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Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: We are.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Yes, as long as the person is borrowing to do it.

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: We have not.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: The recommendations contained in the Dublin City Council motor tax efficiency report will be considered in conjunction with a review of the collection and administration of motor tax which is currently being undertaken by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. Some of the recommendations, if accepted, may require amendments to primary legislation and, as such, would be subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 200 and 226 together. The making and amending of rent schemes is the responsibility of local authorities as an integral part of their housing management functions, subject to broad principles laid down by my Department in Circular letter HRT 3/2002 of 6 March 2002. It is a matter for local authorities, when assessing individual households, to consider...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Security of the Elderly (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department is responsible for the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages support for vulnerable older people in our communities by providing grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alarms to enable older persons, of limited means, to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. The scheme is administered by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Calculations (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Local authorities are required by legislation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015.  The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied to the valuation for each property determined by the Valuation Office to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: An Coimisiún Toghcháin (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Sa bhliain 2015, rinne Comhchoiste an Oireachtais um Chomhshaol, Cultúr agus Gaeltacht próiseas comhairliúcháin phoiblí maidir le bunú coimisiúin toghcháin a chur i gcrích ar bhonn páipéar comhairliúcháin a d’ullmhaigh mo Roinnse agus tar éis don Aire a bhí ann an tráth sin iarraidh ar an gComhchoiste...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Údaráis Áitiúla (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Ceapadh Coiste neamhspleách i 2015, chun athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar shocruithe rialtais áitiúil i gcathair agus i gcontae Chorcaí, go háirithe athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar teorainn na gcathrach, agus moltaí a dhéanamh maidir le cibé ar chóir an teorainn a athrú nó ar chóir Comhairle Cathrach Chorcaí agus...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Toghcháin Áitiúla (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Tá fúm glacadh le Ceisteanna, Uimhreacha 205 agus 207 le chéile. Rinneadh an t-athbhreithniú is déanaí ar thoghlimistéir áitiúla sa tréimhse ó Shamhain 2012 go Bealtaine 2013 ag an Coiste um Theorainneacha Toghlimistéar Áitiúil, arna bhunú faoin Acht Rialtais Áitiúil 1991. Murab ionann an cás le...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Coimisiún na Teorann (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Díreach tar éis don Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh réamhthorthaí Dhaonaireamh 2016 a fhoilsiú ar an 14 Iúil 2016, agus de réir fhorálacha an Achta Toghcháin 1997, rinne mise Ordú a bhunaigh Coimisiún um Thoghlaigh chun dáilcheantair Dhála agus toghlaigh Pharlaimint na hEorpa a athbhreithniú. Is é feidhm an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 209 together. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive 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. In this regard, it is a matter for each individual Chief Executive to recruit and assign staff to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each local authority Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of their local authority. My Department works closely with each local authority to ensure the right number of staff are in place for optimal service delivery. However, it is a matter for each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: The national library management system being introduced for all public libraries will provide significant benefits to the public. The system will facilitate a number of new services such as a single membership card across all public libraries, universal membership for all children and a virtual library. The quality and strength of the library collections will be enhanced and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212, 237 and 238 together. Under Section 3(A)(9) of the Water Services Act 2014 (inserted by Section 48 of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015) a person who is a tenant of a dwelling let to him under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2014 and who proposes to purchase the dwelling shall before completion of the sale provide the local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rural Resettlement Scheme (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, my colleague, the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has overall responsibility for regional and rural matters and is advancing a broadly-based rural development strategy, in the context of the Programme for a Partnership Government. However, up until 2012, my Department provided grant assistance to Rural Resettlement Ireland for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Information regarding the annual Estimates of public expenditure, including the amounts allocated to housing programmes, is available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at the following link: The following table contains the figures for housing expenditure for the period 2006 to 2015. In relation to 2016, the following table contains the budgeted amount for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department provides current funding to housing authorities towards the cost of providing accommodation and related services for homeless persons under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Under ‘Section 10’ funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of any service they are funding, from within their own resources. Furthermore, housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 218 together. The implementation of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a key Government priority and the accelerated roll-out of the scheme on a national basis is an important early action for completion in the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. Local authorities and my Department are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is provided to local authorities to support the development of new social housing units, through the acquisition and construction of houses and apartments to accommodate persons on local authority social housing waiting lists. Data on the number of units acquired and constructed in respect of all local authorities...