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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Agencies (30 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: 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: Water Charges Exemptions (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 1524, 1551, 1570 and 1618 of 17 September 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Part V Review carried out by the Housing Agency at my Department's request, has been completed and will be submitted to Government shortly. The review considered a wide range of options. It is anticipated that any legislative changes required on foot of the review will, subject to Government approval, be incorporated into the General Scheme of a new Planning Bill, which is expected to be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: I intend to introduce a new Planning Bill later this year to facilitate the implementation of certain planning-related actions in the Government’s Construction 2020 Strategy published in May 2014. Action 23 commits to examining the possibility of enabling local authorities, should they wish to do so, to adopt new measures to incentivise the use and development of vacant sites in urban...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability were introduced in November 2007 and are 80% funded by my Department, with a 20% contribution from the local authority. The amount allocated to these grants in 2008 was €72.197m, of which €14.439m was provided from the local authorities’ own resources. The level of capital funding...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Approved housing bodies (AHBs) are organisations approved under section 6 of the Housing (scellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 to provide social housing support in conjunction with local authorities. These organisations include voluntary housing associations. Since the late 1980s, close to 25,000 units of accommodation have been provided under capital funding schemes underpinned by mortgages....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Health and Safety Regulations (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996 precludes me from the exercise of any power or control in relation to the performance by a local authority, in particular circumstances, of a statutory function vested in under the Act.  Waste collection is the statutory responsibility of local authorities, in this case, Dublin City Council. Under section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides Irish Water with the power to charge customers in respect of the services provided. The Act also provides that responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) and the CER has been given statutory responsibility for protecting the interests of customers.The Act...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that where an estate is completed to the satisfaction of the planning authority in accordance with the planning permission (and any conditions attached to the permission), the planning authority must initiate taking in charge procedures as soon as possible following a request to do so by the developer or by the majority of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The facility in question operates under a waste licence granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I have no role in relation to the monitoring and enforcement of conditions attaching to waste licences. These are matters for the EPA and I am precluded under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996 from exercising any power in relation to the performance by the EPA of its...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department placed a public advertisement on 31 January 2014 stating that it was intended to review and update the Development Management Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2007 and that as part of that process, the Department would consider, in relation to the planning application process, whether changes should be made in order to improve the efficiency of the process while continuing to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No . 243 of 18 September 2014. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: In 2013, I asked the Housing Agency to conduct a standalone review of the shared ownership scheme, including identification of the main difficulties and recommendations for mitigating measures. While I have received an initial draft of the review from the Agency, a number of issues have been identified that need further detailed financial analysis in order to fully assess the impact on local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Land Transfers (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: Under the terms of the Land Aggregation Scheme, lands accepted into the scheme must be transferred to the ownership of the Housing Agency . The Housing Agency is responsible for managing the transfer process including technical and legal aspects. Of the 73 sites accepted into the Land Aggregation Scheme, 44 have now transferred to the ownership of the Housing Agency. The rate of land...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services Act 2013 provided for the establishment of Irish Water as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group and assigned the necessary powers to allow Irish Water to undertake the water metering programme. The meter installation programme commenced in August 2013 and will be completed by mid-2016. The timeframe and the allocation of resources for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (25 Sep 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. Irish Water has published its Proposed Capital Investment Plan for 2014 – 2016 and this is available on the Irish Water website, . Irish Water has...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. Section 21 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water can collect charges from its customers in receipt of water services provided by it. Section 21 ( 6) of the Act provides that such charges do not apply to a fire authority within the meaning of the Fire Services Act. Irish Water has...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 475 of 23 September 2014 which deals with this matter. It should also be noted that construction and building activity constitutes a non-domestic use of water.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme provides funding to approved housing bodies, through the local authorities, of up to 100% of the approved costs of accommodation for people with specific categories of housing need, including older persons, people with an intellectual, physical or mental health disability, the homeless, returning emigrants and victims of domestic violence. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (25 Sep 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department published the Integrated Constructed Wetlands (ICW) - Guidance Document for Farmyard Soiled Water and Domestic Wastewater Applications, in November 2010. Support for ICWs was provided in the past by my Department under the water services capital programme as it was considered that such wetlands could provide a sustainable, cost-effective means of treating wastewater and could...