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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: 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 are currently available, including a breakdown across the different categories of delivery for all local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (19 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: In order to be able to vote at elections and referendums, a person's name must be entered in the register of electors for a constituency in the State in which the person ordinarily resides. Provision is made in the Electoral Act 1992 for persons to be deemed to be ordinarily resident if they intend to resume residence within eighteen months after giving it up. I have no current plans to amend...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (19 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 458 and 459 together. Under current Local Government Superannuation Scheme rules, most employees appointed prior to 1 April 2004 must retire by the age of 65. There are no plans to extend this retirement age. The minimum retirement age for employees appointed between 1 April 2004 and 31 December 2012 is 65 but they may work beyond that date. Employees...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: Offers of social housing support are made by individual housing authorities in accordance with their allocation schemes and I, as Minister, am precluded by law from intervening in individual housing cases. I am aware of the level of refusals of offers of social housing across the local authority system and of the various reasons put forward for such refusals. I am concerned with the high...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (19 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has just concluded the compilation of details from housing authority reports for November 2015 and is in the process of collecting reports for December 2015. Homelessness has been a standing agenda item at meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Sector Reform since January 2015; the normal procedure within my Department is to publish the monthly figures on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Drainage Schemes (19 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: Responsibility for the maintenance of our rivers and waterways is shared between a range of statutory bodies and local riparian landowners. Under the Arterial Drainage Acts 1945 and 1995, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has statutory responsibility for the maintenance of rivers on which it has executed works since the 1945 Act. These arterial drainage schemes had as their primary purpose...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Promotions (19 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has completed one round of internal competitions for various administrative grades since the change in rules governing eligibility. There have been no instances of Clerical Officers being promoted to Higher Executive Officer or Executive Officers being promoted to Assistant Principal Officer resulting from these competitions.

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.