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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Genetically Modified Organisms (8 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: In terms of the issue raised regarding whether Ireland intends to go GMO free and whether we intend to inform the EU Commission of same, it is important to note that, in going GM free, there are several issues that warrant serious and detailed consideration. In terms of cultivation, it is important to note that currently there is no commercial cultivation of Genetically Modified...

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

Alan Kelly: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including protecting the environment, providing necessary housing supports and fostering community and rural development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies. In order to deliver on this broad business agenda, my Department allocates significant resources to a wide range of organisations, including local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (8 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 209 together. The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the Non Principal Private Residence (NPPR) Charge. The NPPR Charge of €200 per annum, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of...

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

Alan Kelly: A clear governance structure is in place to oversee the implementation of the Social Housing Strategy. I, along with my colleague Minister of State Paudie Coffey, co-chair the high-level Oversight Group which is made up of key stakeholders including representatives from the local government sector at Chief Executive level. A Project Board is in place, chaired by my Department, to lead on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (8 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: The vehicle fleet is progressively being replaced by cars taxed on the basis of CO2rather than engine capacity. At 31 August 2015, just under 40% of the passenger vehicle fleet was taxed on the basis of CO2emissions and the proportion of the fleet taxed on this basis is increasing by approximately 5 percentage points per year. The implications of this and the range of other factors impacting...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Disability Support Services (8 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 214 to 217, inclusive, together. My Department has policy and legislative responsibility for matters related to dog control only, including, inter alia,matters in relation to dog licensing, restricted dog breeds and local authority responsibilities, as set out in the Control of Dogs Acts and relevant Ministerial Regulations. Regarding assistance dogs, and in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (8 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: Since December 2011, my Department and the Housing Agency have been engaged with NAMA identifying properties that might potentially be suitable for social housing purposes. Since the process began, up to end of June 2015, a total of 1,386 NAMA residential properties have been delivered for social housing use, comprising of 1,083 completed properties, with a further 303 that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Nitrates Directive and Ireland's National Nitrates Action Programme are given legal effect by the consolidated European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2014, as amended. The objective of the Regulations is to protect ground and surface waters, including drinking water sources, primarily through the management of livestock manures and other...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under my Department’s Capital and Current expenditure, funding is provided to housing authorities in respect of a range of social housing initiatives. Details of expenditure under the se initiatives for Westmeath and Longford County Councils for the years referred to, up to the end of the third quarter of 2015, are as follows: Westmeath County Council - 2008 € 2009 ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: Following proactive engagement between NAMA, the Housing Agency and my Department, a process has been established since late 2011 to ascertain whether residential properties made available by NAMA, through its borrowers and receivers, are suitable for social housing.  Properties that are deemed suitable may be leased or purchased by local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Nitrates Directive and Ireland's National Nitrates Action Programme are given legal effect by the consolidated European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2014, as amended. The objective of the Regulations is to protect ground and surface waters, including drinking water sources, primarily through the management of livestock manures and other...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under my Department's Capital and Current expenditure, funding is provided to housing authorities in respect of a range of social housing initiatives. Details of expenditure under these initiatives for Westmeath and Longford County Councils for the years referred to, up to the end of the third quarter of 2015, are as follows. Westmeath County Council - 2008 € 2009 €...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: Following proactive engagement between NAMA, the Housing Agency and my Department, a process has been established since late 2011 to ascertain whether residential properties made available by NAMA, through its borrowers and receivers, are suitable for social housing.  Properties that are deemed suitable may be leased or purchased by local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: No additional funding to particular local authorities has been announced recently for the Housing Adaptation Grant schemes. Details of the 2015 allocations which I made earlier this year are available on my Department’s website at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department has no remit as regards the matter set out at (a) in the details supplied, while the matters at (b) to (f) come within the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, and the matter at (g) falls within the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: The following table sets out the number of social housing units that have been refurbished and newly constructed under the Limerick regeneration programme from 2007 to date in 2015. - 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Refurbished Units 74 90 76 88 138 107 86 118 186 New Build Units 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 64 10

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (13 Oct 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: Commercial Rates (13 Oct 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 levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority.  The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 590 of 29 September, 2015 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (13 Oct 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Fire Service is reviewing the first generation of communications and information systems for the fire services in Ireland, known collectively as CAMP (Computer Aided Mobilisation Projects ). As part of this review process, known as C-Trí, consideration will be given to the introduction or replacement of mobile data systems in appliances the service will be upgrading in the coming...