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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department understands that Meath County Council compiled a technical report on the issues affecting properties at the location referred to and will give consideration to any proposal from the Council resulting from this report.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (9 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 116 and 117 together. The administration of issues relating to unfinished housing developments is a matter for individual local authorities. Each local authority has appointed an Unfinished Housing Development co-ordinator; contact details can be found at: . As part of the process of analysing and addressing the causes and consequences of unfinished housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (9 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Until taken in charge by the relevant local authority, unfinished housing developments are the responsibility of the relevant developer and, in some cases, receivers acting on the instructions of funders acting in possession. However, to assist further in addressing the legacy of unfinished housing developments, Budget 2014 contained a special provision, in the form of a targeted €10...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (9 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes, designed to meet the accommodation needs of Travellers, rests with individual housing authorities. My Department’s role is to ensure...

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I welcome the fact that Sinn Féin strongly supports the Government's effort to reach our climate change targets, which are, as Deputy Ferris said, for the common good. They are targets the Labour Party has long advocated. I thank Deputies Stanley, Ferris and Colreavy for introducing this Bill. My colleagues Deputy Penrose and Senators Kelly and Whelan have previously published...

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Why not?

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: It would entirely depend on whether the house suited my needs.

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy knows he is wrong. I will not interrupt him because he does not have much time left.

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: We turned the economy around and got people back to work.

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: We got people back to work and fixed the economy.

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Yes.

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: He was an Independent at the time. He was not in government at the time of that vote.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 358 and 359 together. I am determined to ensure that my Department's social housing programme optimises the delivery of social housing and the return for the resources invested. To achieve this, it is essential that we tailor the use of available Exchequer supports to prevailing conditions and explore the full range of solutions to address housing needs....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are two types of house purchase loan available from all local authorities: standard annuity loans targeted at lower income first time buyers and those under the Home Choice Loan scheme which are available to qualifying middle income first time buyers affected by the credit crunch. The terms and conditions governing the operation, including eligibility terms, of annuity mortgages and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 and 382 together. The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) commenced in late 2005 and to the end of February 2014 some 48,503 households have been transferred from Rent Supplement to RAS and other social housing options. My Department does not hold information on the number of households in RAS at any given time. Numbers in RAS constantly vary as contracts...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Roads Authority Remit (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I understand that the issue referred to in the Question is in relation to Laois County Council informing certain quarry operators that as a public body and operating in compliance with the NRA Circular Letter 01/2006 issued by the National Roads Authority, the Council was requested to only source road building material from quarries which are compliant with planning legislation. This is a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller accommodation programmes, designed to meet the accommodation needs of Travellers, rests with individual housing authorities. My Department's role is to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under section 37 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, only an applicant for permission or any person who made submissions or observations in writing in relation to the planning application to the planning authority, in accordance with the permission regulations and on payment of the appropriate fee, may appeal to the Board against a decision of a planning authority on a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement (8 Apr 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established on 1 September 2004 under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. The Act regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector and provides, inter alia, for the enforcement of determination orders, where such have not been...