Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 January 2017
283. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number and names of estates taken in charge by a local authority (details supplied) in 2016; the number and names of estates awaiting the taking in charge process in the same local authority currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3747/17]
View answerIn relation to details of the overall numbers and names of estates taken in charge by Clare County Council annually and those estates waiting to be taken in charge, this information is not collected by my Department and would be obtainable from the relevant local authority in the normal manner.
The National Taking-in-Charge Initiative (NTICI) for residential estates, with funding of €10 million, was launched in April 2016 to explore enhanced systems and procedures and new methods of working to accelerate the taking-in-charge process of housing estates. Further information on the NTICI can be found on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/search/archived/current?query=Taking%20in%20Charge .
Under the terms of the NTICI, only those developments subject to valid taking-in-charge applications were eligible for inclusion in the call for proposals. It is important to note that the NTICI was not intended to establish a rolling annual funding programme to take in charge all estates not yet taken in charge, but was instead intended to develop better knowledge and systems to support the taking-in- charge of further estates over time.
As requested by the Deputy, the table below sets out details of estates in County Clare to be taken in charge under the NTICI scheme in 2016.
|
Name of Estate |
Area |
No . of Houses |
|
Aisling Court |
Cratloe |
7 |
|
Castlecourt |
Cratloe |
5 |
|
Chapel Court |
Sixmilebridge |
12 |
|
Dolmen Village |
Ballyvaughan |
12 |
|
Frenchcourt |
Clonroad, Ennis |
32 |
|
Hillcrest |
Ennis |
20 |
|
Power's Court & Ardmore Estates |
Tulla |
40 |
|
Riverside Court |
Clonroadmore, Ennis |
39 |
|
Ros na Greine |
Shannon |
10 |
|
Woodview Park |
Ennistymon |
13 |
|
Woodview Heights |
Sixmilebridge |
17 |
|
Ballymulcashel |
Kilmurry |
23 |
|
Total Number of Houses in NTICI Estates |
230 |
I intend that the experience and learning from the operation of the NTICI over the course of 2016 will be used to point the way forward in relation to supporting the taking-in-charge process in to the future and my Department intends to publish a report on the Initiative’s findings and recommendations by this Summer.
