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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Foreshore consent applications are processed strictly in accordance with a prioritisation framework focusing on major infrastructural projects e.g. wastewater treatment plants and offshore energy applications. Small scale seaweed harvesting falls within the lowest priority level and, accordingly, such applications may take longer to process. All applications for licences to harvest wild...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: For a household to qualify for social housing support a housing authority must carry out an assessment to establish whether the household is in need of housing and meets certain eligibility criteria, including income limits. As part of a concerted effort to deal with the issue of mortgage arrears, the Social Housing Assessment Regulations were amended in 2011 to provide that a household may...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department understands from Offaly County Council that this issue relates to the placement of temporary dwellings on private land at the location referred to and represents an unauthorised development. The Council, as the Planning Authority, are currently addressing this matter in accordance with their powers under the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Numbers (30 Apr 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 persons rests with the housing authorities. The purposes for which housing authorities may...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) commenced in 2005 and to the end of February 201 4 some 48,503 households have been transferred from Rent Supplement to RAS and other social housing options. Of this number 28,712 were housed directly under RAS and a further 19,791 were accommodated under other social housing options. It is not possible to give a definitive number of households in RAS...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of housing policy. The full range of data compiled can be viewed on my Department's website, where data on Local Authority completions and acquisitions for the individual years, broken down by county, are displayed: . The published figures relate to house completions only....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Up to the end of March 2014, 1,977 housing units sourced by local authorities and leased from private owners have been tenanted or are in the process of being tenanted under the Social Housing Leasing Initiative (SHLI). My Department is currently recouping funding to local authorities in respect of 1,929 of these housing units which are currently active. My Department does not hold...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The High Court made an Order in June 2013 quashing that part of my Department's planning review report of 2012 relating to planning issues concerning Donegal County Council following a settlement between my Department and another party who had brought judicial review proceedings in respect of that part of the report. In light of the High Court Order, I subsequently sought the advice of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Question Nos. 478 and 515 together. I appointed MacCabe Durney Barnes Consultants to carry out an independent planning review in accordance with section 255 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. The Terms of Reference require the consultants to undertake a review of planning issues raised in respect of the six planning authorities concerned (Carlow, Cork, Galway...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is on-going engagement between my Department, Dublin City Council and Tuath Housing Association with regard to the remediation of problems affecting the Tuath-owned apartments at Gallery Quay. At a meeting with my Department on Wednesday 9 April, attended by representatives of Dublin City Council, Tuath provided an update in relation to progress with palliative works to the outer...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department received a n application for a licence under the Foreshore Act 1933 to carry out site investigations in Killala Bay, Co Mayo in February 2014. The application has undergone a public consultation process and is currently being assessed by the Marine Licence Vetting Committee. I expect to be in a position to make a determination on the application shortly, based on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. The primary functions of the Board are to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants in the private rented residential sector. In accordance with the Act, the Board also has functions regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are no proposals with m y Department from Sligo Borough Council in rel ation to the provision of replacement fencing at this location.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 503 and 504 together. My priority is to maximise delivery of social housing to cater for the greatest level of need while also achieving value for money . It is simply not possible to purchase or build anything like the same number of units as can be provided for through the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and the Social Housing Leasing Initiative (SHLI)....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the years since the first transfer from Rent Supplement in late 2005, 48,503 households have been transferred by local authorities under the Rental Accommodation Scheme. Of this number 28,712 were housed directly under RAS and a further 19,791 were accommodated under other social housing options. The approval of units into the scheme is entirely a matter for local authorities. It is not...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: According to my Department’s records, 38 foreshore licences to harvest seaweed have issued since the commencement of the Foreshore Act 1933 . The majority of these licences concern the hand harvesting of small amounts of seaweed, which is reflected in the fees charged. Detailed information in relation to the licences is set out in tabular form below : Commencement date...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: A quarry which commenced operation prior to 1 October 1964 and which was deemed by the planning authority under section 261A of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as not requiring an Appropriate Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Assessment may still require planning permission in circumstances where it had extend ed beyond the area that might reasonably ha ve been anticipated at...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 519 and 520 together. My Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics , including the number and value of local authority mortgages with a breakdown of those in arrears for more than 90 days . The statistics are available on my Department’s website at:by clicking “Mortgage Data/Arrears in Local Authorities” under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The local authority mortgage protection insurance scheme is overseen by the Mortgage Protection Committee which is a sub-committee of the County and City Managers Association (CCMA) and is representative of the CCMA, local authorities, the Housing Finance Agency and my Department. One of the conditions of the scheme , which is a group policy, is that it is obligatory for all local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (30 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Housing authorities are responsible for the assessment of social housing need within their administrative areas and for the compilation of strategies and programmes which optimise the delivery of social housing having regard to the resources available across the full range of measures supported under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme. It is a matter for individual...