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Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (16 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought in the question is not available to my Department.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (16 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 169 together. My Department issued comprehensive guidance to local authorities on the treatment of mortgage arrears, including local authority mortgages for shared ownership transactions, in March 2010. That guidance was closely based on the Central Bank's first statutory Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears to ensure that cases of local authority...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (16 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department collects information on the total number of accommodation units rented under the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) but this is not broken down by type of accommodation. Since the scheme was introduced in late 2005, some 37,757 households have been transferred by local authorities from Rent Supplement to RAS and other social housing options. Of this figure 21,892 were housed...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (15 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 195, 197 and 198 together. The responsibility for the planning of cities, towns and urban areas is a matter for local authorities. The regeneration of urban areas has been a priority of my Department for some time, and a number of initiatives and programmes have been used to promote regeneration. A wide range of property-based tax relief schemes were...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (15 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 on 1 September 2004. While the PRTB received Exchequer funding for a number of years, it has operated on a self-financing basis since 2010. Details of the Board's income and expenditure are published in its annual...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (15 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The voluntary and co-operative housing sector are valued partners 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 emigrants. Some 700 voluntary and co-operative bodies have been granted...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (15 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To the end of December 2011, 21 approved housing bodies have been issued approval by the Department to proceed with leasing projects, which encompass over 1,200 housing units. A breakdown of these units by body is shown in the following table. In addition, 1,546 unsold affordable units have been included in the leasing scheme and are being managed by approved housing bodies. AHB/Status...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (15 Feb 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 — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (15 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested is not available in my Department. Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner for Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. The Commissioner for Valuation has sole responsibility for all valuation...

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 429 of 31st January 2012 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department published Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures in 1996. The guidelines are intended to facilitate planning authorities, An Bord Pleanála, the licensed providers of mobile telecommunications services and the public by providing guidance on dealing with these developments within the planning system. The guidelines set out a...

Written Answers — Property Management Companies: Property Management Companies (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has no function in relation to the operation of property management companies. The Multi Unit Developments Act 2011, which falls under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality, regulates the management and operation of such companies. Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 requires that where a development for which permission is granted...

Written Answers — Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, statutory responsibility for the provision of Traveller accommodation rests with the relevant housing authority, in this case Fingal County Council. In February 2011, following regular discussions and meetings with Fingal County Council, my Department issued approval in principle to the Council for the development of a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 421 to 423, inclusive, together. Data on local authority housing stock are available on my Department's website, www.environ.ie and the most recent data published in this regard relate to 2010. As the data relate to units both owned and managed by local authorities they also encompass Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and long term leasing units. At the end of...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin action to address homelessness at a local or regional level. Section 10 funding provided by my Department in this context relates to the recoupment of 90% of approved expenditure by housing authorities on accommodation for homeless persons, with the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no function in relation to the matter raised. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 - 2010, 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 — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 applies to estates which have been granted planning permission and include 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...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of the Government's Comprehensive Review of Expenditure and the 2012 estimates process, difficult decisions have had to be taken in relation to prioritising funding for core services in all programme areas. The provisional funding estimate to support my Department's mainstreamed drugs projects under the Housing programme budget 2012 was €100,000. Two of 5 drugs projects...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has since 2008 collected data on rent arrears, calculated by the total monetary amounts and not by individual persons or households, owing to local authorities. The data are supplied in a tabular format below. However my Department does not collect data on notices to quit related to those rent arrears. Data in respect of 2011 are not yet available. Local Authorities Rent...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (14 Feb 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provides the legislative basis for the household charge and that Act also amended the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 which provides the legislative basis for the charge on non-principal private residences. The 2011 Act has ceased the exemption from payment of the non-principal private residences charge in respect of properties in the...