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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Irish Water’s capital investment in the period 2018-2021 will be funded by a mix of debt and equity (including capital transfers from Government). Its investment programme for the period 2018-21 will be subject to review by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), and Government funding will be subject to future budgetary decisions.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Census 2011, published by the Central Statistics Office, indicates that there were 437,652 septic tanks and 50,259 individual treatment systems in Ireland in 2011. The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 assigns responsibility to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a National Inspection Plan (NIP) for domestic wastewater treatment systemsand neither I, nor my Department, has any...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Motor tax receipts for each licensing authority from January to 31 August 2016 (including online receipts) are set out in the following table. 2016 (to 31August) Licensing Authority (€) Carlow 10,633,688 Cavan 11,694,488 Clare 19,759,520 Cork 88,666,385 Donegal 23,469,198 Dublin City 189,737,398 Galway 41,007,855 Kerry 25,149,198 Kildare 35,571,788 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The most recent review of local electoral areas was carried out from November 2012 to May 2013 by a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee established under the Local Government Act 1991. The recommendations of that committee were implemented through 30 Statutory Instruments made in January 2014. Unlike the position for Dáil and European Parliament constituencies, there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Thatching Grants Eligibility (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department provided a Thatching Grant in 2014 for the full eligible amount in respect of the property referred to in the Question. The completion of the work, as funded in 2014, was verified by an on-site inspection by my Department. Under the Thatching Grant Scheme, a premises is not eligible for new funding within 7 years of previous funding and the applicant in question has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: An application to carry out pier enhancement works at Rosses Point which will involve the extension to the slipway and remedial works to the existing slipway, provision of a floating pontoon and access gangway and mooring/anchoring arrangements at the pier was received from Sligo County Council in January 2016. The consultation phase has been completed and the Marine Licence Vetting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Details of the total business related travel expenses and reimbursement costs incurred by my Department since 2011 are set out in the following table: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 (to 22 Sept) €1,439,235.78 €1,891,342.56 €1,811,620.17 €1,399,278.50 €1,448,604.13 €814,135.98 The data in relation to expenditure from 2011 to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Data Protection (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department has a Data Protection Officer. That official has other duties in addition to being the principal point of contact within my Department on data protection matters. My Department is committed to meeting its obligations under data protection legislation and to operating in line with all relevant guidelines and best practice in this area. Guidelines on the security of personal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339 and 340 together. It is a matter for each local authority, including Sligo County Council, to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. The elected members of a local authority have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is contained in the following table. Staffing levels for 2008 are available only from end 2008. For consistency, successive years are also based on end-of- year staffing levels. It should be noted that the amalgamation of Limerick City and County Councils, Waterford City and County Councils and South and North Tipperary County Councils took place during the time...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 342 and 343 together. Of the 47,000 social housing units to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland, an Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness,it is estimated at this stage that approximately 26,000 will be constructed, while 11,000 will be acquired by local authorities and AHBs directly from the market or the Housing Agency, with a portion of these being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Labour Court Recommendations (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of the Labour Court recommendation in the case in Question. The position is that neither my Department, nor the former Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, was the employer referred to in the Labour Court recommendation. My understanding is that the individuals were employed by an independent company, limited by guarantee, and had employment contracts with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 346 to 348, inclusive, together. In law, the preparation of the register of electors is a matter for each local authority as a cooperation of the public, the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the register. The draft register is published on 1 November each year and is generally available for examination at post offices, Garda stations and local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Provision (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 349 and 350 together. The report Managing the Delivery of Effective Library Services details proposals for an alternative senior management model for certain library authorities. The authorities proposed for the new model include Carlow and Kilkenny; Cavan and Monaghan; Laois and Offaly; Longford and Westmeath; and Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Motor tax for private vehicles registered from 1 July 2008 is charged on the basis of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. I understand that the emissions issue relates in the main to nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx) rather than CO2emissions and, therefore, is not relevant to the rates of motor tax charged on the basis of CO2emissions. More generally, any change to the rates of motor tax for any...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Local authorities receive a substantial part of their annual funding from a range of central Government Departments and agencies. My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including providing necessary housing and planning supports and fostering community development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies. In order to deliver on this broad...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: As I indicated in replies to previous Parliamentary Questions tabled on this matter, including the reply to Question No. 126 of 7 July 2016, the management of the development concerned is primarily a matter for Kildare County Council in the first instance, and I have no function in the matter. However, as outlined previously, I understand from Kildare County Council that the securing of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: As I outlined to the Deputy in my reply to Question No. 265 of 24 May 2016, which set out the position in this matter, the finalisation of any outstanding planning related matters affecting the development concerned is a matter for Kildare County Council and one in which I have no function. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, I am specifically precluded...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: Neither I nor my Department has any role in monitoring or supervising the delivery of water services. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the environmental regulator responsible for the licensing, authorisation and enforcement of urban waste water discharges consistent with the requirements of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive which sets out requirements for the collection,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (27 Sep 2016)

Simon Coveney: The procedures for coordination of emergencies, such as flooding events, at national level are set out in Guidelines for Coordinating a National Level Emergency/Crisis Response, published by the Office of Emergency Planning in the Department of Defence, in 2011. This document also sets out the designated lead Government Department for 41 risk scenarios identified for Ireland. Where a...