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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Resolution Processes (12 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Government has committed to taking decisive action to address the mortgage arrears challenge, seeking to ensure that a full range of options is available to distressed borrowers and to keep as many people in their homes as possible. The Approved Housing Body (AHB) Mortgage to Rent Scheme is now well established as part of the overall suite of social housing options and an important part...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (12 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Housing authority administration of homeless services is organised on a regional basis and funding from my Department for homeless services is also provided on a regional basis. Kildare County Council is the lead authority for the Mid-East Region, which also includes Wicklow County Council and Meath County Council. As lead authority for the region, my Department engages with Kildare County...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (12 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under a Ministerial Direction, which applies until 31 January 2016, key local authorities are required to prioritise homeless and other vulnerable households in the allocation of tenancies under their control. The four Dublin local authorities have been directed to allocate 50% of all available dwellings to such households, while the local authorities in counties Cork, Galway, Limerick and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Investment Projects (11 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including protecting the environment, providing necessary housing supports and fostering community and rural development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies. In order to deliver on this broad business agenda, my Department allocates significant resources to a wide range of organisations, including local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (11 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 6(6) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 makes provision to grant approved housing body (AHB) status to housing associations. AHBs consist mainly of voluntary or co-operative organisations limited by guarantee and registered under the Companies Acts; societies registered under the Industrial & Provident Societies Acts; and/or Trusts incorporated under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (11 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Goods vehicles are taxed based on the unladen weight of the vehicle, and I am assuming the Deputy is referring to vehicles not over 3,000 kg, unladen. In order to qualify to be taxed as a goods vehicle, a vehicle has to be constructed or adapted for use as a goods vehicle and used solely in the course of trade or business. Where a vehicle is being used in a manner that would attract a higher...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I have not at any time directed the Dublin local authorities not to rezone anymore land for housing. However, Minister of State Coffey and I jointly wrote to the Chief Executives of the four Dublin Local Authorities on 10 June 2015 in the context of their role in preparing and finalising the development plans for their areas. At that time my Department’s analysis and that of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The rates of motor tax announced in Budget 2016 apply to vehicle licences with a commencement of 1 January 2016 or after i.e. from whenever motor tax is due for renewal after that date. I have no plans to introduce compensation for owners who have taken out a vehicle licence at the old rates between the announcement in the Budget and the effective date of the new rates. In respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Breeding Regulations (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515, 516 and 518 together. The regulation of dog breeding establishments is a matter for local authorities in accordance with the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. Section 9 of the Act requires each local authority to establish and maintain a register of dog breeding establishments situated in their respective functional areas and persons intending to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the Control of Dogs Acts, local authorities are solely responsible for operating and managing dog control and licensing services in their administrative areas and my Department has no direct role in this regard. Certain statistics concerning local authority dog control functions are published on my Department’s website. These statistics include the number of dogs surrendered...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the Approved Housing Body (AHB) Mortgage to Rent Scheme a total of 3,120 cases were considered to the end of October 2015. Of these, 2,298 were ineligible or terminated during the process, including 282 cases not progressed because the household in question was deemed to be over or under accommodated, 869 cases withdrawn by the lender involved during the process, 206 applications found...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I have received similar correspondence and a submission from the Irish League of Credit Unions which contains a proposal setting out a means by which funding could be provided to Approved Housing Bodies by credit unions for the development of social housing. I welcome the willingness of credit unions to actively seek a role in financing the delivery of social housing. The submission is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 525 to 527, inclusive, 531 and 549 together. We have a serious problem with waste tyres in Ireland. In discussions prior to the adoption of the 2007 Tyre Regulations, it was made clear that this was the last opportunity for the tyre industry to embrace environmental compliance and take responsibility for the waste it produces. If the required improvement...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I have received correspondence in relation to a number of complaints regarding certain matters in County Wicklow which is being considered. A reply will be issued in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: In order for a household to qualify for social housing support a housing authority must carry out an assessment to establish whether the household meets specified eligibility requirements and has a housing need. Regulation 22 of the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 provides that a household is ineligible for social housing support where a household member owns accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides capital funding to local authorities to increase their supply of social housing stock through the construction and acquisition of houses and apartments. This is one of the methods for the delivery of social housing by both local authorities and by approved housing bodies. The Exchequer funding drawn down by local authorities in the delivery of new social housing units...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Arising from opportunities offered by the Social Housing Strategy 2020, 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. A structured, formal process was put in place to facilitate engagement with these bodies. This was set out in the Clearing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department publishes a range of data relating to local authority mortgage lending and arrears, including the number of loans in arrears for more than 90 days. These are available on the Department’s website at the following link: . More detailed arrears information is being compiled and validated by my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. A detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Development contributions are levied by planning authorities on the basis of a development contribution scheme approved by the elected members which sets out how contributions are to be applied in their respective functional areas. The level of contribution, and the types of development to which development contributions should apply, is therefore determined at local authority level in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the Social Housing Strategy, there are substantial targets and funding resources for the delivery by local authorities of social housing, including by the two Galway authorities. In April last, I issued social housing t argets and provisional funding allocations to all local authorities, to be invested in a combination of building, buying and leasing schemes designed to accommodate 25%...