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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020, approved by Government and published last month, 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. The total targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department has been in contact with Mayo North East Leader Partnership and I understand that they have not received any application in the name of the promoter referred to in the Question.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the public service was introduced in March 2009 in response to the financial crisis. My Department operates a delegated sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for implementation of the moratorium in relation to local authorities, and any exceptions to the moratorium in local authorities require sanction from my Department....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: It is a matter for each local authority, including Sligo County Council, to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. The elected members of a local authority have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, which include adopting the annual budget...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: As housing authorities, local authorities are responsible for the identification of the social housing need in their area and the development of appropriate responses to the need identified. My Department is working with all local authorities on the planning and development of new social housing units that could be advanced in 2015 and beyond to meet the social housing need in their areas....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: It is a matter for each local authority to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. The elected members of a local authority have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, which includes adopting the annual budget, and are democratically...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Regulations (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 424 and 446 together. The development of European standards is principally a matter for the CEN (ie the European Committee for Standardisation ) of which the National Standards Authority of Ireland is a member . My Department’s role relates to overseeing the implementation of the overarching Construction Products Regulation (and its predecessor , the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 and 426 together. Local authorities have statutory responsibility, under section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996, to collect, or arrange for the collection of, household waste within their functional areas. In recent years and following a transitional phase in some cases whereby local authorities continued to offer services in parallel with private...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) provides support, through the local authorities, towards the approved costs of housing bodies in providing accommodation for persons with specific categories of housing need. The provision of CAS properties is funded through the capital funding programme and local authorities do not make a rental payment to the approved housing body in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department, the Housing Agency and NAMA continue to work together with housing authorities and approved housing bodies in identifying suitable NAMA housing units and bringing them into social housing use. When considering the acquisition or leasing of units for social housing the relevant local authority initially carries out an assessment of the proposal. To date my Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Household Budget facility provided by An Post is available to those local authority tenants who are paid certain social welfare benefits through An Post, and allows tenants to have their rent and other utility bills deducted from these payments. The facility is available in all local authority areas to use as they deem appropriate, and tenants must agree to apply to use the facility for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Cathaoirleach of a municipal district or, in the case of the Borough District of Drogheda, the Mayor, takes precedence at all meetings and proceedings of the municipal district members in accordance with section 31(4)(b) of the Local Government 2001 Act, as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The information requested is not available in my Department. Under the existing Part V provisions, developers are currently required to ensure that 20% of land zoned for residential, and other uses, shall be reserved for social or affordable housing. However, with the substantial fall off in private construction, very little social housing is currently being provided under Part V. Informed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: 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. Decisions on specific operational matters including the use of external resources are a matter for the company and I have no role in that regard. Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020: Support, Supply and Reform, approved by Government and published last month, 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. In committing to provide 35,000 new social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 436 and 437 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 85 of 2 December 2014. The implementation of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a key Government priority and a major pillar of the Social Housing Strategy 2020, which was launched last month. The HAP scheme will bring all social housing supports provided by the State under the aegis of local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020: Support, Supply and Reform 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. Central to the Government’s vision for the provision of social housing supports will be an enhanced role for the approved housing bodies in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Government's Social Housing Strategy 2020envisages that the standard availability-based design, build, finance and maintain (DBFM) Public Private Partnership model will be used as a basis for the delivery of a large-scale social housing investment, delivering social housing units in multiple locations and procured within the same public contract. The model proposed has been used to build...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Leasing Initiative (SHLI), introduced in 2009, is a continuation of a process commenced with the introduction of the Rental Accommodation Scheme to develop a system of flexible and graduated housing supports to households. To date, under SHLI, my Department has issued approval for over 8, 400 housing units to be brought into social housing use. Of the units approved for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (9 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on the occupiers of rateable property in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. Under rating legislation, the person liable for payment of...