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Written Answers — Retail Sector Developments: Retail Sector Developments (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I intend to finalise the draft Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Retail Planning by April 2012. These are aimed at: ensuring that the planning system plays a key role in supporting competitiveness in the retail sector; advancing choice for the consumer while promoting and supporting the vitality and viability of city and town centres; and, contributing to a high standard of urban design...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The list of housing developments which have been designated eligible for a waiver from the household charge is set out under the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012. All households resident in a development prescribed as an unfinished housing estate for the purposes of the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 are covered by the waiver. There is no appeals procedure....

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 367 and 368 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 — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department understands that Dublin City Council will be implementing an interest rate cut of 0.25% from 1 February 2012 for all variable loans; a further rate cut of 0.25% is scheduled to be implemented on 1 April 2012.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 37(1) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 provides that an applicant for permission and any person who made submissions or observations in writing in relation to the planning application to the planning authority in accordance with the permission regulations and on payment of the appropriate fee, may, at any time before the expiration of the period of four weeks beginning on the...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The allocation of an affordable home is made on the basis that an individual is in need of housing, is a first time buyer, cannot afford to purchase privately on the open market but can service a mortgage obtained by loan through an approved financial institution or a local authority where private finance has been refused. While the terms and conditions of the various affordable housing...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provision) Act, 1992 enables housing authorities to provide capital funding to approved housing bodies (AHBs) in respect of the provision of housing. A body seeking to obtain, and to retain, approved status under Section 6 of the Act must have as primary objectives, the provision of accommodation for low-income families or persons with special needs...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (1 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 — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not currently collect information regarding the number of homes available and applications received under the Incremental Purchase Scheme in housing authorities. I consider it appropriate that my Department should collect this information and it is currently under consideration as to how best this should be done.

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has received no applications for funding under the Public Safety Initiative from Kerry County Council nor have any estates in the Council's functional area been categorised as category 4 rendering them eligible for consideration for such funding.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 162 of 2 February 2012, which outlines the policy in place for updating details or circumstances of households deemed qualified for social housing support and placed on the waiting list. Notification of change of details of the household to the housing authority does not, in itself, require resubmission of an application form. However, the housing...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Part 3 of the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, sets out the timeframe in which a housing authority must assess an applicant for qualification for social housing support. A housing authority should deal with the application within a period of 12 weeks of receipt or, where the authority has requested additional information for the purpose of verifying information relating to the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested is not collected by my Department.

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (29 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department provides capital funding to local authorities to assist with the provision of necessary adaptations and extensions to their properties to meet the needs of tenants with a disability. It is a matter for the local authority to determine the nature and extent of the required works and to procure the necessary technical or professional services to ensure that the works are fit for...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (29 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 applies to estates which have been granted planning permission and includes the construction of two or more houses (which as defined in the Act includes apartments) and the provision of new roads, open spaces, car parks, sewers, watermains or drains. In relation to estates which have been completed to the satisfaction of the planning...

Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I did not say that.

Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

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Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

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Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: He is incorrect in what he said about what I said yesterday.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (28 Feb 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. Article 6 and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 set out certain classes of development which are exempt from planning permission requirements. The exemptions are circumscribed by article 9, which...