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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: is a centralised database, hosted by the Local Government Management Agency on behalf of local authorities. It is available to assist the public in checking online that their voter registration details are up-to-date. In law, the preparation and maintenance of the register of electors is a matter for local authorities. The register details are then managed by the authorities and the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The capital allocation for the Fire Services Capital Programme in 2014 was €8 million. The Fire Services Capital Programme is used to recoup approved expenditure by fire authorities on the acquisition of fire appliances and fire-fighting equipment, the construction of new fire stations as well as the improvement/upgrading of existing station facilities and the replacement of first...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1094 and 1095 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is deemed to be a social housing support under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. As a long-term housing support, an assessment of housing need must be completed in order for a household to qualify for HAP. Any household with an identified housing need, including a homeless...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1096 to 1099, inclusive, together. The implementation of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a key Government priority and a major pillar of the Social Housing Strategy 2020. The HAP scheme is deemed to be a social housing support under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. As a long-term housing support, an assessment of housing need...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: For each year between 2013 and 2020, Ireland has a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target under the 2009 Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) No. 406/2009/EC. Under the ESD, EU-wide emissions in the year 2013 should be no more than the average of those same emissions in the years 2008 to 2010. Emissions in those three years were on average 4.5% below emissions in 2005. In the year 2020, the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 41(1) of the National Lotteries Act 2013 enables National Lottery monies paid into the Central Fund to be allocated for the purposes of the natural environment, as well as potentially for a range of other stated purposes. Lottery funding is a limited resource utilised across a range of Government Departments and Agencies. National Lottery funding channelled through my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 2 of Schedule 9 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, prescribes the scale of fees to be applied in respect of planning applications. The scenario outlined by the Deputy would likely be considered as a Class 1 development which relates to “the provision of a house”. Under Class 1, a planning application fee of €65 per house would apply. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: An application for inclusion in the supplement to the register of electors must be signed by the applicant in the presence of a member of An Garda Síochána from the applicant’s local Garda station who must first be satisfied as to the person’s identity before signing, dating and stamping the form. The Garda may request photographic or other identification. Where the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The powers of local authorities to deal with anti-social behaviour and the repossession of local authority dwellings were significantly enhanced with the commencement of Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 on 13 April 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the supervisory authority for public water supplies. The procedures to be followed where there is non-compliance with the parametric value for lead of 10 microgrammes per litre,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Farm Waste Management (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The spreading of sewage sludge is subject to a range of regulatory controls under waste management, water protection, planning and other applicable legislation. Persons seeking to spread sewage sludge are required, inter alia, under waste management legislation to: - ensure that sludge is not used except in accordance with a nutrient management plan in line with the Waste Management (Use of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Harbours and Piers Development (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: An allocation of €8 million was announced in the Capital Investment Plan 2016-2021 for the development of pier facilities on Inis Oirr. I will be consulting with my colleague, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, who has the lead role for offshore islands, on the proposals for developing the pier at Inis Oirr. Responsibility for the investment in the harbour at Ros...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Regulations (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department has no jurisdiction over, or engagement in, this matter. The Deputy may wish to consider pursuing the matter with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as there may be regulations under the aegis of that Department that may be relevant to the issue raised.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics. The statistics are available on my Department’s website at:. Statistics relating to the overall number of houses previously sold as affordable homes under local authority Affordable Housing schemes that are now rented out by the current owner are not collected by my Department. However, Department records show that to the end...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1113 and 1115 together. The Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP) is being implemented across all local authorities. My Department issued revised guidelines to local authorities for dealing with mortgage arrears within the local authority sector in June 2014. Dealing with Mortgage Arrears – A Guide for Local Authoritiesis available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The allocation of an affordable home was made on the basis that an individual was in need of housing, was a first time buyer, could not afford to purchase privately on the open market but could service a mortgage obtained by loan through an approved financial institution or a local authority where private finance has been refused. All Local Authority affordable housing schemes were stood down...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dumping at Sea (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: I understand that the Dublin Port Company submitted a Dumping at Sea permit application to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on 13 July 2015 relating to dredging at Dublin Port as part of the Alexandra Basin redevelopment project. As the designated competent authority, the EPA will assess the application in accordance with the Dumping at Sea Act and will make a decision accordingly.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (3 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: 40 civil servants under the remit of my Department have been reinstated following career breaks since the start of 2010. Of this number 21 have returned directly to my Department and a further 19 have been reinstated in other areas of the civil service. This information is outlined year by year in the table below. Year Reinstated in Environment, Community and Local Government Reinstated...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (4 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: For each year between 2013 and 2020, Ireland has a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target under the 2009 Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) No. 406/2009/EC. For the year 2020 itself, the target set for Ireland is that emissions should be 20 per cent below their value in 2005, with the target for each of the years 2014 through 2019 on a straight-line trajectory between the targets for 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (4 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: In the ordinary course of housing-related engagements between my Department and local authorities, the main options for securing social housing delivery would normally arise for discussion. The specific programme of modular housing provision now being progressed was advanced following my visit on 14 September 2015 to the demonstration of modular housing types organised by Dublin City Council.