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Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I have listened to everyone who spoke. Continue.

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: They are facts.

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I will make the facts available to the Deputy.

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: We have spoken on this issue many times. As everyone knows, it is the most important issue facing us in this country at the moment. It cannot wait for a new Government to be formed. As anyone with a genuine interest in housing knows, tackling the housing problem is not an overnight process; it is a long process. We all know that the consequences of the collapse of the construction...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The detailed administration and implementation of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme is a matter for the local authorities. However, I understand that both the HSE and private occupational therapists are routinely engaged by local authorities to assess the needs of applicants for grants under the Scheme. While I understand that some local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: North-South Interconnector (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: An Bord Pleanála is the independent statutory body assigned responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and certain other matters under the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, and for the determination of applications for strategic infrastructure development including major roads, railways and power transmission lines. Section 134 of the Act provides that the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (14 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. I therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The combined spend in 2015 on the acquisition of new and previously owned houses and apartments for social housing use was €1 79.2 million, with €110.7 million provided by my Department from Exchequer funding and €68.5 million provided by certain local authorities from their own funding sources, including local property tax receipts. A total of 1,096 properties were...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Information on social housing units constructed in respect of all local authorities funded by direct capital investment by my Department, is published on my Department’s website at the following link: . The figure of 28 units was in respect of the period to the end of quarter three 2015. Full year statistics for 2015 show a final outturn for 2015 on construction of 64. The link...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The information requested in relation to the cost of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) and Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) for 2015 is set out in the following table. These costs represent the value of the ongoing commitments in respect of existing units and the additional cost of units as they become operational within the year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Upgrade (14 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 Service (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The costs relating to the training of recruits for Dublin Fire Brigade does not come under the remit of my Department. Such costs are a matter for the relevant local authority, in this case Dublin City Council, who provides the Fire Service for the four Dublin local authorities, through Dublin Fire Brigade.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented residential sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. Security of tenure under the Act is based on rolling four-year tenancy cycles. Where a tenant has been in occupation of a dwelling for a continuous period of 6 months and no notice of termination has been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 758 and 780 together. The number of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability processed in all local authority areas, including for Co. Kildare, for the period requested is available on my Department's website at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Applications (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a major pillar of the Social Housing Strategy 2020. The HAP scheme removes a barrier to employment, by allowing recipients to remain in the scheme if they gain full-time employment, it improves regulation of the rented accommodation being supported and it provides certainty for landlords as regards their rental income. To be eligible for HAP, a person...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Housing Agency, in consultation with my Department and local authorities, is gathering data and developing a detailed database and GIS map of local authority owned lands, as well as the Land Aggregation Scheme lands, showing their location, size, boundaries and other information. Furthermore, my Department, in conjunction with local authority planning departments, carried out a national...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department works closely with Kildare County Council in relation to the Council’s overall staffing requirements. However, under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, it is the Chief Executive of the Council who is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority. The table below sets out the posts...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I have received correspondence in relation to a number of complaints regarding certain matters in County Wicklow which is being considered. A reply will be issued in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 763 and 764 together. My Department has provided approximately €1.2 million to Bray Town Council and Wicklow County Council towards a range of improvement and retrofitting works undertaken since 2012 to houses in Oldcourt Estate. The precise nature and extent of the necessary works is a matter for Wicklow County Council to determine; however, my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The matter raised by the Deputy is one for the local authority in question, which is Wicklow County Council, while queries relating to the National Asset Management Agency are a matter forthat organisation and the Department of Finance. In addition, local authorities are required to adhere to ‘The Planning System and Flood Risk Management'(2009) Planning Guidelines issued by my...