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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers (17 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 393 of Tuesday, 15 April 2014 which sets out the position in this matter. Further information in relation to Mortgage to Rent Schemes generally is available on the Housing Agency’s website, .

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (17 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under Section 10 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 a waiver from liability can arise for properties located in developments prescribed on a list made by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government where the Minister is satisfied that the developments on the list are incomplete to a substantial extent, having regard to the condition of public infrastructure and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (17 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 16 January 2014 I announced details of the capital allocations under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability . The schemes are funded by 80% recoupments available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. Every local authority received increased funding for grants compared to the 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Special Resolution Fund Applications (17 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Budget 2014 contains a special provision, in the form of a targeted €10m Special Resolution Fund (SRF), to assist further in addressing the legacy of unfinished housing developments. The SRF is designed to encourage the resolution of the remaining tranche of unfinished developments identified in the National Housing Development Survey 2013 and, particularly, those developments not...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tree Remediation (17 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is no legislation in Ireland regulating the height of trees and hedges. There is also no right in Irish law to receive light in a garden and, while there is a civil remedy, of nuisance, available in respect of the branches or roots of a neighbour’s trees encroaching on one’s property, there is no civil law remedy in respect of the loss of light in a garden due to a...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: On 16 January 2014, I announced details of the capital allocations under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. The schemes are funded by 80% recoupments available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. The allocation to Westmeath County Council under the grant schemes for 2014 is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 114, 123 to 125, inclusive, and 127 together. Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, sets out the process by which local authorities can take in charge housing estates. When taking an estate in charge under the terms of this provision, a local authority must take in charge any roads, open spaces, car parks, sewers, water mains, or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (16 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 by my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP). It is a matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Bonds (16 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provided comprehensive updated guidance to local authorities in relation to the operation of development bonds and securities on new developments as recently as June 2013. This guidance – which can be found on my Department’s website - provided advice on updated practice on: - the types of securities to be applied in respect of new development; - the requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393, 413 to 418, inclusive, and 431 together. There are currently two mortgage-to-rent schemes in operation through my Department. A scheme exists whereby a local authority (L A ) can acquire ownership of properties with unsustainable local authority mortgages thus enabling the household to remain in their home as a social housing tenant (LA-...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Foreshore Act 1933 defines foreshore as the bed and shore, below the line of high water of ordinary or medium tides, of the sea and of every tidal river and tidal estuary and of every channel, creek and bay of the sea or of any such river or estuary and the outer limit of the foreshore is to be determined in accordance with section 1A of the Foreshore Act. The State Property Act 1954...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are 2 consented offshore windfarm developments off the East Coast, both located off the coast of County Wicklow at the Arklow Bank and the Codling Bank, respectively. The foreshore lease for the Arklow offshore windfarm was granted in 2002 for the development of a 520 MW windfarm. To date, only 7 turbines with a combined generating capacity totalling 25.2 MW have been installed.The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Rental Costs and Controls (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 398 and 410 together. The private rented sector is an increasingly important element of the housing market , with the proportion of households in the sector almost doubling in the period 2006-2011. Approximately 1 in 5 households are now renting their home in the private sector. Against this background, the growing evidence of increasing rents,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Land Acquisition (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no function in relation to the matter raised in the Question.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Turbary Rights (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under planning legislation all development requires planning permission unless specifically exempted. Class 17 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, provides that peat extraction in a new or extended area of less than 10 hectares, or peat extraction in a new or extended area of 10 hectares or more, where the drainage of the bogland commenced...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 423 and 437 together. My Department, the Housing Agency and NAMA continue to work together with housing authorities and approved housing bodies in identifying suitable NAMA housing units and bringing them into social housing use. By the end of March 2014, 4,653 units have been identified by NAMA as being potentially suitable for social housing and of these...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) provides funding to approved housing bodies of up to 100% of the approved costs of accommodation for people with specific categories of housing need, including people with a disability. My Department’s involvement with the CAS relates primarily to the provision of funds for individual projects. The detailed administration of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 427 and 436 together. My Department understands that ‘top up’ payments under the rent supplement scheme fall into two specific categories – those that are specifically approved by the Department of Social Protection, where a person has additional income above the rate of supplementary welfare allowance which would allow additional rent...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 428 and 429 together. My Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics, including data, broken down by local authority, relating to housing units delivered, and amounts paid to local authorities in lieu of land transfers, under Part V of th e Planning and Development Acts. The statistics concerned are available on my Department’s website at:

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (15 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in the private rented residential sector. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants in the sector. The PRTB replaces the...