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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 565 to 567, inclusive, together. My Department provides funding under the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability. There are three separate grants available under the scheme and local authorities receive an overall allocation, with the responsibility for the apportionment between the 3 schemes being a matter for each...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: In order to vote at an election or a referendum a voter must be registered in the appropriate register of electors for that election or referendum. The Electoral Act 1992 provides for the registration of voters where they are ‘ordinarily resident’. Depending on the circumstances, the registration authority may consider it appropriate to register people experiencing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Arrears (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. The occupier of a dwelling is liable to pay the water charges in respect of the dwelling, and legislation provides that the owner is the occupier unless the contrary is proven. Section 23A of the Water Services (No. 2)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 571 and 583 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: Fire Service (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The provision of fire services in local authority areas, including the establishment and maintenance of fire brigades, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of premises, is a statutory function of the individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1981. My Department supports fire authorities through the setting of general policy and guidance, and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Fire authorities have specific statutory responsibility to respond to fires and protect property. Additionally, there is statutory provision for fire services to respond to non-fire emergency operations, including response to road traffic accidents, incidents involving hazardous materials, and rescue operations, such as rescues from water, heights or confined spaces. Other discretionary...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: A Resource Opportunity, which sets out our national waste management policy,contains a commitment to complete a review of the respective regulatory and enforcement roles of the Environment Protection Agency and local authorities. A Review Group, established for that purpose in 2013 and comprising representatives from local authorities, the regional waste management offices, the Environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 577 to 580, inclusive, together. Information on 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:

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The assessment of households for social housing purposes is a matter for individual local authorities in accordance with the relevant legislative provisions and, in particular, the 2011 Social Housing Assessment Regulations. My Department does not hold details of ongoing changes to individual housing authority social housing waiting lists. The numbers assessed as being eligible for and in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 were signed on 30 October 2015 and were laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 4 November 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Approved Housing Body (AHB) Mortgage to Rent Scheme was launched nationally in June 2012. It is now properly established as part of the overall suite of social housing options and an important part of the arrears resolution process. The package of commitments on mortgage arrears announced by Government in May 2015 included a number of amendments to the Mortgage to Rent Scheme which will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department is providing €2.3 million through the Capital Assistance Scheme for the construction by Castleblayney Care Housing Association of 18 units of accommodation at Drumilliard, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, to cater for persons with disabilities. I understand that this scheme is largely complete and 10 of the 18 units have tenants allocated to them. A second application...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: A range of measures are being taken to secure a ring-fenced supply of accommodation to house homeless households and mobilise the necessary supports in order to deliver on the Government's target of ending involuntary long-term homelessness by the end of 2016. These measures have been identified in the Government's Implementation Plan on the State's Response to Homelessness(May 2014)....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: There are no funds at my disposal to support the refurbishment of buildings to be used for commercial purposes.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases Data (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Each year my Department is required to prepare and submit to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General an Appropriation Account of funds expended from the Department’s Vote in the year concerned. Following audit, the Account is published on the Comptroller’s website and includes details of legal costs incurred by my Department, set out by way of a note to the Account....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (1 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: There is one staff member with a contract of indefinite duration in my Department since September 2012 and is on an incremental scale. The information collected by my Department in relation to local authorities does not show the number of instances of contracts of indefinite duration at a particular point in time The information requested in respect of State Agencies is not collected by my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (26 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under current motor tax legislation exemptions are allowed for state-owned vehicles and vehicles such as fire engines, ambulances and those used exclusively for mountain and cave rescue. Under the current system there is no provision for the exemption of motor tax for vehicles such as those used by Blood Bikes. There are no plans at present to extend the list of vehicles which are exempt from...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Non-Payment (26 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provides the legislative basis for the Non Principal Private Residence (NPPR) Charge. The NPPR Charge, which has since been discontinued, applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. The self-assessed charge was set at €200 per annum. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (26 Nov 2015)

Alan Kelly: The information sought is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. In any event, in responding to representations to my office about specific water and waste water projects, Deputies are informed that these are matters for Irish Water and are referred to the specific arrangements that Irish Water have in place for dealing with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (26 Nov 2015)

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 with accommodation provided under the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Social Housing Leasing Initiative) are available on my Department’s website at:, by clicking...