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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Relief Schemes Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department is responsible for the response phase only of severe weather related emergencies including flooding. As part of the response related activities undertaken in relation to the recent flooding, my Department wrote to the Local Authorities and asked them to submit details of the exceptional costs they incurred in the response, clean-up and necessary immediate works. As part of this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) generally use the differential rent scheme as applied by the relevant local authorities to determine the rents of their dwellings. Under this system the amount of rent to be paid by a tenant is based on the income of the household.  Approved Housing Body rents for their social housing tenants are set when the AHB signs an agreement with the housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has not incurred any expenses relating to public relations and advertising in the administration of the Water Services Act 2013 in the period 2013 to 2015 nor has it provided any funds pursuant to Section 15 of the Water Services Act 2013 for any item of expenditure during this period.

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

Alan Kelly: Support provided by my Department in respect of refurbishment or adaptations to houses are primarily in respect of social housing. In the case of private houses, the main programme of support funded by my Department is via the local authorities and is focussed on house adaptations for older people and people with a disability. The suite of grants under the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: By the end of December 2015 a total of 147 cases had been completed under the Mortgage to Rent Scheme since its commencement. In addition, 619 cases were actively being progressed. A breakdown of this information on a county basis is provided in tabular form below. In July 2015, the Government announced changes to the mortgage to rent scheme as part of a broader package of measures to deal...

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

Alan Kelly: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. Data on local authority housing stock - which incorporates owned housing stock and accommodation provided under the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme - are available on my Department’s website at: , by...

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: 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