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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) funding is provided to Approved Housing Bodies, through the local authorities, for the provision of accommodation for persons with specific categories of housing need, including older persons, persons with a disability or homeless persons. In January 2014 my Department requested local authorities to submit by 28 March, 2014 a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Question Nos. 511 and 512 together. I have no role in relation to private legal contracts entered into between land owners and developers of wind farms. It is a matter for land owners to seek their own legal advice on such matters.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no proposals to change the requirement in the prescribed application form for social housing support that, where the fact of a divorce or separation agreement is relevant to a household’s application, the applicant must submit a copy of the relevant documents or agreement to the housing authority. This requirement is in line with Regulation 11 of the Social Housing Assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy, and those data are available on my Department’s website . Data on the number of social housing units built are included in this range and are broken down by local authority area. We do not, however, collect information on the allocation of units.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Development Management Guidelines for Planning Authorities were published on 8 June 2007.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (18 Feb 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. The application in question falls within the lowest priority level. The application did not contain sufficient information to enable my Department’s advisers to carry out a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Planning legislation does not place restrictions on the height of trees nor does it make any particular provision for recognition of a right to light. It is a matter for the individual concerned to continue to engage with Fingal County Council in order to reach a resolution on this issue.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (13 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Housing authorities are responsible, under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, for determining the rents of their dwellings, subject to complying with broad principles laid down by my Department, notably that the rent payable should be related to income and that low-income households should pay a lower proportion of income in rent. The current statutory basis for determining local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In line with the recommendation contained in the Final Report of the Mahon Tribunal, the Government, at its meeting on 7 May 2013, approved proposals for the preparation of a new Planning and Development Bill to establish a new Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR). The primary function of the OPR, which will be established with an independent corporate identity, will be to carry out...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Repossessions (13 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The table below sets out data provided by housing authorities to my Department concerning the numbers of dwelling repossessions under section 62 of the Housing Act from 2010 to 2012 , broken down by ground for repossession. My Department is currently collating corresponding data for 2013. Information is not collected on the characteristics of households whose dwellings were repossessed or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (13 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government, on 17 December 2013, approved drafting of a Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill that will provide for the Housing Assistance Payments scheme; a new procedure for the repossession of local authority dwellings; a new tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses on the incremental purchase model and related matters. Drafting of the Bill is proceeding as a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (13 Feb 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: Homeless Accommodation Funding (13 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177, 179 and 182 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (13 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 220 of 19 December 2013, which set out details with regard to the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. Last month, some changes to the terms and conditions of these schemes were notified to Local Authorities. These changes were made on foot of the report of a review group, established last year by my...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am conscious that we are speaking about a situation which continues to evolve. At present, people are experiencing the ravages of the storms which continue to hit our country. There has been a whole-of-Government response to this matter from the outset. The very first person to come to Limerick in order to see what was happening there was Mr. Sean Hogan, who is present in the Chamber and...

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is hyperbole.

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: One would swear the Deputy was not in government for 14 years.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (12 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: The taking in charge of an estate, which is provided for under section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, is a matter for the local authority concerned and I have no power to direct them in this regard. Local authorities are separate, independent statutory bodies whose members are directly elected and therefore accountable to the electorate. Section 63(3) of the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: In 2013 my Department provided in excess of €3.5 million to North Tipperary County Council in respect of all the measures included in the Social Housing Investment Programme. This included €442,851 for the purchases of houses in Ballina, Nenagh and Roscrea. In the case of the properties at Ashbury, Roscrea, my Department recently requested North Tipperary County Council to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (12 Feb 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: Regulation 12 of the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribes the timescales for the processing of applications by housing authorities for social housing support, including timescales for the submission by an applicant of any additional information requested by an authority. In order for an application to be processed by a housing authority, the application form must be fully...