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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department currently supports an ambitious approach to regeneration which seeks to address the causes of disadvantage in communities and large social housing estates through holistic programmes of physical, social and economic regeneration. This year, my Department is providing funding of over €31million in respect of regeneration projects in Dublin city, some €15 million of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (5 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is a matter for planning authorities to require applicants to provide sufficient data in order to assess planning applications and also to make decisions in relation to development contributions, and special contributions, where appropriate . Section 182B of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 (as amended) provides that An Bord Pleanála may attach a community benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is provided to local authorities for a range of measures to improve the quality and standard of the social housing stock . This year, my Department is providing funding of over €62 million to Dublin City Council in respect of their 2013 social housing programme. This includes €31m for regeneration...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: A range of reforms have been introduced in recent years in the provision and management of social housing, and some further initiatives are under way. Firstly, reforms have been introduced under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, notably in relation to the assessment of eligibility for social housing support, the allocation of local authority housing, the introduction of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government has provided an additional €10 million in Budget 2014 to assist the most problematic unfinished housing estates. Using this additional resource, I intend to develop a fund for the resolution of certain unfinished housing developments that have not been possible to resolve up to this point. The precise criteria under which the fund will be disbursed will be finalised...

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

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 local authority mortgage approvals are included in this range ; however these data are not broken down by local authority. The information requested is s et out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Details of the funding provided to Westmeath County Council under the various measures included in my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme for the years 2011 and 2012 and the funding allocated in 2013 are set out in the following table: Measure 2011 Outturn 2012 Outturn 2013 Allocation Local Authority Housing 1,339,432 2,916,450 1,746,348 - - - -...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (5 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009, introduced a new approach to the sale of social housing whereby social housing tenants, including tenants of approved housing bodies, could acquire new local authority houses and existing apartments under the Incremental Purchase Scheme (IPS). The details of this scheme are avail able on my Department’s website, . There is no provision...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not fund any service directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Housing authorities provide additional funding from their own resources. The Section 10 funding provided by my Department to housing authorities on a regional basis for the years...

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

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 numbers of unoccupied local authority houses are not included in this range. These data are, however, collected annually as part of the Local Government Management...

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

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 average weekly rents are included in this range. The most recent data relate to 2011 due to a delay in receiving fully audited rental information for 2012. Audited data in...

Seanad: EU Scrutiny and Transparency in Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (24 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Unfortunately, I must leave now. I will be replaced by the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry. I apologise to the House.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (24 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not collate the specific statistical data requested. The Wind Energy Guidelines 2006, issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, are in place to ensure that all proposed wind energy developments are subjected to careful scrutiny by the relevant planning authority. They provide advice to planning authorities on catering for wind energy through the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (24 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 to 179, inclusive, together. My Department does not hold information on the number of households on local authority waiting lists as this figure fluctuates continuously as households on the list are allocated housing and new households apply for housing support. In May 2013 under Section 21 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, all...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (24 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I directed all housing authorities to prepare a summary of social housing assessments carried out in their areas as at 7 May 2013. The data submitted by housing authorities are currently being analysed and once verified will be collated and a report published by the Housing Agency. This information will provide an important insight into the level and type of need for social housing support...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the terms of the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, grants are available to assist households to have necessary repairs or improvement works carried out in order to facilitate the continued independent occupancy of their homes. Three separate schemes are available; the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Standards (24 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, local authorities are allocated funding each year in respect of a range of measures to improve the standard and overall quality of their social housing stock, including the regeneration of large social housing estates and flat complexes, estate-wide remedial works schemes, and funding for extensions and adaptations to meet the needs...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (24 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I intend to develop a fund for the resolution of certain unfinished housing developments that have not been possible to resolve up to this point. The precise criteria under which the fund will be disbursed are currently being developed and will be finalised shortly. However, I envisage that the fund will operate in a carefully targeted and evidence led fashion to aid the resolution of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (24 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: For a household to qualify for social housing support, a housing authority must carry out an assessment to establish whether the household is in need of housing and meet s certain eligibility criteria, including income limits. As part of a concerted effort to deal with the issue of mortgage arrears, the Social Housing Assessment Regulations were amended in 2011 to provide that a household...

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I want to absolutely reject what Deputy Nulty said about spin and bluff. First, we are working with approved housing bodies on a regulatory framework and we have agreed a voluntary framework with them which eventually will move to a statutory framework. Second, we have applied for funding from the European Union under the JESSICA fund and we hope to get an answer on that soon. Such funding...