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Written Answers — Housing Statistics: Housing Statistics (17 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of housing policy and those data are available on my Department's website www.environ.ie. Data on vacancy levels are not among that range as they are collected by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) as part of its Census work. The 2011 Census is published on the CSO website...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (17 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Decisions on the eligibility of specific households for social housing support and the allocation of that support are a matter solely for the housing authority concerned. It is a matter for individual housing authorities to decide on the type and size of dwellings to be allocated to applicants on their waiting lists. This policy is decided in their Allocation Schemes, the making of which is a...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (17 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 6 July 2012, I issued a notice of intent to issue a Direction, together with a draft Direction, to Clare County Council relating to the South Clare Local Area Plan 2012-2018 as adopted by the elected members on 11 June 2012. I formed the provisional opinion to issue such notice on the basis that the Planning Authority had ignored or not taken account of a submission made on my behalf in...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (17 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To take account of the current housing market conditions, the Government's housing policy statement, published in June 2011, announced the standing down of all affordable housing schemes in the context of a full review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000. That review is now underway and it is expected to conclude later in the year. Any future changes to legislation governing...

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (17 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: While information on the number of persons who have applied for RAS is not held by my Department, it should be noted that the main qualifying criterion for the scheme is that a person should be in receipt of rent supplement for a period of 18 months or more. From information in relation to the operation of the Rent Supplement Scheme, which is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Social...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (17 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To the end of June 2012, 129 housing units have been secured under the Social Housing Leasing Initiative in County Donegal. The breakdown of these by Housing Authority is set out in the table below. Authority No of Units Donegal County Council 55 Letterkenny Town Council 42 Buncrana Town Council 31 Bundoran Town Council 1 Overall Donegal 129

Written Answers — Tenant Purchase Scheme: Tenant Purchase Scheme (17 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date there have been 7 completed transactions under the 2011 Tenant Purchase scheme in Co. Donegal. My Department understands that there are a number of outstanding expressions of interest under the scheme where sales will have to be finalised by 31 December 2012 when the scheme expires.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (17 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: In submitting proposals for funding under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP), it is a matter for each local authority to determine the nature, location and relative priority of individual projects, including projects for meeting housing need in rural areas. There is no separate funding stream for one-off rural houses and local authorities may submit such proposals as...

Written Answers — Drugs Strategy Budget: Drugs Strategy Budget (17 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: During the period in question my Department provided mainstream funding for five drugs projects. These projects were Ballyfermot Star, Canal Communities, Clondalkin Safety Forum, Tallaght Killinarden and Tallaght Fettercairn. Details of the funding involved are as follows: Year Funding 2007 €481,000 2008 €496,000 2009 €461,000 2010 €461,000 2011 €400,000

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (17 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is an initiative to cater for the accommodation needs of certain persons in receipt of rent supplement, normally for more than 18 months and who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. Since 1 April 2011 formal legislative recognition has been given to the scheme. Data supplied quarterly to my Department by the Department of Social Protection...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (12 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: There are two types of house purchase loan available from local authorities: standard annuity loans targeted at lower income first time buyers and those under the Home Choice Loan scheme which are available to qualifying middle income first time buyers affected by the "credit crunch". The terms and conditions governing the operation, including eligibility terms, of annuity mortgages and the...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (12 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 all housing authorities are required to make an allocation scheme (in place of a scheme of letting priorities). The making and amendment of such an allocation scheme for social housing is a reserved function of the elected members of each housing authority. The Social Housing Allocation Regulations 2011, which commenced on 1...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (12 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government's Housing Policy Statement, published in June 2011, identifies approved housing bodies (AHBs) as key partners in the delivery of social housing. This recognises both the constrained funding levels available for local authority construction programmes and the capacity and track-record of the voluntary and cooperative housing sector. The sector is a significant provider of...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (11 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 161 together. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 -2011 I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned. Accordingly, it would not be appropriate to comment on the specific case in question.

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (11 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The funding application in question is being considered by my Department in the light of the additional information received from the City Council and a decision will be made as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (10 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 315 and 316 together The scheduling of leave arrangements for staff and Board Members is an internal matter for An Bord Pleanála and my Department has no function in that regard. The information sought in relation to the number of planning appeals currently awaiting a decision from An Bord Pleanála for four to fourteen months is not available within my...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (10 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 167,169 and 171 of 28 June, 2012 which set out the position on this matter.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (10 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The site in question was approved for inclusion under the Land Aggregation Scheme, and the Housing Finance Agency loan on it was redeemed by my Department in October 2011, following which the process of transferring the land from Limerick County Council to Housing and Sustainable Communities (HSC) Ltd was commenced. My Department understands that the transfer process from Limerick County...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (10 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Funding may be available under the Social Housing Investment Programme to fund major refurbishment works to dwellings with serious structural defects, including problems arising from pyrite. My Department has been liaising with Dublin City Council on this issue on an ongoing basis and is currently assisting the Council with regard to social housing schemes affected by pyrite at a number of...

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (10 Jul 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department currently supports an ambitious programme of regeneration projects to deliver integrated physical, social and economic regeneration, ranging from large-scale urban regeneration projects such as those in Ballymun and Limerick city to smaller estate-wide regeneration projects in Dublin city and in a number of regional towns around the country. This year my Department is providing...