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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant (14 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Water Conservation Grant is a key element of the Government's drive to promote conservation and more sustainable use of water services in the home. Regulations will be made in due course under Section 5 of the Water Services Act 2014 to set down the particulars of the 2016 grant scheme including the application process and eligibility criteria. It is intended that payment of the grant to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ambulance Service Provision (14 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: In December 2014, the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) published a report on Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Services, which highlighted the need for greater cooperation at all levels between the National Ambulance Service (NAS) and Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB). The report proposed changes to call-taking and ambulance dispatch, as well as overall clinical governance in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Exemptions (14 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 and 236 together. The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provided the legislative basis for the Household Charge. Under the Act, an owner of a residential property on the liability date is liable to pay the Household Charge, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. The Charge has operated on a self-assessment basis with an owner...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (14 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The classification of public sector bodies is reviewed by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on an on-going basis in line with relevant European System of Accounts regulations. Following receipt of the Eurostat decision last year, the CSO indicated that the classification of Irish Water involved complex technical decisions and the CSO would be engaging with Eurostat through the appropriate...

Flooding: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: During December and early January, many parts of the country were beset by severe flooding which caused widespread disruption and damage to homes and property nationally, as well as a great deal of hardship. I visited many of the affected areas and spent a significant amount of time across the country where I saw distraught people whose homes were uninhabitable. I saw people who were...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 828 and 829 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 209 of 26 November, 2015, which sets out the position in the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015 governed the operation of the 2015 Water Conservation Grant scheme. Under regulation 5(1) a person who registered with Irish Water, as required under section 5(2)(a) of the Water Services Act 2014, on or before 30 June 2015 was eligible to receive the grant in 2015 if they were normally resident at the principal private...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: As I announced on Budget Day, Ireland will make an initial contribution of €2 million to the Green Climate Fund in 2016. This contribution will be Ireland’s first contribution to that Fund and will be in addition to Ireland’s broader and on-going support for mitigation and adaptation action by developing countries. Despite difficult recent economic circumstances, Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including protecting the environment, providing necessary housing supports and fostering community and rural development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies. 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: Local Authority Funding (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including protecting the environment, providing necessary housing supports and fostering community and rural development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies. 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: Climate Change Policy (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 was enacted on 10 December 2015. My focus now is on ensuring prompt and full implementation of the various provisions of the Act.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 840 to 843, inclusive, together. Information on social housing units constructed and acquired in respect of all local authorities and approved housing bodies and funded by direct capital investment by my Department, is published on my Department’s website at the following link: Data up to Quarter 3 of 2015 is currently available, including a breakdown...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Appointments (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 848 and 849 together. MacCabe Durney Barnes Consultants were appointed in February 2014 to carry out an independent planning review on the performance of planning functions having regard to specific planning issues in respect of six planning authorities (Carlow, Cork, Galway and Meath County Councils and Cork and Dublin City Councils) in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: Expenditure by my Department in respect of external membership of bodies and groups in 2015 other than subscriptions to certain international bodies and Conventions such as bodies under the auspices of the United Nations is outlined in the tables below. Fees to professional bodies are reimbursed in certain circumstances such as where there is a legal requirement for a staff member to be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The following table sets out the information in relation to newspapers, magazines or academic/scientific/technical journals that are acquired by my Department on the basis of annual subscriptions. Supplier Details Amount American Meteorological Society Membership and Subscriptions for Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS), Journal of Applied Meteorology &...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The annual cost to my Department of advertising will vary from year to year depending on the work programme and the need for advertising. Excluding expenditure on the annual Fire Safety campaign, my Department incurred costs of €144,143.11 on advertising in 2015, including notices placed in Iris Oifigiúil. €361,190 was expended in 2015 on the annual Fire Safety...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Breeding Regulations (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 provides for the regulation of Dog Breeding Establishments and provides a robust regulatory framework for, inter alia, the licensing, monitoring and inspection of dog breeding establishments by local authorities. The Act does not prescribe the purposes for which such premises may or may not be established, managed or operated. Accordingly, it does...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: Under Section 149 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended by Section 54 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, the awarding of Local Government Contracts is a matter for the Chief Executive Officer of each local authority. All public procurement contracts must be awarded in line with Irish and EU procurement rules, guidelines and regulations. My colleague the Minister for Public...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: As indicated in the reply to the Deputy’s Question No. 552 of 10 November 2015, the annual planning statistics supplied by Cork County Council for inclusion in the national report published by my Department are not broken down on a Divisional basis. However, in order to be of assistance, the Council has supplied to my Department the following details of planning applications in its...