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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Motor tax is based on the construction and use of a vehicle. In order to qualify for the commercial rate of motor tax, a vehicle must be constructed or adapted for use as a goods vehicle and used solely for the conveyance of goods in the course of trade or business. Licensing authorities have an obligation under Article 3 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing)(Amendment)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I have made €10m available to be used in 2016 to fund a new National Taking in Charge Initiative that will assist local authorities in developing new approaches to addressing housing estates, including those with developer-provided water services infrastructure that, for various reasons, have not been taken in charge to date. The initiative will involve the following: (1) Provision by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 460 and 461 together. The oversight and management of housing waiting lists, including the allocation and transfer of tenancies, is a matter for the relevant housing authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. My Department does not collate the data sought on an on-going basis. The numbers and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: In April last year, as part of the Social Housing Strategy 2020, I announced over €1.5 billion in funding allocations in respect of social housing to be provided by all local authorities for the period out to 2017 via a combination of building, buying and leasing schemes. Those allocations and associated targets for each local authority, including Waterford, are available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Limerick Regeneration Framework Implementation Plan was adopted in 2014 and provides a roadmap for the physical, social and economic regeneration of the four regeneration areas in Limerick over the coming years. The Plan identifies those strategic demolitions required to deliver appropriate housing in these areas, as well as construction projects to advance its goals. Since the adoption...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dog Licences (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Section 46 of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 seeks to amend certain provisions of the Control of Dogs Acts, which inadvertently exempted certain bodies, including hunting groups, from the dog licensing requirements. Accordingly, once commenced, section 46 of the 2015 Act will reinstate the requirement for these bodies to hold a licence. I have delayed commencing the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: There are now over 8,500 households in receipt of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the scheme has been rolled out to all categories of households in 19 local authority areas. The Dublin Region Homelessness Executive (DRHE) is also managing a HAP Homeless Pilot for the four Dublin local authorities. Budget 2016 has increased the funding for the HAP scheme to €47.7 million...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Whenever a person considers a noise to be so loud, so continuous, so repeated, of such duration or pitch or occurring at such times that it gives reasonable cause for annoyance, he or she can initiate action to deal with it, for example, by engaging with the individual causing the noise to come to some mutually acceptable understanding, or by contacting their local authority, which may...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides funding to assist older people to have necessary repairs or improvement works carried out to private houses in order to facilitate the continued independent occupancy of their homes. At local level, the detailed administration and processing of these grants, including the assessment, prioritisation, approval and payment of individual grants to applicants, is the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Details in relation to appointments made since 2015 to date are available on my Department’s website at the following link:. In the case of certain appointments to State Boards, statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Minister or the Government, as appropriate. In addition, in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The funding provided by my Department to local authorities in 2014 and 2015 to support their work in dealing with vacant social housing units is set out in the following table. This funding is in addition to the work and resources that local authorities deploy themselves to deal with this issue, which arises because the repair and re-letting of vacant social houses has always been part of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The repair and re-letting of vacant social houses has always been part of the ongoing work that local authorities carry out on their social housing stock as part of their responsibilities as housing authorities under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. However, in 2014, in recognition of the need to address a build-up of vacant social houses, my Department introduced the current programme to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Social housing projects funded by my Department comply with the Government’s Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF), the strategic objectives of which are to ensure greater cost certainty, better value for money at all stages during project delivery and more efficient end-user delivery. Working within the scope and objectives of the CWMF, and with a view to supporting the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (20 Apr 2016)

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 and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Enforcement action against illegal waste activity, including littering offences, is a matter for the local authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Enforcement, and my Department does not compile statistics in relation to fines imposed. Such statistics are publicly accessible through the Local Government Management Agency’s series of annual...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I have no function in the matter and the information requested is not held in my Department . In accordance with section 153 of the Local Government Act 2001, the responsibility for legal proceedings rests with the individual local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Projects (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The provision of premises and facilities in the public library service is generally a matter for each local authority in its capacity as a library authority. Notwithstanding this, my Department recently announced a new €22m Libraries Capital Investment Programme for the period 2016 - 2021 to support the development of priority projects submitted by local authorities. In this regard,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Projects (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The development of Virginia Library will be supported by my Department under the new Libraries Capital Investment Programme 2016-2021. In this regard, my Department will provide a contribution of €850,000 towards the overall cost of the proposed development, which is estimated at €3.5m. The matching funding will be provided by Cavan County Council, which has responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (20 Apr 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: Fire Stations Provision (20 Apr 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...