Results 16,501-16,520 of 21,489 for speaker:Alan Kelly

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Ireland is on course to comply with its greenhouse gas emission reduction target for the purposes of the Kyoto Protocol in the commitment period 2008 to 2012. The Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, which establishes a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol from 2013 to 2020, was agreed in 2012 but has not yet entered into force. Ireland has completed the necessary domestic...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 717, 776 and 778 together. In December 2013, my Department published proposed “draft” revisions to the noise, setbacks and shadow flicker aspects of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. These draft revisions proposed the setting of a more stringent day and night noise limit of 40 decibels for future wind energy developments, a mandatory...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The latest summary of social housing assessments, which was carried out as of 7 May 2013, showed that there were 89,872 households on local authority waiting lists at that date. The 2013 figures are the most up-to-date figures available on waiting list numbers, which are subject to on-going fluctuation due to households being allocated housing and new households applying for housing support....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air and Water Pollution (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Air quality monitoring in Ireland is carried out to meet the requirements of EU Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe, also known as the CAFE Directive. The Directive requires that certain minimum levels of monitoring are conducted for the purpose of assessment and management of air quality. The EPA has responsibility for the monitoring of air quality in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Full details on Ireland’s waste generation and management performance including a full breakdown by treatment activity are contained in the 2012 National Waste Report, available on the EPA’s website (www.epa.ie). Ireland is meeting all existing targets set down under EU legislation, including our landfill diversion targets, and our recycling rate for municipal waste (40%) is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The information requested is not available in my Department. Under Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, all local authorities are required to make a housing allocation scheme, the making of which is a reserved function of the elected members of the local authority concerned, in this case Kildare County Council.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Kildare County Council took over responsibility for the management and remediation of the site from the Environmental Protection Agency on 29 May 2015, allowing for the remediation process to commence. The Council will be making application for planning permission and a waste licence in the coming months. It is important to note that this is a significant multi-annual project in both...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The information requested is not available in my Department. As at 31 December 2014, 269 landlords were participating in the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) in Co. Meath. Local authorities are responsible for administering the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS). The Social Housing Strategy 2020 has set targets for delivery in respect of RAS. Formal targets by authority have been set for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Further to the enactment of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 on 28 July 2014, the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) has been rolled out to all categories of households in 13 local authority areas on a pilot basis. Dublin City Council is also implementing a HAP pilot for homeless households in the Dublin region on behalf of the 4 Dublin local authorities. There are now over...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 12(8) of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides for development levies received by local authorities for the purpose of investment in water services to be transferred to Irish Water and provides that such levies can only be expended by Irish Water in the functional area of the local authority concerned. On 30 March 2015, I signed an Order under section 12 of the Water Services...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The following are the projects that were prioritised by Galway County Council and Galway City Council under the recent ‘Call for Proposals’ for the Capital Assistance Scheme. Galway County Council Approved Housing Body Project Location Priority No. of units Mountbellew Housing Association Mountbellew 1 5 Tearmann Eanna Teo Eanach Mheain, Carraroe 2 13 ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Two social housing proposals have been received from Galway County Council in respect of the approved housing body in question under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme. The assessment of all projects recently submitted under the Capital Assistance Scheme is now being finalised and I will be making an announcement on approvals shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides for the transfer of water services functions from the 34 water services authorities to Irish Water. Under the legislation, Irish Water now has the powers previously held by local authorities in relation to the takeover of Group Water Schemes. This means that Irish Water may acquire by agreement a waterworks or waste water works, subject generally...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: A new water charging regime was announced by the Government in November 2014. The capped annual charges are €160 for single adult households and €260 for all other households until the end of 2018. All households now know what their capped bills will be until the end of 2018, which is particularly important for larger households or those with high usage due to medical needs....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Assessments of the water quality in Dublin have taken place since the 1990s and improvements in the quality of the waters of the Bay and its estuaries have been noted over the past two decades. Currently the quality of the water and the water environment in Dublin Bay is monitored under the Water Framework Directive Monitoring programme which commenced in 2006. Monitoring is undertaken by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The total number of declarations of non-use of a private vehicle in 2014 was 94,242. The total number of such declarations between 1 January and 30 June 2015 was 38,156. The Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013 came into effect on 1 July 2013, replacing the retrospective system of declaring vehicles off the road with one where a vehicle must be declared off the road in advance. Comparable...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. Data on local authority housing stock (which incorporates owned housing stock with accommodation provided under the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Social Housing Leasing Initiative) are available on my Department’s website at:...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is provided to housing authorities in respect of a range of initiatives. Details of expenditure under the main areas of the Social Housing Investment Programme for the years referred to are set out in the following table. - *Local Authority Housing Voluntary & Co-Operative Housing Private House Grants...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Repossessions (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department publishes a breakdown of Local Authority repossessions on its website at: www.environ.ie/en/Publications/StatisticsandRegularPublicati ons/HousingStatistics/FileDownLoad,15295,en.xls. A breakdown of the Local Authority repossession data under individual lending or finance schemes is not available in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The total amount of loans outstanding to the Housing Finance Agency in respect of each local authority is set out in the following table. These amounts represent the capital outstanding at 31 December 2014. The original loans advanced typically have a duration of just under 25 years. The weighted average remaining years to maturity for loans outstanding at 31 December 2014 is just under 18...