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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194 to 196, inclusive, together. The amounts payable by local authorities to elected members in support of their role as public representatives in respect of conference expenses, representational payments and annual allowances are as set out in the Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) Regulations 2014, the Local Government...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: The information requested on the sale of local authority houses for each of the years 2011 to 2014 is available on my Department’s website, and can be viewed via the following link: www.environ.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/other -local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics . The data for 2015 and for the first quarter of 2016is being collated by my Department and will be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department collects and publishes annual data on the opening and closing stock of rental properties by local authority, including the amount of these that are occupied. These are available at the following link: www.environ.ie/housing/statistics/house-prices-loans-and-pro file-borrowers/local-authority-rented-sector-activity. The other categories of data requested by the Deputy are not...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department collects statistics from local authorities in relation to Part V outputs which are available on my Department’s website at www.environ.ie/housing/statistics/affordable-housing/afforda ble-housing-and-part-v-statistics. The returns for 2015 have been received and the information is being checked and will be published shortly. The option for a local authority to lease...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Proposals to introduce changes to the library management model are outlined in the report Managing the Delivery of Effective Library Services. The proposed operating model seeks to put in place planning and implementation arrangements that will deliver more effective and efficient public libraries with a view to securing the delivery of an enhanced quality and range of services. This will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: 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 manage travel expenses within their own organisation. Information of the kind sought...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 to 208, inclusive, and 219 together. The Commissioner for Valuation is responsible for valuation matters, including the global valuation of property of public utility undertakings und er Part 11 of the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015 come under the remit of the Minister for Justice and Equality. This legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Section 12 of the Water Services Act 2014 states that public water services property is not rateable for the purposes of the Valuation Act 2001. This exemption applies to Irish Water for the provision of water supply and waste water treatment. Government subvention is not paid directly to Irish Water to fund this cost; instead, it is redirected to provide equivalent funding directly to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation 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. Those Acts determine properties that can, and cannot, be considered for rating purposes. The Commissioner for Valuation has...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Over the period 1999 to end 2015, my Department provided over €764 million to Ballymun Regeneration Limited and Dublin City Council towards the physical, social and economic regeneration of Ballymun. The funding is broken down annually as follows: Year Amount € Year Amount € 1999 6,732,405 2008 75,000,000 2000 20,346,410 2009 63,577,376 2001 59,409,394...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: “Anti-social behaviour” is defined in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 as including either or both of the following, (a) the manufacture, production, preparation, importation, exportation, sale, supply, possession for the purposes of sale or supply, or distribution of a controlled drug (within the meaning of the Misuse of Drugs Acts 1977 to 2007), (b) any...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 enables housing authorities to provide assistance to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the provision of housing. Section 6 (6) of the Act empowers me, as Minister, to grant approved status for this purpose. AHBs are independent, not-for-profit organisations. They provide affordable rented housing for people who cannot afford to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 214 and 215 together. Irish Water’s capital investment in the period 2016 and 2017 will be funded by a mix of debt and equity (including capital transfers from Government), with the investment programme for the period after end 2016 being subject to future review by the Commission for Energy Regulation, and Government funding being subject to future...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Electoral law provides that a person who is entitled to vote at an election or referendum shall vote in person at a polling station allotted to him or her unless they are included in the postal voters list or in the special voters list for the constituency concerned. While electoral law is subject to on-going review, I have no proposals at present to amend the existing arrangements for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal Charges (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I engaged actively and intensively with representatives of the waste industry in recent weeks and I have agreed a clear way forward that results in customers paying no more than they’re currently paying for waste over the next 12 months - by means of a price freeze to end-June 2017. The private waste company to which the Deputy refers is a member of a representative body which was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Section 6(6) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 makes provision to grant approved housing body (AHB) status to housing associations. AHBs consist mainly of voluntary or co-operative organisations limited by guarantee and registered under the Companies Acts; societies registered under the Industrial & Provident Societies Acts; and/or Trusts incorporated under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: The European Union (Packaging) Regulations 2014 aim to facilitate the achievement of targets for recovery of packaging waste established by EU Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. They also impose obligations on producers who supply packaging. Repak, as the approved Compliance Scheme for Packaging in Ireland, fulfil these obligations on behalf of its members who represent the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries Review (28 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 228 together. The chairpersons of the committees which are reviewing the boundaries at Athlone, Carlow, Drogheda and Waterford have indicated that further work is required in order to complete the reviews, including work arising from the large volume of submissions received on foot of public consultations. My Department has been in communication...