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Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: We are working on it.

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is why we brought in-----

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is why we just introduced standards, including for bedsits that Deputy Ó Snodaigh mentioned.

Mortgage Restructuring: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: We have actually done that in the North Circular Road.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (20 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 143 of 13 February 2013. Coill Rua estate was originally named Green Park West but subsequently renamed to differentiate it from Green Park Meadows. In compiling the list of estates for the National Housing Survey 2011, Coill Rua was identified as Green Park Meadows, which was the name entered on the prescribed list. There is no appeals procedure and no...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (20 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The County and City Managers Association (CCMA), who are represented on the relevant project Steering Group, have nominated a number of local authorities as potential pilot sites; these will be considered within the broader deliberations of the group and decisions on the appropriate authorities to pilot the scheme will be made in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria (20 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Rental Accommodation Scheme local authorities enter into contractual arrangements on behalf of tenants with accommodation providers, primarily in the private rented sector, to secure medium to long-term availability of rented accommodation. The lease on these units can vary from 1 year to over 10 years. The duration of any contract is determined primarily by the housing needs of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (20 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I intend to announce the capital allocations 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 weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers (20 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: On foot of the recommendations of the Keane Report on mortgage arrears, the Government launched a mortgage to rent scheme on a pilot basis in February 2012. This scheme was extended nationally in June 2012, targeting low income families whose mortgage situation is unsustainable and where there is little or no prospect of a significant change in circumstances in the foreseeable future. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Light Pollution (20 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is no environmental legislation pending or in force, at either EU or national level, on light pollution. However, steps have been taken at a national level to help alleviate the effects of such pollution. Irish regulations on environmental impact assessment (of projects which are likely to have significant effects on the environment) require an environmental impact statement to...

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (19 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: What does that have to do with the debate?

Magdalen Laundries Report: Statements (19 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: This has been a dignified debate.

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Collins for raising this matter and share her concern on the need to address the issue of inadequate insulation and draught proofing in older local authority housing stock. Given the constraints on capital budgets across all areas of the public service, my Department is now placing greater emphasis on local authority social housing improvement programmes to improve living...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: We want to gather the information, as the Deputy said, and find out where the problem houses are located. We have asked the local authorities to do that. This year I hope to be able to divert to occupied houses some of the money that would have been used for "voids". I also hope to develop programmes with the information we are gathering from the local authorities. It could be very...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (19 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Wind Energy Development Guidelines, published by my Department in 2006, provide advice to planning authorities on the consideration of a range of factors relating to wind energy through the development plan process. 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: Tenant Purchase Scheme (19 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department is currently considering the issues to be addressed in the General Scheme of the forthcoming Housing Bill that may include, among other things, proposals for a new scheme for the sale of loc al authority houses to tenants, based on the incremental purchase model. Provisions governing mortgage lending by local authorities are set out under the Housing (Local Authority Loans)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (19 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS), funding of up to 100% of the approved cost is available to Approved Housing Bodies for the provision of accommodation to meet the needs of persons with specific categories of housing need including older people, people with an intellectual, physical or mental health disability, the homeless, returning emigrants and victims of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria (19 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008, as amended by the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, made under section 18 of the Housing (scellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. With very limited exemptions these regulations apply to local authority and non-profit approved housing body units...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (19 Feb 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 is framed in a manner which optimises the delivery of social housing and the return for the resources invested. To...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (19 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not aware of any court judgement that gives rise to consideration of an amendment of section 14 of the Housing (scellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 , which provides that a housing authority may refuse to allocate, or defer the allocation of, a dwelling to a person on specified grounds, including that the authority considers that the person is or has been engaged in anti-social behaviour or...