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Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Senator Mac Lochlainn does not want to hear about solutions. He only wants to hear about politics-----

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: -----because for him this is all about the politics of the issue and trying to manoeuvre to get political gain from it. What I am interested in is actually dealing with the concerns that households and homeowners have.Can I say very clearly that the issues-----

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Sorry, we are making the changes because we do have respect for ordinary people.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Senator, you seem to think Sinn Féin is the only party which cares about ordinary people.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: No I do not. What I am saying is if people choose to vote to annul this statutory instrument today it will do nothing to actually change the bills of households for their waste collection. What it will do is remove a statutory instrument that provides a series of enforcement regulations-----

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: -----to ensure we have a functioning industry and a level playing pitch and that people are not being ripped off.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I am afraid the Senator has-----

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: They are entirely separate issues. The negotiations on incontinence waste have been ongoing for weeks and that issue would have been finalised one way or the other. The issue of increased charges which is separate is what we acted on last week.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I have no problem with that.

Seanad: Waste Management: Motion (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I can assure the Senator that the companies can be fined too.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Development contributions allow local authorities to recoup some of the costs to public funds of servicing land for private development . They provide a mechanism by which developers can contribute to the cost of providing public infrastructure and facilities that benefit development in the area and are expended on public infrastructure defined under the Planning Acts. These include the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 134 and 135 together. Arising from the Government’s commitments in relation to the general government deficit limit, the local government sector’s impact on the General Government Balance (GGB) is required to deliver a neutral position each year. While my Department oversees the contribution of the local government sector to the GGB, the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 1992 provide that a vehicle owner may surrender a vehicle licence - that is the motor tax disc that is displayed on vehicles - and apply for a refund in certain limited circumstances, including where a vehicle has been scrapped or destroyed. The Regulations provide that a vehicle licence must be surrendered not less...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department is providing €2.3 million through the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) to Monaghan County Council for the construction by Castleblayney Care Housing Association of 18 units of accommodation at Drumilliard, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, to cater for persons with disabilities. This is made up of 10 two bed units and an 8 unit group home. I understand that this project...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Burial Grounds (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department has policy and legislative responsibility in respect of the regulation of local authority burial grounds. The Dublin Cemeteries Committee was set up under a Private Act, the Dublin Cemeteries Committee Act 1970, which replaced an earlier Private Act of 1846. The 1970 Act empowers the said Committee to provide, operate and maintain cemeteries in the Dublin area and undertake...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Functions (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: By virtue of the Constitution as well as the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, Ministers are responsible and accountable to the Oireachtas for the administration of Departments of State. In practice, except in respect of certain powers and issues of significant importance where the Minister is required to act personally, the powers and duties of Ministers are normally exercised under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: In December 2013, my Department published proposed “draft” revisions to the noise, setback distance 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Local authorities are currently undertaking an ambitious programme of insulation retrofitting, with the support of my Department, on the least energy efficient social homes. Funding of some €85 million has been provided from 2013 to end-2015 to improve energy efficiency and comfort levels in over 46,000 local authority homes, benefitting those at risk of fuel poverty and making a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Improvement Works in lieu of Local Authority Housing Scheme (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Improvement Works in lieu of Local Authority Housing (IWILs) scheme provides funding to local authorities to improve or extend privately-owned accommodation, which is occupied or intended to be occupied by an applicant approved for social housing, as an alternative to the provision of social housing. The local authority undertakes the improvement work and then charges the housing...

Waste Collection Charges: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Go away out of that. The Deputy is only looking for a headline.