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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (6 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: Housing authorities have powers to make low cost sites available to persons who are qualified for social housing support and to voluntary or co-operative non-profit housing groups. I have no plans at present to amend the conditions under which such sites are made available. A range of measures are being taken under the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (6 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department does not hold information in relation to the number of social housing tenants in arrears in Galway City Council and Galway County Council. According to the Councils' audited 2015 Annual Financial Statements, the amounts of rent arrears in Galway City Council and Galway County Council at 31/12/2015 were €786,251 and €1,956,399, respectively.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: Statistics in relation to social housing stock are gathered by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) in their annual reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities. These reports provide a range of information in relation to social housing stock including the total number of dwellings in each local authority area, broken down between the level of units provided directly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Data (6 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is set out in the following table. Year Commissioned Consultant/Author etc. Name/Description of Report/Review/Study Date or Expected Date of Publication Amount Spent Since March 2011 2011 ARUP Consulting Engineers Study in respect of provision of fire detection and alarms systems in dwellings. Not intended for publication.  It is a technical report, to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: The target set in Rebuilding Ireland, that by mid-2017 hotels will only be used in limited circumstances to provide emergency accommodation for families, is necessarily ambitious.  However, I believe that the significant efforts currently being made by local authorities and other key bodies, supported by my Department, will enable the objective to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (6 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: The first scheme of 22 rapid build homes was finished to an extremely high standard of quality and with a superior energy efficiency rating. The final account has been settled by Dublin City Council with the final cost per unit working out at a very competitive €180,000 (excluding VAT). For commercial sensitivity reasons, given that tendering processes are on-going and further...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 231 together. My Department endeavours to ensure that the voting process is as accessible and inclusive as possible, while ensuring the integrity of the ballot. To that end I made regulations on 20 October 2016 - the Electoral Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 537 of 2016) - which provide for ballot paper templates to be provided at polling stations at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: The promotion of higher densities of physical development along transport corridors and other strategic urban locations promoted through high level planning policy frameworks must be accompanied by investment in enabling physical and social infrastructure. This broad approach is enshrined in the 10 principles of national policy set out in the National Planning Policy Statement 2015, Principle...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: The holding, transport or management of waste is a matter for the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and I have no function in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 and 213 together. My role, as Minister, in relation to the planning system is mainly to provide and update the legislative and policy guidance framework. The legislative framework comprises the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, (the Act) and the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended.  With regards to policy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: In response to the current very challenging housing crisis, rooted in a chronic under-supply of housing, the Government has published the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, with the objective of increasing and accelerating housing delivery, across all tenures, to help individuals and families find homes.  Clear and well defined governance structures are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Control of Dogs Acts 1986 (as amended) set out a range of requirements for all dog owners or any other person in charge of a dog. The Control of Dogs Regulations 1998 (as amended) set out further requirements that owners of specific breeds of dogs have to follow, namely that such dogs must be muzzled and led, on a sufficiently strong leash or chain not exceeding 2m in length, by a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Data (5 Apr 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. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the supervisory authority for public water supplies. The procedures to be followed where there is non-compliance with the parametric value for lead of 10 microgrammes per litre,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Data (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: The details requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is as follows. email address for each agency Agency Email address An Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 and 219 together.   Matters in relation to Brexit are managed by the team responsible for the existing coordination of EU and international business in my Department, with input from relevant line sections and experts across the organisation, as necessary. The relevant team, in the Assistant Secretary led Corporate and Business Support...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 and 232 together. My Department has published a comprehensive status list of all social housing construction schemes that are advancing nationwide, as at end-Quarter 4 of 2016. Over 500 approved schemes were listed that, when completed, will deliver some 8,500 new social homes. The schemes range from those that are being designed, through to  those...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: The official monthly homelessness data report published by my Department is compiled from information provided by housing authorities and produced via the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), the single integrated national data information system on State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements overseen by housing authorities. The 'family hubs' currently being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. Details regarding the volumes of new build local authority completions (which do not include voids or regeneration units) can be found on the Department's website at: .

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: Article 10(4) of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2015, dealing with change of use exemptions for planning purposes, provides that development consisting of the use of not more than 4 bedrooms in a house, where each bedroom is used for the accommodation of not more than 4 persons as overnight guest accommodation, shall be exempted from the requirement to obtain planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (5 Apr 2017)

Simon Coveney: Where social housing units are provided by AHBs under Payment and Availability  (P&A) arrangements with local authorities, it is a condition of such funding that rents be determined in accordance with the differential rents scheme of the housing authority in which the house is situated. The AHB must obtain written permission from the housing authority if it intends to impose any...