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Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Authority Functions (12 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of all specific new powers or functions conferred by legislation on local authorities under his remit since June 2009 and a reference to the specific section or regulation in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7033/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authority Functions (12 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all specific new powers or functions conferred on local authorities by legislation under his area since June 2009 and a reference to the specific section or regulation in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7038/14]

Order of Business (13 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: With regard to the climate change legislation, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government made a commitment to set up an expert advisory group prior to its introduction on an ad hoc basis? Is legislation needed to set up the advisory group? When will the group be established?

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for facilitating my participation in the debate. It struck me when Deputy Flanagan was making his contribution that the area of buy one, get one free was a problem. At the time the Visitors Gallery was full of young ladies. Often, this is the very market that is exploited on the basis that sunbeds will enhance their good looks. Sunbed operators sell a...

Public Health (Sunbeds) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: However, not all families come through that. Often, when a person is going through treatment he does not necessarily think of the effects on a wider circle. The process immediately affects a man's wife, children, mother, brothers and sisters. This is what is being sold, mainly to young ladies in their early 20s. They come in and get under the sunbeds. They put their skin into an oven, a...

Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Projects (13 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: The Minister of State, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, will be aware of media reports this week on a proposal by Waterways Ireland to dismantle the Naomh Éanna. I have been contacted on this issue by a number of people in my constituency. The Naomh Éanna was built in the Liffey shipyards in Dublin in 1956 and operated by CIE as the ferry to the Aran Islands from 1958 until 1988. Throughout...

Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Projects (13 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I have no problem with the vessel being moved to dry dock, which as the Minister of State said is itself an important structure and must be protected. The proposal being put forward does not require any State funding. As such, the Minister of State's response in terms of cost are not relevant. The group that has come together to preserve the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Local Authority Functions (18 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 141. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all specific new powers or functions conferred on local authorities by legislation under his area since June 2009 and a reference to the specific section or regulation in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7472/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (18 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will exempt flood gates for private homes from VAT to assist homeowners to protect their properties from flooding; if he will consider introducing a tax incentive scheme for private home owners to assist them in protecting their property from flooding with the construction or purchase of non-return valves, flood defences, renovations and flood...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (18 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the memorandum of understanding to be agreed with insurance companies that are licensed here to provide flood cover to home owners and businesses where flood defences have been built by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7689/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (18 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 373. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 5 February 2014, when the person concerned will be contacted regarding their back to education allowance by officials in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7668/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (18 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 428. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will intervene with Waterways Ireland to prevent the Noamh Eanna docked in Grand Canal Basin from being sent for scrap for a period of six months in order that a proposal (details supplied) can be considered and developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7698/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (18 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 445. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the development of the 1916 national monument on Moore Street; if there have been any discussions or briefings with the owners of the site (details supplied) regarding the condition of the buildings and future plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8374/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (18 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 446. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the resources that have been set aside for a survey and any required works to ensure the structural integrity of the buildings at the 1916 National Monument on Moore Street; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8375/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (18 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 447. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any surveys have been carried out in recent months to define and record the extent, quality and integrity of the 1916 National Monument on Moore Street; and if he will provide any information he has on the site and any interactions with the owners over recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8376/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (18 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps proposed to implement the terms of section 48 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014; if he will clarify whether, in the case of a council that does not have municipal districts, it is intended that the CPG will include at least one member from each local electoral area and, if so, the mechanism to achieve...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (18 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 580. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an explanation for the delay and procedural roadblocks for the renewal of a firearms licence in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4; if he will endeavour to ensure fair and transparent procedures are put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8182/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Property Sales (19 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the price the National Asset Management Agency realised for the site of five acres on the Merrion Road beside Booterstown nature reserve when the agency sold it in March 2012; the value of the underlying loan on the property at the time; if it was sold on the open market; the reason the offer from Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire County Council...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Yield (19 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 137. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown by local authority and town council of the amount collected in 2012 and 2013 commercial water charges; the arrears rate for each local authority in those years; if he will confirm that these figures have been provided to Irish Water; the plans there are to collect arrears;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (19 Feb 2014)

Kevin Humphreys: 146. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the Rathmines and Pembroke drainage scheme; when the consultants to access the scheme will be appointed; if Irish Water will be moving on this without delay; if he will provide an update on current plans to ensure this urgently needed work is done; and if he will make a statement on the matter....