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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 11:In page 25, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“Amendment of section 10 of Act of 1996 33. Section 10 of the Act of 1996 is amended by—(a) in subsection (1)(a), the substitution of “class A fine” for “fine not exceeding €3,000”, and (b) in section 10(2)—(i) the insertion of “34(1)(c), in so...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: It could not be that long ago.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Was that anywhere near the Border because that is where it goes on?

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Deputy Catherine Murphy raised a very serious issue of which I am well aware. It is in the Deputy's own neck of the woods. That was a serious issue which is being dealt with. There is a learning opportunity from that and other issues. This is all the more reason to introduce this legislation. We might argue about individual components but in the broad strokes I would expect the majority...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Like tyres.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: There are many on top of silage.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. Deputy Catherine Murphy is correct that enforcement is much needed. As I said in my earlier contribution on this amendment, we are bringing in a structure across the country for which the local authorities are responsible and which they will have to enforce. We cannot continue as we are in regard to enforcement and we need a completely new...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: I move amendment No. 12:In page 28, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: “Fixed payment notice for certain offences relating to waste collection permit 34. The Act of 1996 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 10A:“10B. (1)Where an authorised person has reasonable grounds for believing that a person has committed an offence under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities can facilitate inter county transfers for those in the Rental Accommodation Scheme ( RAS ). A tenant could transfer from one authority to another within RAS, by agreement with both of the relevant local authorities. However, it is dependent on what provision is made for transfers generally in a local authority’s own Allocations Scheme.  It is entirely a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Funding provided by my Department to support local authorities in returning vacant social housing units to productive use supported works on 729 such units across the four Dublin local authorities in 2014. This comprised 467 units returned by Dublin City Council, 165 by Fingal County Council, 92 by South Dublin County Council and 5 by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. For 2015, there...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Application for waste facility permits are processed by individual local authorities. The information sought in relation to processing times is not held by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: My role as Minister is to develop and maintain the policy and regulatory framework within which the relevant regulatory authorities, i.e. the Environmental Protection Agency, local authorities, the National Waste Collection Permit Office and the National Transfrontier Shipments Office, discharge their respective regulatory and enforcement functions under the Waste Management Acts. There...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: As the Deputy will appreciate, given the scope of my remit as Minister, I receive representations, including requests for meetings, from a wide range of parties, including public representatives, local and voluntary groups and private individuals and Organisations. While my Office does not maintain a register of all such requests for meetings or invitations received, I will endeavour to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: In order to vote at an election or a referendum a voter must be registered in the appropriate register of electors for that election or referendum. The Electoral Act 1992 provides for the registration of voters where they are ‘ordinarily resident’. Depending on the circumstances, the registration authority may consider it appropriate to register a homeless person at a particular...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (2 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department received an enquiry from Sligo County Council but has not received a formal request for financial assistance in respect of costs associated with the recent visit of members of the British royal family. I have no plans to provide funding for such costs. Matters of this nature fall within the remit of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Expenditure (2 Jul 2015)

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

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Sector Staff Sick Leave (7 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: My understanding is that this issue arises from the implementation of the revised sick leave arrangements in the Public Service and that it relates to a very limited number of employees who have expended their entitlement to paid sick leave, over a four-year rolling period, but are not entitled to temporary rehabilitation remuneration (TRR) which, in Local Authorities, is only paid for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (7 Jul 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. Data on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The information requested is set out in the following table for all relevant requests in 2015 . Date of Staffing Request Title of Post(s) Number of Post(s) Type of Contract sought Outcome 14/01/2015 Clerical Officer 1 Permanent Approved 14/01/2015 Tenant Liaison Officer 1 Contract Approved 14/01/2015 Social Worker 2 Permanent Approved 16/01/2015 BER Assessor -...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (7 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities are currently undertaking an ambitious programme of insulation retrofitting on the least energy efficient social houses, with funding support from my Department. €57 million has been provided over the period 2013-2014 for improving the energy performance of older local authority housing stock, resulting in improved energy efficiency, comfort levels and Building...