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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (5 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: Wind Energy Guidelines (5 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to Section 7.19 of my Department’s Wind Energy Development Guidelines 2006 on ‘Decommissioning and Reinstatement ’. Conditions requiring the lodgement of financial bonds have been used in the past to try to ensure that decommissioning will take place in a responsible manner. However, the use of long-term bonds to secure satisfactory reinstatement of the site...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Land Issues (5 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The only penalty of this nature applicable to the hoarding and non-development of sites is the derelict sites levy provided for under section 23 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990. This levy, which only applies to sites in urban areas, allows local authorities to apply an annual levy of 3 per cent of the market value of the derelict, but potentially developable, site in question subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (5 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008, as amended by the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 made under section 18 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. These specify requirements in relation to a range of matters such as structural repair, sanitary facilities,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (5 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The funding provided to County Councils in respect of adaptations and extensions to meet the needs of tenants with a disability is allocated and recouped on a county-at-large basis. Information on the amounts spent in each of the nine town councils in County Cork is not available in my Department and could appropriately be sought from the relevant town councils. Details of the funding...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences Applications (5 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: An application from Sligo County Council for a licence under the Foreshore Act to undertake dredging works at Sligo Harbour was received by my Department on 28 February 2013. The application is currently being assessed by my Department in the context of the relevant regulatory framework including obligations arising under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives. I will make a determination on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158, 163 and 164 together. The Government’s housing policy statement, published in June 2011, clearly identifies that the priority for Government is to meet the most acute needs of households applying for social housing support in all local authority areas. I am determined to ensure that the social housing programme is optimised in terms of resources...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (5 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The results of the 2013 Summary of Housing Needs Assessment will be available later this month. The assessment involved the submission by all housing authorities of details of the social housing assessments carried out in their administrative area as at 7 May, 2013, and the findings will provide details on the number of households on waiting lists at this date. My Department will engage with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure (5 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department’s involvement with the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants. These schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupments available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (4 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with the provisions of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998, responsibility for the planning and implementation of Traveller accommodation proposals is a matter for the relevant housing authority, in this case Dublin City Council . The original proposals for the provision of 22 additional units of accommodation at Labre Park were submitted to my Department by the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (4 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The position in this matter is as outlined in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 392 of 24 September 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (4 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with the housing authorities and the purposes for which housing authorities may incur expenditure in addressing homelessness are prescribed in Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Details of the funding provided by my Department, under Section 10, to housing authorities in the counties of Kildare,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (4 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Estimates provision of €28.6m in respect of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability will be supplemented by the recently announced €10 million in additional funding for this measure, giving an overall provision in 2014 of €38.6 million, some €4.3 million more than the initial Exchequer allocation in 2013. The increased allocation will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (4 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since the introduction of affordable housing schemes in 1999 qualifying applicants were enabled to become home owners through purchase of designated affordable units, including through the shared ownership scheme. This involved the purchaser entering into a shared ownership lease with the local authority on a property at a significant discount from market value. In these cases, as with all...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (4 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with Section 21 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009, I directed all housing authorities to carry out a summary of the social housing assessments carried out in their administrative areas as at 7 May, 2013. Results from this assessment will be available later this month. The previous summary of social housing assessments was carried out as at 31 March, 2011, and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (4 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 118 together. My Department’s 2014 Estimate includes a provision in excess of €223 million for capital expenditure and €302 million for current expenditure for housing in 2014. The 2014 capital provision includes €40 million for local authority housing, €40.9 million for voluntary and co-operative housing, €3...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (4 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Traditionally it has been difficult to quantify the number of homeless persons on an on-going basis; this is in part a consequence of the volatility within this cohort of housing need. However, during the course of 2013 the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), which commenced operation in Dublin in 2011, is being extended nationally. When PASS is fully implemented it will...

Topical Issue Debate: Homelessness Strategy (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: It may have escaped Deputy Boyd Barrett's notice, but a couple of days ago, I announced the provision of funding of €100 million for social housing next year. I am glad to say we are back into mainstream provision of social housing, something which was not possible up to now, not because of our policies, but because of the economic collapse of the country. I cannot comment on the...

Topical Issue Debate: Homelessness Strategy (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I do not know whether the Deputy heard me, but I said-----

Topical Issue Debate: Homelessness Strategy (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy will not solve the problem by shouting at me. I do not know if the Deputy heard me, but I gave him the statistics-----