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Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (14 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: My Department co-ordinates a statutory assessment of housing need every three years to determine the number of households in need of housing. The latest triennial statutory assessment of housing need took place in March 2005 and I anticipate publishing the results in September this year. This assessment is the most comprehensive to date, requiring local authorities to collect data on all...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: An application for funding under the voluntary housing capital assistance scheme has been received from Kerry County Council, which is responsible for the detailed administration of the scheme in its area. The application is under examination and the council will be advised of the outcome as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (2 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 to 204, inclusive, together. Decisions on the disbursement of unclaimed moneys from the dormant accounts fund are currently a matter for the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board. This is an independent statutory body under the aegis of my Department and established under the Dormant Accounts Acts. The board engaged Area Development Management Limited,...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (2 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: Mortgage finance for the shared ownership scheme is generally provided by the housing finance agency and administered by individual local authorities. Accordingly, statistics relating to the number of loans advanced to fund shared ownership transactions or the number outstanding are not available in my Department. However, information on activity under the scheme for each local authority is...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (2 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: Some 6,117 units were completed in 2004 under both the local authority housing construction-acquisition and voluntary housing programmes. Taking account of new local authority housing, vacancies arising in existing houses and output under the range of other social housing measures the needs of over 12 ,000 households were met last year. In 2005, it is anticipated that the needs of in excess...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (2 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: Local authorities acquired 591 social and affordable housing units in 2004 under part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2004. It is anticipated that over 1,600 housing units will be provided under part V this year.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (1 Jun 2005)

Noel Ahern: My Department has no function in the application in individual cases of section 90(12)(a) of the Housing Act 1966, which sets out the grounds on which a housing authority may refuse to consent to the re-sale of tenant purchase local authority dwellings.

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (31 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 114 on 19 May 2005.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (31 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 331 and 332 together. Details of organisations which received grant aid under the 2004 programme of grants for locally based community and voluntary organisations are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie, as are details of funds awarded to groups throughout the country under the 2004 scheme of community support for older people. I advertised...

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (31 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: The purpose of the scheme of community support for older people is to encourage and assist the community's support for older people by means of a community-based grant scheme to improve the security of its older members. The scheme is administered by local community and voluntary groups with the support of my Department. There is no means test in connection with the scheme. The only criteria...

Written Answers — Voluntary Activity: Voluntary Activity (31 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 34 of 14 April 2005.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (31 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: No application for funding under the 2004 central heating programme was received from any of the three local authorities referred to in the question. I recently approved an application from Kildare County Council for an allocation of €180,000 under the 2005 programme. Athy Town Council recently wrote to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government stating that the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (31 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: Draft proposals to introduce a tenant purchase scheme for local authority flats were forwarded to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government by Dublin City Council in June 2004. Arising from that, a working group was established and held its first meeting in January 2005. The group, which consists of officials from the Department and Dublin and Cork city councils, has...

Written Answers — National Housing Agency: National Housing Agency (31 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: The loans in question, which were issued by local authorities before the introduction of variable rates in December 1987, reflect the long-term costs of the funds prevailing when the loans were advanced. Rates were fixed for the life of the loan. The subsequent introduction of variable interest rates for local authority mortgages has given borrowers increased flexibility and choice. Borrowers...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (31 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: It is a matter for individual local authorities to decide on the allocation of houses to various categories of needs on their waiting lists in accordance with their schemes of letting priorities. The making of a scheme of letting priorities by local authorities is a reserved function in accordance with section 11 of the Housing Act 1988. Guidelines were issued to local authorities in 1989 on...

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (26 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: The person in question submitted an application in September 2004 under the scheme of community supports for older people as secretary of the parish council, New Inn, County Tipperary. A grant of €12,780 was paid in December 2004 in respect of that application. I announced the 2005 scheme open for applications last month. The advertised closing date for receipt of applications was 24 May...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (26 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: The Deputy will be aware that decisions on the disbursement of unclaimed moneys from the dormant accounts fund are currently a matter for the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board. This is an independent statutory body, under the aegis of my Department, established under the Dormant Accounts Acts. The board engaged Area Development Management Limited, ADM, to administer the initial round...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (26 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: My Department has no record of having received representations from the group referred to in the question.

Written Answers — Serviced Residential Lands: Serviced Residential Lands (26 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 to 171, inclusive, together. The figure of 12,500 hectares represents the amount of serviced residential land nationally as at 30 June 2004 —owned both privately and publicly, which would give an estimated yield of 367,000 housing units. Details in regard to the amount of land zoned for housing in the State and in each local authority are available in my...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (25 May 2005)

Noel Ahern: There are no current proposals with the Department from Tullamore Town Council on the refurbishment of houses at Clontarf Road in Tullamore. However, it is understood that the council is finalising revised proposals for refurbishment works which will be submitted to the Department shortly.