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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Data (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: This is not new information.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Data (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: Before the Deputy gets carried away-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Data (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: We have been through these matters before endless times. There is no hiding figures and no codding anybody whatsoever. We are very straight with the figures. I gave the Deputy the figures for the years prior to the start of the Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. I can give him the figures for the time since then. At this stage, the pipeline of projects is over 244 for Tipperary....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Data (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: There is no fudge here. The facts and the figures are published every month on the website. The Deputy can see them. We have engaged with Tipperary County Council on a regular basis and will do that even more, directly with the county manager. I have met the Deputy and his councillors down there twice myself. The Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, has been down there too. We want to engage...

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: That is fine. We are doing that.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: They were built in Tipperary. It can be done if local authorities want to do it.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: The Deputy should check the facts.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: The Deputy can talk to the local authority about that.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: It is mentioned. The Deputy should read the document.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: We are not saying which rail service has to be provided but it is in the document

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: That is fine but that is why the process started last February.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: So am I.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: I am not against that.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: I agree.

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: Yes. I am taking notes.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 and 53 together. The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2014, as amended, give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to our Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). The Nitrates Directive requires all member states to define set periods when the land application of fertiliser, including slurry, is not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: For the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, household income is calculated as the annual gross income in the previous tax year of all household members over 18, or over 23 if in full-time education, with the exclusion of Family Income Supplement, Domiciliary Care Allowance and Carer's Benefit or Carer's Allowance if paid in respect of the person to whom...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: The Expert Panel on concrete blocks was established by my Department in 2016, to investigate problems that have emerged in the concrete blockwork of certain dwellings in Counties Donegal and Mayo. The panel had the following terms of reference: (i) To identify, insofar as it is possible, the numbers of private dwellings which appear to be affected by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: The Programme for a Partnership Government commits to establishing a special working group to audit the current delivery and implementation of local authorities' Traveller Accommodation Plans (TAPs), to consult with stakeholders on key areas of concern and to report on the delivery of safe, culturally appropriate accommodation. To support the advancement of this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (26 Oct 2017)

Damien English: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and also have responsibility for the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role is to ensure that there are...