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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Expenditure (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 to 237, inclusive, together. The Gweedore Sewerage Scheme was included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013as a scheme to commence construction during the lifetime of the Programme. The amount recouped by my Department to Donegal County Council in respect of the Gweedore Sewerage Scheme is set out in the following...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 247 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for the delivery of water services capital infrastructure. Irish Water has recently published its Proposed Capital Investment Plan for 2014 – 2016 and this is available on the Irish Water website, . The plan outlines a number of priorities to be delivered including improving water quality, tackling leakage, improving capacity and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply (9 Oct 2014)

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 responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) and that the water charges plan prepared by Irish Water is subject to the approval of the CER. The CER announced its decision...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (9 Oct 2014)

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 can 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 (CER)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Insurance Coverage (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Irish Insurance Federation, now known as Insurance Ireland, is a representative body for insurance providers operating in the Irish market. As is the case with any private organisation, its operations are matters for its management and board of directors and I have no powers to direct them to take a particular course of action. While I have no regulatory function in the area of insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Island Communities (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: I have received, and am considering, the correspondence from Comhdáil Oileán na hÉireann, which advocates for a single island-based body to deliver the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) and the new LEADER programme on the offshore islands. Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) have been established in all local authority areas to oversee and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Local Government Reform Act 2014 provided for a wide-ranging programme of reform to local government structures, functions and governance, including a process for the holding of a plebiscite on the possible introduction of an office of directly elected mayor for a Dublin metropolitan authority. This procedure was based on achievement of political consensus across the four Dublin local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Scheme (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: Under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, the management and maintenance of the local authority housing stock is the responsibility of the relevant housing authority. In that context, in their capacity as owners of their social rented properties, decisions in relation to the installation of fittings and equipment, including carbon monoxide alarms, are a matter for individual housing authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Oct 2014)

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 the local authority housing stock are available on my Department’s website at:by clicking “L.A rented units by area 2003 + ” under the Social Housing Supports contents. The stock figures are broken down by house type and local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 527 and 528 of 7 October 2014 which sets out the position in the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) recently held a public consultation on the water charges plan, submitted to it by Irish Water, which covered a range of issues relating to water charges and included the tariff model which underpins the Plan. Last week, the CER issued a determination on the water charges plan and details and associated documentation are available on the CER website...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 and 253 together. I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 207, 215, 208, 209, 210 and 211 of 8 October 2014. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides funding to the community and voluntary sector through a range of community, housing and environmental programmes and initiatives. However, there is no funding available from these programmes and initiatives for the purpose sought.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution Legislation (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: I understand that the issue concerned relates to an exercise being undertaken by Roscommon County Council under the Litter Pollution Act 1997 (as amended). Under that Act, the primary management and enforcement response to littering must come from the local authorities. Therefore, it is a matter for each local authority to decide on the most appropriate enforcement actions in their areas,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The particular financial contribution scheme for older persons concerned was a local authority scheme which facilitated older people to downsize from homes that had become too large for them, thus potentially freeing up these larger homes for use as family units. In the context of implementation of the Social Housing Strategy, now at an advanced stage of preparation, it will be open to local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The latest summary of social housing assessments carried out as at 7 May 2013 provides data on the number of households on local authority waiting lists at that date across a range of categories broken down by authority, including the composition of qualified households and the length of time on waiting lists. The 2013 results are available on my Department’s website at: The 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: Budget 2014 contained a special provision, in the form of a targeted €10m Special Resolution Fund (SRF), to assist further in addressing the legacy of unfinished housing developments.  The SRF is designed to encourage the resolution of the remaining tranche of unfinished developments identified in the National Housing Development Survey 2013 and, particularly, those developments...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The 2009 National Implementation Plan for the Homeless Strategyprovides for the development and implementation of a single integrated national data information system on the use of homeless services. The usage of the Pathway Accommodation and Support System (PASS) by homeless service providers has been established by housing authorities as a criteria for the provision of State funding on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (9 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: Data on homeless households in emergency accommodation is provided through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). Households that are qualified for social housing support are recorded by housing authorities through social housing assessments. When assessing the housing need of an applicant household for social housing support, each housing authority records, among other...