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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for staffing and organisation arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. My Department, however, works closely with local authorities with regard to the implementation of the Government's Social Housing Strategyand in 2015all local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides funding under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability in relation to Private Homes and, separately, funds adaptations and extensions to social housing stock in order to address serious overcrowding and, in certain cases, to meet the needs of tenants with a disability. Stair lifts are one element of a wide suite of works which may...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Since July 2011, my Department’s website has been used as the primary mechanism for seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced persons, for consideration as members or chairpersons of the boards of State bodies under my Department’s aegis. In line with a Government Decision last Autumn, a Revised Model for Ministerial Appointments to State Boards,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Information in relation to the number of qualified households on the waiting lists of each individual local authority, including Longford County Council, is available on my Department’s website as part of the 2013 Summary of Social Housing Assessmentsat the following link: . Under the Social Housing Strategy 2020, I have set substantial targets and allocated matching funding resources...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (3 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department, as part of a wider overhaul of the taking in charge process, has sought to determine the number of residential developments with developer-provided stand-alone wastewater treatment plants and/or water treatment systems which are not connected to public water or waste water networks. Many of the developments in question have not yet been taken in charge by the relevant local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (3 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020sets out this Government’s vision and ambition to work in tandem with local government and other stakeholders to bring a real response to the delivery of new social housing. Under the Strategy, I have set substantial targets and allocated matching funding resources for the delivery of social housing by local authorities, including by South Dublin County...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution (3 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: I appreciate the concerns of the wider community in relation to these matters. The Litter Pollution Acts, 1997 to 2009, provide the statutory framework to combat the litter problem. Under the Acts, the primary management and enforcement response to littering is, in the first instance, a matter for local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I ask Deputies to cast their minds back to 2012 when many reports were being published on the sorry state of the economy and property market at the time. One report issued a severe warning to the property sector that it could take more than 40 years to deal with the oversupply of housing unless we started bulldozing houses. The report stated: "Barring a sudden and sizeable recovery in Irish...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I challenge those Deputies who believe they have all the answers to take the opportunity to step up to the mark, enter government and continue the work of solving the housing problem. This is an incredibly difficult and complex challenge, one from which, based on their utterances, many parties in the 32nd Dáil have effectively walked away because they refuse to countenance entering...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I referenced it.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: That is not true.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I would take it anytime.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: That needs to be recorded.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his elevation. I thank all Deputies who are present. Some of them have been here for a long period. A total of 11 Members remain, which reflects their priorities and those of others in the context of this debate. I congratulate all those who made contributions, most of which were constructive, and, in particular, those who made their maiden...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: We cannot have a situation where there is no analysis of this. We have to analyse how public money is being spent. However, changes have been made which need time to bed down. Once they are bedded down, they will be shown to have worked. I acknowledge the support of Deputies from a number of political backgrounds. I ask the House to support what I said in my opening statement. We must...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments Data (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 and 520 together. While my Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statistics, the full range of which can be viewed on my Department’s website at the following weblink: , the data sought on the number of vacant units by county are not collected. The most recent information relating to vacant residential units can be found in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waterways Issues (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 516 and 549 together. The Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy) establishes a common framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater. The overall aim of the Directive is to maintain high and good...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Rate (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 517 and 519 together. My Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics, including the number and value of local authority mortgages and a breakdown of those in arrears by local authority. The statistics are available on my Department’s website at: . The Central Bank’s Code of Conduct on Mortgage Arrears requires all mortgage lenders to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: The project in question is not yet at tender stage. An outline design proposal for this project was recently submitted to my Department. As part of its routine consideration of the submission, my Department is in contact with Meath County Council with a view to clarifying particular aspects of the proposed design and having the project advanced as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: In formation on social housing units constructed and acquired in respect of all local authorities and approved housing bodies and funded by direct capital investment by my Department, is published on my Department’s website at the following link: . Data up to Quarter 3 of 2015 is currently published, including a breakdown across the different categories of delivery for all local...