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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: 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 of Valuation pursuant to the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. Commercial rates form an important...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: As a first step, any group or individuals interested in working with approved housing bodies for the provision of housing could make contact with approved housing bodies operating in their county. Information on locally active approved housing bodies is available on the website of the Irish Council for Social Housing at the following link: . Ultimately, it is the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme 2016 came into operation on 1 January 2016. The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme.  Section 25 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 lists the terms and conditions of the sale of a house to a tenant under the 2016 Scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Eligibility (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Pillar 5 of the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is specifically focused on utilising existing housing stock, with a key objective of ensuring that houses throughout the country and across all forms of tenure, in both the public and private sectors, are used to the optimum degree possible. The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) has been developed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department provides capital funding to Local Authorities to undertake adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock. The scheme applies to extensions that are needed to address overcrowding. The Department is currently in the process of assessing the funding requirements for each Local Authority for 2017. It is expected that works should take place throughout...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 440, 489 and 490 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. There are currently more than 20,700 households in receipt of HAP, including 7,000 households that were previously supported by Rent Supplement. One of the key...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I refer to the reply to Question No. 402 of 21 March 2017. Irish Water committed to reusing previously installed meter boxes where possible. Irish Water examined each pre-existing meter box to establish if it could be reused. In some cases it was not possible to reuse the meter box for a variety of reasons including insufficient depth of cover, pre-existing damage to the meter box or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I refer to the reply to Question No. 402 of 21 March 2017. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Prior to this, responsibility for water services infrastructure was a matter for local authorities under Section 31 of the Water Services Act 2007. Prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of proposals in relation to the inclusion of certain areas within the Cork City Northwest Regeneration programme. The Revised Masterplan for Cork City Northwest Regeneration Programme was adopted by the Council in 2011, following extensive consultation with elected members, residents and other key stakeholders and it is not proposed to extend the areas covered by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The allocations and recoupment profiles for capital Traveller accommodation projects can vary across local authorities given the local priorities, circumstances and project timelines as set out in the Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) prepared by local authorities under the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998. Funding is recouped to local authorities on eligible expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 445 and 466 together. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each housing authority, in different bands according to the area, with income being defined and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy. The income bands and the authority area assigned to each band were based on an assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the Non-Principal Private Residence (NPPR) Charge. The NPPR Charge, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. The NPPR Charge is based on self-declaration and therefore the onus is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The matters concerned, including the associated legal advice, remain under consideration in my Department. My Department is endeavouring to bring these considerations to a conclusion as soon as possible, in consultation with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. 

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Services Data (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is not available in my Department. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Domestic water connections are a matter for the utility and are a matter in which I have no function. Irish Water has established a dedicated team...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Yield (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is not available in my Department. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels, including non-domestic billing. Prior to this, non-domestic water charging and billing were matters for the relevant local authority. Irish Water has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Metering is a matter for the utility and one in which I have no function. Domestic water charges have been suspended since 1 July 2016. Any business connected to a public water supply is liable for charges as a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The designation of an area as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) under Section 166 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) is a decision of the Government, on the proposal of the Minister and taking on board observations from relevant Government Departments and the various agencies and public bodies under their aegis. Under Section 166(1) of the Planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I have no proposals to introduce a planning aid service along the lines of that operating in the UK, which is a free service independent of central and local government, whereby qualified planners offer professional advice on planning matters to local communities and individuals on a voluntary basis. Section 247 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Under the provisions of Section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), I am specifically precluded from intervening in individual cases. However my Department has made inquiries to Tipperary County Council in relation to the estate the subject of this question and I have been informed that the estate has been taken in charge and work is progressing on resolving any...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (2 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The assessment of households for social housing support, including homeless households, is a matter for individual housing authorities in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. The results of the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments carried out in 2016 provide updated figures on the number of households who qualified for social...