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Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: One of the main features of the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is that local authorities, in sourcing accommodation for households, enter into contractual arrangements with private sector landlords to secure medium to long-term availability of rented accommodation. The level of rents payable under RAS is determined by negotiations between the landlord and the local authority, taking...

Written Answers — Mortgage Arrears: Mortgage Arrears (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has recently commenced the collation of data from local authorities on the number of loans in arrears broken down by the length of time in arrears. The data to end of September 2011 indicate that 6,202 of all local authority mortgages (i.e. those drawn down for the purposes of purchasing under the various paths to home ownership including affordable housing, shared ownership and...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The operation of mortgage interest supplement is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection.

Written Answers — Private Residential Tenancies Board: Private Residential Tenancies Board (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 sets out the fees to be charged by the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) for the registration of a tenancy and it also provides that the PRTB may adjust the fees charged, having regard to changes in the value of money. Private rented dwellings must, by law, be registered with the PRTB within one month after the commencement of the tenancy and the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 372 of 13 March 2012, which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My predecessor as Minister for Housing and Planning decided that, instead of incurring significant costs to the Exchequer by securing outsourced expertise, the Department would carry out an examination of the cases involved in the first instance. This examination would then inform the public statement which I will be making in the coming weeks, setting out the results and the appropriate...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government is committed to supporting access to home ownership for lower income households and a range of paths to home ownership will remain in place in that regard. These include the incremental purchase scheme, the availability of loan finance from local authorities for house purchase, including open market purchase, and the tenant purchase scheme. I have no immediate plans to...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Within the resources that are available to me the focus of my efforts, and the efforts of the National Co-ordination Committee, is on public safety issues within Category 3 and 4 unfinished housing developments. I have no function in respect of commercial property.

Written Answers — Regeneration Programmes: Regeneration Programmes (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: In 2011, my Department provided funding of €27.35 million to support the Ballymun Regeneration Programme. Of this, €6.15 million was used to support the administrative overhead of the regeneration company, Ballymun Regeneration Ltd. €16.75 million was recouped to meet the ongoing costs of the regeneration programme including construction, demolition, site-reinstatements, public...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 816 and 840 together. The Government has taken an extensive range of measures to ensure the more sustainable treatment of land and property in Ireland across both the housing and planning areas. The Government's housing policy statement published in June 2011 marked a radical departure for housing in Ireland. The statement clearly recognises the economic...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Local authority rents are set in accordance with a rent scheme adopted by each housing authority having regard to the broad principles laid down by my Department in Circular letter HRT 3/2002 under Section 58 of Housing Act 1966 (as amended). The percentage of income varies within and between rent schemes depending on the terms of the scheme and the particular circumstances of the household...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Local authorities provide information on the proportion of stock that is vacant at the end of each year, and this information is collated and published as part of the annual Service Indicators in Local Authorities Report. The Report also contains data on the average time taken to re-let dwellings. Copies of the 2010 report are available from the Local Government Management Services Board...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2011, all development, unless specifically exempted under the Acts or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Any development that is carried out without planning permission, or that does not comply with the terms of a planning permission, is unauthorised development, and may be subject to enforcement action by a planning...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 826, 844, 846 and 858 together. As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011, published by my Department in October 2011, local authorities provided details of all unfinished housing developments in their areas. Unfinished housing developments were divided into four categories as follows: Category one, where the...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Details of the initial Exchequer allocations and the final allocations provided to Kildare County Council under the grant schemes for 2009, 2010 and 2011, together with details of the amounts recouped to the Council, are set out in the following table: Year Initial Allocation Final Allocation Amount Recouped 2009 €1,470,667 €2,018,693 €2,018,693 2010 €3,000,000 €3,892,484...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2011, I am, as Minister, specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case, including an enforcement matter, with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned. It is the responsibility of planning authorities to administer the development management process...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Local authority dwellings sold to tenant purchasers under section 90 of the Housing Act 1966 are subject to a special condition that "the dwelling or any part thereof shall not, without the consent of the housing authority, be mortgaged, charged or alienated otherwise than by devise or operation of law." This condition applies for a period after sale prescribed by the Minister, which, in the...

Written Answers — Tenancy Agreements: Tenancy Agreements (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 872 and 873 together. The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Act sets out the law relating to the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords in the sector covering, inter alia, security of tenure and the termination of tenancies. Under the Act a tenancy includes any...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has approved the request by Longford County Council to proceed with the preparation of contract documents for the housing refurbishment project at Tromra Road, with a view to advancing this proposal to tender stage as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Apr 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 884 to 886, inclusive, together. My Department has approved the request by Longford County Council to proceed with the preparation of contract documents for the housing refurbishment project at Tromra Road, with a view to advancing this proposal to tender stage as quickly as possible.