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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: Fire services in Ireland are provided by the local authorities designated in accordance with the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003. The fire authorities provide a range of operational and fire safety services through 27 service delivery units currently using an infrastructure of some 217 fire stations and 600 fire appliances and associated specialist equipment. My Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 566 and 585 together. Exchequer funding of over €37 million was provided by my Department to local authorities in 2014 for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. Combined with an additional 20% contribution by individual local authorities, there was an overall spend last year of €46.3 million in this area. I...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s website contains statistics in relation to certain local authority dog control functions provided by local authorities to my Department at the following link: . My Department is not provided with the names and addresses of dog breeding establishments or the number of breeding bitches and puppies. Each local authority’s register of dog breeding establishments...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Exemptions (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: A new water charging regime was announced by the Government on 19 November 2014. The capped annual charges are €160 for single adult households and €260 for all other households until the end of 2018. All households now know what their capped bills will be until the end of 2018, which is particularly important for larger households or those with high usage due to medical needs....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. It includes data on the number of units provided by local authorities and approved housing bodies (under the voluntary and co-operative heading), broken down by year, and those data are available on my Department’s website at: , by clicking...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: The social housing construction programme that I announced on 5 May 2015 was in respect of new social housing developments to meet general social housing needs in each local authority area. The provision of housing for persons with a disability and people with special needs is supported under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme. In March 2015, all local authorities were...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: Social housing is key priority for this Government, as evidenced by the additional €2.2 billion in funding announced for it in Budget 2015 and the publication of the Social Housing Strategy 2020 in November 2014. The total targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 578 and 589 together. The Water Services Act 2007 provides that the owner of a premises is responsible for the maintenance and renewal of the internal water distribution system. Responsibility for replacing lead pipes from the main stopcock to the house and within the house therefore rests with the homeowner. In a joint position paper on lead published by the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579 to 583, inclusive, together. The social housing strategy’s targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000 households through the housing assistance payment and rental accommodation scheme, will address the needs of the 90,000 households on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies Abolition (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s agency modernisation/rationalisation programme has seen a significant reduction in the number of agencies, with further reductions planned for 2015 with the dissolution of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. Details regarding the number of agencies under the aegis of my Department which have been merged or abolished and the associated savings are contained in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Postal Voting (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: Postal voting is provided for in electoral law in respect of certain categories of person who are entered in the register of electors - whole-time members of the Defence Forces; members of An Garda Síochána; Irish diplomats serving abroad and their spouses or civil partners; electors living at home who are unable to vote because of a physical illness or a physical disability;...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Vacancies on State Boards (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: In the case of certain appointments to State Boards, statutory selection procedures must be followed or nominations must be sought from independent nominating panels before appointments are made by the Minister or the Government, as appropriate. In addition, in the case of a number of boards, not all of the appointments to the body concerned are made by the Minister, and in some situations...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy’s targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units to 2020, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000 households through the Housing Assistance Payment and Rental Accommodation Scheme, will address the needs of the 90,000 households on the housing waiting list in full, with flexibility to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Data (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: The final date for receipt by registration authorities of applications for inclusion in the supplement to the register of electors was 5 May 2015. Registration Authorities have been asked by my Department to provide information by 13 May 2015 on the number of voters to be included on the supplement to the electoral register for the polls on 22 May 2015. I will arrange to have the information...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 157(4)(a)of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides, in respect of unauthorised development, that no warning letter or enforcement notice may be issued by, and no proceedings for an offence may be commenced by, a planning authority - (i) in respect of a development where no permission has been granted, after seven years from the date of the commencement of the development; (ii)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (12 May 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. Under the Water Services Acts 2007-2013, Irish Water has statutory powers to request its customers and certain specified persons or bodies to provide it with information so that Irish Water can perform its functions under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department is in discussions with Cork County Council in relation to the purchase of social housing arising from the Part V provisions and a decision in this matter will be made as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet needs of local authority tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding provided by my Department meets 90% of the cost of such works, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: I have received no representations in relation to this issue which is a matter reserved to elected members for decision in accordance with the provisions of sections 31 and 32 and Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 2001, as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014. Section 32(1A) of the 2001 Act provides that where, prior to 1 June 2014, Limerick City Council used the title of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (12 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: No Exchequer funds have been provided for the establishment costs of Irish Water. The only Exchequer funding provided to Bórd Gáis or Irish Water in 2012 or 2013 was a grant of €0.57m to Irish Water in 2013 to fund the cost of a pilot study in relation to Phase 2 of the Water Metering Programme which is targeted at metering those properties that were not meterable in the...