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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (15 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: On 20 May 2014, the Implementation Plan on the State's Response to Homelessnesswas published in which the Government's approach to delivery on its objective of ending involuntary long-term homelessness by the end of 2016 was outlined. A copy of this plan is available on my Department's website at, . This plan sets out a range of measures to secure a ring-fenced supply of accommodation to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (15 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. Under the European Communities (Drinking Water) Regulations 2014, suppliers of drinking water, including Irish Water, are required to ensure that the water supplied complies with the chemical and microbiological parameters set out in the Regulations. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (15 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme, which includes group sewerage schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The annual block grant allocations provided by my Department to the local authorities under the programme are based, in the first instance, on the requests for funding received from the authorities at the beginning of each year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (15 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: Details of payments to individual councillors, which are not available in my Department , would be required in order to provide a reasonably accurate estimate of the savings arising on account of the reduction of the number of councillors . Notwithstanding this, it is estimated that the savings involved will amount to approximately €3.7 million per annum. However, this is a very...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Pollution (15 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The main provisions of the ban on the marketing, sale, distribution and burning of bituminous solid fuels (or ‘smoky coal ban’ as it is commonly known) were last reviewed in 2012, following a public consultation exercise. Following this review, all towns with populations greater than 15,000 people were added to the smoky coal ban, which aligned the ban more closely with EPA air...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (15 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The non-commercial semi state agencies under the aegis of my Department do not make bonus payments to the Chief Executives. The Water Services Act 2013 provided for the establishment of Irish Water as a subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann to be formed and registered under the Companies Act. The Managing Director of Irish Water was appointed by the Board of Bord Gáis Éireann,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 177 together. Total gross receipts from motor tax in 2013 were €1.118bn. Total gross receipts from motor tax in 2014 were €1.159bn.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: I understand from Kerry County Council that the Council is accepting cheques as a means of payment for motor tax.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 872 and 879 together. Total gross receipts from motor tax in 2013 were €1.118bn. Total gross receipts from motor tax in 2014 were €1.159bn.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the Non-Principal Private Residence (NPPR) Charge. The NPPR Charge, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. A residential property not in use by an owner as his or her sole or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 874, 875 and 904 together. The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is a targeted scheme catering for the accommodation needs of persons in receipt of Rent Supplement, generally for more than 18 months, from the Department of Social Protection and who are assessed by housing authorities as having a long-term housing need. Since the scheme commenced in late 2005...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Thatching Grants Expenditure (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The number of grants paid in each of the past three years and the level of funding providedunder my Department's grant scheme for the renewal or repair of thatched roofs are set out in the table. Funding is available in 2015 for eligible applications under this scheme. Year Number of Grants Total Funding 2014 129 €576,976 2013 140 €604,929 2012 134 €601,669

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department sanctioned the recruitment of a school warden for Cork City Council on 16 December 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: A Study of Pay-by-use Systems for Maximising Waste Reduction Behaviour in Ireland, published by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2011, indicates that pay by weight on a per kilogram basis is the most effective Pay-by-use (PBU) system in terms of waste prevention, waste recycling and diversion of waste from landfill. In this regard and as part of the development of a radical and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013 introduced a system of prospective declarations if a vehicle is temporarily not being used in a public place. This replaced a procedure which had allowed non-use of a vehicle to be declared after the fact, which was unverifiable and was estimated as leading to losses of some €50 million annually. In 2014, following the introduction of the new...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Service Obligation Levy Application (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water shall collect charges from its customers in receipt of water services provided by it. As set out in the Water Services Act 2014, which was enacted on 28 December 2014, water charges for domestic customers commenced on 1 January 2015 with the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water shall collect charges from its customers in receipt of water services provided by it. The Act also provides that responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Energy Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the Non-Principal Private Residence Charge. The NPPR Charge, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. Part 12 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 deals with the collection of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Vacant Properties (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities are responsible for the detailed planning of social housing provision based on the needs of their areas. In this case, it is a matter for Wexford County Council to identify the appropriate initiatives to respond to their housing need. This includes consideration by them of options to acquire available properties, as well as building, leasing and the provision of housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Funding (14 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: Until 1 January 2014, local authorities were responsible for the delivery of public water services and the provision of grant support/subsidies for the group water and sewerage sector and private wells. The operational costs of public water services were met from a combination of non-domestic water charges and funding from own resources, mainly through the block grant provided from the Local...