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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Local authorities have extensive powers of inspection and enforcement under the Building Control Acts, the Fire Services Acts and the Planning and Development Acts, all of which are relevant to safety in the built environment, and use such powers where concerns in relation to developments arise. Neither I, nor my Department, has any direct role in relation to the granting of permission for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The pay model applicable to Irish Water is a matter for the Board of the company. I understand that the pay model is not a new model put in place by Irish Water but was inherited from the parent company Ervia. My Department sought clarification on the Ervia pay model and I understand that it is a competitive market based model comprising two key elements – a market based pay range for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 86 on today’s Order Paper which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 129 on today’s Order Paper which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Regulations 6, 7 and 8 of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 came into effect for all residential rented accommodation on 1 February 2013. The purpose of Regulation 6 is to ensure that each rental property has exclusive access to its own sanitary facilities and that those facilities are contained within the dwelling unit. Regulation 7 relates to effective heating which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels including the delivery of water services capital infrastructure. This includes responsibility for the domestic metering programme.The first phase of the domestic metering programme began in August 2013 and will be completed by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The latest summary of social housing assessments carried out as at 7 May 2013 provides data on the number of households on local authority waiting lists at that date across a range of categories broken down by authority, including the composition of qualified households and the length of time on waiting lists. The 2013 results are available on my Department’s website at:. The 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Circular Letter LLS 1/2014, dated 22 October 2014, issued by my Department to each local authority Chief Executive, together with the policy document Managing the Delivery of Effective Library Services , identify the structures and national workforce plan intended to enhance the quality of the library service and improvements to the delivery of these services to the public. Copies of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Details of Irish Water’s financial forecasts for the period 1 October 2014 to December 2016 are outlined in their revenue and water charges plan which was reviewed by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). Details of the review and the CER’s decision are available at - . Following the Government’s recent decision in relation to water charges, Irish Water’s...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Building Regulations normally apply to new dwellings and to existing dwellings where a material alteration is being carried out. Where a service, such as a domestic septic tank, is being replaced, the requirements of the Building Regulations specific to the replacement apply. Part H of the Second Schedule to the Building Regulations, 1997 to 2010, provides for the disposal of foul and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 513 and 517 together. Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, sets out the process by which local authorities can take in charge housing estates. A new Planning and Development Bill is currently in preparation, in which section 180 will be updated with a view to improving and streamlining the taking in charge process. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 113 on today's Order Paper which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Data Protection (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. The occupier of a property is liable to pay the water charges bill, and legislation provides that the owner is the occupier unless the contrary is proven. Irish Water is providing landlords with the opportunity to prove that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: The media reports referred to in the question underscore the need for the measures included in Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, which I set out in reply to Question No. 524 of 18 November 2014. The Government’s Social Housing Strategy 2020, which was published last week, indicated that Part 2 of the 2014 Act will be brought into operation in the first quarter...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 518 to 521, inclusive, together. The planning of new social housing units involves my Department working with each individual local authority which, as housing authorities, are responsible for the identification of their area’s social housing need and the development of the appropriate responses. The new Social Housing Strategy 2020provides a clear...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels including the delivery of water services capital infrastructure. This includes measures to address leakage such as the repair and replacement of public water mains. My Department has collected information from local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: In December 2013, my Department published proposed draft revisions to the noise, setbacks and shadow flicker aspects of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. These draft revisions proposed: - The setting of a more stringent day and night noise limit of 40 decibels for future wind energy developments, - A mandatory minimum setback distance of 500 metres between a wind turbine and the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: I intend to shortly publish a General Scheme of the Planning and Development (No. 2) Bill 2014 which will provide for, inter alia, the establishment of the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) in response to the planning recommendations of the Final Report of the Mahon Tribunal. The primary function of the OPR, which will be established as an independent body, will be to carry out...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Funding allocated by Irish Water to cover the costs of the call centres run by Irish Water is an operational matter for the company and one in which I have no function. Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (2 Dec 2014)

Alan Kelly: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives. They may be contacted via email at or by telephone on 1890 578 578.I have, on this occasion, been informed by...