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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act , 2009 , dealing with social housing support, was commenced on 1 April 2011. Under the Act, and the related Social Housing Assessment Regulations, 2011, a new standard procedure for assessing applicants for social housing was introduced in every housing authority. The Regulations contain, among other eligibility criteria, maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Applications (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: In June 2012 my Department invited local authorities to submit a prioritised list of projects for funding under the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) over the period 2012 to 2014. Cork County Council submitted a list of fourteen projects for consideration by my Department. Details of the projects submitted are set out in the following table. CAS funding totalling €4,810,000 was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought is available on my Department’s website at .

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 676 and 677 together. 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 . Since 2008, the Department has collected data on rent arrears, calculated by the total monetary amounts owing to local authorities....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 678 and 690 together. 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 www.environ.ie . Since 2010, data are collected from local authorities on the number of loans in arrears broken down by the length of time...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with the housing authorities and the purposes for which housing authorities may incur expenditure in addressing homelessness are prescribed in Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Information in respect of funding provided under Section 10 for Wicklow is set out in the t able below. Funding is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 686 and 687 together. 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 local authority houses constructed and purchased are included as part of that range. Data for 2012 are still...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 688 and 699 together. In the case of privately owned properties, grants are available under my Department’s Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People With a Disability to assist households to have necessary repairs, adaptations or improvement works carried out in order to meet the accommodation needs of an older person or a person with a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Programme for Government committed to reviewing the homeless strategy, The Way Home: A Strategy to Address Adult Homelessness in Ireland 2008-2013 and to implementing a housing led approach to homelessness. Work on the review is almost complete and I intend to issue a policy statement on homelessness shortly. That statement will take account of demands on existing housing and will assess...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Application Numbers (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: By end of September 2012 local authorities had transferred a total of 41,623 households to the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) from Rent Supplement since the former commenced in late 2005. Of these 24,472 were housed directly under RAS with 17,196 accommodated under other social housing options. The following table sets out the transfer position annually by authority: RAS Admin Fees 2005 -...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Leases (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Since the Scheme began in 2009, 3,458 housing units have been made available for use as social housing under the Social Housing Leasing Initiative. A breakdown of units provided in 2011, to date in 2012 and in total, by housing authority, is show in the following table. Housing Authority Leasing Units provided in 2011* Leasing units provided to date in 2012* Cumulative Leasing Units...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: An Bord Pleanála has a statutory objective to determine appeals and referrals within 18 weeks. The compliance rate with the statutory objective time period for normal planning appeals stood at 37% as of the end of September 2012 and the average time taken was 22.7 weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 702 and 717 together. In advancing loans for house purchase by lower income borrowers it is of critical importance that local authorities make such funding available on the basis of sound lending criteria. My Department and individual local authorities have a responsibility to ensure that mortgage lending is prudentially based and that the capacity of a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with the housing authorities. NAMA has identified over 3,800 units to be considered for social housing. Of those that have been examined to date, 449 have been deemed unsuitable by housing authorities and a further 594 have been withdrawn. 2,010 units are being examined by housing authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department supports an ambitious programme of regeneration projects to deliver integrated physical, social and economic regeneration, ranging from large-scale urban regeneration projects such as Ballymun and Limerick city to smaller estate regeneration projects in a number of regional cities and towns around the country, including Waterford. In the case of complex regeneration schemes,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 711 and 712 together. Data in relation to leasing and RAS units are generally provided as numbers of operational units under leasing or households transferred under RAS. The number of these units tenanted at any particular time varies as leases end, tenants move on to other properties or new tenancies are allocated. Recoupment in relation to both leasing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department’s records show that a total of 25,900 units of accommodation have been provided by the approved Voluntary and Co-operative Housing Bodies . Some 10,501 of these were provided under the Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) and comprise largely of standard housing for low-income families . 15,399 units of accommodation were funded under my Department’s Capital...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government’s Housing Policy Statement, published in June 2011, recognises the approved housing body sector as a key partner in the delivery of social housing solutions for low-income families and persons with specific categories of housing need, including older people, persons with a physical, intellectual or mental health disability, homeless persons and elderly returning...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department supports an ambitious programme of regeneration projects to deliver integrated physical, social and economic regeneration, ranging from large-scale urban regeneration projects such as Ballymun and Limerick city to smaller estate regeneration projects in a number of regional towns around the country. Funding of €90 million has been set aside to support the National...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (6 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The projects concerned operated as mainstreamed drugs projects under my Department’s housing programme. Following significant reductions in the funding available to support these projects in 2012 my Department, exceptionally, provided pro rata funding to support the projects until end June 2012. Following a consultation process, South Dublin County Council identified interim funding...