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

Alan Kelly: The implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive 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. In transposing the Directive, the European Communities Environmental Objectives (Groundwater) Regulations 2010, as amended, give legal...

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 to...

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

Alan Kelly: To promote sustainable use of water and to enhance water conservation in households, the Department of Social Protection will administer, on behalf of my Department, a €100 water conservation grant for households (principal private dwellings) that complete a valid response to Irish Water’s customer registration process. It is proposed that the grant will be paid in one...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (4 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: No former senior civil servants who retired from my Department since 2011 have been appointed to a State board under my Department’s aegis following their retirement.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Chairman and sub-committee members. I welcome the opportunity to discuss with the sub-committee my Department’s Revised Estimate for 2015. I am accompanied by the Ministers of State, Deputy Ann Phelan and Deputy Paudie Coffey. To assist in the work today, we have prepared briefing on the Department’s Vote for 2015 which sets out details of the Vote and related...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I thank Deputy Cowen for his comprehensive list of questions. It is correct that 52% of the Vote is allocated to housing. That reflects the priority of Government, which I am sure he welcomes. We have an issue with the supply of housing because of the way that social housing was dealt with in the past 20 years. I am not blaming anybody. There was a failure to build sufficient social...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: It will be a mixture, and yes they are competent. We are in continuous discussions with them. We meet weekly at different levels and I chair the monthly social housing implementation strategy meeting. We met with them last week, so "Yes" is the answer to the Deputy's query. Questions were also asked about the rental accommodation scheme, RAS. There will be 2,000 more in the RAS scheme....

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: As I have said, it is a mixture of 50/50. It is a mixture of those transferring and those coming straight on.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: It is 50/50 at the moment.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: It is transfers.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Yes.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: It depends on the roll out of HAP and how successful it is. We are looking at variations in relation to it because of where it is being rolled out. We expect a substantial amount to be new contracts. It would be impossible to give you an exact percentage for the future.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: We can base it on previous analysis of 50/50. Our ambition is to improve that statistic so it heads more in the direction of new contracts.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I know exactly what the Deputy is getting at, and he is right to get at it, but what we are presenting here is the amount of 8,400 units. As we roll this out to more local authorities and as we broaden the spectrum of local authorities, we expect to be able to take on more new applicants. The current percentage is 50/50. We expect that to grow substantially in the direction of new applicants.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I would not safely assume that at all. I would not assume that in any way, shape or form.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: We base it currently on 50/50, but into the future with the roll out and expansion of HAP I expect that percentage to grow higher.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Previously it was on the basis of 50/50 and I hope that will grow into the future.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: The total figure is 15,925.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 34 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Deputy is arguing over the 8,400.