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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Ambitious targets for social housing delivery, along with matching funding allocations, were set by me in April last, when I announced targets for the delivery of social housing for all local authorities to 2017. As part of this announcement, Dublin City Council was set a target of 3,347 social housing units, supported by a provisional funding allocation of €292m, to be invested in a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020has been approved by Government and includes a commitment for significant funding for the social housing targets it contains. The Strategy will support an additional 35,000 new social housing units to be delivered by local authorities and approved housing bodies through a combination of building, purchase and leasing schemes. The estimated cost to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments Data (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The provision of social housing services is a matter for each local authority as the housing authority for its area. Each authority has responsibility for identifying their area's social housing need and responding as required. Targets and provisional funding allocations out to 2017 have been set to support the delivery of social housing by each local authority, by whatever combination of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Weather Forecasting (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: All of Met Éireann’s general forecasts cover the entire island of Ireland. Furthermore the regional forecasts as published on www.met.ie and on the Met Éireann weather app relate to each of the four historic provinces of Ireland. Weather reports are only supplied from the Met Éireann stations in the Republic of Ireland. There are no current plans to publish weather...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Irish Water's costs are funded through a mix of revenue from the domestic and non-domestic sector, third party finance (including bank lending and capital markets facilities) and State support which may be in the form of both equity and subvention. The main aspects of the Irish Water funding model are set out in a detailed fact sheet published on my Department’s website. In July 2014,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place in Paris from 30 November to 11 December. The meeting is charged with agreeing “a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties”. Ireland strongly supports an ambitious, legally-binding global...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Gross motor tax receipts from 1 January to 30 June 2015 are set out below by licensing authority. Licensing Authority Motor tax office (€) Online (€) Total (€) Carlow 4,289,951 4,444,731 8,734,682 Cavan 3,924,331 5,647,062 9,571,393 Clare 6,384,857 9,467,604 15,852,461 Cork 22,184,936 50,418,867 72,603,803 ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Enterprise Offices (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department has not received staffing requests for additional staff in the Local Enterprise Offices of Roscommon County Council or Galway County Council. My Department works closely with Roscommon County Council and Galway County Council in relation to their staffing requirements and it is open to loca l authorities to submit staff sanction requests to facilitate the delivery of their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: In December 2013, my Department published proposed “draft” revisions to the noise, setbacks and shadow flicker aspects of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. These draft revisions proposed the setting of a more stringent day and night noise limit of 40 decibels for future wind energy developments, a mandatory minimum setback of 500 metres between a wind turbine and the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: My priority will be to continue to deliver on those commitments within the Programme for Government for which I have responsibility. As the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have clearly stated, the focus of the Government is to broaden and deepen the economic recovery so that it is felt by individuals, families and communities in their daily lives. The overarching objective of my work will be to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Latest data in relation to Ireland’s waste management performance, including with respect to Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE), are contained in the EPA’s National Waste Report for 2012, available on the EPA website (www.epa.ie). The 2013 Report is expected to be published shortly. Under Directive 2012/19/EU on WEEE, Member States have an obligation to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Responsibility for the administration of my Department’s Rural Water Programme, under which funding is provided for group water and group sewerages schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection, prioritisation and approval of individual group scheme proposals for advancement and funding under the programme, within the overall priorities set by my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department, with the assistance of the Housing Agency, the Housing Finance Agency and the Local Authority Housing Loans Management Group, has been examining the operation of the Shared Ownership Scheme for existing borrowers. The issues arising with Shared Ownership Schemes require careful consideration and expert financial data analysis. Arising from the findings of the review to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The total funding allocation for 2015 of €50.5m nationally for the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability represents an increase of some 10% over the 2014 funding. I trust that this increase will enable local authorities to deliver an increased level of service to their citizens. My Department works with the local authorities to manage the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 178 of 23 April 2015 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Ireland is on course to comply with its greenhouse gas emission reduction target for the purposes of the Kyoto Protocol in the commitment period 2008 to 2012. The Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol, which establishes a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol from 2013 to 2020, was agreed in 2012 but has not yet entered into force. Ireland has completed the necessary domestic...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 717, 776 and 778 together. In December 2013, my Department published proposed “draft” revisions to the noise, setbacks and shadow flicker aspects of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. These draft revisions proposed the setting of a more stringent day and night noise limit of 40 decibels for future wind energy developments, a mandatory...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: The latest summary of social housing assessments, which was carried out as of 7 May 2013, showed that there were 89,872 households on local authority waiting lists at that date. The 2013 figures are the most up-to-date figures available on waiting list numbers, which are subject to on-going fluctuation due to households being allocated housing and new households applying for housing support....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air and Water Pollution (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Air quality monitoring in Ireland is carried out to meet the requirements of EU Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe, also known as the CAFE Directive. The Directive requires that certain minimum levels of monitoring are conducted for the purpose of assessment and management of air quality. The EPA has responsibility for the monitoring of air quality in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (16 Jul 2015)

Alan Kelly: Full details on Ireland’s waste generation and management performance including a full breakdown by treatment activity are contained in the 2012 National Waste Report, available on the EPA’s website (www.epa.ie). Ireland is meeting all existing targets set down under EU legislation, including our landfill diversion targets, and our recycling rate for municipal waste (40%) is...