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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department manages the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages community support for vulnerable older people in our communities by providing grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alarms to enable older persons, of limited means, to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. The scheme is administered by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides for the transfer of responsibility for the delivery of water services from the county and city councils to Irish Water, including responsibility for the charging of non-domestic customers. The councils, acting as agents of Irish Water under Service Level Agreements, have continued billing, collections and billing/metering query functions in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: In May 2014, the Government approved a total provision of €406m in equity to Irish Water in 2015 (€222m) and 2016 (€184m) to support increased investment in the public water services infrastructure. The provision of this funding will allow for capital investment by Irish Water at a rate which is about 33% above existing levels. It will allow for the progression of key...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The relevant Local Action Group  in respect of the project referred to is Longford Community Resources Limited, whose board has not been disbanded and is the principal decision-maker in relation to the allocation of LEADER funding in that area. I understand that this project was approved by the board of Longford Community Resources subject to additional funding becoming available....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The draft operational programme for the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which includes LEADER, was submitted to the European Commission in July 2014. The approval of the Programme involves an iterative process between Ireland and the European Commission and it is hoped that the Programme will receive final approval before the end of 2014. In anticipation of Commission approval, my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Application (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: Housing authorities are responsible, under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, for determining the rents of their dwellings, subject to complying with broad principles laid down by my Department, notably that the rent payable should be related to income and that low-income households should pay a lower proportion of income in rent. Section 58 of the 1966 Act will be replaced in due course by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Expenditure (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: €233 million has been spent on projects to date under the current LEADER programme, of which €48.9 million has been paid for projects up to the 30 of September during 2014. I expect that the vast majority of outstanding projects will be completed and fully paid during 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department published a consultation document on the regulation of household waste collection on 28 November 2013 to guide the development of the new regulatory regime to strengthen and improve the regulation of household waste collection. Over 90 submissions were received from organisations across a wide spectrum, including the waste industry, public bodies, public representatives and the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides for the transfer of responsibility for water services delivery from the county and city councils to Irish Water. Section 12 of the Act provides for the transfer of property from a local authority to Irish Water. Section 13 of the Act provides that any rights or liabilities relating to the property transferred to Irish Water under section 12 shall...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 586 and 587 together. The Water Services (No.2) Act 2013 provides Irish Water with the power to charge for water services. The Act also provides that the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) will be responsible for the economic regulation of Irish Water and the charges to be levied by Irish Water are subject to the approval of the CER. Water charges...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 535, 544 and 566 of 7 October 2014. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tree Remediation (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: There is currently a civil remedy available concerning branches or roots of neighbouring trees encroaching on a person's property. The previous Minister of State for Housing and Planning wrote to the Minister for Justice in June 2012 to explore the possibility of providing a broader civil law remedy for affected parties. In this regard, advice was sought on the possibility of legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: Legislation in the area of bankruptcy and receivership is outside the remit of my Department and therefore I have no function in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (21 Oct 2014)

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. I understand from data supplied to my Department by Irish Water that 519 staff have been recruited up to 2 October 2014. Of these, 153 have been recruited from local authorities, 88 from Bórd Gáis Éireann...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (21 Oct 2014)

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. On 30 May 2013, Irish Water announced that it had appointed Abtran Ltd, Cork, to operate all customer contact channels and associated general administration. The contract is for a five year period (2013-2018) and was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (21 Oct 2014)

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. I have asked Irish Water to compile the information requested and to forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (21 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on the occupiers of rateable property in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. The valuation determined by the Commissioner is fixed on a property and generally does not change from year to year, unless the valuation is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (22 Oct 2014)

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. Staffing arrangements within Irish Water are an operational matter for the company and one in which I have no function. I understand from information supplied to my Department by Irish Water that they are currently working...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (22 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together. 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. Over the last number of weeks, Irish Water has been sending application packs to approximately 2 million households. The administration and operation of this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (22 Oct 2014)

Alan Kelly: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock is the responsibility of the relevant housing authority. My Department provides a range of funding supports to housing authorities under the Social Housing Investment Programme to improve their existing social housing stock. As part of a €50 million investment programme nationally over three years to improve the energy...