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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. The Commissioner for Valuation has sole responsibility for all valuation matters and the Valuation Act 2001 comes under the aegis of my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Under section 10 of the Housing Act 1988, statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation and related services rests with individual...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Sector Reform, which is chaired by the Taoiseach, meets generally on a monthly basis and the issue of homelessness has been an agenda item at each meeting to date in 2015. In addition, both I and my Department liaise with Government Departments, State Agencies, local authorities and a range of stakeholders on an ongoing basis in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1075 and 1081 together. The Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability were introduced on 1 November 2007. Information on Exchequer funding provided by my Department to each local authority for these schemes is available on my Department’s website at the following link: by selecting ‘Social and Affordable...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1078 and 1079 together. The Water Services Act 2007 provides that the property owner is responsible for the maintenance and replacement of any water or wastewater pipes, connections or distribution systems which are connected within the boundary of their property. Responsibility for the repair of pipes under publicly owned roadways and pathways is a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines are the present guidelines in place in relation to wind farms. In addition to providing appropriate day and night time noise limits, of either a lower fixed limit of 45 decibels or a relative fixed limit of 5 decibels over background noise together with a fixed night time limit of 43 decibels, the existing Guidelines also provide for a setback...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under my Department’s Social Housing Capital Investment Programme, funding is provided to housing authorities to increase their supply of social housing stock through the construction and acquisition of houses and apartments. Details of the funding provided to local authorities from 2004 to 2014 are readily available in my Department and are outlined in the tables below. Details of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. The Commissioner for Valuation has sole responsibility for all valuation matters. The levying and collection of rates are matters for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Following the collapse of the Public Private Partnership arrangements for the delivery of a number of regeneration projects in the Dublin city area, Dublin City Council established a taskforce to examine alternative options for projects originally included under the PPP process. My Department is continuing to work with the City Council to advance proposals to regenerate the various areas...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. My...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: As part of a robust monitoring and reporting framework, local authorities report to my Department on a regular basis on outputs and expenditure under the various housing programmes. The expenditure details under each housing subhead, as set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services, are provided by my Department to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. In the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1088 and 1090 to 1094, inclusive, together. My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of temporary accommodation and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department works closely with all local authorities and all have been invited to submit staffing sanction requests to facilitate the delivery of the Government's Social Housing Strategy. Each staffing sanction request is examined on a case by case basis having due regard to the continued delivery of key services in the context of staffing and budgetary constraints. To date in 2015, my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Graffiti Issues (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009, the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to litter pollution, including the defacement of structures by writing or other marks, lies with local authorities. The Acts provide significant powers to local authorities to deal with the defacement of structures by writing or other marks. The role of my Department is to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Informed by a recent review of the provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Acts, which included a public consultation process, proposed legislative changes have been set out in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015which was published on 5 June 2015 and is available on my Department's website at: . The Bill provides that, in future, the focus of Part V will be on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under my Department's Social Housing Capital Investment Programme, funding is provided to housing authorities to increase their supply of social housing stock through the construction and acquisition of houses and apartments. Details of the funding provided to Westmeath County Council in this regard from 2004 to 2011 are contained in the table. WESTMEATH COUNTY COUNCIL Year Total ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Pollution (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department has not undertaken Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) on the vapours released from aircraft. However, my Department has previously been informed by Met Éireann that vapour trails are formed through the emission of exhaust gases from jet engines of aircraft in the upper troposphere and that the main component of these gases is water vapour.  Ambient air temperature...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Telecommunications Infrastructure (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department published Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures in 1996. The guidelines are intended to facilitate planning authorities, An Bord Pleanála, the licensed providers of mobile telecommunications services and the public by providing guidance on dealing with these developments within the planning system. The guidelines set out...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: On 28 May 2015, I announced funding of €40.4 million for the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability. I have increased the level of funding available for the grant schemes by some 10% for 2015. Allocations in 2015 were based primarily on the level of grant activity in local authorities in 2014, with no local authority getting less than their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Sector Pensions Levy (9 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the Local Authority Members (Gratuity) Regulations 2002, as amended by the Local Authority Members (Gratuity) (Amendment) Regulations 2006, a former local authority member is entitled to a retirement gratuity of 4/20ths of the Representational Payment for each year of service, up to a maximum of 20 years' service. The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2009...