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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Agencies (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services Act 2013 provide d for the establishment of Irish Water as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group, to be formed and registered under the Companies Act s . Section 5 of the Act provides that the ownership of Irish Water is vested in the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Minister for Finance. Section 5 was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Records (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department is participating in the Inter-Departmental Group on Mother and Baby Homes. Local Authorities are responsible for maintaining their own archives and my Department does not collect detailed information in this regard. However, based on work carried out in connection with the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics, including the number and value of local authority mortgages with a breakdown of those in arrears for more than 90 days. The statistics are available on my Department’s website at:, by clicking "Mortgage Data/Arrears in Local Authorities" under the Housing Loans contents. The information requested in relation to loans in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. Data on local authority housing stock (which incorporates owned housing stock with accommodation provided under the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Social Housing Leasing Initiative) are available on my Department's website at: , by clicking "L.A...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: 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. The payment of development contributions is a longstanding part of the planning system,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Local Government Efficiency Review (LGER) Implementation Group first met on 2 June 2011 and had its final meeting on 8 April 2013. Its two reports, which provided independent scrutiny of local authority performance in implementing the efficiency recommendations in the Report of the Local Government Efficiency Review Group (July 2010), were published in July 2012 and July 2013 , and are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: The total number of declarations of non-use of a motor vehicle in the first six months of 2014 was 47,050 . Of these, 32,137 were made by owners of private vehicles. The Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013 came into effect on 1 July 2013, replacing the retrospective system of declaring vehicles off the road with one where a vehicle must be declared off the road in advance. Comparable figures...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: The finalisation of any outstanding planning related matters affecting the development concerned are a matter for Kildare County Council and I have no function in such matters. Following the insertion of subsection (2A) into section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, by the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010, planning authorities are not prevented from taking in charge...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: The management and maintenance of the local authority housing stock, including the compilation and implementation of planned maintenance programmes and the carrying out of responsive repairs to properties is a matter for each individual local authority under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. My Department is committed to supporting local authorities in maintaining and improving the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: New local government arrangements came into effect on 1 June 2014 and provide for a single county-wide executive with no separate corporate entities or duplicate administrative or organisational overhead within the county. Operational resources will be fully integrated and at the disposal of both the county and municipal district elements of local government. Deployment of these resources to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: By the end of June 2014 the overall total delivery nationally of social housing from NAMA-sourced units has reached 736 units (completed or contracted) since the process began, with a further 603 properties considered as being active transactions whereby terms are agreed or active negotiation is on-going by all parties concerned or where a detailed appraisal (i.e. determining the most likely...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services Act 2013 provides for the establishment of Irish Water as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group and assigns 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. Irish Water has indicated that it will have installed a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water can collect charges from each customer in receipt of water services provided by it. The Act also provides that responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Adviser Appointments (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: Special Adviser appointments will be undertaken in accordance with the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil and the Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices (July 2014). No Special Advisers have been formally appointed since my appointment.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: The Programme for Government commits to take steps to ensure that all State Boards have at least 40 per cent of each gender. In April 2011, a proposal brought to Government by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, was approved to allow that future vacancies on State Boards be advertised on the website of the relevant Government Department. The public advertisements inviting...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Programme for Government Priorities (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: My priority will be to continue to deliver on those commitments within the Programme for Government for which I have responsibility. As the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have clearly stated, the focus of the Government is to broaden and deepen the economic recovery so that it is felt by individuals, families and communities in their daily lives. Among the areas which will con tribute to that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: I will be publishing, shortly, on my Department's website, the briefing provided to me on appointment as Minister, subject to certain redactions including in relation to information which is legally privileged, which relates to ongoing deliberative processes or which relates to meetings of the Government.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: On 16 January 2014, details of the capital allocations for the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability were announced. The schemes are funded by 80% recoupments available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. This year €38.4 million was allocated to the grant schemes compared to an initial...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 509 to 512, inclusive, together. The Control of Dogs Regulations 1998 require that certain breeds of dogs, and other strains or crosses of those breeds, shall be securely muzzled and led by a sufficiently strong chain or leash, not exceeding two metres in length, by a person over the age of sixteen years who is capable of controlling the said dog, when it is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Adviser Appointments (17 Jul 2014)

Alan Kelly: Special Adviser appointments will be undertaken in accordance with the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil and the Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices (July 2014). I have made no appointment of Special Advisers to date but I will be making a proposal in this regard in due course. Sanction for the appointment of Special Advisers is a matter for...