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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Information on social housing units constructed and acquired in respect of all local authorities and approved housing bodies 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 published, including a breakdown across the different categories of delivery for all local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Since my Department introduced the current programme to support local authorities to return vacant social houses to productive use in 2014, exchequer funding has been provided for some 5,000 such housing units at a cost of almost €60 million. This funding is provided to compliment the efforts that local authorities make from within their own resources to repair and re-let vacant social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Data (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: All Motor Tax income accrues to the Local Government Fund. The Fund has historically provided local authorities with finance for funding some of their day-to-day activities, including elements of water services costs, through General Purpose Grant allocations; for non-national roads; and funding for certain local government initiatives. Details of the General Purpose Grant allocations to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Land Transfers (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Land Aggregation Scheme was introduced in 2010 as part of revised arrangements for the funding of land for social housing purposes. The primary purpose of the Scheme was to assist in the gradual unwinding of loans taken out by housing authorities to purchase land for the social and affordable housing investment programme. Applications to the value of some €163 million in loans...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (6 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 for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. With regard to rapid-delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020,launched in November 2014, provides for an investment with a capital value of €300 million in social housing through the public private partnership model.  In total the programme is expected to deliver 1,500 social housing units. To enable delivery to commence as quickly as possible, the PPP programme is being rolled-out in three bundles. The...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: We cannot have a situation where there is no analysis of this. We have to analyse how public money is being spent. However, changes have been made which need time to bed down. Once they are bedded down, they will be shown to have worked. I acknowledge the support of Deputies from a number of political backgrounds. I ask the House to support what I said in my opening statement. We must...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his elevation. I thank all Deputies who are present. Some of them have been here for a long period. A total of 11 Members remain, which reflects their priorities and those of others in the context of this debate. I congratulate all those who made contributions, most of which were constructive, and, in particular, those who made their maiden...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: That needs to be recorded.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I would take it anytime.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: That is not true.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I referenced it.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I ask Deputies to cast their minds back to 2012 when many reports were being published on the sorry state of the economy and property market at the time. One report issued a severe warning to the property sector that it could take more than 40 years to deal with the oversupply of housing unless we started bulldozing houses. The report stated: "Barring a sudden and sizeable recovery in Irish...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I challenge those Deputies who believe they have all the answers to take the opportunity to step up to the mark, enter government and continue the work of solving the housing problem. This is an incredibly difficult and complex challenge, one from which, based on their utterances, many parties in the 32nd Dáil have effectively walked away because they refuse to countenance entering...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments Data (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 and 520 together. While my Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statistics, the full range of which can be viewed on my Department’s website at the following weblink: , the data sought on the number of vacant units by county are not collected. The most recent information relating to vacant residential units can be found in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waterways Issues (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 516 and 549 together. The Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy) establishes a common framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater. The overall aim of the Directive is to maintain high and good...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Rate (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 517 and 519 together. My Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics, including the number and value of local authority mortgages and a breakdown of those in arrears by local authority. The statistics are available on my Department’s website at: . The Central Bank’s Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears requires all mortgage lenders to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: The project in question is not yet at tender stage. An outline design proposal for this project was recently submitted to my Department. As part of its routine consideration of the submission, my Department is in contact with Meath County Council with a view to clarifying particular aspects of the proposed design and having the project advanced as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: In formation on social housing units constructed and acquired in respect of all local authorities and approved housing bodies 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 is currently published, including a breakdown across the different categories of delivery for all local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 522 and 530 together. Information in relation to ‘Total Social Housing Dwellings Stock’, including ‘Percentage Vacant’, is available on a local authority basis on the website of the National Oversight and Audit Commission, as is information in relation to ‘Average Re-letting Time & Cost; Maintenance Cost by...