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Topical Issue Debate: Homelessness Strategy (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I already gave the Deputy the statistics on the number of beds that are available for emergency purposes. There are an extra 80 beds available since 1 November. I told the Deputy how many people have moved on into permanent accommodation and I told him that at the weekend I announced the provision of €100 million for the construction of social housing next year. With regard to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Application (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, housing authorities are responsible 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 arrangements for determining local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (3 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: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Cork City Council received an allocation of €1,491,600 under my Department’s suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability for 2013. So far, some €1,438,536 has been drawn down by the City Council. The 2014 Abridged Estimates provision of €28.6 million for the grant scheme will be supplemented by the recently announced €10 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments Data (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The National Co-ordinating Committee, which I chaired, was established as a response to the report of the advisory group on unfinished housing developments and has harnessed the expertise and goodwill of the construction and banking sectors, local authorities, residents representatives and NAMA. Local authorities are continuing to pursue developers and others to comply with their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Land Aggregation Scheme was introduced in 2010 as part of revised arrangements for the funding of land for social housing purposes. Since the introduction of the scheme, an estimated total loan value of €162m has been approved into the Scheme in respect of 73 sites in nineteen local authority areas . The figure of €162m includes €111m in respect of loans which have...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics, including data on the social housing stock. The most recent data relate to 2012 and are available online at My Department does not hold any current information on the number tenants on local authority waiting lists. This number fluctuates continuously as households are allocated housing and new households apply for housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In addition to the funding levels set out in the Abridged Estimates for 2014 in respect of my Department’s social housing investment programme a further €30 million in additional investment has also been approved for the delivery of social housing next year. The combined funding will facilitate the construction of a substantial number of new homes in 2014. I intend to announce...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Statistics (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: While my Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics, data on the number of families and single persons in hostel accommodation are not included within this range. The most recent report available which would include this information related to hostel accommodation is the Central Statistics Office’s special Census report, Homeless Persons in Ireland, which was published in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (3 Dec 2013)

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 PRTB’s annual reports are available on its website and the reports include details on registration figures.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In July, 2012 my Department approved a 3-year construction programme to deliver some 111 houses for special needs accommodation for the voluntary housing sector. This included the construction of 9 units for the Saint Joseph’s Foundation at a cost of €1.4 million. The tender report for this project, submitted by Limerick County Council, is currently under consideration in my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256 and 257 together. In 2011 the Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) was introduced to facilitate the securing of finance by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) from sources other than the Exchequer, including from the Housing Finance Agency and private lending institutions. The CALF provides a capital equity injection which assists AHBs in securing private...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos.19 and 23 of 23 October 2013 which set out the position on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The statutory basis for the operation of development contribution schemes is set out in the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2010 supplemented by additional guidelines issued by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government under Section 28 of the Act. Under the Acts, the making of development contribution schemes is a reserved function of the elected members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: To the end of September this year 4,319 units have been identified by NAMA as being potentially suitable for social housing. Of these some 1,900 have been confirmed as being suitable and 443 of these units have been completed or contracted. A full breakdown by county of the units identified, deemed suitable and completed or contracted, is shown in the table. Further information, including...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (28 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no proposals to make substantive amendments to Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 relating to the tenant purchase of local authority apartments, which, with the exception of section 64(9)(a), came into operation on 1 January 2012. I also made the Housing (Tenant Purchase of Apartments) Regulations 2011 under Part 4 of the 2009 Act, which came into operation on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Where works – for example, the laying of concrete, asphalt. etc. - are required for the purpose of facilitating helicopters to land in a specific location, this is development for the purposes of the Planning and Development Act 2000, and is not exempted development. Accordingly planning permission is required. The question of whether the use of land for the take-off and landing of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: This year my Department has allocated in excess of €3 million to North Tipperary County Council in respect of the measures included in the Social Housing Investment Programme for 2013. This includes €273,000 for the purchase of houses in Nenagh and Roscrea. Having regard to the high level of commitments under the housing programme at this time my Department is not in a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (28 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 an extension of permission is automatically given on application in a case where substantial works have been carried out within the original duration (subject only to the condition that an application complying with the relevant Regulations was made before the expiration of the initial period). In 2010, section 42 was amended and a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Issues of anti-social behaviour should be directed in the first instance to An Garda Siochána. Public representatives may also wish to raise such issues with Garda management through engagement at meetings of Joint Policing Committees and local Policing Fora.