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Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (9 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: I refer to the reply to Question No. 474 of 7 July, 2009. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (9 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: In January 2009, to facilitate local authorities in planning for and managing projects, provisional allocations were notified to authorities. Following this, my Department held Housing Action Plan meetings with all housing authorities during which the direction and content of social housing supply and improvement programmes were discussed. The final allocations which issued to all housing...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (9 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: The annual allocations to local authorities under the schemes concerned are calculated on foot of detailed discussion between my Department and individual authorities and on the basis of a number of criteria, including the level of applications on hand that have been assessed as eligible, applications yet to be assessed and projections for new applications to be received during the year. It...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: Funding of €1,281,914 was approved under my Department's capital assistance scheme for this project. To date, €1,217,818 has been paid to Cork County Council, which is responsible for the administration of the scheme in its area. An application from the council for funding of €90,000 under the Communal Facilities Grant scheme has been received and is being considered in the light of...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (9 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: Funding of €1,419,801 was approved for this project under my Department's capital assistance scheme. To date, €1,348,811 has been paid to Cork County Council, which is responsible for the administration of the scheme in its area. An application from the council for supplementary funding to meet the cost of site remediation works is under consideration in my Department and a decision...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Programmes: Health and Safety Programmes (9 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: Capital funding is available through my Department's Capital Assistance Scheme to approved voluntary housing bodies to provide accommodation to meet the special housing needs of groups including the elderly, the homeless, persons with disabilities and victims of domestic violence. Given that the accommodation provided by voluntary housing bodies for victims of domestic violence may often be...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (8 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: Details of Exchequer funding provided to Longford and Westmeath County Councils for the schemes concerned for each of the years 2006, 2007 and 2008 are set out in the following table. Data for 2006 relate to the old Disabled Persons and Essential Repairs Grant schemes. Data for 2007 and 2008 also include the new Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, as...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (8 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: A Certificate of Reasonable Cost issued in this case on 29 April 2009.

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (8 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: During March 2009, my Department held Housing Action Plan meetings with all housing authorities to discuss the direction and content of authorities' proposed housing investment programmes and particularly to consider the prioritisation of projects under the Social Housing Investment Programme. On foot of these discussions, and in the context of the funding available under the Revised...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: No application for funding in respect of this project has been received from South Tipperary County Council, which is responsible for the administration of the voluntary housing capital funding schemes in the county. On receipt of an application from the local authority, the proposal will be considered in the light of available resources and competing demands.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: Copies of the correspondence requested from my Department were forwarded to the person concerned on 10 June, 2009.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: It is a matter for individual housing authorities to plan their social housing investment programmes having regard to the specific social housing priorities in their areas and to the Exchequer funding allocations available to them. €1.3 billion is being provided for the broad range of social housing programmes this year, with €760m of this earmarked for the main local authority housing...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Question Nos. 460 and 502 together. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) collects data on vacant properties during the Census as this is the most effective and cost efficient way to audit all housing units nationwide. The 2006 Census found that there were 216,533 unoccupied houses and apartments nationally. The number of vacant properties, broken down by county, is available...

Written Answers — House Building Guarantee Scheme: House Building Guarantee Scheme (7 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: The HomeBond Scheme is operated by the National House Building Guarantee Scheme Company Ltd. which is a private company. Any modifications or improvements to the scheme are a matter for the company.

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (7 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: The provision of funding for a fire station at Cloughjordan will be considered under future fire services capital programmes having regard to the fire authority's priorities, the existing facilities available, the level of activity, the proximity of other fire stations and competing demands in relation to the resources available. In autumn 2008, the fire authority indicated that improvement...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (7 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: Ireland is in receipt of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European Social Fund (ESF) support for the period 2007-2013 under the Regional Competitiveness and Employment Objective. There are three Operational Programmes agreed between Ireland and the European Commission for Ireland's allocation of Structural Funds. Two Operational Programmes are co-funded by the ERDF, namely the...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (7 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: The Homeless Agency is administered under the aegis of Dublin City Council. While the staffing of the Agency is therefore a matter for the Council, I understand that it currently has a complement of 14 staff. My Department is responsible for funding for accommodation and related services for homeless persons. In 2008 it provided a total of €53.235 million nationally for this purpose,...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (7 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: The functions of the Affordable Homes Partnership are specified in the Affordable Homes Partnership (Establishment) Order, 2005, as amended by the Affordable Homes Partnership (Establishment) Order, 2005 (Amendment) Order, 2007. By virtue of a provision in the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) (Confirmation of Orders) Act, 2008, this order has statutory effect as if it were an Act...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (7 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: I refer to the reply to Question No. 61 of 11 June, 2009. No formal application has been received to date from Kildare County Council

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (7 Jul 2009)

Michael Finneran: While an application for funding under my Department's Capital Assistance Scheme for a 12-unit sheltered housing project at Bridesbridge, Castlelyons was previously received from Cork County Council, my Department advised the Council in December 2008 that the procurement procedures did not appear to comply with the requirements of the new Forms of Contract for publicly funded projects. I...