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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Since December 2011, my Department and the Housing Agency have been engaged with NAMA identifying properties that might potentially be suitable for social housing purposes. Full details of units offered to local authorities and delivered under this process, including a break down by local authority, is available on the website of the Housing Agency at /NAMA. Since the process began, up to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I currently have no outstanding Ministerial representations from the Independent Tyre Wholesalers & Retailers Association (ITWRA). My Department has met with representatives from ITWRA on a number of occasions this year. During these meetings, all aspects of the regulation of Tyres and Waste Tyres and the changes which are proposed were discussed. In addition to this, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Schemes (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Mortgage Subsidy Scheme (MSS) is available to local authority borrowers who purchased their home as part of a Local Authority Affordable Housing scheme. The MSS is administered by local authorities and eligibility for the subsidy is based on household income. There are no plans to amend or suspend the Mortgage Subsidy Scheme at this time. The amount of mortgage subsidy payable has neither...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Numbers (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Data on individuals in emergency accommodation is provided through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). Lead housing authorities provide monthly reports on homelessness which identify the number of people utilising State-funded emergency accommodation on a regional and county basis. These monthly reports also provide details of the breakdown of the individuals and the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Responsibility for the administration of my Department’s Rural Water Programme, under which funding is provided for group water and group sewerage schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection, prioritisation and approval of individual group scheme proposals for advancement and funding under the programme, within the overall priorities set by my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (3 Nov 2015)

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 including the delivery of water services capital infrastructure. Irish Water is being funded by a combination of domestic and non-domestic water charges, Government support and the raising of debt on capital markets.Irish Water...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020provides a comprehensive response to the need for social housing and targets the provision of over 110,000 social housing units to 2020, 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 and Rental Accommodation Scheme. Social housing targets have been set for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Targets and provisional funding allocations for social housing delivery under my Department’s main capital and current programmes were issued to all local authorities in April this year. These targets were issued in the context of the Social Housing Strategy 2020, which provides a comprehensive response to the need for social housing and targets the provision of over 110,000 social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Harbours and Piers Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department made grant payments to Clare County Council towards the extension and upgrading of the pier at Doolin, Co. Clare in the amount of €2 Million in 2014 and €2 Million to date in 2015. This funding was paid under sub head D.7.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority.  The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied to the valuation for each property determined by the Valuation Office, to obtain the amount payable in rates, is decided by the elected members of each local authority during the annual budget process. The information requested is set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: MacCabe Durney Barnes Consultants were appointed in February 2014 to carry out an independent planning review on the performance of planning functions having regard to specific planning issues in respect of six planning authorities (Carlow, Cork, Galway and Meath County Councils and Cork and Dublin City Councils) in accordance with section 255 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: British citizens resident in the State may vote at Dáil, European Parliament and local elections if they are entered in the register of electors for a constituency in the State in which they ordinarily reside. Only Irish citizens are entitled to vote at referendums. The marital status of any person does not have any bearing on these entitlements. To be entered in the register of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department is in regular communication with the European Commission regarding the implementation of the range of EU Directives for which I am responsible as Minister. The Commission and my Department meet on an annual basis in this regard and the next such meeting is scheduled for 17 November in Dublin. In October 2012, Ireland was notified of a pilot EU infringement regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Targets and provisional funding allocations for social housing delivery under my Department’s main capital and current programmes were issued to all local authorities in April this year. These targets were issued in the context of the Social Housing Strategy 2020, which provides a comprehensive response to the need for social housing and targets the provision of over 110,000 social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Information on Exchequer funding provided by my Department to each local authority for these schemes is available on my Department’s website at the following link: , by selecting ‘Social and Affordable Housing’, ‘Housing Adaptation Grants by Area 2008 to date’. Details of the 2015 allocations are available on my Department’s website at the following...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) are the basis of taxation for Category A or Category M vehicles only (i.e. passenger vehicles) for vehicles registered since 2008. This has been the position since the introduction of the CO2system. Private vehicles in other categories are taxed on the basis of engine capacity.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I am conscious that a serious problem exists in relation to waste tyres in Ireland and I am in the process of overhauling the existing regulatory regime to deal with this issue. This will see the establishment of a new sustainable waste management system for tyres and waste tyres which will stop the leakage of waste tyres and ensure that they are disposed of in a proper environmental manner....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the Social Housing Allocation Regulations 2011 made under section 22 of the Housing Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2009, housing authorities are required to make an allocation scheme setting out the manner in which housing authorities allocate dwellings to households on their waiting list and to households who have been approved for transfers, and must also set out how housing authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: 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 and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Galway County Council met recently with my Department to discuss options in relation to social housing matters in Tuam. Further consideration of these matters is now underway and my Department will be keen to work with the local authority in advancing the delivery of new units and improvement of existing units in line with the funding available to the local authority under the Social Housing...