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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: There is no funding programme managed by my Department granting assistance to remove asbestos from community buildings.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: The making and amending of rent schemes is the responsibility of local authorities as an integral part of their housing management functions, subject to broad principles laid down by my Department in Circular letter HRT 3/2002 of 6 March 2002. It is a matter for local authorities, when assessing individual households, to consider whether rents payable are in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Yield (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: The monetary amount of each revenue income source to local authorities in the years 2010 - 2015 is set out in Table 1. Table 2 sets out each revenue income source as a proportion of the total for the same period.   Table 1. Revenue Income sources 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Goods & Services €1.52bn €1.482bn €1.352bn €1.38bn €1.394bn...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, will apply to each individual application or applications for permission for housing in a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ), or any other large development, which should lead to 10% social housing in the development in question. The acquisition of further social housing units, beyond the Part V requirement, in an SDZ or other...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 made a number of amendments to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, effective from 1 September 2015, following the outcome of an independent review of Part V, which included a consultation process. The amendments sought to maximise the contribution Part V can make to social housing supply and sustainable mixed-tenure communities across...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: I have undertaken to carry out a review, in June this year, of the Rent Predictability provisions introduced under the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016. At that point, the provisions will have been in place for 6 months and it will be possible to ascertain their effectiveness and whether any changes need to be made to, for example, the qualifying criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, which is available at , contains a number of integrated actions to underpin active land supply management for the delivery of housing. In particular, Action 3.5 commits to the establishment of a centralised database of publicly-owned lands, that are potentially suitable for the development of housing, whether by the State or by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415 and 440 together. The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme 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. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of €15,000...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 requires every owner and occupier of land, including a statutory body and a State authority, to take all reasonable steps to ensure that land does not become or does not continue to be a derelict site. It also requires that local authorities take reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Expenditure (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is funded through a combination of Exchequer monies and tenant differential rents collected in respect of HAP tenancies. At 31 December 2016, there were 16,493 households having their housing need met through the HAP scheme. The provisional Exchequer outturn for the HAP scheme in 2016 was in excess of €57 million. The majority of this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: Details on the number of households on waiting lists in each housing authority area are provided by the results of the tri-annual social housing needs assessments carried out from 1993 to 2011 under Section 9 of the Housing Act 1988, and the summaries of social housing assessments carried out in 2013 and 2016 in accordance with section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Community Enterprise Centres (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: Limerick City and County Council recently provided my Department with the tender report for the Moyross Community Enterprise Centre. This is now being examined and a response will issue to the Council shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Government’s long-term approach is for Rent Supplement to be replaced with the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) for households with a long-term housing need, although Rent Supplement will continue to be available for people who need short-term support in meeting their housing costs. Upon commencement of the HAP scheme in a local authority administrative area, the availability of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (21 Mar 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, as are the costs of collection. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: The information sought in respect of funding provided to local authorities under the main social housing delivery programmes is set out in the table. The data for 2015 and 2016 includes amounts self-funded by certain local authorities from surplus Local Property Tax receipts. In addition, my Department also funds a range of other capital programmes in relation to regeneration and stock...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: It is the intention of the legislation to limit rent increases in private rented accommodation in Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) to a maximum of 4% per annum, including in those tenancies supported by the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP). The 4% limit does not apply to tenancies supported by the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas library, brought into operation a grants scheme to assist with the cost of remediation of septic tanks and domestic waste water treatment systems which are deemed, following inspection under the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Inspection Plan, to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: The annual survey of Unfinished Housing Developments last completed by my Department in 2016 indicates that 15 unfinished housing developments remain in Galway, the details of which have been set out in the table. I intend to publish a full listing of all remaining unfinished developments as part of the Fifth Annual Implementation Report on the Government's Action Programme on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: I refer to the reply to Question Nos.160 and 161 of 15 February 2017. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (21 Mar 2017)

Simon Coveney: The implementation of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a key Government priority and the accelerated roll-out of the scheme on a national basis was an important early action for completion in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. HAP is now available to all qualified households in 31 local authority areas, with over 19,000 households currently being...