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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: The provision of fire services in local authority areas, including the establishment and maintenance of fire brigades, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of premises, is a statutory function of the individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1981. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied to the valuation for each property determined by the Valuation Office, to obtain the amount payable in rates, is decided by the elected members of each local authority during the annual budget process. The latest available audited local authority financial...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: The current scheme of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability was introduced in 2007 and has encompassed the schemes for Essential Repairs Grants, Disabled Persons Grants, and the Special Housing Aid for the Elderly Scheme. The current Housing Adaptation Grants provide a strong level of funding to support older people for the continued independent occupancy of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: The spreading of sewage sludge from both local authority treatment plants and septic tank systems must be carried out in accordance with relevant environmental and other applicable legislation, including the provisions of the Waste Management (Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture) Regulations 1998, as amended, and the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: Information on the funding provided and grants paid to each local authority by my Department under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, since the grants were introduced, is available at the following link:. The detailed administration of the grants, including the assessment, approval and prioritisation of grants to applicants under the various grants...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides grant assistance to Local Authorities under a scheme known as the Improvement Works in Lieu (of Local Authority Housing) Scheme. This enables the authorities to repair, improve or extend privately-owned houses occupied or intended to be occupied by an approved housing applicant, as an alternative to the provision of local authority housing. The administration of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has met with groups who represent persons with special needs and has also been in contact with the HSE and the waste management industry to discuss the issue and to try to find a workable and fair solution to this important matter. Notwithstanding the complexity of the issues involved, I am satisfied that a number of possible solutions are being explored as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: All provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 came into operation over the period 1 November 2000 to 28 April 2004, inclusive. Section 180 of the 2000 Act relating to the taking in charge of estates by planning authorities came into operation on 21 January 2002 by way of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (Commencement) (No. 3) Order 2001 which was signed by the then Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: Procurement in relation to social housing build developments, from pre-planning through to construction, arises primarily in relation to procurement of consultants and procurement of contractors. These follow either national or EU procurement requirements, depending on the cost involved, as required by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Carrying out procurement as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304 and 305 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme continues to be rolled out across the country on a phased basis and is now operational in 19 local authority areas. A detailed breakdown of the Quarter 1 2016 data is currently being prepared, including the number of households transferring from the Rent Supplement scheme in this period. This detailed breakdown will be published on my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Property Sales (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: Since December 2011, my Department together with the Housing Agency, local authorities, and approved housing bodies have been working with the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) in order to facilitate the provision of residential properties for social housing use. The properties under consideration are part of the security for loans that NAMA has acquired. In the majority of cases,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 308 and 309 together. The Social Housing Strategy 2020targets the provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000 households mainly through the Housing Assistance Payment. Social housing targets have been set for each local authority out to 2017 and are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Student Accommodation (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: Rent-a-room relief was introduced with the aim of increasing the availability of rented residential accommodation. Under the scheme, rooms rented in a person’s sole or main residence as residential accommodation, including rooms let to students for the academic year are exempt from tax, PRSI and USC since 1 January 2015. The annual limit on exempt income is €12,000. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 and 315 together. 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. This is jointly the most demanding 2020 reduction...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: Section 8.14 of the Guidelines for Traveller Accommodation - Basic Services and Facilities for Caravans Pending the Provision of Permanent Accommodation (1998), as provided for under section 29 of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, sets out that, generally, there should be a minimum separation distance of 6m between caravans and 9m between a caravan and a building or other...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Data (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: Irish Water's customer billing and collection levels are a matter for the utility. Irish Water has published information on bill payment levels for the first three billing cycles on its website at. The €110.8m collected in respect of domestic water charges is the amount of cash (net of rebates) collected as at 11 January 2016. The number of customers who had made a payment to 11...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Insurance Coverage (4 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: Issues relating to flood insurance are a matter for my colleague the Minister for Finance who is responsible for the legislative framework for insurance regulation and development of the insurance sector. I have no role in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (5 May 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is being rolled out across the country on a phased basis and is currently operational in 19 local authority area s with more than 8,900 households currently in receipt of housing support under the scheme. HAP was operational in 18 local authorities in 2015 and supported an additional 5,680 eligible households, with 2,100 of those households (36%)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (5 May 2016)

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. Irish Water is a regulated utility and its operating and capital plans are reviewed by the Commission for Energy Regulation. Details of Irish Water’s proposed costs are outlined in their revenue and water charges plan...