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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The housing budget for 2013 provides a €310 million allocation in current spending while €275 million will be invested through the housing capital programme. In the region of 5,000 units will be provided for social housing in 2013 including: - 350 units for people with special housing needs; - 150 units specifically for people leaving institutional care; - an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Schemes Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 39 together. The €25 million investment in energy efficiency forms part of a €50 million three-year energy efficiency investment programme for local authority homes, under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme. It is a key part of the Government's €150 million capital investment in the economy over 2013-14. This...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19 and 23 together. The Abridged Estimate for my Department for 2014 includes a capital provision of €3 million for Traveller-specific accommodation in 2014. While this represents a decrease of €1 million compared to 2013, I do not expect that this will have a major impact on activity in 2014 as the current round of Traveller Accommodation...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...Deputy refers. The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including the carrying out of pre-letting repairs, is a matter for each individual local authority under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. My Department is committed to supporting local authorities in maintaining and improving the quality of the national social housing stock through a range of measures,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (24 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are an estimated 25,000 older local authority dwellings with low levels of energy performance due mainly to heat loss through the fabric of the building. On 5 June I announced details of a €50 million energy retrofitting measure for these 25,000 local authority homes under the Government’s additional €150 million capital investment in the economy over 2013-2014. I...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...a disability to live independently within communities. Approvals were based on the priority afforded to the proposals by the Council . I subsequently announced a funding programme of over €12 million for the acquisition of some 135 units under CAS, including a proposal submitted by South Tipperary County Council for the provision of 5 units of accommodation in Cahir for people...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In March 2013 Wicklow County Council received an allocation of €310,532 in respect of the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for 2013. Under this measure grants of up to €3,500 per dwelling are available for a suite of energy retrofitting works aimed at improving the energy efficiency and overall standard of local authority homes. Following the approval on 5 June of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...on refurbishing vacant properties with the objective of bringing as many as possible of these back into productive use. Over that period some 4,700 units were improved at a cost of over €52 million. Some 2,559 units were refurbished in 2011 and a further 2,115 in 2012. Given the concentration on vacant properties in recent years, and in view of the substantial numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (26 Jun 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 5 June, I announced a new €50 million three-year energy efficiency investment programme for local authority homes. This is a key part of the Government’s additional €150 million capital investment in the economy over 2013-2014. This programme will target the 25,000 least energy efficient local authority homes. This will result in warmer homes and lower energy bills for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (19 Jun 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...on refurbishing vacant properties with the objective of bringing as many as possible of these back into productive use. Over that period some 4,7 00 units were improved at a cost of over €52 million. Some 2,659 units were refurbished in 2011 and a further 2,115 in 2012. Given the concentration on vacant properties in recent years, and in view of the substantial numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (18 Jun 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 298, 303 and 317 together. On 5 June, I announced a new €50 million three-year energy efficiency investment programme for local authority homes. This is a key part of the Government’s additional €150 million capital investment in the economy over 2013-2014. This programme will target the 25,000 least energy efficient local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Application Numbers (2 May 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...from the resources of the local authority. On 22 February I announced capital allocations to local authorities under the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability amounting to €42.750 million. In allocating the available funding across all 34 city and county councils I did so in as transparent and as fair a way as possible. In framing the 2013 allocations, my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Remedial Works Schemes (27 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department approved a budget cost of €1 .5 million in June 2012 for Phase 3 of the Mullaghmatt Remedial Works Scheme. I recently allocated €550,000 to Monaghan County Council in respect of construction works on the scheme this year with the balance of the funding to be provided in 2014. It is now a matter for the Council to advance the scheme to construction stage.

Seanad: Private Rented Sector: Statements (6 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...2011 show an increase of almost 64% in the number renting from private or approved housing body landlords since the last census in 2006. The proportion of overall home ownership has declined by 5% and the rental market now accounts for 29% of the total housing market. In the eight years since the passing of the Residential Tenancies Act and the establishment of the Private Residential...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (13 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Deputy McLoughlin asked me questions on three areas. On the unfinished housing estates, €5 million was allocated nationally this year in regard to public safety issues, and this has not all been drawn down yet. I chair an ongoing committee on unfinished estates and we have required the local authorities to have site resolution plans for the estates in their various areas. NAMA...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...safety works required to improve the living conditions of existing residents on some unfinished estates. Under the Public Safety Initiative (PSI), my Department has made allocations totalling some €3.549 million to 21 local authorities from the funding made available to address immediate public safety issues in 2011. The types of works that have been approved to date under the PSI...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...in place but effectively inactive; and - Category four, where the development has been effectively abandoned and is posing serious problems for residents. A total funding allocation of €5 million was made available by my Department for these works and local authorities submitted claims where estates fell into category 4 under the scheme. The types of works that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...in place but effectively inactive; and - Category four, where the development has been effectively abandoned and is posing serious problems for residents. A total funding allocation of €5 million was made available by my Department for these works and local authorities submitted claims where estates fell into category 4 under the scheme. The types of works that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (23 Oct 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...in place but effectively inactive; and - Category four, where the development has been effectively abandoned and is posing serious problems for residents. A total funding allocation of €5 million was made available by my Department for these works and local authorities submitted claims where estates fell into category 4 under the scheme. The types of works that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: This year, my Department is providing funding of over €62 million to Dublin City Council to support the Council’s various social housing supply and improvement works programmes currently underway. This includes over €40 million in respect of various regeneration programmes operating across the city including Ballymun and projects which were previously included in the City...