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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (18 Sep 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 shared ownership loans per local authority are included in this range. Unfortunately, while my Department collects loan arrears data across local authorities these data are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In March 2013 Wicklow County Council received an allocation of €310,532 in respect of the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for 2013. Under this measure grants of up to €3,500 per dwelling are available for a suite of energy retrofitting works aimed at improving the energy efficiency and overall standard of local authority homes. Following the approval on 5 June of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department received no complaints from the Office of the Ombudsman in relation to the counties in question.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department understands that Dublin City Council is currently preparing tender documentation for the demolition of vacant housing in the area in question . It is expected that demolition works will commence before the end of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 22 February 2013 I announced capital allocations to local authorities under the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability amounting to €42.750 million. Through active management of my Department's overall housing budget for 2013, I allocated further funding across all Local Authorities on 19 July bringing the overall funding for these grants to €45.607...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (18 Sep 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 Act provides for data exchange between the PRTB and a number of specified bodies; the Health Service Executive (HSE) is not a specified body.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The most recent quarterly rent index produced by the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) shows an annualised increase of 0.7% in average private rented accommodation rent levels nationally. This increase is driven by the Dublin market, where rent levels have increased by 4.7%, whereas average rent levels in the rest of the country have fallen by 1.3% on a year-on-year basis. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am currently reviewing the terms and conditions of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability with the objective of targeting those in most need and ensuring that the maximum numbers of households can benefit from these schemes. The means test element of the schemes is one of the issues being reviewed. I intend to announce revised terms and conditions for the grant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought is not held by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Land Ownership (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The position remains as outlined in my reply to question no. 371 of 26 June 2012. Final advice from the Chief State Solicitor's Office regarding the appropriate consenting authority for the sublease is still awaited.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (18 Sep 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. Within these parameters, it is a matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: A planning authority has power, under section 202(2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, to make an order declaring an area to be an area of special amenity, where it considers that this should be done by reason of:“(a) its outstanding natural beauty, or(b) its special recreational value, and having regard to any benefits for nature conservation”.As Minister I have power...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The additional information requested from the applicant was recently submitted and is now being assessed by the Marine Licence Vetting Committee. My Department continues to await advice from the Chief State Solicitor’s Office in relation to ownership of the site.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 922 and 923 together. I am chairing the National Co-ordination Committee on Unfinished Housing Developments to oversee implementation of the Report of the Advisory Group on Unfinished Housing Developments, together with the Government’s response to the recommendations. The Committee includes representatives from the Irish Banking Federation, local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department continues to work closely with NAMA, the Housing Agency and local authorities in identifying properties suitable for social housing.  Properties that are deemed suitable may be leased or purchased by local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies through engagement with the property owners or, on their behalf, appointed insolvency practitioners, facilitated by NAMA. A...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Over the course of 2011 and 2012 my Department focused almost exclusively on refurbishing vacant properties with the objective of bringing as many as possible of these back into productive use. Over that period some 4,700 units were improved at a cost of over €52 million. Some 2,559 units were refurbished in 2011 and a further 2,115 in 2012. Given the concentration on vacant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The existing Wind Energy Development Guidelines were published in June 2006. They provide advice to planning authorities on catering for wind energy through the development plan and development management processes. The guidelines are also intended to ensure a consistency of approach throughout the country in the identification of suitable locations for wind energy development and the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Statistics (18 Sep 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 The CSO publish data relating to the construction industry including; activity of private building and construction f irms , monthly employment index for private firms, the Production in Building and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is the responsibility of developers implementing a planning permission and carrying out development to ensure that they are compliant with the terms and conditions of that permission. In turn, the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, places clear statutory obligations on planning authorities in relation to unauthorised development. A planning authority must issue a warning...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (18 Sep 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, as part of the review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000. That review was published on 30 July 2013, with an invitation for public consultation by 27 September 2013. I have also asked the Housing and Sustainable Communities...