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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (2 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Kildare County Council submitted a proposal to my Department in 2008 seeking funding approval for a Remedial Works Scheme at St. Patrick’s Park, Rathangan, County Kildare. Following a detailed examination of the proposal, my Department provisionally approved funding of €6.8 million for the scheme in July 2011 with 10% of the cost to be met by the local authority. Kildare...

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

Alan Kelly: Since being established, the Social Housing Proposals Clearing House Group has received 25 proposals for funding social and affordable housing, using both existing mechanisms and new approaches. These are from a broad spectrum of entities which include financial institutions, developers, fund managers, financial services providers, Approved Housing Bodies and others. The Clearing Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (2 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 528 of 24 November 2015. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (2 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: On the basis of advice received from the Office of the Attorney General, there is no basis for charging motor tax on articulated vehicles at the goods rate from 21 October 2015, the date of the judgment of the Court of Appeal in relation to such vehicles. Accordingly, arrangements have been made to refund owners of articulated vehicles on amounts overpaid on or after that date. The position...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (2 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 and 174 together. The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive sets out requirements for the collection, treatment and discharge of urban waste water, with the objective of protecting the environment from the adverse effects of waste water discharges. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the environmental regulator responsible for the licensing,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Dec 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 for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities and, in that context, the...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I am pleased to have an opportunity to introduce the Second Stage debate on the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015 in the Seanad. The primary background to this Bill is the package of measures that was recently approved by the Government to deal with problems being observed in the Irish housing market. I note that the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012, which is...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Pressure is for tyres.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Pressure is for tyres.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (2 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Senator is always nice to me.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: From the Seanad (3 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I am pleased to inform the House of amendments made by Seanad Éireann to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015. It is a timely topic as governments around the word are seeking to negotiate a new climate agreement in Paris - I will be there myself quite soon - which will put us all on track to limit carbon emissions and help countries, both developed and developing, to...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: From the Seanad (3 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: It is only the amendments.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: From the Seanad (3 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Deputies for their comments on this very historic day. The issue of involving the Seanad in oversight was debated in this House. When we debated the legislation in the Seanad, it became obvious that getting that House's views on mitigation, transition, adaptation and the annual statements would be important. These amendments provide that those statements will be laid before...

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

Alan Kelly: I have currently no plans to re-introduce Affordable Housing Purchase Schemes. However, I do recognise the difficulty faced by households in accessing the housing market and therefore an affordable rental pilot scheme was announced as part of Budget 2016 with €10 million being made available from the proceeds of the sale of Bord Gáis Éireann to fund a pilot in 2016. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Appeals (3 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: When An Bórd Pleanála makes a decision on a planning appeal, it publishes the following documents on its website - the Inspector’s report in relation to the appeal and the Board’s direction and decision on the appeal. Under article 74 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, the Board is required to provide comprehensive information when notifying...

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

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 571 and 583 of 1 December 2015 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (3 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Each housing authority is responsible, under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, for determining the rent for its dwellings, subject to complying with broad principles laid down by my Department. The primary principle set down is that the rent payable should be related to household income and that low-income households should pay a lower proportion of income in rent. The current arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 548 and 549 together. As outlined in my reply to Question No. 11 of 5 November 2015, my Department is continuing to engage with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the future funding of group water schemes, including those in CLÁR funded areas. I hope to announce details of future funding arrangements for such schemes very shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: In accordance with the Public Service Reform Plan, a critical review on merging the Local Government Audit Service (LGAS) into the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) was initiated in 2012 in the context of consideration of agency rationalisation generally. The work of the Group was overtaken by a Government decision in October of that year that the LGAS and the OCAG should...

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

Alan Kelly: A proposed social housing project at Mountshannon House, Co Clare, was submitted to my Department as part of a prioritised list of proposals from Clare County Council, for funding under the Capital Assistance Scheme. In July 2015, I announced funding approval of over €150 million under the Scheme nationally, to deliver over 1,000 new social housing units. This included 31 new units...