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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (6 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: A Capital Appraisal for the regeneration of the Dominick Street flats complex was submitted to my Department by Dublin City Council at the end of January 2015, in accordance with the requirements of the Capital Works Management Framework. This is currently under consideration and my Department will be in contact with the City Council as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Responsibilities (6 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: Minister of State Ann Phelan’s responsibilities were extended by the Government in late 2014. In addition to her assignment to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, she has taken on additional responsibilities in my Department, which include a range of functions relating to Community, Local and Rural Development. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (6 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: 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 am pleased to confirm that the 2015 amount will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Recruitment (6 May 2015)

Alan Kelly: As announced in Budget 2015, the moratorium and the Employment Control Framework for the Public Service have been lifted but recruitment/promotion will be subject to adherence to binding 3 year pay ceilings. Staffing resources must be managed within these overall ceilings. Detailed arrangements in terms of the local government sector and state agencies will be worked out between my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (30 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department has received a capital appraisal from Limerick City and County Council’s Regeneration office for the conversion of the premises at Brannigan’s for use as a community facility. Responses to questions my Department raised with the Council on the project were received recently and are now being examined. My Department will be responding to the Council shortly to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Programme (30 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015 was published on 19 January 2015 and completed Second Stage in Dáil Éireann on 25 March 2015. Having regard to the debate at Second Stage, I am currently considering options for official amendments to the Bill, which would be subject to the approval of the Government. Once this process is completed, I intend to seek an early...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (30 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provided for the transfer of responsibility for the provision of public water services from the local authorities to Irish Water. The Act provides that Irish Water shall charge each customer for the provision of services provided by it in accordance with a water charges plan to be approved by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). A new water...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (30 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Producer Responsibility Initiative (PRI) review report on Tyres and Waste Tyres published by my Department last year concluded that the current system for dealing with waste tyres is not functioning as intended, with a lack of basic information, poor structure, poor environmental outcomes in the form of large stockpiles of waste tyresand somewhere between 24% - 50% of waste...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (30 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The social housing targets that I recently announced for all local authorities are out to 2017 and include almost 7,500 units that will be capital-funded and 15,400 current-funded units. My announcement also contained provisional funding allocations which are sufficient to deliver the targeted units. The specific project approval and funding allocations to local authorities for new build and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services Act 2013 provides for the establishment of Irish Water as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group (now renamed Ervia), which conforms to the conditions set out in the Act and is registered under the Companies Acts. The Act provides that Irish Water is required to submit an annual report on the performance of its functions each year to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (29 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: 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 am pleased to confirm that the 2015 amount will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (29 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each City and County Manager is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. The qualifications outlined in the advertisement for the post concerned are the declared qualifications as agreed by my Department in consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (29 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The allocation of social housing support to qualified households is a matter for the local authority concerned, in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. There is no provision in this legislation in relation to the release or otherwise of the names of persons who have been allocated support. The release of such information is a matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (29 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 108 of the Local Government Act 2001 requires that each local authority shall prepare an Annual Financial Statement in accordance with the Local Authority Accounting in Ireland Code of Practice and Accounting Regulationsissued by my Department. Section 108 also requires that as soon as practicable after the preparation of an Annual Financial Statement, such statement, with a report by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (29 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 102(4A) of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014), provides the legislative basis for the draft budgetary plan for municipal districts. The Local Government (Financial and Audit Procedures) Regulations 2014 provide a definition of General Municipal Allocation, set out a timeline for the submission of the draft budgetary plan to members of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare (28 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 408 and 410 together. The regulation of each dog breeding establishment is a matter for the local authority in whose functional area the establishment is located. The local authority must maintain for public inspection a register of dog breeding establishments in its functional area, which must include the name and address of the applicant seeking entry onto...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (28 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 409 and 420 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 670 of 21 April 2015, which sets out the position on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (28 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: The 2015 allocations in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability are currently under consideration in my Department and will issue shortly to all local authorities, including Meath County Council. Exchequer funding of over €37 million was provided by my Department for these grants last year and combined with an additional 20% contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Postal Voting (28 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 412 and 413 together. In order to be able to vote at elections and referendums, a person's name must be entered in the register of electors for a constituency in the State in which the person ordinarily resides. Postal voting is provided for in electoral law in respect of certain categories of person who are entered in the register of electors -...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (28 Apr 2015)

Alan Kelly: Social housing targets and provisional funding allocations for the period 2015-2017 for all local authorities were announced on 1 April 2015. The targets involved are challenging but the provisional funding allocations provide the resources to support their achievement. On 16 April my Department wrote to each local authority confirming these targets in detail for the years 2015, 2016 and...