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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Irish Water is responsible for all aspects of the domestic metering programme. I understand that there are approximately 1,300 direct jobs sustained through the metering programme and approximately 84% of these jobs have been obtained by those in one of three 'social inclusion' categories (unemployed 21%; employees of SMEs 53%; graduates/school leavers/apprentices 10%), exceeding the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities carry out inspections of septic tanks and similar systems for a variety of reasons, including water quality issues at drinking water sources or within designated shellfish or bathing water catchments and arising from reports of pollution from members of the public. Separately, inspections are carried out based on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) National...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Proposals for the location of individual wind energy developments to maximise productivity are a matter for the relevant developer taking into account several criteria including connectivity to the national grid. When considering individual planning applications for such developments and the appropriateness of their location, planning authorities, including An Bord Pleanála where...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Last year, exchequer funding of over €37 million was provided for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. I am pleased to be in a position to increase that funding by some 10% in 2015 to €40.4 million; individual allocations to local authorities will be made shortly. Through careful management of my Department's housing budget in 2014,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Motor tax rates for commercial vehicles are based on the unladen weight of the vehicle, and are set at national, rather than at county level. The weight bandings and the current corresponding rates are provided for in paragraph 5 of Part I of the Schedule to the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act 1952 (as amended by section 4 of the Motor Vehicles (Duties and Licences) Act 2013).

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: I assume the Question relates to a proposed group sewerage scheme at Shellumsrath, Co Kilkenny. Responsibility for the administration of my Department's Rural Water Programme, under which funding is provided for group sewerage schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. Following previous submissions relating to Shellumsrath, Kilkenny County Council included the scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 2 of the Water Services Act 2007provides that “premises” includes “any building, vessel, vehicle, structure or land (whether or not there are structures on the land and whether or not the land is covered with water), and any plant or related accessories, on or under the land, or any hereditament of tenure, together with any out-buildings and curtilage”....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department issued revised guidelines to local authorities for dealing with mortgage arrears within the local authority sector in June 2014. Dealing with Mortgage Arrears – A Guide for Local Authoritiesis available on my Department’s website by clicking on the following link:. On foot of the recommendations of the Keane Report on mortgage arrears, my Department launched a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 511 to 513, inclusive, together. During the period in which local authorities were directly involved in the collection of household waste, a minority of individual councils offered different levels of discount to selected households, based on different qualification criteria. As local authorities exited the waste collection market, some required the private...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under the Social Housing Investment Programme, my Department allocates funding to support local authorities in undertaking adaptations and extensions to their social housing stock, to meet the needs of tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. The implementation of works under these programmes, and the management and maintenance of social housing stock, is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy.` Data on the number of social housing units provided, broken down by county, are available on my Department’s website at: , by clicking “Qtrly hse completions – sector & local authority 1994+” tab.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme funding is provided to housing authorities in respect of a range of measures. Details of the funding provided to both Monaghan and Cavan County Councils under the main measures since 2011 is outline d below. Monaghan County Council Measure Year/Expenditure Year/Expenditure Year/Expenditure Year/Expenditure Year 2011 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (17 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: I assume that the Question refers to General Purpose Grants from the Local Government Fund. Through the Local Government Fund, my Department provides a funding contribution towards meeting the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of services to their customers. Up to 2014 this funding mechanism took the form of the General Purpose Grant (GPG). As a result of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Administration (12 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Section 157 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, as amended, provides that, in each financial year commencing with 2014, the Minister for Finance shall pay from the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof into the Local Government Fund an amount equivalent to the Local Property Tax, including any interest paid thereon, paid into the Central Fund during that year. Details of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Breeding Regulations (12 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: The implementation of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 is a matter for local authorities. Welfare standards regarding dog breeding establishments ha ve been provided for through G uidelines issued by my Department to coincide with the commencement of the Act on 1 January 2012 . Each l ocal authorit yis responsible for monitoring these standards in its functional area . My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (12 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 235 and 236 together. For the Local Government F und I prese ntly maintain three accounts; two accounts at Permanent TSB Bank and one investment account at the N ational T reasury M anagement Agency (NTMA). The Local Government Fund Public Bank Account 1 is used to receive income. Daily payments of Motor Tax r eceipts are made by Local Authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (12 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities. The most recent data collected at the end of December 2014 in relation to temporary contracts, are set out in the table below on a whole time equivalent basis (WTE). LOCAL AUTHORITY Temporary Contracts December 2014 Quarterly Return (Total WTE) Cork City 28.6 Dublin City 87.8 Galway City 36.51 Limerick City...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (12 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Issues concerning labour activation measures, including JobBridge and the Local Authority Labour Activation Scheme (Gateway), are primarily a matter for my colleague, the Minis ter for Social Protection.  L abour A ctivation placement s in local authorities do not require sanct ion by my Department. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (12 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: The information requested in relation to thenumber of whole time equivalent staff recruited in 2014 in each of the local authorities is not available in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (12 Feb 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. In this regard, local authority employee contracts are a matter for the chief executives.