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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (7 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Léim an Bhradáin Housing Association received approved housing body status for voluntary housing purposes from my Department in September 1997. The association has a four-person Board of Directors and currently manages and operates a 32-unit voluntary housing scheme at Sli an Chanail, Easton Road, Leixlip, Co. Kildare. My Department’s role in relation to the voluntary housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (7 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department’s involvement with the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants. These schemes are funded by 80% recoupments available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Appeals (7 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought is not available in my Department. Information in relation to the decisions of the Board not to accept inspectors’ recommendations and fees income from submissions made is available in the Board’s Annual Reports for the years in question. These can be accessed at

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (6 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. The sustainable rural housing guidelines for planning authorities which were published in April 2005 are designed to achieve a balance between a good planning framework for rural housing and the local housing needs of those who are part of or have links with local rural communities. The guidelines elaborate on and consolidate the approach on rural...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Any unsold affordable housing units that a housing authority has made available for social housing are subject to that authority’s allocation scheme, just as in the case of any other form of social housing. The making and amendment of such an allocation scheme for social housing is a reserved function of the elected members of each housing authority. In accordance with Guidance issued...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (6 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: This year my Department is providing some €80 million under the National Regeneration Programme to support on-going regeneration projects at a number of locations around the country. These projects are at various stages in the project lifecycle and include Ballymun, which will be substantially complete by end 2014, as well as projects which are currently at early planning stage like...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (6 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Information relating to the amounts of funding allocated and recouped to Sligo Borough Council in respect of the regeneration project over the past 8 years is currently being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications (6 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: To qualify for social housing support, a household must generally submit a properly completed application form to the housing authority, including providing the supporting documents specified in the application form checklist. Where a valid application form is submitted, a housing authority will then assess it in terms of eligibility and need for such support in accordance with section 20 of...

Topical Issues: Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputies Robert Troy and Sean Fleming for raising this matter. As Minister of State with responsibility for housing, I am keenly aware of the challenges the Government faces in delivering housing supports to a range of vulnerable households and groups. The difficulties facing the State's finances and the necessity to reduce public expenditure to sustainable levels are having an...

Topical Issues: Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will revert to the Deputy in this regard.

Topical Issues: Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy noted, this contingency fund is in place and the Department certainly intends to use it in a focused way. I also am considering the possible reduction in the upper limit of the grants because in some cases, the averages are only between 30% and 50% of the actual upper limits. This would be a way of spreading the money around further. I am also engaged in attempting to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Mahon Tribunal currently retains copyright in all of its transcripts. The copyright in the transcripts for days 1 to 326 was originally retained by Doyle Court Reporters but was subsequently purchased by the Tribunal. The transcripts are presently available on the Tribunals website: ().

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought in the question is not available in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 Mar 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 and related services for homeless persons rests with the housing authorities, in this instance...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Any works to be carried out on a privately owned estate are a matter for the management company and/or owner of that estate. The use of NAMA monies in this, or any regard, is a matter for NAMA alone. My Department has no function in relation to these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government has taken an extensive range of measures to ensure the more sustainable treatment of land and property in Ireland across both the housing and planning areas. The Government's housing policy statement published in June 2011 marked a radical departure for housing in Ireland. The statement clearly recognises the economic consequences of an over reliance on the property sector....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants in the private rented residential sector. Following a review of the Act in 2009 the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Proposals for activity and development on the foreshore vary greatly in terms of their nature, scale and complexity and the time required to determine applications varies accordingly. Changes introduced since the transfer of the function to my Department have impacted on the determination times. Short-term administrative measures which have been developed include: - Regulations putting a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (28 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Affordable Housing Scheme a mortgage subsidy is payable to qualifying households based on income bands. A similar subsidy applies under the Shared Ownership Scheme towards the rent payment for that portion of the equity not yet purchased. The level of subsidy ranges between €2,550 for incomes up to €13,000 and €1,050 for incomes up to €28,000 and its...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (28 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 170 together. Notwithstanding the constraints on capital expenditure across all the various measures under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, I will continue to support the National Regeneration Programme to the fullest extent possible. I am determined that there will be no loss of momentum in 2013 in progressing regeneration...