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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (17 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not hold the information sought. However details on the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 7 May 2013 will be available this week under the 2013 Summary of Housing Needs Assessment carried out in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009. The last summary assessment carried out, at 31 March, 2011, found that there were...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Expenditure (17 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Kildare County Council submitted a proposal to my Department in 2008 seeking funding approval for a Remedial Works Scheme at St. Patrick’s Park, Rathangan, Co. Kildare. Following a detailed examination of the proposal my Department provisionally approved funding of €6.8 million for the scheme in July 2011 on condition that 10% of the cost would be met by the Council. This...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Planning authorities may, when adopting the Development Plan for their areas, adopt policies to curtail an excessive concentration of takeaways in particular areas. Under planning legislation the change of use of any premises to a takeaway or fast food outlet would require planning permission. In deciding whether or not to grant permission for a development, the relevant planning authority...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In relation to residential estates which have been completed to the satisfaction of the planning authority in accordance with the permission, section 180 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 provides that the planning authority must, if requested to do so by the developer or by the majority of the owners of the houses involved, initiate the procedures in section 11 of the Roads Act 1993...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Bonds (17 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Conditions attached to planning permissions for residential development must require the giving of sufficient security prior to commencement of development. The form of the bond, the amount and the terms attached are matters for the planning authority concerned and the arrangement entered into must enable the planning authority, without cost to itself, to complete the necessary services...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Bonds (17 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: While my Department does not gather regular statistical information on the management of development bonds by local authorities, the Unfinished Housing Development Survey 2013 Progress Report, which I published in November, provides an analysis of bonds and securities associated with housing developments. This report can be found on my Department’s website, . In order to ensure the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (17 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In January 2011, my Department approved a proposal by Dublin City Council to proceed to tender stage with an energy retrofitting project at Glovers Court. It is a matter for the City Council to determine the projects to be advanced to implementation stage and funded out of the capital allocations provided by my Department. In line with overall national policy which promotes a reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (17 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 180(1) and (2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, which refers to a planning authority being “requested” by a majority of the owners of the houses in an estate to take the estate in charge, does not make a reference to a request being in a particular form or template. The interpretation of the Act in this regard is a matter for the relevant planning...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in the private rented residential sector and represented the most significant legislative reform in the private rented sector in over a century. The Act provided real security of tenure for tenants in the private rented sector for the first time and, inter alia, provided access for both tenants and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 specify requirements in relation to a range of matters in rented accommodation such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, light and the safety of gas and electrical supply. The most recent data available, from the 2011 Census, indicate that 728 properties described as bedsits were rented from a local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 and 137 together. The Abridged Estimate for my Department, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in Expenditure Report 2014, provides some €28.6 million in respect of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. The Estimates provision will be supplemented by the recently announced €10 million...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department’s role in relation to the voluntary housing capital funding schemes relates primarily to the provision of funds to support the annual construction and housing acquisitions programmes by the sector. It is a matter for the relevant housing authority to ensure compliance with the terms and conditions of the schemes, and to have appropriate oversight and liaison arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 143 together. Housing authorities have no function in relation to the rent supplement scheme, which is operated by the Department of Social Protection. Insofar as the rental accommodation scheme (RAS) and the proposed scheme of housing assistance payments (HAP) are concerned, responsibility for estate management in relation to private rented...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. The Government’s Housing Policy Statement of June 2011 acknowledged the capacity and track record of the voluntary and cooperative housing sector and placed approved housing bodies (AHBs) at the heart of its vision for social housing provision. In July 2013 Building for the Future, a voluntary regulation code, was published as...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the table below I have set out a breakdown of the some €10 million advanced by my Department to date in respect of projects under the Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF), by housing authority and by the approved housing bodies that have progressed these CALF projects. To date 158 social housing units have been delivered with the assistance of CALF; the remaining 25 units, to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under section 54 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 , additions to and deletions from its record of protected structures are matter s for the planning authority concerned. I have no role in this matter.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy might look to his current party for some of the causes of that.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy may be aware of the cause of it.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: He may be aware of agreements made by the previous Government.

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy might have a few faults.