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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: All new dwelling units, including social housing units must comply with the legally enforceable minimum performance standards set out in the second schedule to the Building Regulations. In addition my Department has produced design guidelines for local authorities in the form of Quality Housing for Sustainable Communities, which seeks to promote quality and value for money in publicly funded...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Informed by a recent review of the provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Acts, which included a public consultation process, proposed legislative changes have been set out in the General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill which was published in November 2014 and is available on my Department's website at: The General Scheme provides that, in future, the focus...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Social housing is a key priority for Government, as evidenced by the additional €2.2billion in funding announced for social housing in Budget 2015, which will assist in increasing social housing delivery, including newly built units, in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Pillar 1 of the Social Housing Strategy targets the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units over the period to 2020. The cost...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 849 and 920 together. My Department is working closely with NAMA, the Housing Agency, local authorities and approved housing bodies in relation to the delivery of social housing. NAMA has made significant numbers of housing units available through the Housing Agency to local authorities and approved housing bodies for social housing. Information in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 set down a standard procedure for assessing applicants for social housing support. A household may apply for support to one housing authority only. The authority may be the authority for the area in which the household normally resides, with which it has a local connection, or any...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020builds on the provisions contained in Budget 2015 and sets out clear, measurable actions and targets to increase the supply of social housing. The total targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000 households through the Housing Assistance Payment...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: While I have no function regarding the Central Bank regulations pertaining to first time buyers, my Department, when estimating the demand for social housing, considers all the relevant factors to ensure that to the greatest extent possible, every household in Ireland will have access to secure, good quality housing which is suited to its needs, comes at an affordable price and is located in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department has produced considerable policy and technical guidance documents to assist local authorities in promoting Sustainable Communities. The local authority development plan process is a key instrument in putting the policies in place in this regard. In considering any new social housing delivery initiatives local authorities must take account of the overall development concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Social housing is a key priority for the Government, evidenced by the additional €2.2 billion in funding announced for it in Budget 2015. Accordingly, the Social Housing Strategy 2020, published in November 2014, sets ambitious targets for supply and reform of the sector. Given the scale of the challenge in the Dublin area, a key early action of the Strategy was the establishment of a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: A Departmental audit of the availability of local authority land was carried out in 2010 and a further survey of lands available for housing was carried out in 2012. The 2010 audit identified approximately 600 local authority owned sites intended for residential purposes.  The 2012 survey identified 525hectares of serviced land owned by local authorities as available for housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: A pilot rent to buy Scheme was launched by Dublin City Council on 20 July 2010. I understand that all properties under the Scheme have been allocated and no further offers are being considered by the local authority at this time. In the context of the implementation of the Social Housing Strategy it is open to local authorities to explore the potential role of schemes of this kind in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: The allocation of funding to local authorities for the build and acquisition of social housing units in 2015 and 2016 will be based on the proposals they will be implementing to deliver social housing units in line with the targets of the Social Housing Strategy. My Department has received proposals from Sligo regarding their planned delivery of new social housing over the next 3 years...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the relevant actions of the Social Housing Strategy 2020, national targets for delivery of social housing on a local authority by local authority basis for 2015 are to be agreed, and work on targets for subsequent years initiated, by quarter 1 2015. This process is well underway and all local authorities have submitted delivery proposals, across all delivery mechanisms, for the years...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020 builds on the provisions contained in Budget 2015 and sets out clear, measurable actions and targets to increase the supply of social housing, reform delivery arrangements and meet the housing needs of all households on the housing list. Under the relevant actions in the Strategy national targets for delivery of social housing on a local authority by local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Social housing is a key priority for the Government, evidenced by the additional €2.2 billion in funding announced for social housing in Budget 2015 and the publication of the Social Housing Strategy 2020in November 2014. The Strategy builds on the provisions contained in Budget 2015 and sets out clear, measurable actions and targets to increase the supply of social housing, reform...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I understand that Galway City Council did not purchase any sites over the last five years for the provision of social housing. With the exception of 8.2 hectares currently being purchased from the Health Service Executive in Cherry Orchard and a Compulsory Purchase Order in respect of a site at Sackville Avenue, Dublin 3, Dublin City Council have advised that they have not bought any sites of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: When a new applicant applies for a Housing Needs Assessment, the relevant local authority determines what supports are available and most appropriate for that particular applicant. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is deemed to be a social housing support under section 19 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, as amended, and accordingly households supported through HAP are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (24 Mar 2015)

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 and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. The purposes for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 866 and 919 together. I assume the Question relates to the proposed Kilmacreddock/Barrogstown Group Sewerage Scheme. Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme, which includes group sewerage schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The annual block grant allocations provided by my Department to the local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution (24 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 107 of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Act 1992 provides local authorities with powers to require measures to be taken to prevent or limit noise. The Environment Section of Dublin City Council is the appropriate contact point for reporting a noise nuisance in this regard. However, these powers are aimed at mitigating noise of human origin emanating from any premises,...