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- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The needs of the 13,000 persons on the housing waiting list will be met. We hope to achieve the overall house production level of 68,000 homes and to maintain the production rate of 17 units per 1,000 people. If we can sustain this level of supply for a couple of years, we will have broken the back of the demand that exists.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Some logical points were made earlier. The pressure on housing supplies is one of the negative side-effects of seven or eight years of economic boom.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: There has been pressure, but we are getting there. The Government's policy is based on increasing supply. If we can maintain the current level of supply, the pressure on the market will ease.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Thank God.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: At least young people are in this country.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: If the Deputy's party was in government, they would be abroad.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: They would be on the boat.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Deputy Durkan should not be talking nonsense.
- Housing Provisions: Motion. (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: We are lucky.
- Written Answers — Departmental Reviews: Departmental Reviews (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The review of the operation of the disabled persons grant schemes will be finalised shortly and I will then be in a position to consider the changes which may be required to ensure that the scheme continues to assist those persons in greatest need of such grant assistance.
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (25 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: An allocation of â¬2.4 million has been made available for the scheme of community support for older people in 2004. The scheme is currently under review by my Department and I expect to be in a position to advertise details within the next month or two.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Local authorities have been requested to put in place and submit details of five year action plans covering the full range of their housing programmes to the Department by the end of May 2004. The development of these plans will enable local authorities to identify priority needs over the coming years and provide a coherent and co-ordinated response across all housing sectors, including...
- Written Answers — Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation (18 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Local authorities provide Traveller accommodation in accordance with their five-year Traveller accommodation programmes which are based on a prior assessment of need. This assessment takes into account both current and future need having regard to new family formations. While local authorities may not be in a position, in all cases, to make precise assessments of the category of accommodation...
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (18 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The essential repairs grant scheme is administered by the local authorities in accordance with the Housing (Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grants) Regulations 2001 and in line with various guidelines issued from time to time by my Department. A housing authority may pay a grant to a person carrying out essential repairs to a house where these are reasonably necessary to prolong the...
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (18 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I assume that the question refers to the capital funding schemes for social housing projects, undertaken by non-profit voluntary and co-operative housing bodies, which are operated by my Department. Under the voluntary housing capital loan and subsidy scheme funding for up to 100% of the approved cost of a project for family type housing is available in respect of eligible projects. Funding...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: Assessment of the housing needs of applicants for local authority housing is an integral and ongoing part of local authority administration and is appropriately reserved from the general revenues available to local authorities. It is not proposed to allocate special resources for this purpose.
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (18 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: I refer to the reply to Question No. 789 of 27 April 2004.
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (18 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The termination of the new house grant scheme, which was announced on 14 November 2002, arose from the necessity, in the context of the 2003 Estimates, for the Government to ensure a sustainable match between expenditure and resources, and to concentrate housing programmes on areas of greatest impact and social need. It is not proposed to review the basis on which the scheme was terminated or...
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (18 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: The disabled persons grant scheme is administered by individual local authorities. The framework for the operation of the scheme is laid down in statutory regulations and, as far as practicable, is designed to give an appropriate degree of flexibility to local authorities. My Department recoups to authorities two thirds of their expenditure on the payment of individual grants. It is the...
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (18 May 2004)
Noel Ahern: There is no record of the receipt of an application for a new house grant from the person named at the address given.