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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I am happy to stand up to scrutiny as regards the allocations we have given out. I remind the Deputy that this scenario exists because of his party's policies. We have the legacy of Part V. Over the past years this provision did not exist because there was no development. This structure was one his party put in place. The ratio of transfers from rent supplements to new applicants in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Minister for Finance, in the Exchequer Statement for 2014, reported that €491 million was collected in local property tax in 2014. Some €483.5 million from the local property tax was paid into the local government fund during 2014. A further €7.7 million was paid into the fund in January 2015. This related to the local property tax collected in the last week of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I have to smile.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: There is no intention to misrepresent the payments of the local government fund. The fund has made a payment back to the Exchequer for a number of years. The details are published in the Estimates each year. Local property tax for 2014 is €491 million. As I have previously stated, it is unaudited and the process of auditing will now proceed. The estimated figure for 2015 is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Deputy makes me laugh at times. His party would know a lot about smoke and mirrors and funds.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Tax (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: We are satisfied that there is transparency here in regard to 2014. The local property tax, LPT, was paid into the local government fund along with motor tax receipts, which was always done. A total of €281 million went directly to local authorities; €260 million was paid to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for essential non-national roads; €12.5 million...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Social housing is a key priority for the Government, as evidenced by the additional €2.2 billion in funding announced for social housing in budget 2015 and the publication of the social housing strategy 2020 in November 2014. The strategy builds on the provisions contained in budget 2015 and sets out clear, measurable actions and targets to increase the supply of social housing,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I reject completely what the Deputy is saying. This is the largest social housing fund in the history of the State. The Deputy can check the statistics and will find that that is a fact. Yesterday we discussed at length the programmes sent to local authorities. All local authorities, including the Deputy's, have come back to me with their plans under the various schemes and the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Social housing is a key priority for Government, as evidenced by the increased provision made for the area in Budget 2015. The Social Housing Strategy 2020: Support, Supply and Reformtargets the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units over the period to 2020. Significant Exchequer funding is being allocated to ensure that the early phases of the Strategy will be delivered. Actions 1 and 4...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Yield (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water shall collect charges from its customers in receipt of water services provided by it. Accordingly, the collection of water charges is now the statutory responsibility of Irish Water. Local authorities have continued to bill for non-domestic water...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Informed by a recent review of the provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Acts, which included a public consultation process, proposed legislative changes have been set out in the General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 1) Bill which was published in November 2014 and is available on my Department’s website. The General Scheme provides that, in future, the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: In December 2013, my Department published proposed “draft” revisions to the noise, setback distance 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 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. It is the occupier of a property that is liable to pay domestic water charges and legislation provides that the owner is the occupier unless the contrary is proven. Irish Water is providing landlords with the opportunity...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (4 Mar 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%. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: It is not possible to provide the Deputy with a precise measurement of the carbon footprint of any individual 3 MW wind turbine, taking into account the transport, materials and installation process involved as this is dependent on a number of factors including the sourcing of the turbine, the nature of the development site and access to it. I would refer the Deputy to the website of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Social housing is a key priority for the Government, evidenced by the additional €2.2 billion in funding announced for social housing in Budget 2015 and the publication of the Social Housing Strategy 2020in November 2014. The total targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units, at a projected cost of €3.8...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: On 14 January 2015 I signed an order under section 12 of the Water Services (No 2) Act 2013. This order was not connected with the transfer of development contributions; rather, it provided for the transfer to Irish Water of all underground water services assets previously vested in the local authorities. To date, this is the only order that has been made under section 12. Information on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Programme for Government sets out a commitment to create Irish Water, a new State owned utility, to take over responsibility for Ireland’s public water infrastructure and accelerate the planned investments needed to upgrade the State’s water network. Since 1 January 2014 Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water shall collect charges from its customers in receipt of water services provided by it in accordance with a water charges plan to be approved by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). The Act also provides that responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities have three main sources of funding - grants from Central Government, commercial rates and other locally-raised charges. In recognition of the fact that certain local authorities have fewer opportunities to raise income locally, Central Government has provided much higher levels of funding to support the efforts of these authorities to provide an adequate level of public...