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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The funding scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector aims to provide multi-annual funding to national organisations towards core costs associated with the provision of services. My Department is providing funding under the scheme of in excess of €8 million over the two year period to mid–2016. This represents an increase in funding of more...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Dublin Waste to Energy Limited has received an Industrial Emissions Licence under Part IV of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992. The licence in question is available at . Enforcement of the conditions of the licence, including conditions concerning waste acceptance, is a matter for the Agency.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 197 together. Article 9 of the Water Framework Directive of 2000 requires Member States to take account of the principle of recovery of the costs of water services, in accordance with the principle of "polluter pays".  Article 9(4) of the Directive states that Member States are not in breach of the Directive if they decide in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Development Companies Funding (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Since 2000, funding has been provided to Donegal Local Development Company (LDC) through a number of funding programmes, including the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP), LEADER+, the National Rural Development Programme 2000-2006, the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 and the Dormant Accounts Fund, which are currently under the remit of my Department. My...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, Donegal County Council, as the housing authority for the Stranorlar electoral area, is responsible for the management and maintenance of the local authority housing stock in the area and my Department does not hold the specific information sought. Statistics on local authority housing stock, including units that may be empty, are published by the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Under section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and Regulation 22(1) of the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, a household is ineligible for social housing support if a member owns alternative accommodation, to the household’s current accommodation, that is suitable for the household to live in. Regulation 22(2) of the 2011 Regulations provides that this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol ran from 2008 to 2012. Under the Protocol, Ireland’s emissions were limited to 13% above the baseline amount, or a total of 314.2 Mt CO2e over the five year period. Whilst Ireland’s total national emissions for the years 2008-2012 are below our Kyoto Protocol limit, after adjustments are made to account for the impact of the EU...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Government decided on 11 February 2014 to allocate funding of up to €69.5 million to local authorities in the areas worst affected by the first phase of severe weather In respect of the damage caused between 13 December 2013 and 6 January 2014. This was intended to help communities by restoring roads, coastal protection, amenities/ facilities and other public infrastructure which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The requested meeting did not take place due to the unavailability of personnel and staff changes. A meeting will be facilitated as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Appointments (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I have been informed by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) that the records in question were posted to the Deputy at her Oireachtas address on 28 November 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: In the latest statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments there were 3,809 households on housing waiting lists in County Louth as of 7 May 2013. The full results of this assessment are available on my Department’s website at: . The Social Housing Strategy 2020 launched last month contains a number of actions to reform the delivery and management of social housing, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department, pursuant to section 136(4) of Local Government Act 2001, as inserted by section 51 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, issued guidelines to local authorities in July of this year, regarding the preparation of monthly management reports. These reports are prepared by the chief executive of each local authority and furnished to the elected members on or before the seventh...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department, pursuant to section 134(10) of Local Government Act 2001, as amended by Section 49 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, issued supplementary guidelines to local authorities on 24 November 2014, regarding the preparation of local authority corporate plans for the period 2015-2019. Timescales for the adoption of corporate plans are laid down in Sections 134(2) and 134(5) of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: It is a matter for each local authority, including Sligo County Council, to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. The elected members of a local authority have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, which include adopting the annual budget...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services Act 2013 and the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provide that Irish Water may borrow money for the purposes of carrying out its functions but before borrowing any money, the consent of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and the Minister for Public...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Apprenticeship Programmes (11 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. In this regard, apprenticeships in the local authorities are a matter for the Chief Executives.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: A Cheann Comhairle, I put the question.

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The intent behind the establishment of the customer consultative forum is to provide a voice for Irish Water customers so they can have a greater influence on how the company operates. Section 7 provides that the Commission for Energy Regulation shall be required to establish the forum consisting of at least 12 and not more than 60 members. It also provides that the Minister will make...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I thank Deputies for their contributions. It is important to point out that a customer is anyone who gets a service. Not everyone is necessarily registered. Section 8, which is about dispute resolution, provides that one has to be registered. That might help Deputies. I assure those who have commented that this is being done for the right reason, which is to ensure everyone can give...

Water Services Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: That is in the regulations.