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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19 and 23 together. The Abridged Estimate for my Department for 2014 includes a capital provision of €3 million for Traveller-specific accommodation in 2014. While this represents a decrease of €1 million compared to 2013, I do not expect that this will have a major impact on activity in 2014 as the current round of Traveller Accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The elected members of a local authority have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, including authorising borrowing, and are democratically accountable for all expenditure by the local authority. Local authority borrowing is subject to the provisions of the Local Government Act 2001; borrowing is a reserved function under Section 106 and requires the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: New social housing supply is delivered through a range of measures under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP), including the construction and acquisition of social housing units directly by local authorities and by approved housing bodies, the Social Housing Leasing Initiative, the Capital Advance Leasing Facility and the Rental Accommodation Scheme. Louth County...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In March 2012, the Government approved in principle the transfer of responsibility for recipients of rent supplement with an established housing need from the Department of Social Protection (DSP) to local authorities using a new Housing Assistance Payment (HAP). On 18 July 2013, the Government approved the introduction of HAP including the provision of funding to the local authorities to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am aware of the challenges we face in delivering housing supports to a range of vulnerable households and groups. The requirement to reduce public expenditure to sustainable levels is impacting on capital programmes all across the public service, including my Department's housing capital programme. The level of capital funding available has declined significantly in recent years along the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I expect the recently announced €30 million additional Exchequer investment in social housing to deliver up to 500 local authority homes for families on the housing waiting list. Approximately half of this investment will facilitate the construction of new infill housing developments in areas with a high demand for social housing. It is intended that €15 million will be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with Section 21 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, I directed all housing authorities to prepare a summary of social housing assessments carried out in their areas on 7 May 2013. The data submitted by housing authorities are currently being analysed and, once verified, a report on the findings will be published by the Housing Agency. The report findings will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Question Nos. 31 and 69 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 366 of 22 October 2013, which sets out the position in regard to homelessness funding and services in the Dublin area.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32 and 37 together. My Department is currently undertaking a targeted review of the Wind Energy Guidelines 2006 focusing on noise, proximity and shadow flicker. The indicative timetable for the publication of the draft guidelines is Quarter 4 of 2013. The draft guidelines will – like all other new or revised guidelines – go out for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government's housing policy statement, published in June 2011, clearly identifies that the priority for Government will be to meet the most acute needs of households applying for social housing support. I am determined to ensure that the social housing programme optimises the delivery of social housing and the return for the resources invested. To achieve this, it is essential that we...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44 and 64 together. My Department currently supports an ambitious programme of regeneration which seeks to address the causes of disadvantage in communities and large social housing estates and flat complexes through holistic programmes of physical, social and economic regeneration. Some €70m is being provided in 2014 to support the completion or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In terms of the delivery of social housing, the Government's housing policy statement, published in June 2011, clearly identifies that the priority for Government will be to meet the most acute needs of households applying for social housing support. The process of framing Budget 2014 involved making difficult choices given the overriding need to make the fiscal adjustments required to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 48 and 70 together. The level of capital funding available to my Department has decreased significantly in recent years along the lines highlighted in the Medium Term Exchequer Framework for Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016. The Abridged Estimate for my Department, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in Expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (23 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: Wind Energy Guidelines (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department is currently undertaking a targeted review of the Wind Energy Guidelines 2006 focusing on noise, proximity and shadow flicker. The indicative timetable for the publication of the draft revised guidelines is Quarter 4 2013. The draft guidelines will – like all other new or revised guidelines – go out for extensive public consultation for a period of 6 weeks to 2...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government's 2011 housing policy statement announced the standing down of all affordable housing schemes, including the shared ownership scheme, in the context of a full review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act. The review is available on my Department's website Earlier in 2013, I asked the Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency to conduct a standalone review of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Impact Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) of 3 March 2011 in case C50/09 found that Irish legislation was not fully in conformity with the EIA Directive (2011/92/EU). Specifically, the Court found that in a case where a project requiring EIA required both planning permission and an Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) licence, the fact that Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The reply to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of the 16 of October 2013 sets out the intrinsic role of the Irish Credit Bureau in the local authority loan process, as was requested. It would not be appropriate for me to comment on individual loan applications. Local authorities have for many years provided housing loan finance to people of limited means and who could not access such finance...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences Applications (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is no provision in the Foreshore Act to allow reactivation of an application. If a licensee surrenders a foreshore licence and subsequently proposes to pursue the same development, a new application is necessary. It is not proposed to alter this position in the Maritime Area and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill, the general scheme of which was approved by Government in July 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (23 Oct 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 housing authorities. The purposes for which housing authorities may...