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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Act 2012, the 2012 Act, which became law in July 2012, significantly enhanced the openness and transparency of political funding in Ireland. These were issues that were central to the recommendations made in the Moriarty Tribunal Report which was published in March 2011. The Tribunal recommended that the income of political parties be disclosed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: Currently, a person experiencing noise nuisance may contact their local authority, which may initiate proceedings on grounds of noise nuisance under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992. This Act also provides for any person, or group of persons, to seek an order in the District Court to have noise giving reasonable cause for annoyance abated. The procedures involved have been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water shall collect charges from its customers in receipt of water services provided by it in accordance with a water charges plan to be approved by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). Section 22(5) of the Act provides that a water charges...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: The requirements on local authorities, as registration authorities, in relation to the publication and provision of copies of the electoral register are set out in rules 13, 14 and 25 of the Second Schedule to the Electoral Act 1992, as amended. Under rule 25, where any document is required to be published in accordance with the Second Schedule to the Electoral Act 1992, the document may be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: On 5 May, 2015 I announced a major social housing construction programme with €312 million investment nationally, covering all 31 local authorities, and with over 1,700 housing units to be built across some 100 separate projects. That announcement included projects for Tipperary covering 45 units at an estimated cost of €6.9 million and 50 units in Wicklow at an estimated cost...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: It is the responsibility of each local authority, as the housing authority for its area, to identify the social housing need and to make proposals to my Department in respect of the best response to this need within the available funding. The funding provided to local authorities under my Department’s Social Housing Capital Investment Programme supports both the development of new...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: Fire services in Ireland are provided by the local authorities designated in accordance with the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003. The fire authorities provide a range of operational and fire safety services through 27 service delivery units currently using an infrastructure of some 217 fire stations and 600 fire appliances and associated specialist equipment. My Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 566 and 585 together. Exchequer funding of over €37 million was provided by my Department to local authorities in 2014 for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. Combined with an additional 20% contribution by individual local authorities, there was an overall spend last year of €46.3 million in this area. I...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s website contains statistics in relation to certain local authority dog control functions provided by local authorities to my Department at the following link: . My Department is not provided with the names and addresses of dog breeding establishments or the number of breeding bitches and puppies. Each local authority’s register of dog breeding establishments...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: A new water charging regime was announced by the Government on 19 November 2014. The capped annual charges are €160 for single adult households and €260 for all other households until the end of 2018. All households now know what their capped bills will be until the end of 2018, which is particularly important for larger households or those with high usage due to medical needs....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. It includes data on the number of units provided by local authorities and approved housing bodies (under the voluntary and co-operative heading), broken down by year, and those data are available on my Department’s website at: , by clicking...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: The social housing construction programme that I announced on 5 May 2015 was in respect of new social housing developments to meet general social housing needs in each local authority area. The provision of housing for persons with a disability and people with special needs is supported under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme. In March 2015, all local authorities were...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: Social housing is key priority for this Government, as evidenced by the additional €2.2 billion in funding announced for it in Budget 2015 and the publication of the Social Housing Strategy 2020 in November 2014. The total targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 578 and 589 together. The Water Services Act 2007 provides that the owner of a premises is responsible for the maintenance and renewal of the internal water distribution system. Responsibility for replacing lead pipes from the main stopcock to the house and within the house therefore rests with the homeowner. In a joint position paper on lead published by the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579 to 583, inclusive, together. The social housing strategy’s targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000 households through the housing assistance payment and rental accommodation scheme, will address the needs of the 90,000 households on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies Abolition (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s agency modernisation/rationalisation programme has seen a significant reduction in the number of agencies, with further reductions planned for 2015 with the dissolution of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. Details regarding the number of agencies under the aegis of my Department which have been merged or abolished and the associated savings are contained in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Postal Voting (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: Postal voting is provided for in electoral law in respect of certain categories of person who are entered in the register of electors - whole-time members of the Defence Forces; members of An Garda Síochána; Irish diplomats serving abroad and their spouses or civil partners; electors living at home who are unable to vote because of a physical illness or a physical disability;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Vacancies on State Boards (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: In the case of certain appointments to State Boards, statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Minister or the Government, as appropriate. In addition, in the case of a number of boards, not all of the appointments to the body concerned are made by the Minister, and in some situations...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy’s targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units to 2020, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000 households through the Housing Assistance Payment and Rental Accommodation Scheme, will address the needs of the 90,000 households on the housing waiting list in full, with flexibility to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Data (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: The final date for receipt by registration authorities of applications for inclusion in the supplement to the register of electors was 5 May 2015. Registration Authorities have been asked by my Department to provide information by 13 May 2015 on the number of voters to be included on the supplement to the electoral register for the polls on 22 May 2015. I will arrange to have the information...