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Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (12 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department operates a number of adaptation grant schemes to assist people with a disability or with mobility issues with their accommodation needs. The Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability Scheme, which is administered by local authorities, assists in the provision/adaptation of accommodation to meet the needs of people with a disability. Under the Scheme the effective...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: The level of professional fees for the scheme concerned is 9% of the net construction cost (excluding VAT). The fees are for a full multidisciplinary service including architectural, civil and structural engineering and quantity surveying consultancy service.

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (11 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: In line with a Government Decision, taken in February 2006, the Special Housing Aid for the Elderly Scheme will be transferring from the Health Service Executive (HSE) to the local authority sector. The Government Decision arose on foot of a recommendation made in the Core Functions of the Health Service Report which stated that a more integrated service and better value for money may be...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (11 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 328 of 21 November, 2007. The position in relation to the project concerned remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (11 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Information on shared ownership activity up to end September 2007 in each local authority area is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie, and is also published in my Department's Housing Statistics Bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library.

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (11 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: At the end of January 2008, Kildare County Council had accommodated 294 former rent supplement cases with long-term housing need through the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) — 143 in either voluntary or private rented properties and a further 151 through other social housing options. I am advised that cases are being accommodated throughout the county. I am satisfied with progress on RAS...

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (11 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Question Nos. 529, 531 and 532 together. The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) operates in all housing authorities. In some cases the County Council is managing the scheme for the county at large. All housing authorities have transferred cases from Rent Supplement to RAS and since the commencement of transfers in September 2005 the pace of delivery has steadily increased....

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (11 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 533 to 535, inclusive, together. It is the function of each local authority to manage the administration of its affordable housing application process. I understand that Dublin City Council proposes to close its affordable housing panel from 8 April 2008 until the end of the year, to carry out a complete restructuring of its affordable housing allocation and...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (11 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Record levels of funding for social and affordable housing are being provided in 2008 with over €2.5 billion available for housing programmes generally. Good progress is being made on delivery of social housing programmes with some 9,000 new social housing starts achieved in 2007. This is in line with the commitment in Towards 2016 to achieve 27,000 starts in the period 2007 to 2009. My...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (11 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: The reconvened Working Group on the tenant purchase of apartments has met on two occasions — 14 June 2007 and 10 January 2008 — and is expected to meet again in the near future. The Group was not mandated to prepare a report because its function is to provide a forum for discussing and analysing proposals relating to the sale of apartments for inclusion in the forthcoming Social Housing...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (11 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: The maximum grant of €6,348.69 was paid in this case on 19 April 2006.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (6 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will request the Health Service Executive to make physiotherapy available to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9851/08]

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (6 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 239: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a new fire station for Youghal, County Cork (details supplied). [9837/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department has been in consultation with Carrick-on-Suir Town Council over an extended period in relation to this scheme, and last wrote to the Council on 7 November 2007 requesting clarification on a number of issues. My Department will further consider this project on receipt of the Council's response.

Written Answers — Voluntary Housing Sector: Voluntary Housing Sector (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 242, 243 and 245 of 14 February, 2008. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I presume that the question relates to the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS). RAS operates in all housing authorities and generally each County Council manages the scheme for the County at large. At the end of January 2008, 11,425 former rent supplement cases with long-term housing need have been accommodated through the scheme — 5,901 in either voluntary or private rented properties and a...

Written Answers — Fuel Poverty: Fuel Poverty (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Engagement between my Department and the Department of Social and Family Affairs in relation to fuel poverty issues relates, in the main, to the identification of and reporting on, initiatives, actions and targets as set out in the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2016, including the local authority central heating scheme. My Department is actively engaged in addressing the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 687 of 5 February 2008. Following further discussions with Cork County Council, my Department has recently issued approval to the Council to proceed to Part VIII of the planning process, to develop a detailed design for Phase 1 of the social and affordable housing elements of the project and to proceed with the development of the school and amenity facilities.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: The granting of a shared ownership lease requires, inter alia, that the lessee contract not to assign, sub-let or otherwise part with or share possession of the dwelling or any part thereof without the prior consent in writing of the local authority concerned. Dublin City Council has advised that it is their policy to consider, on a case-by-case basis, each request made to them by lessees for...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: The provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 are based largely on recommendations of an independent Commission on the Private Rented Residential Sector and are designed to achieve a reasonable balance in rights and responsibilities between landlords and tenants. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PTRB) has a function of reviewing the operation of the Residential Tenancies Act...