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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency (9 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 335 and 336 together. Appendix 1 of the Housing Finance Agency 's (HFA) 2013 Annual Report sets out the year end loan balances of each local authority. The Report is displayed on the homepage of the HFA website –

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (9 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless person and related services rests with housing authorities. My Department does not...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (9 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 24 April 2013 my Department published the report of the Independent Review by Mr. Seamus Woulfe SC in relation to the compulsory acquisition of land at Charlesland, County Wicklow, by Wicklow County Council. My Department commissioned the review following concerns expressed by Wicklow County Councillors and others with regard to issues around the acquisition of the lands at Charlesland for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (9 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless person and related services rests with housing authorities. My Department does not...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (9 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a matter for housing authorities to consider and put forward proposals in relation to the provision of suitable accommodation for all categories of persons in need of housing, including homeless persons, within their respective functional areas. My Department has not received any proposals for funding under the Social Housing Investment Programme relating to prefabricated modular...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not hold the data sought. However, data prepared by the Housing Agency shows that the average weekly rent in 2012 paid by single adult households in receipt of social welfare support across 29 local authority areas was €26.56. Each housing authority is responsible, under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, for determining the rent for its dwellings, subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department compiles statistics on various aspects of housing including those on the supply of housing land. A recent survey on the availability of housing land shows 525 hectares was owned by local authorities and earmarked by them for social and affordable housing programmes. All suitable sites owned by Local Authorities will be considered in any future social building housing programme.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 347 and 348 together. There are no properties owned, leased or rented by my Department which are not currently in use. In the case of the local authority social housing stock, the Ninth Annual Report on Service Indicators, published by the Local Government Management Agency in March 2014, which sets out the position in relation to 2012, provides a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 349 to 352, inclusive, together. Construction costs vary greatly across the country and given the range of variable costs as well as site-specific factors such as location and availability of services and access infrastructure, it is very difficult to give precise estimates of cost for the various house types without access to site-specific and evidence based...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The results of the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments carried out as at 7 May 2013 provided details on the number of households on waiting lists in each housing authority area, including data on the composition of qualified households. The results are available on my Department's website at the following link: . The 2013 figures are the most up-to-date figures available on...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will repeat what I have said. It is "with effect from their date of issue in relation to subsequent decisions made by them on proposed wind energy developments".

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Accommodation (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will convey the Senator's points to the new Minister for Education and Skills-----

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Accommodation (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: -----as the current Minister has indicated he will not stay in the job. The Department is very anxious to proceed as soon as possible. I agree with the Senator that it is not suitable to have children in a hall for any length of time.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Senator Byrne for raising this issue. Proposals for wind energy developments are subject to the statutory requirements of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, in the same manner as other proposed developments. Planning applications are generally made to the relevant local planning authority with a right of appeal to An Bord Pleanála. In the case of proposals...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Wind Energy Guidelines (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand that people on all sides of the political divide want certainty on this, which is why we are working as fast as we can on the guidelines. We received a huge number of submissions and we must give them due consideration. The guidelines will be issued as soon as possible. I cannot give the Senator an actual date.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will convey them to the Minister.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: School Accommodation (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, and thank the Senator for raising this issue. Both the Minister and the Department are very much aware of the need to provide permanent accommodation for Gaelscoil Teach na Giúise, a school established to serve both a demographic and diversity need in the Firhouse area of...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Senator Moran for raising this issue. I know of her strong commitment in this area. I am responding to her on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. I am pleased to outline the position on placements for school leavers who need continuing supports from the health sector. While the Government does not comment on individual cases, I wish to assure the Senator that...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are elements in housing and justice. I would particularly like to raise one area with the Department of Justice and Equality. By and large, it seems that in the current system the victims of violence and sometimes the children - it can be a male as well as a female victim - are the ones who must leave home while the alleged perpetrator, at that stage, stays in the home. I do not know...

Seanad: Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jul 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The court would play a role in determining the arrangement and in that sense it is a matter for justice legislation. We will examine elements of housing legislation because I acknowledge that this matter is related. We have got better at cross-departmental actions in a variety of areas but this is one area where some work needs to be done.