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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: Departmental Funding (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including providing necessary housing supports, fostering community and rural development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies, and protecting the environment. In order to deliver on this broad business agenda, my Department allocates significant resources to a wide range of organisations, including local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 337 to 339, inclusive, together. My Department provides funding under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. There are three separate grants available and local authorities receive an overall allocation, with the responsibility for the apportionment between the three grants being a matter for each authority. The Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. Irish Water customer billing is a matter for the utility and one in which I have no function. Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives. They may be contacted via email at or by telephone on 1890 578 578. The number of Water...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The numbers of domestic waste water treatment systems in Counties Galway and Mayo, as indicated under the Central Statistics Office’s Census 2011 report, were 43,506 and 26,659, respectively. The Local Government Management Agency, which administers the central registration bureau on a shared service basis on behalf of the local authorities, has advised that, as of 26 January 2016, the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water shall collect charges from its customers in receipt of water services provided by it in accordance with a water charges plan to be approved by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). Section 22(5) of the Act provides that a water charges...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: Development contributions are a key part of securing investment in enabling infrastructure required to facilitate future development. A planning authority may, when granting a permission under section 34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), include conditions requiring the payment of a contribution in respect of public infrastructure and facilities benefiting development in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: In light of the Programme for Government commitment regarding educational impact assessment on residential zoning to identify potential need for schools, the Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Local Area Plans, published on 25 June 2013, highlight the importance of local authority engagement and co-operation with the Department of Education and Skills, and recommend that local area plans...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Data (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The information requested is set out in the following table. Date of Commission Consultant/Author etc. Name/Description of Report/Review/Study Date or Expected Date of Publication Amount Spent Since March 2011 March 2011 Building Research Establishment Ltd Retrofitting Code of Practice. Published March 2014. (1) €21,190 March 2011 Malachy Walsh & Partners...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Inquiries (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments (the Mahon Tribunal) was established by order of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to inquire into and report on various planning matters, set out in resolutions passed by Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann on 7 and 8 October, 1997 respectively. The final report of the Tribunal was published in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Allowances (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: Travel expenses claimed and paid to date, including the amount of kilometres travelled and the amounts claimed, by Ministers and Ministers of State of my Department, by calendar year, during the current Dáil are as follows: Minister Kelly - Year 2014 2015 Foreign Subsistence €865 €5,232 Domestic Subsistence €211 €818 No. of Kilometres 28,694...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The amount spent by my Department on media monitoring and clippings for the years requested is as follows: Year Amount 2011 €14,305.94 2012 €15,689.27 2013 €17,507.02 2014 €16,1 1 6.82 2015 €15 , 816.77

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 349 and 350 together. Local authorities are responsible for the detailed planning of social housing provision based on the households needs in their respective areas. In this case, it is a matter for Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council to identify the appropriate initiatives to respond to the housing need. This includes consideration by them of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: A shortage of supply is at the heart of the current challenges in the housing sector and the Government has put in place a comprehensive set of responses to increase the supply of all forms of housing while also taking action to stabilise the rental market while that supply increases. The Social Housing Strategy 2020sets out clear, measurable actions and targets to increase the supply of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: I understand that this project comprising a cycleway proposal as well as flood alleviation works to address higher tides and sea levels was originally approved by An Bord Pleanála in 2011 under section 226 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, relating to foreshore developments. Dublin City Council subsequently made some alterations to the cycleway aspects of their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or the Board is or may be concerned. Therefore, any questions regarding progressing particular planning projects should be directed to the relevant planning authority, in this case Dublin City Council.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The finalisation of any outstanding planning- related matters affecting the development concerned is a matter for Kildare County Council and one in which I have no function. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular planning case with which a planning authority,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: I am informed by Kildare County Council that the arbitration process in respect of the stalled development at Naas Town Centre has not yet concluded, and that both sides are still putting their cases to the Arbitrator.  When the cases have been heard, the Arbitrator will then consider all of the information before making a final determination on the matter. As indicated in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Retirements (27 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: In the last four years there have been no cases taken against my Department by civil servants objecting to a requirement to retire at the age of 65. My Department does not have information relating to any such cases in respect of public servants employed by bodies under the Department’s aegis; this is a matter for the organisations concerned.