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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Information regarding the annual Estimates of public expenditure, including the amounts allocated to Housing programmes on an annual basis, is available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at the following link: . The table sets out the outturn figures for housing expenditure, broken down by capital and current, for the period 2013 to 2015. In relation to 2016,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Redundancy Payments (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no role in the internal operations of any private organisations and, therefore, does not have a role in relation to staff or employment matters, which are for the Board of the company, as the employer, to manage. In relation to the details supplied, my Department has been engaged in discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and with the Attorney...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The advancement of the social housing construction project at The Park, Killarney, County Kerry, which is to deliver a total of 20 new homes, is a matter in the first instance for Kerry County Council. Funding approval-in-principle was given by my Department for the project in May 2015 and pre-tender designs were also approved by my Department in April 2016. I look forward to Kerry County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Licence Applications (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: An application to carry out a bathymetry survey and localised site investigation work was received from the named company in March 2016. The principal objective of the proposed works is to identify a feasible and safe route for a cable system design, deployment, survivability and subsequent maintenance of a sub-sea fibre optic cable. The application is currently at consultation phase and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: If domestic water charges were abolished, Irish Water and the Group Water sector would require additional funding to substitute for the loss of revenue from domestic customers. The estimated additional revenue requirement in 2017 would be €240.5m. The redeployment of the Water Conservation Grant as subvention to Irish Water would provide savings of €110m to offset these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Section 144 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended,provides for the determination of fees payable to the An Bord Pleanála (the Board). The Board may set its own fees, subject to the approval of the Minister, except where fee changes are in line with the Consumer Price Index. The Board must give notice of any new fees that apply. Section 144 also empowers the Board to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013 came into effect on 1 July 2013. The primary purpose of the Act is to replace the system whereby a vehicle was declared off the road retrospectively with a system under which the vehicle must be declared off the road in advance. The system of making retrospective declarations had become a means of evasion of motor tax estimated to have cost some...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: 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. Irish Water is responsible for water services infrastructure including water supply pipes or sewers extending from a waterworks or waste water works to the curtilage of a private property. Under sections 43 and 54 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Information on the funding spent by each local authority under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability for the years 2013, 2014 and 2015 is available on my Department’s website at the following link : . Information on the funding allocated to each local authority by my Department under the se Grants for those years is set out in the table. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Freedom of Information Legislation (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Expert Commission on Domestic Public Water Services is covered by the Freedom of Information Acts.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department has been working closely with Dublin City Council regarding outstanding amounts, payable on a range of projects from the Ballymun Regeneration programme. I anticipate that agreement on this matter will be reached within the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Postal Codes (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The majority of correspondence conducted by my Department is through electronic media and there is limited direct communication with households via An Post. My Department is not generally responsible for the provision of services to the public directly; our agencies and the local authorities administer services and schemes of this nature on our behalf. In the area of Franchise, for example,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: I am committed to developing a real and meaningful strategy for the rental sector to enable it to develop to its full potential. Addressing poor accommodation standards in the sector is an integral part of this process. Minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008, as amended by the Housing (Standards for Rented...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Household Means Policy (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Household Means Policy was issued in March 2011 under Regulation 17 of the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 and defines income for the purposes of determining an applicant’s compliance with the income eligibility criterion for social housing support and applies in all housing authorities. It is a matter for individual authorities to assess a household’s income for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: In line with the suspension of domestic water charges, and to ensure equity of treatment with households on public water supplies, the subsidisation for those on group water schemes has been restored to the level that pertained prior to the introduction of domestic water charges for households connected to the public water supply for the same time period. Details of the revised subsidy rates...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Irish Water’s capital investment in 2017 will be funded by a mix of debt and equity (including capital transfers from Government). Its investment programme for the period 2017 to 2018 is subject to review by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), and Government funding is subject to budgetary decisions. The CER expects to consult publicly on the level of Irish Water's allowed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Ballyduff Upper Group Water Scheme was included by Cork County Council in its bid under Measure 3 of the Rural Water Multi-Annual Programme 2016 – 2018 for funding those group water schemes in areas where a public scheme and private wells are not a viable option. However, following examination of all local authorities' proposals under this measure by the Expert Panel convened for this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The regulation of dog breeding establishments is a matter for local authorities in accordance with the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and I have no function in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Yield (16 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is not available in my Department. 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, including non-domestic billing. Prior to this non-domestic water charging and billing was a matter for the relevant local authority. Irish Water has established...