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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The information requested is set out in the following table. Year Commissioned Consultant/Author etc. Name/Description of Report/Review/Study Date or Expected Date of Publication Amount Spent Since March 2011 2011 ARUP Consulting Engineers Study in respect of provision of fire detection and alarms systems in dwellings. Not intended for publication. It is a technical report, to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Advisers Data (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Since my appointment as Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in July 2014 I have appointed two Special Advisers in accordance with Section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. Both were appointed to the Principal Officer (Standard) Scale. There is a temporary replacement in situfor one of those Advisers who is absent on unpaid long term sick leave. The total...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 562 and 596 together. Since December 2011, my Department and the Housing Agency have been engaged with the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) identifying properties that might potentially be suitable for social housing purposes. Of the total 6,574 units identified nationally, 4,048 are no longer available for social housing purposes for a variety of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 567 to 569, 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. Information on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The averages for the all-in construction costs for a local authority house from 2011 up to 2013, which is currently the last full year for which this analysis is available, are set out in the following Table. Year Average Cost Nationally 2011 €162,305 2012 €162,500 2013 €167,375In general terms, the cost of delivering a social housing unit is dependent on a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department issued provisional approval for funding in relation to the acquisition and refurbishment of eleven housing units at Erindale Heights, Ballyshannon, on 15 June 2015. This approval grants 30% support under the Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) amounting to €292,155 to an approved housing body for the completion of this work. In addition, approval was also issued for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: An Clár Infheistíochta Caipitil (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Is féidir liom a dheimhniú go bhfuil soláthar €8 milliún curtha ar fáil ag an Rialtas faoin gClár Bonneagair agus Infheistíochta Caipitil, 2016-2021 d’fhorbairt na cé ar Inis Oírr, Oileáin Árann. Tá sé mar chuspóir lárnach ag an Rialtas go leanfaidh pobail bhríomhara, inmharthana ag cur fúthu...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: 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 schemes being a matter for each authority. Information on the exchequer funding provided by my Department to each local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The number of times the fire service from the station referred to in the Question was called to assist serious road traffic accidents in each of the years 2012 to 2014is set out in the following table. 2012 10 2013 24 2014 19

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 582 and 583 together. My Department provides funding for certain programmes to support local authorities in the development and improvement of social housing, including improving energy efficiency. An ambitious programme of insulation retrofitting for the least energy efficient social houses was introduced in 2013, with €77 million funding being...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: A total funding allocation for 2015 of €50.5m nationally was made available for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, an increase of 10% on the previous year. At local level, the detailed administration and processing of the grants, including the assessment, approval and payment of individual grants to applicants, is the responsibility of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Services Personnel (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: A Framework for Major Emergency Management sets out the arrangements by which the principal response agencies will work together in the management of large-scale incidents. In the event of serious road accidents, An Garda Síochána are the designated lead agency under this framework.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The number of false alarm incidents attended by Cork City Fire Service and Cork County Fire Service in 2013 and 2014, broken down by malicious and good intent, is set out in the following tables. The information for 2015 will not be available until early next year. Cork City Year Malicious Good Intent Total 2013 69 196 265 2014 85 162 247 Cork County Year Malicious Good...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 587 and 588 together. Extensive discussions with the tyre industry through the establishment of a Tyres Working Group have taken place since the publication of the PRI Review Report on Tyres and Waster Tyres over two years ago in November 2013. The Tyres Working Group was, and continues to be, an open and transparent arrangement through which stakeholders...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 589, 590, 592 and 593 together. Information on all new social housing units constructed and acquired in respect of all local authorities and approved housing bodies is published on my Department’s website at the following link: . In addition, information supplied to my Department by local authorities identifies 112 construction ‘starts’...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The implementation of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP)scheme is a key priority for Government and a major pillar of the Social Housing Strategy 2020. To date, the HAP scheme has been introduced incrementally to 18 local authority areas, with over 5,200 households being supported by the scheme across those pilot local authority areas. Dublin City Council is also implementing a HAP pilot...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The amount spent on the construction of local authority housin g in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 is outlined in the following table. Year Amount 2011 €58.512m 2012 €51.707m 2013 €29.620m 2014 €24.623m To date in 2015, €11.33 million has been spent on direct Exchequer investment in the construction of local authority housing. In addition,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The information requested is not available in my Department. The administration of the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) is a matter for each local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The project in question was submitted to my Department as part of a prioritised list of proposals from Tipperary County Council, for funding under the Capital Assistance Scheme. In July 2015, I announced funding approval of over €150 million nationally under the Scheme, to deliver over 1,000 new social housing units. This included 27 new units across 6 projects that were prioritised by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Costs (8 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The information requested in relation to my Department is being compiled and will be forwarded as soon as possible. The information sought regarding the agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each agency.