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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department introduced a new target-driven and cost effective Voids Retrofitting Programme in 2014 and 2,300 voids units were returned to productive use in that first year, with a further 2,700 units in 2015. The key objective of this programme is to return targeted vacant stock to a lettable, energy efficient condition at a reasonable cost. This funding programme is additional to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: The new incremental tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses came into operation on 1 January 2016 in accordance with the provisions of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015. The scheme is open to tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: The report Social Housing Output in 2015contains details on the progress made under each of the social housing programmes last year and is available on my Department’s website at: To the end of November 2015, a total of 1,084 units were delivered under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP). While the total number of units delivered to end 2015 is yet to be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 525, 526 and 554 together. The report Social Housing Output in 2015contains details on the progress made under each of the social housing programmes last year and is available on my Department’s website at: . Section 4 of the Report deals with Capital Programmes and outlines that 4,188 units were delivered in 2015. Details of unit delivery across the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy2020provides a roadmap to meet the housing needs of all households on the housing list with flexibility to meet future demand.In total, 110,000 new social housing units are targeted for delivery with 35,000 new units to be delivered and 75,000 households to be supported mainly through the Housing Assistance Payment Scheme. The use of a flexible mix of housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Application (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 557 together. 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. A residential...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 530 and 532 together. The report on the 2011 Housing Needs Assessment contains details on waiting list numbers for each local authority which were recorded from 1993 to 2011 under the tri-annual social housing needs assessments carried out under Section 9 of the Housing Act 1988. The report is available on my Department’s website at:. The latest...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: The information requested on households supported by the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme on 31 January 2016 is set out in the table below. Local Authority Commencement Date of HAP Scheme Active HAP Tenancies (31/01/2016) Carlow CC 29/06/2015 134 Clare CC 29/06/2015 307 Cork City Co 29/06/2015 172 Cork CC 15/09/2014 960 Donegal CC 25/05/2015 579 Dublin City Co* 18/12/2014 67...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: The report Social Housing Output in 2015contains details on the progress made under each of the social housing programmes last year and is available on my Department’s website at:. Under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP), a target of 3,000 units was set for delivery in 2015. To the end of November 2015, a total of 1,084 units were delivered under the SHCEP. While...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: House Purchase Schemes (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Under the terms of the various funding schemes overseen by my Department, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are the de factoowners of the properties concerned and are required to make them available for social renting for the duration of the mortgage or, as the case may be, the availability agreement.  My Department cannot unilaterally make provision for their sale to tenants. On expiry of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Tyre Disposal (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 to 544, inclusive, together. Prior to the announcement in November 2013 that a full compliance scheme for waste tyres would be introduced in Ireland various approaches to dealing with waste tyres were examined and considered in the context of the Review of the producer responsibility initiative Model in Irelandbased on successful examples from other EU...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: In February 2014, the then Minister of State for Housing Jan O’Sullivan, T.D., appointed an independent interim regulator within the Housing Agency to assess the governance, financial management and performance of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The Regulation Office is led by a Regulatory Committee of non-executive members and is independent in its decision making powers....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Information on social housing units constructed in respect of all local authorities, including both Cavan and Monaghan County Councils, and funded by direct capital investment by my Department, is published on my Department’s website at the following link: . Data up to Quarter 3 of 2015 are currently available, including a breakdown across the different categories of delivery for all...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Relief Schemes Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department is responsible for the response phase only of severe weather related emergencies including flooding. As part of the response related activities undertaken in relation to the recent flooding, my Department wrote to the Local Authorities and asked them to submit details of the exceptional costs they incurred in the response, clean-up and necessary immediate works. As part of this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) generally use the differential rent scheme as applied by the relevant local authorities to determine the rents of their dwellings. Under this system the amount of rent to be paid by a tenant is based on the income of the household.  Approved Housing Body rents for their social housing tenants are set when the AHB signs an agreement with the housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has not incurred any expenses relating to public relations and advertising in the administration of the Water Services Act 2013 in the period 2013 to 2015 nor has it provided any funds pursuant to Section 15 of the Water Services Act 2013 for any item of expenditure during this period.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Support provided by my Department in respect of refurbishment or adaptations to houses are primarily in respect of social housing. In the case of private houses, the main programme of support funded by my Department is via the local authorities and is focussed on house adaptations for older people and people with a disability. The suite of grants under the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: By the end of December 2015 a total of 147 cases had been completed under the Mortgage to Rent Scheme since its commencement. In addition, 619 cases were actively being progressed. A breakdown of this information on a county basis is provided in tabular form below. In July 2015, the Government announced changes to the mortgage to rent scheme as part of a broader package of measures to deal...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. Data on local authority housing stock - which incorporates owned housing stock and accommodation provided under the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme - are available on my Department’s website at: , by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for staffing and organisation arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. My Department, however, works closely with local authorities with regard to the implementation of the Government's Social Housing Strategyand in 2015all local...