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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: As Minister, I am precluded, under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, from involvement in relation to any individual planning application or appeal with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: While no central or national planning register exists, under Section 7 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, planning authorities are required to keep a register in respect of all land within their functional areas affected by that Act. This register includes, inter alia, - particulars of any application made to the planning authority for permission for development, for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (16 Jul 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 vacant local authority housing units are not included in this range ; they are however published in the Local Authority Service Indicator Reports which can be found online at .

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Conditions attached to planning permissions for residential development must require the giving of sufficient security prior to commencement of development. The form of the bond, the amount and the terms attached are matters for the planning authority concerned and the arrangement entered into must enable the planning authority, without cost to itself, to complete the necessary services...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: An application for additional funding in respect of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability has been received from Meath County Council . I am keeping the funding of the housing adaptation schemes under active review, and expect to contact all local authorities in regard to their allocation by the end of this month.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Valuations (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 788 and 822 together. The information sought is not held by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government is acutely conscious of the difficulties many households are facing in terms of mortgage arrears. Where any borrower, either from a local authority or from a private financial institution, is facing difficulties in meeting mortgage repayments, they should engage proactively and constructively with the lender to seek to achieve an agreed solution. The services of the Money...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Ballymun Regeneration Limited (BRL) and Dublin City Council are continuing to explore all options to further the economic objectives of the Ballymun Masterplan including the redevelopment of the privately owned Ballymun Shopping Centre and the adjoining lands owned by the Council. Planning permission for the redevelopment of the centre and the adjoining lands was granted in September 2009....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has provided over €700 million to support the Ballymun regeneration programme to date. This has facilitated the demolition of all but one of the towers and nearly all the flat blocks as well as the construction of over 2,900 social, voluntary, private and affordable residential units, new local parks and playgrounds, neighbourhood centres and a new traditional style main...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: 2011 is the latest year for which audited local authority Annual Financial Statement data is available. The amount of income collected from housing rents by local authorities in 2011 was €315,205,241. Housing rents are set in accordance with a rent scheme adopted by each local authority. The making and amending of rent schemes is the responsibility of housing authorities as an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Water Treatment Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 applies to estates which have been granted planning permission and includes the construction of two or more houses (which as defined in the Act includes apartments) and the provision of new roads, open spaces, car parks, sewers, water mains or drains. In relation to estates which have been completed to the satisfaction of the planning...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: An application for additional funding in respect of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability has been received from Kerry County Council. I am keeping the funding of the housing adaptation schemes under active review, and expect to contact all local authorities in regard to their allocation by the end of this month.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Valuations (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 828 and 829 together. The Land Aggregation Scheme was introduced in 2010 as part of revised arrangements for the funding of land for social housing purposes. From the introduction of the Scheme up to the end of 2012 lands with an estimated total loan value of €147.1m have been approved into the Scheme in respect of 68 sites in nineteen local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My priority is to maximise delivery of social housing to cater for the greatest level of need at good value. It is simply not possible to purchase or build anything like the same number of units as can be provided for through the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Social the Leasing Initiative. Leasing offers an effective and efficient response, taking account not just of the availability...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (11 Jul 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. This year I allocated local authorities the full amount of their contractual commitments and the balance of the available funding was allocated on the basis of each authority’s share of the new applications...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Spatial Strategy (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The 2002 National Spatial Strategy (NSS) is Ireland's first national strategic spatial planning framework. It provides the spatial vision and principles to achieve a better balance of social, economic and physical development and population growth between regions through the co-ordinated development of nine gateway cities and towns, and nine hub towns, together with complementary policies to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Event Licences (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 153 together. Provisions in relation to event licences are contained in Part XVI of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and Part 16 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001. My Department does not hold information in relation to the number of event licences issued by local authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications (11 Jul 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. It also identifies approved housing bodies (AHBs) as key partners in the delivery of social housing recognising both the constrained funding levels available for local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences Applications (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Chief State Solicitor’s Office issued a draft foreshore lease to solicitors acting for Crosshaven Community Association on 30 April 2013. A further draft was issued on 3 May 2013. This would normally signal that an application is close to conclusion. However, the Association subsequently requested a revision to the legal structure of the lease, with a view to naming the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Application Numbers (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together. My Department does not hold information on the number of applicant households for social housing support, or on the number of households on local authority waiting lists. These figures fluctuate as households are allocated housing and new households apply for support. In accordance with Section 21 of the Housing (Miscellaneous...