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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution (3 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate the concerns of the wider community in relation to these matters. The Litter Pollution Acts, 1997 to 2009, provide the statutory framework to combat the litter problem. Under the Acts, the primary management and enforcement response to littering is, in the first instance, a matter for local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate...

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

Alan Kelly: The Housing Finance Agency lends directly to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), rather than via local authorities, for housing purposes. The current rates that apply in respect of long-term lending by the Housing Finance Agency to AHBs are set out in the table below. Loan Type: Interest Rate: up to 30 year variable rate 2.84% EIB 25-year fixed rate 3.25% Other fixed rates for terms...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Cork County Council collects motor tax on its own behalf and on behalf of Cork City Council and receipts are not calculated separately for the two local authority areas. Total gross receipts from motor tax in Cork in 2015 were €133,979,104. Details of motor tax receipts for January 2016 are not yet available.

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

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 514 and 515 together. Pay-by-weight will come into effect for household waste only from 1 July 2016. It will not at that time be applied to commercial waste. However, it is planned to introduce legislation in the second half of 2016 to provide for the application of pay-by-weight to commercial waste. Consultations will be held with the waste industry,...

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

Alan Kelly: In July 2015, I announced funding approval of over €150 million under the Capital Assistance Scheme nationally, to deliver over 1,000 new units of accommodation by approved housing bodies. At that time I also announced additional approvals under the local authority construction programme valued at €30 million. The funding being provided to approved housing bodies under that...

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

Alan Kelly: Following from the Social Housing Strategy 2020, which was approved by Government and published in November 2014, a wide variety of developers, investors, financiers, Approved Housing Bodies and others expressed an interest in being involved in the provision or financing of social housing across the country. In response, I established the Social Housing Investment Proposals Clearing House...

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

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 519 and 528 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: At 31 December 2015, a total of 6,165 house holds had been supported by the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) since its commencement in September 2014,...

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...