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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has explored the possibility of lease agreements with the National Assets Management Agency housing which would result in properties over time coming under the ownership of local authorities and remaining within the social housing system. [54241/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I acknowledge some good work has been done in respect of NAMA houses and houses in unfinished estates with the money used for safety purposes. However there is a problem with the houses themselves and not the infrastructure in that a promise was made that many housing units would come on-stream for social housing. If I heard the Minister of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: I will get to the question shortly but must first set the context. A total of 16,881 units remain empty in the unfinished estates even as 100,000 family units await housing within the State. A total of 17,070 estates have been left unfinished but 16,881 housing units remain vacant. There is a huge demand for housing at a time when all these vacant houses are available. In my constituency...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: The question is-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: I must ask the question and will be brief.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: One sentence.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Asset Management Agency (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: Everything, including bank debts, can become complex when we try to do something but we must try to make this simple. There are almost 17,000 vacant houses in unfinished estates but 100,000 people are on the waiting list. The Minister of State mentioned issues regarding the purchase of houses. Many of these houses are now for sale for less than €50,000, and there is a cost at the end...

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Cowen did not ask the Minister of State how much the figure will be next year. Will people be charged the household charge until 1 July?

Other Questions: Household Charge (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: We have not received an answer to that and I do not know why because it is not a budgetary matter. How will local authorities budget for this when there is such uncertainty? How will local authorities fill the gaps? I suggest to the Minister of State to merge the post of directors of services and senior executive officers in local authorities. It is a ridiculous situation that local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the cost of installing domestic water meters and the total cost for installation of the boxes for water meters. [54575/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government as part of local government reform, if he will introduce the DeHon’t method of appointing councillors to chairs and to local authority committees. [54576/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Safety (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost in producing the report Risks to Ireland from Incidents at the Sellafield Site; and if the British Government covered any of this cost. [54577/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Safety (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the terms of reference for those who drafted the report Risks to Ireland from Incidents at the Sellafield Site. [54578/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Safety (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he remains opposed to the Sellafield plant and other installations in the UK which pose a risk to our people [54579/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in order to facilitate smaller parties, if he will consider increasing the number of councillors representing each local authority on regional authorities. [54581/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the event of a household not paying the forthcoming water charge if he intends to deduct this charge for their source of income. [54582/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the pieces of legislation needed to action Putting People First; and the timeframe for this legislation. [54583/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will issue specific instructions to local authorities to intervene on public health grounds to maintain treatment plants in unfinished housing estates in circumstances in which developers refuse, or are no longer in a position to do. [54584/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make local authorities put in place speed ramps and other traffic calming measures when requested to do so by residents associations in unfinished estates to deal with road safety issues. [54585/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (4 Dec 2012)

Brian Stanley: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislative measures or regulations he will introduce to deal with ghost estates and unfinished estates in order to bring some certainty and closure to residents of all such estates. [54586/12]