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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (8 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: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (8 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet the needs of local authority tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding provided by my Department meets 90% of the cost of the works, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%. In May I...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (8 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 was amended at Dail Report Stage to include amendments to the Waste Management Act 1996. The amendments concerned provide for import ant reform of the regulatory framework for household waste collection, including strong new enforcement measures, a focus on enhanced standards and the introduction of pay by weight by all collectors. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (8 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: In order for a household to qualify for social housing support, a housing authority must carry out an assessment to establish whether the household meets specified eligibility requirements and has a housing need. One of the housing need criteria prescribed in the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 is that the household has a mortgage that is deemed to be unsustainable under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (8 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 136(2) of the Local Government Act 2001, as inserted by section 51 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, places an obligation on the chief executive of a local authority to prepare monthly management reports. These reports are intended to assist the elected members discharge their governance responsibilities and to oversee the executive in the delivery of the policies that the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (9 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: I met with the Irish Road Haulage Association in November 2014 and have received a number of representations on behalf of the Association. I have also responded to a number of parliamentary questions on road tax for the haulage industry in recent weeks. In that regard, I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 211, 212 and 213 of 17 June 2015, which sets out the position in the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (9 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: Local Authority Staff Data (9 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department has approved 317 staffing requests for Kildare County Council since the beginning of 2011. Of these approvals 30 were given in 2015 for housing staff, which include staff to facilitate the delivery of the Government's Social Housing Strategy. With regard to approvals sanctioned prior to 2015, housing - specific information is not held by my Department. My Department works...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Administration (9 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Government has given full effect to its policy commitment in relation to the local retention of Local Property Tax for 2015. 80% of LPT is retained locally to fund public services, with the remaining 20% redistributed to provide top-up funding to certain local authorities that have lower property tax bases due to the variance in property values across the State. These measures are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (14 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: If a vehicle is not going to be in use in a public place for a temporary period of time, the owner can make a Declaration of Non-Use of a Motor Vehicle at any time in the last month of an extant motor tax disc or the last month of a previously made Declaration of Non-Use. The vehicle can be declared off the road for a period of between 3 and 12 calendar months, and a further declaration can...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Haulage Industry Regulation (14 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 211, 212 and 213 of 17 June 2015, which sets out the position in the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (14 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: At €50.5 million, the funding that I announced for 2015 for Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability is an increase of some 10% on the funding that was available last year. This increase will enable local authorities to deliver an increased level of service to their citizens. In this regard, while it is a matter for each local authority to manage the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant (14 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: To be eligible for the water conservation grant, a person must have registered their principal, private residence with Irish Water on or before 30 June 2015. Based on current projections, my Department estimates that the total cost of the grant in 2015 will be approximately €130 million, which includes a projected administration cost of €6.1 million. Irish Water will shortly...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (14 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The 2030 Climate and Energy Framework, as agreed at the European Council in October 2014, provides for a binding target to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% below the 1990 level by 2030. To achieve the overall 40% target, the sectors covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) will have to reduce their emissions by 43% compared to 2005. Emissions from sectors...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Bituminous Fuel Ban (14 Jul 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: Water Pollution (14 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Cypermethrin is not currently monitored under the current Water Framework Directive (WFD) monitoring programme and is not listed as a pollutant under the current European Communities Environmental Objectives (Surface Waters) Regulations 2009. However, Cypermethrin is listed in the new Priority Substances Directive 2013/39/EU which is expected to come into force in Irish law later in 2015....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Postcode System Implementation (14 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 845 and 846 together. The compilation and maintenance of the register of electors is the responsibility of local authorities as registration authorities. The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) assists authorities in this process by maintaining the authorities’ computerised records that make up the register – the Electoral Register or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (14 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability (NHSPWD) 2011 – 2016 and the associated National Implementation Framework are joint publications my Department and the Department of Health. These documents set out the Government’s broad framework for the delivery of housing for people with disabilities through mainstream housing policy. They were developed as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (14 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 35(1) provides for the making of bye-laws by local authorities in relation to the presentation of waste. The approval of a draft bye-law, the consideration of submissions in relation to such draft bye-law and the making, amendment or revocation of a bye-law made under the Local Government Act 2001, are each functions reserved to the elected members of individual local authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution Fines (14 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009 provide the statutory framework to combat littering. Under the Acts, the primary responsibility for litter management and enforcement rests with the local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate course of action to tackle litter pollution locally within the legislation provided, including the most...