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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Application (3 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under section 11 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, local authorities are liable to pay Local Property Tax (LPT) in respect of a dwelling that they own, other than a dwelling that accommodates people with special housing needs The rents charged by individual housing authorities for their housing stock, under the Housing Acts, is a matter for local authorities. In accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Quality (3 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: The ban on the marketing, sale and distribution of bituminous fuel (or ‘smoky coal ban’ as it is commonly known) was first introduced in Dublin in 1990 in response to severe episodes of winter smog that resulted from the widespread use of smoky coal for residential heating . The ban proved very effective in reducing particulate matter and sulphur dioxide levels in Dublin. As...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (3 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, Kildare County Council as housing authority is responsible for the management and maintenance of the local authority social housing stock for the area concerned . My Department assists local authorities in developing and maintaining their housing stock through various funding programmes . The effective management of vacant and boarded up social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (3 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Regulations 6, 7 and 8 of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 came into effect for all residential rented accommodation on 1 February 2013. The purpose of Regulation 6 is to ensure that each rental property has exclusive access to its own sanitary facilities and that those facilities are contained within the dwelling unit. Regulation 7 relates to effective heating which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (3 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Irish Water is the only commercial semi-state Company under the aegis of my Department. The Water Services Act 2013 provided for the establishment of Irish Water as a subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann to be formed and registered under the Companies Act. The Managing Director of Irish Water was appointed by the Board of Bord Gáis Éireann, and his remuneration was approved...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution (4 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009 provide the statutory framework to combat littering and include provisions relating to dog fouling.  Under the Acts, the primary management and enforcement response to littering (including dog fouling) is a matter for local authorities.It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate course of action to tackle litter...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant (4 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: To promote sustainable use of water and to enhance water conservation in households, the Department of Social Protection will administer, on behalf of my Department, a €100 water conservation grant for households (principal private dwellings) that complete a valid response to Irish Water’s customer registration process. This requirement to respond to the Irish Water...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: The provision of social housing services is a matter for each local authority as the housing authority for its area. Each authority has responsibility for identifying their area’s social housing need and responding as required, including planning and undertaking new social housing developments to meet this need. My Department is currently engaging with all local authorities in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (4 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: The charging of development contributions is intended to allow local authorities to recoup some of the costs to public funds of servicing land for private development. Without such contributions, this servicing would not proceed or the full cost would have to be borne by the taxpayer. Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, income from development levies must be ring-fenced...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (4 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department allocates funding to local authorities towards the cost of adaptations and extensions to social housing to meet needs of tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding from my Department meets 90% of costs, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%. In 2014, funding of €373,599 was provided to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant (5 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 to 254, inclusive, and 281. I refer to my reply to Question No. 162 of 4 February 2015 which sets out the current position in the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Data Protection (5 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 26 of the Water Services Act 2013 Act provides Irish Water with the power to obtain information from various sources, including the Revenue Commissioners, which is necessary for the performance of its functions. It is central to the e-Government strategy on improved data sharing and linking across the public service that data should be shared between Government Departments and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (5 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 570 of 3 February 2015, which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legal Costs (5 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Similar to the practice with other previous Tribunals of Inquiry, my Department is involved in recouping the final third-party costs of witnesses to the Mahon Tribunal. This process involves the assessment of claims by legal cost accountants acting on behalf of the State prior to the submission of final claims to my Department. Assessments, and reductions, of costs claimed by witnesses to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the relevant actions of the Social Housing Strategy, national targets for delivery of social housing on a local authority by local authority basis are to be agreed for each year. Action 1 of the Strategy requires the agreement of national targets for delivery of social housing on a local authority by local authority basis this year and in subsequent years. Action 4 of the Strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Feb 2015)

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 support communities by restoring roads, coastal protection, amenities/ facilities and other public infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Living City Initiative (5 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Living City Initiative was introduced by my colleague, the Minister for Finance, in Budget 2014 as a targeted pilot tax incentive scheme aimed at: -encouraging people to live in older buildings in the centre of ourcities; and incentivising the regeneration of central business districts. The Initiative provides tax incentives targeted at owner/occupiers rather than property developers or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (5 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Allocations to all local authorities in respect of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, including to Meath County Council, will be made in the next few weeks. Funding of over €37 million was provided for these grants last year and I am pleased to confirm that amount will increase by some 10% in 2015 to €40.4 million, comprising both my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Social housing is a key priority for Government, as evidenced by the increased provision made for the area in Budget 2015. The Social Housing Strategy 2020: Support, Supply and Reformbuilds on the provisions contained in Budget 2015 and sets out clear, measureable actions and targets to increase the supply of social housing, reform delivery arrangements and meet the housing needs of all...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (5 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.