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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Dublin Waste to Energy Project is a Public Private Partnership between Dublin City Council, acting on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities, and Covanta. In accordance with the provisions of the Waste Management Acts, the preparation and adoption of a waste management plan, including in respect of infrastructure provision, is the statutory responsibility of the local authority or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The operation of the Rent Supplement scheme is a matter for the Minister for Social Protection. As the Deputy may be aware, the Department of Social Protection published a review of the maximum rent limits under the Rent Supplement scheme on 27 March 2015 and this review is available through that Department's website. A range of measures are being taken to secure a ring-fenced supply of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities are responsible for the detailed planning of social housing provision based on the needs of their areas, which can vary with regard to the age profile and associated housing need from one local authority to another. Accordingly, it is a matter for each local authority to identify the appropriate initiatives to respond to their housing need, including appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: A range of financial supports are already in place to assist councillors in their work. These include an annual representational payment of €16,565, annual expenses allowances, a mobile phone allowance, and allowances for Chairs. The representational payment is recognition of the work that councillors volunteer to undertake when they stand for election and subsequently serve their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the Housing Act 1988, it is a matter for the housing authority concerned to determine whether a person is regarded as homeless. Any person regarded as homeless by a housing authority may be placed into temporary emergency accommodation, which the housing authority may arrange itself or which may be operated by a State-funded service provider, without the requirement to undergo a social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Summary of Social Housing Assessments 2013 identified 89,872 households assessed by local housing authorities as being eligible and in need of some form of social housing support, and these results are the most up-to-date figures available on the number of households qualified for support. However, in order to get the most accurate data relating to the numbers applying for social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Increasing the supply of private and social housing and rebuilding the capacity of the construction sector to deliver that infrastructure are key priorities for this Government. The overall strategic objective of the Government's housing strategy is to enable all households access good quality housing appropriate to household circumstances and in their particular community of choice. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Order Offences (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 199(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that a local authority may make a bye-law where in its opinion it is desirable in the interests of the common good of the local community that any activity or other matter should be regulated or controlled by bye-law, or that any nuisance should be controlled or suppressed by bye-law. The making of such bye laws is a matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The administration of homeless services is organised on a regional basis. Under these regional arrangements Kildare County Council is the lead-authority for the Mid-East Region which also includes counties Meath and Wicklow. Similarly, the four Dublin local authorities take a regional approach to issues of homelessness, via the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive, with Dublin City Council as...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for staffing and organisation arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. My Department works closely with all local authorities and all have been invited to submit staffing sanction requests to facilitate the delivery of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (11 Jun 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 distance of 500 metres between a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rights of Way Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 14 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides for a process for the inclusion by planning authorities of public rights of way in development plans. The process provides for the referral to the Circuit Court, by the landowner affected, of a proposal to include a right of way and where the court is satisfied that no right of way exists, the planning authority may not include it...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Contamination (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the European Union (Drinking Water) Regulations 2014, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas library, suppliers of drinking water are required to ensure that the water supplied complies with the chemical and microbiological parameters set out in the Regulations. Details of monitoring requirements along with the procedures to be followed and the roles of water suppliers, the EPA...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The implementation of the EU Water Framework Ground Directive s requires the extensive monitoring of groundwater quality and the inclusion of programmes of measures in each river basin management plan to ensure continuing improvement in the quality of groundwater. The European Communities Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations 2010, as amended, give legal effect to measures for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Responsibility for the administration of my Department's Rural Water Programme, under which funding is provided for group 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 and subject to the block grant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under my Department's Social Housing Capital Investment Programme, funding is provided to housing authorities to increase their supply of social housing stock through the construction and acquisition of houses and apartments. In 2014 Kildare County Council was approved to advance construction projects at Kilcock for 20 units and at Athy, for the replacement of 10 derelict units. Under my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: In November 2014 the Government approved the Social Housing Strategy 2020which sets out a strategic framework for meeting the State's social housing needs to the end of the decade. The Strategy includes a commitment to commence work on a financial vehicle, to be known as the Strategic Housing Fund, to raise funding for the social housing sector. The financial vehicle will be established to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: On 28 May 2015, I announced total funding of €50.5 million for the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability. I have increased the level of funding available for the grant schemes by some 10% for 2015. Allocations in 2015 were based primarily on the level of grant activity in local authorities in 2014, with no local authority receiving less than...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (11 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: On 28 May 2015, I announced details of the capital allocations for the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. I have increased the level of funding available for the grant schemes by some 10% overall for 2015 and no local authority received less than their 2014 allocation. €1,788,778 is available to Kerry County Council for these grant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (10 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The number of vehicles taxed at the end of December in each of the past five years is set out in this table. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Private vehicles 1,872,715 1,887,810 1,882,550 1,910,165 1,943,868 Goods vehicles 327,096 320,966 309,219 317,849 317,378 Agricultural vehicles 63,677 64,423 63,080 89,492 85,042 Motorcycles 38,145 36,582 35,106 36,623...