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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 74 and 95 together. 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 persons rests with individual...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Deposits (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Programme for Governmentincludes a commitment to establish a tenancy deposit protection scheme. On foot of this commitment I asked the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) to commission research on such a scheme and to report back to me with recommendations in that regard. The subsequent report assessed a number of different options for delivery of a scheme ranging from one where...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: As a result of the economic downturn, there has been an associated significant decline in construction activity. As the extent of social housing gain from Part V is directly related to private housing construction, the current situation is that Part V is delivering little in terms of social housing. I am committed to the principle of a social housing gain from private development but to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 15 February 2014, I issued a notice of intent to issue a Direction, together with a draft Direction, to Westmeath County Council relating to the Westmeath County Development Plan 2014-2020 as adopted by the elected members on 21 January 2014. I formed the provisional opinion to issue such notice on the basis that the Planning Authority had ignored or not taken account of a submission made...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants in this sector. Receipt of a determination order is the official...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department continues to work closely and successfully with NAMA, the Housing Agency, local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in relation to the delivery of social housing. To the end of Quarter 1 this year, NAMA have identified 4,653 units as being potentially suitable for social housing. Of these some 1,849 units have been confirmed by local authorities as being suitable. Of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In response to my Department’s request for submissions under the new capital funding programme for returning vacant local authority houses to productive use, local authorities indicated that there currently are some 3,016 vacant properties across all city and county councils and sought funding of around €34.7 million for the refurbishment of 1944 properties. Following rigorous...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the replies to Question No. 374 of 11 March 2014 and Question No. 512 of 27 May 2014, which set out the position in this matter. The Arklow and Codling applications, lodged on 29 June 2001 and 30 September 2002, respectively, predated the entry into force of Directive 2003/35/EC on public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under Action 8 of Construction 2020 – A Strategy for a Renewed Construction Sector, a Social Housing Strategy is to be published by Q3 2014. To assist in the development of the Social Housing Strategy, the Housing Agency has invited submissions by 31 July 2014. This invitation of submissions is available at the following weblink: . With the benefit of the recent injection of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 30 April 2014, Government approved the publication of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 which will, when enacted before the end of the summer session, provide the legislative framework for the introduction of HAP. My Department and the Department of Social Protection continue to work closely on the legal, policy and operational issues involved in developing and introducing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in the private residential rented sector covering, inter alia, security of tenure and the termination of tenancies. The provisions of the Act do not extend to the circumstances under which a landlord seeks a tenant for a property. The Equal Status Acts 2000 – 2004, which come under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 429, 443 and 448 together. On 14 May 2014, the Government published Construction 2020 – A Strategy for a Renewed Construction Strategy. The Strategy contains 75 Actions in total and my Department, together with the Housing Agency, will be involved in the delivery of over 30 of these Actions. Under Action 8 of Construction 2020, a Social Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has been advised that, contrary to what is implied in the question, Mayo County Council is not refusing to facilitate any aspect of the transfer of households between the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) and the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) where appropriate. The Council has currently 272 units of CAS accommodation funded under the Rental Accommodation Scheme, involving 30...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Debt (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government’s housing policy statement published in June 2011 marked a significant departure for housing in Ireland, including a shift to a tenure neutral high level objective, and a clear commitment to restoring balance to the housing sector generally through a lesser reliance on home ownership. The statement also announced the standing down of all affordable housing schemes on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS), capital funding of up to 100% of the approved cost is available for the provision of accommodation, by approved housing bodies (AHBs), to meet the needs of persons with specific categories of housing need including older people, people with an intellectual, physical or mental health disability, the homeless, returning emigrants and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 456, 470 and 471 together. The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014, for which Report and Final Stages will be taken in the Dáil today, will, among other things, underpin a new tenant purchase scheme to replace the 1995 scheme for existing local authority houses, which closed for new applications at the end of 2012. The new scheme will be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Thatching Grants Eligibility (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department’s grant scheme for the renewal or repair of thatched roofs a grant of up to €3,810 or two thirds of the approved cost, whichever is the lesser, may be payable in respect of necessary works to renew or repair the thatched roofs of houses. A higher grant of up to €5,714 may be payable where the house is situated on certain specified islands off the West...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Programme (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012 is currently before the Oireachtas and will amend the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide, inter alia,for: - the inclusion of the Approved Housing Body (AHB) sector within the remit of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; - the introduction of a new fast-track procedure to deal with non-payment of rent; - the transfer of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 476 to 480, inclusive, together. My Department is currently conducting a review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines focused specifically on noise and shadow flicker. As part of this process, my Department wrote to the Department of Health in September 2013 inviting any input that they might have on the health aspects, if any, of wind farms....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (17 Jun 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 30 April 2014 Government approved the publication of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 which will, when enacted before the end of the current Oireachtas session, provide the legislative framework for the introduction of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP). My Department and the Department of Social Protection continue to work closely on the legal, policy and operational...