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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: There are now over 8,500 households in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the scheme has been rolled out to all categories of households in 19 local authority areas. The Dublin Region Homelessness Executive (DRHE) is also managing a HAP Homeless Pilot for the four Dublin local authorities. Budget 2016 has increased the funding for the HAP scheme to €47.7 million...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Whenever a person considers a noise to be so loud, so continuous, so repeated, of such duration or pitch or occurring at such times that it gives reasonable cause for annoyance, he or she can initiate action to deal with it, for example, by engaging with the individual causing the noise to come to some mutually acceptable understanding, or by contacting their local authority, which may...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides funding to assist older people to have necessary repairs or improvement works carried out to private houses in order to facilitate the continued independent occupancy of their homes. At local level, the detailed administration and processing of these grants, including the assessment, prioritisation, approval and payment of individual grants to applicants, is the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Details in relation to appointments made since 2015 to date are available on my Department’s website at the following link:. In the case of certain appointments to State Boards, statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Minister or the Government, as appropriate. In addition, in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The funding provided by my Department to local authorities in 2014 and 2015 to support their work in dealing with vacant social housing units is set out in the following table. This funding is in addition to the work and resources that local authorities deploy themselves to deal with this issue, which arises because the repair and re-letting of vacant social houses has always been part of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The repair and re-letting of vacant social houses has always been part of the ongoing work that local authorities carry out on their social housing stock as part of their responsibilities as housing authorities under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. However, in 2014, in recognition of the need to address a build-up of vacant social houses, my Department introduced the current programme to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Social housing projects funded by my Department comply with the Government’s Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF), the strategic objectives of which are to ensure greater cost certainty, better value for money at all stages during project delivery and more efficient end-user delivery. Working within the scope and objectives of the CWMF, and with a view to supporting the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Enforcement action against illegal waste activity, including littering offences, is a matter for the local authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Enforcement, and my Department does not compile statistics in relation to fines imposed. Such statistics are publicly accessible through the Local Government Management Agency’s series of annual...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I have no function in the matter and the information requested is not held in my Department . In accordance with section 153 of the Local Government Act 2001, the responsibility for legal proceedings rests with the individual local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Projects (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The provision of premises and facilities in the public library service is generally a matter for each local authority in its capacity as a library authority. Notwithstanding this, my Department recently announced a new €22m Libraries Capital Investment Programme for the period 2016 - 2021 to support the development of priority projects submitted by local authorities. In this regard,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Projects (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The development of Virginia Library will be supported by my Department under the new Libraries Capital Investment Programme 2016-2021. In this regard, my Department will provide a contribution of €850,000 towards the overall cost of the proposed development, which is estimated at €3.5m. The matching funding will be provided by Cavan County Council, which has responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The provision of fire services in local authority areas, including the establishment and maintenance of fire brigades, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of premises, is a statutory function of the individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1981. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The provision of fire services in local authority areas, including the establishment and maintenance of fire brigades, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of premises, is a statutory function of the individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1981. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Cavan County Council has included Stradone Group Sewerage Scheme in its application to my Department for funding under the new Rural Water Multi-Annual Funding Programme for the period 2016 to 2018. My Department is currently considering local authorities' bids for funding and allocations to authorities for funding under the new programme will be provided shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: There is no formal transfer mechanism between authorities for full-time employees of Fire Services. The contract of employment for each employee is with the relevant local authority to which they are contracted. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: On 5 February 2016, I announced total funding of €56.25 million for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. I have increased the level of funding available for the grants by some 10% in 2016. This funding will see over 8,000 homes receiving grant aid this year. Details of the allocations are available on my Department’s website at the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The assessment of applications for social housing support is the responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. The prescribed application form for such support requires applicants to provide certain information on their current and previous accommodation, including whether they received a notice...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The latest summary of social housing assessments, which was carried out on 7 May 2013, showed that there were 89,872 households on local authority waiting lists at that date. The 2013 figures are the most up-to-date figures available on waiting list numbers, which are subject to on-going fluctuation as households are allocated housing and new households are added to the lists. The full 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: While my Department provides funding to local authorities in respect of various capital projects for the construction and acquisition of social housing, it does not approve individual house purchases or new housing starts. In relation to projects my Department has approved, these follow on from the announcement I made in April last year of over €1.5 billion in funding allocations in...