration of the scheme in their area. The documentation requested has been received and the application is being considered. The council will be advised of the outcome as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: The administration of the scheme for assisting voluntary housing projects, and the certification that particular projects comply with the scheme's terms, are the responsibility of the local authority, in this case Cork County Council. It is understood that the council is, at present, considering aspects relating to eligibility of this particular project for assistance under the scheme, and...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: The capital provision for the payment of disabled persons and essential repairs grants in 2005 is €70 million. Local authorities were notified on 7 June last of their combined capital allocations for these schemes and were requested to notify the Department if it became evident that the allocation notified was likely to be inadequate or surplus to requirements. My Department wrote to local...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Ahern: The administration of the disabled persons grant scheme is delegated to local authorities within the framework laid down in statutory regulations. As far as is practicable, this is designed to give an appropriate degree of flexibility at local level. The majority of local authorities have reviewed their schemes over recent years in order to streamline their operation and have introduced a...

Written Answers — Drugs Task Force: Drugs Task Force (30 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: I will shortly be making an initial allocation to the north-east regional drugs task force, along with five other task forces, to allow them to start implementing their regional plans. This funding will enable them to develop a range of new initiatives to tackle drug misuse in their areas.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: Decisions on the disbursement of funds from dormant accounts moneys are a matter for the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board, an independent body established under the Dormant Accounts Acts. The board engaged Area Development Management Limited, ADM, to administer the initial round of funding on its behalf involving the disbursement of up to €60 million from the fund. An application...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (30 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: The special housing aid for the elderly scheme is operated by the Health Service Executive in line with various guidelines issued from time to time by the task force which administers the scheme under the aegis of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Under the scheme, aid is provided to improve the housing conditions of elderly persons living alone in unfit or...

Written Answers — Housing Provision: Housing Provision (30 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 13 April 2005. The position is unchanged.