Results 12,181-12,200 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, made under Sections 3, 20 and 32 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, prescribe the form that must be used in applying for social housing support. In general terms I am satisfied with the existing form but amendments may be considered as part of an ongoing review of the housing needs provisions.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: A total of €2,234,530 was recouped to Sligo Borough Council in respect of the regeneration project for 2011. Details of the amounts recouped in relation to professional services and on various staff costs associated with the project are set out in the following table: Staff – Sligo Borough Council €412,907 Consultants / Professional Services €73,039 Community Wardens €72,954...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Having regard to the constraints on staff time and resources and the focus on delivering the national regeneration programme, it has not been possible so far to complete a trawl of all the records relating to the 2009 regeneration programme and to compile the very extensive information requested. This task will be completed as quickly as possible and the information forwarded to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 144 together. The review of Part V of the Planning and Development Acts announced in the context of the standing down of affordable housing schemes as part of the Government's housing policy statement will include an examination of the operational aspects of the shared ownership scheme. Any future changes to legislation governing affordable housing...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: In terms of the delivery of social housing, 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. The Government is committed to responding more quickly and on a larger scale to social housing support needs through a variety of mechanisms,...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: No funding restrictions have been placed on local authorities for the purposes of providing loan finance for house purchase or home improvement. Allocations totalling over €51m issued to local authorities for House Purchase and House Improvement lending in April 2011, an increase of almost €20m (or 61%) on the 2010 allocation of almost €31m. These allocations represent borrowings...

Written Answers — Residential Property Sales: Residential Property Sales (8 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 and 148 together. The information sought is not collected by my Department. I have no function in respect of the sale of private residential property or the sale of property by the National Asset Management Agency.

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (8 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector and the Act provides that landlords in the sector must apply to register the tenancy of a dwelling with the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established under the Act. The PRTB publishes a range of statistics, including tenancy...

Written Answers — Voluntary Housing Sector: Voluntary Housing Sector (8 Mar 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. AHBs are uniquely placed to help drive the...

Written Answers — House Purchase Schemes: House Purchase Schemes (8 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the terms of the Incremental Purchase scheme introduced in June 2010, new houses provided by approved voluntary and co-operative housing bodies and designated under the scheme may be purchased by their tenants. As regards the sale to tenants of existing houses provided by approved bodies, my Department is currently examining, in consultation with the relevant bodies, the future funding...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (7 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Planning legislation provides for extensive public notification of proposed development. For example, article 17 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 – 2010 requires an applicant to erect a site notice in order to lodge a valid application for planning permission. Article 19 of the Regulations requires that this notice must be placed in a conspicuous position on or near the main...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (7 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 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 development is...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (7 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's involvement with the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants. The grant schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The table sets out the information sought in respect of activity under the Home Choice Loan. 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total Applications 44 78 18 2 142 Approvals 4 6 3 0 13 Loans drawn down 4 6 2 0 12

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (7 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 development is still being actively completed by the developer, or where no...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's involvement with the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants. The grant schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources...

Written Answers — Home Purchase Schemes: Home Purchase Schemes (6 Mar 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. Two types of house purchase loan...

Written Answers — Private Residential Tenancies Board: Private Residential Tenancies Board (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 347 and 348 together. I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established on 1 September 2004 under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. While the PRTB received Exchequer funding for a number of years, it has operated on a self-financing basis since 2010. The Table...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The enforcement of the conditions attached to a planning permission is a matter for the relevant planning authority and I have no role in that regard. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, I am specifically 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,...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Housing Act 1988 statutory responsibility for determination of eligibility and for assessment of housing need in relation to the provision of accommodation, including for those persons assessed as being homeless, is entirely a matter for the housing authorities concerned. Accordingly my Department does not hold the information requested in relation to the numbers accommodated from...