Results 2,741-2,760 of 4,773 for speaker:Paudie Coffey

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

Paudie Coffey: Decisions as to the priority to be awarded to individual households in the allocation of dwellings are a matter for the housing authority concerned, having regard to section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Allocation Regulations 2011. This legislation requires all housing authorities, as a reserved function, to make an allocation scheme...

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

Paudie Coffey: The removal of gravel from the foreshore requires consent under section 3 of the Foreshore Act 1933. Details of how to make such an application can be found at .

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

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 to 234, inclusive, together. Under the terms of the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which is administered by the local authorities, grants are available to assist households with specific needs to have necessary repairs or improvement works carried out in order to facilitate the continued independent...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank Deputy Joan Collins for providing me with the opportunity, on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Kelly, to update the House on actions being taken to address homelessness, including the night café in Dublin. At yesterday's meeting of the Cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform, the committee considered the progress on implementing the action plan to address...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I can confirm to the Deputy that it was important to engage in the recruitment process and that qualified and competent people were found to run the service to give the essential supports required for the homeless people. However, I am glad to state that, as the Deputy has outlined, this process now has been completed and the night café will be open 24 hours a day, which is important...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Where a planning appeal is made to An Bord Pleanála, the Board is required, under section 129 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, to give a copy of the appeal to the relevant planning authority and to each other party to the appeal as soon as possible after receipt of the appeal. The planning authority concerned, pursuant to article 68 of the Planning and Development...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Planning authorities must have regard to the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines, which were issued under Sections 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), when making decisions on applications for wind energy developments. Chapter 7 of the Guidelines lists matters that may be appropriately dealt with by the inclusion of conditions on a planning permission for wind...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, sets out the process by which local authorities can take in charge housing estates. When taking an estate in charge under the terms of this provision, a planning authority must take in charge, among other things, any, sewers, water mains or drains within the attendant grounds of the development. The Water Services (No. 2) Act...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented residential sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants relating to, inter alia, security of tenure and the termination of tenancies. The 2004 Act represented the most significant legislative reform in the private rented sector in over a century. Prior to this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants relating to, inter-alia, security of tenure, termination of tenancies, rent and rent reviews. The 2004 Act provides that rents may not be greater than the open market rate and may only be reviewed upward or downward once a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 574 and 575 together. The pyrite remediation scheme involves a number of stages commencing with a validation process by the Pyrite Resolution Board to check each application for compliance with the scheme’s eligibility criteria. The next step involves a damage verification process carried out by the Housing Agency which is followed by approval from...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (20 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Legal complexities regarding the assignment of the foreshore leasehold interest have arisen in this case. Advice from the Chief State Solicitor’s Office is awaited.

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Contamination (21 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank all of the Deputies for raising this serious matter. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly. Like the Deputies who have spoken, I am also concerned about the reports of alleged pollution discharge at Lough Ross, County Armagh, entering the River Fane system. As we all know, this is the primary source...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Contamination (21 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Deputies have already outlined the seriousness of this issue, which is a fundamental threat to human health in the Border counties. I recognise that and I reiterate that the Minister will be raising this issue as a matter of priority with the Northern Ireland Executive and with the Minister for the Environment, Mr. Durkan. It will also be raised at the next meeting of the North-South...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Contamination (21 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I can commit to trying to facilitate a meeting with the Minister but it will be for him to decide.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Deposit retention and rent arrears are the main categories of dispute from applicant parties for dispute resolution according to the annual report of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) for 2013. The Programme for Governmentincludes a commitment to establish a tenancy deposit protection scheme. On foot of this commitment the PRTB commissioned research on such a scheme and reported...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am pleased to attend the Seanad and to have this opportunity to outline and clarify some of the important points with regard to the national metering programme that is currently under way. Senators will know that meters are being installed in homes throughout the country in a programme unparalleled anywhere else in terms of the speed or scale of the installations. On average, a meter is...

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Fianna Fáil could not dig itself out. It is not going to dig us out.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: It is on the website.

Seanad: Water Services: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Minister of State would be one of the first to admit to me that one of the great bugbears in Irish society on an ongoing basis is the use of consultants and the amount of public money spent on same. I want to reiterate what has already been said by my colleagues because it is important to do so. Irrespective of what might have happened, what might have been proposed to happen or what...