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Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: Is it for Facebook?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Deputies for their comments. I repeat that I believe the Government should be the approving body. I said that on Committee Stage and I am saying it again on Report Stage. The Government should be held accountable. Deputy Wallace raised what is a wider debate as regards the differentiation between Government and the Houses of the Oireachtas and what goes on between...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: As I stated on Committee Stage, the amendments call for national mitigation plans and-or national adaptation frameworks to be approved by either Dáil Éireann or the Oireachtas instead of, or in addition to, approval by the Government of the day. I strongly disagree with these proposals, as the Government of the day should be the approving authority and should be held accountable...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: That is a wider debate than climate change.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: Come on.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: Was that the first time I addressed the Dáil?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: No.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: No. It is a good line but it is not true. The Deputy should ask Deputy Barry Cowen as he knows how to use the phrase much better than I.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: Along with the Minister of State, Deputy Ann Phelan, we have been around the houses on this a few times. These amendments seek to shorten the timeframe for the production of the first national mitigation plan from 24 months after enactment of the Bill to less than that. I know that many in the Opposition and in the environmental NGO community were concerned at the original 24 month...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Irish Water funding model is set out in a detailed fact sheet published on my Department’s website. Irish Water expects billed income from domestic customers to total €271m in 2015 and €274m in 2016. Government funding is by way of operational subvention, loans and capital contributions. Specifically, the Government will provide €399m in operating subvention...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes 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. The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: Central Government funding to local authorities presents a complex picture, with allocations coming from a range of Departments and Offices for a variety of purposes. Some streams of funding are delivered directly from funding departments to local authorities, while others are routed through state agencies. The chapter of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Annual Report concerning...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: The management of local authority records is a matter solely for local authorities and one in which my Department has no direct role. Section 80 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that “it is a function of a local authority to make arrangements for the proper management, custody, care and conservation of local records and local archives and for inspection by the public of local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 612 of 16 December 2014, which sets out the position in this matter. The position remains unchanged. Irish Water has confirmed to my Department that it is satisfied that the selection and fitting of the boundary water meter boxes fully complies with international standards. Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: International Agreements (30 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: Ireland completed its domestic acceptance procedures in respect of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol in November 2014, which included the passing of the appropriate resolution in Dáil Éireann. It has been decided that the European Union, its Member States and Iceland should formally accept the Doha Amendment simultaneously, on a date yet to be fixed prior to the 21st...

Social Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:“notes that the economic downturn and contraction in construction activity, which began in 2008 and continued for a number of years, have created a significant shortfall in housing supply generally, including social housing; recognises the high priority which the...

Topical Issue Debate: Bituminous Fuel Ban (29 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: The ban is nationwide. There is no town size. It is nationwide.

Topical Issue Debate: Bituminous Fuel Ban (29 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: It is everywhere. It covers the sale of smoky coal. It will not be possible to sell such coal; it will not be available in this country. The Deputy asked several questions and I will try to answer as many as possible. Smokeless coal has been tested. From a fuel poverty point of view, this type of coal is able to deliver. There have been questions about it in the past but the...

Topical Issue Debate: Bituminous Fuel Ban (29 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Deputy should not forget Littleton.

Topical Issue Debate: Bituminous Fuel Ban (29 Sep 2015)

Alan Kelly: At the clean air conference in Dublin yesterday, I announced I intend to extend the health and environmental benefits of the ban on smoky coal in place in our cities and large towns to the entire country. It was brought in 25 years ago and, parking the politics, I thought it was innovative legislative action by the Minister at the time. It is now appropriate it is extended to other areas. ...