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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 on page 16 of the briefing.

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: Deputy Catherine Murphy also asked about the local property tax. Absolutely all of it is used in local authorities. It is used, from an equalisation perspective, to ensure nobody is worse off.

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 say most of them saw increased funding. Any of them which are growing got more from the local property tax. It is a not a fund that we can fully control either. The idea is to ensure we have created a system with a floor based on fairness. That is what we did. It has been broadly accepted. The Deputy had a similar question to that of Deputy Stanley and we have outlined those...

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 come back on that. The ESB will not be given extra resources to administer the grant and it will have to absorb that cost in its allocation. The water conservation grant will be done through a regulation. The Leader programme has been very successful and has made a great contribution throughout the country with regard to volume of schemes. Deputies opposite would agree with that...

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 apologise for overlooking that issue. The funding correlates precisely to the previous formula. To give an example, if €10,000 was development levies and €2,000 was water, the same ratio in respect of contributions will be adopted in the new system.

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 €77 million in current expenditure and €77 million in capital expenditure cancel each other out.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (3 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 the needs of local authority tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding provided by my Department meets 90% of the cost of the works, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%. My...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: A refund of motor tax may be granted by the licensing authority where the vehicle has been taxed, provided the licensing authority are satisfied that the vehicle is not being used due to certain limited circumstances. These include where the owner has ceased to use the vehicle because of illness, injury or other physical disability, where the vehicle is not being used because of service...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Motor tax is based on the construction and use of a vehicle. In order to qualify for the commercial rate of vehicle tax, a vehicle must be constructed or adapted for use as a goods vehicle and must be being used solely for the conveyance of goods in the course of trade or business.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Article 30(1)(g) of the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007, provides that the requirement to hold a waste collection permit shall not apply to “the collection and transport of animal by-products, other than catering waste”. In this regard, “manure” is a Category 2 animal by-product and is defined in Article 3(20) of the Animal By-products...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (3 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 provided for the transfer to Irish Water of all underground water services assets previously vested in any local authority. Further orders for the transfer of assets are currently being drawn up and I expect to shortly sign an order for the transfer of some 250 treatments plants from local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Budget 2014 contained a special provision in the form of a targeted €10m Special Resolution Fund (SRF) to assist in addressing the legacy of unfinished housing developments arising from the economic downturn. Cavan County Council did not apply for SRF funding in respect of Lisgrey Gardens, Bailieboro at that time. An application for SRF in respect of this development was received from...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. Data on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 546 and 547 together. On 4 December 2014, I hosted a special Summit on Homelessness to reaffirm the Government's commitment to end involuntary long-term homelessness by the end of 2016. A number of actions arising from the Summit were considered at the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform on 8 December and were then...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Functions (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Age of Eligibility for Election to the Office of President) Bill 2015 was published on 26 January 2015. The Bill is to be debated in the Houses of the Oireachtas in the coming weeks. Following the publication of the Bill, I established a Referendum Commission under section 2 of the Referendum Act 1998 on 27 January 2015. The role of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: I have not had any contact with the European Commission in relation to the Commission's second Post Programme Review for Ireland which was published by the Commission earlier this year and which contained commentary on the reform of the water sector in Ireland. A key component of the strategy to establish Irish Water is that Irish Water will be classified as a Market Corporation under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department is working closely with NAMA, the Housing Agency, local authorities and approved housing bodies in relation to the delivery of social housing. Information in relation to the delivery of NAMA sourced units, including a full breakdown by county, of units delivered on a quarterly basis, is available on the Housing Agency's website at . Since the process began in December 2011 up...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. My Department does not fund any service directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards the operational costs of such services. Housing authorities will also provide funding from their own resources. The purposes for which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. Data on homeless...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (3 Mar 2015)

Alan Kelly: The implementation of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a key Government priority and a major pillar of the Social Housing Strategy 2020, which I published on 26 November 2014. The HAP scheme will bring all social housing supports provided by the State under the aegis of local authorities. The scheme will remove a barrier to employment by allowing recipients to remain in the...