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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (28 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 458 of 12 February which sets out the position with regard to the insulation of local authority housing stock.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (28 Feb 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 local authority housing stock broken down by dwelling type are included in this range. However, the dwelling type variables are house or flat/apartment. Data are not compiled on local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date, 31 housing units in County Longford and 32 housing units in County Westmeath have been identified by the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) as being potentially available for social housing purposes. The Local Authorities and the Housing Agency are working systematically with NAMA to determine if there is a social housing demand for these properties. Currently demand has been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (28 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I intend to announce the details of the 2013 capital allocations to local authorities under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, including the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, in the coming days.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I was invited to the large hole party.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is not in one of those categories.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: There will be a decision soon whether it falls under the Derelict Sites Act and that should enable progress. I have been told it is not an abandoned site and it cannot therefore be covered under the public safety initiative. If there is information to suggest it has become an abandoned site, we can respond and have funding available.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I hope we will see progress in the near future and I commend the Senator for her vigilance and persistence on this issue.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Schools Building Programme Applications (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will most certainly do that. The public procurement guidelines obviously have to be followed. I am not certain whether a temporary facility would need planning permission because I do not know the details but I will certainly pass on the Senator's concerns to the Minister and ask him to contact her directly.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Senator Healy Eames has been following this issue and asking me about it for quite some time, and I understand her frustration and that of the residents. I thank her for raising the issue in the House. Matters relating to planning disputes of this nature are matters for the individual local authority involved. I know Senator Healy Eames has heard this before but I have no jurisdiction in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 authorities, the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency, NAMA...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: If any information comes to my attention that would suggest that the site is totally abandoned, then it can come under the PSI. However, the information available to the Department at the moment is that the site is inactive rather than abandoned. As the Senator has said, the site has active planning permission. The council is in regular contact with the developer and is doing what it can....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Schools Building Programme Applications (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am responding to this Adjournment debate on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn. I hope to clarify some issues for the Senator and I thank her for raising it as it provides me with the opportunity to clarify the current position of the application for alternative accommodation in respect of Kilcolgan Educate Together national school. To ensure that every...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Repossessions (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Repossession remains extremely rare for local authority borrowers, with only 128 repossessions across all local authority areas carried out between 2005 and 2010. Where repossession does occur it is only as a last resort. Data on local authority mortgage repossessions broken down by local authorities are provided in tabular format below for 2011. Data in relation to 2012 are currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Expenditure on the Social Housing Leasing Initiative since it was introduced in 2009 came to just over €47.45 million to the end of January 2013. This includes an amount of €8.35 million, under the Capital Advance Leasing Facility, in repayable advances to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs ). I have detailed below the cost per year to date. The estimated cost of leased units in 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: While under Section 255 of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 – 2012 I may initiate a review of procedures and systems employed by a planning authority in the performance of its functions under the Acts I am precluded , under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, from involvement in relation to any particular case, including an enforcement matter, with which a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The adoption of individual development contribution schemes is a reserved function of the locally elected members of each planning authority. It is a matter for the members to determine the level of contribution and the types of development to which they will apply. It is my understanding that Dublin City Council’s development contribution scheme was adopted before the final...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure (26 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 428 and 469 together. Since 2008 and up to the end of December 2012 expenditure on the Rental Accommodation Scheme [RAS] came to just over €477 million. Since the scheme commenced in 2005 expenditure has totalled €512.3 million. This following table sets out the annual expenditure from 2008 to 2012: RAS expenditure 2008-2012 Year € ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Disadvantaged Status (26 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department’s National Regeneration Programme targets the country’s most disadvantaged communities; those defined by the most extreme social exclusion, unemployment and anti-social behaviour. Regeneration seeks to rebuild these communities by addressing not just the physical environment in which they live but also by investing in the social and economic life of the areas. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (26 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011, published by my Department in October 2011, local authorities , including South Tipperary County Council, provided details of all unfinished housing developments in their areas. Unfinished housing developments were divided into four categories as follows: Category one, where the development is still being...