Results 141-160 of 4,700 for speaker:Noel Ahern

Seanad: Proposed Stadium at Lansdowne Road: Statements. (5 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: People at different levels of the political system did not share that vision. However, I am glad to hear there is such cross-party agreement in this House in regard to Lansdowne Road. I look forward to seeing the stadium completed on schedule in order that all our sports are well catered for.

Seanad: Local Authority Housing. (5 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: I thank Senator Brennan for raising this issue. Glenma housing estate is a private estate of 43 houses built by the National Building Agency in 1973. Some 35 houses are privately owned which were sold as private purchases when the estate was originally built, and Limerick County Council owns and rents the remaining eight houses. The houses were constructed with a flat roof and the first floor...

Written Answers — Traveller Accommodation: Traveller Accommodation (10 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: Under the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, all relevant local authorities adopted five year Traveller accommodation programmes covering the period 2000-04. The provision under these programmes of new Traveller specific accommodation and the refurbishment of existing Traveller specific accommodation which includes halting sites and group houses is funded under my Department's...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (10 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: The amount of funding provided by my Department to local authorities for the improvement works in lieu scheme since the inception of the scheme in 1991 is set out in the following table: Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Amount 0.085 0.269 2.539 2.939 1.921 2.896 3.809 5.564 4.377 4.945 5.790 8.760 8.333 Information relating...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: The Safe Home Programme Limited obtained approved status under the Housing Acts from my Department in January 2002. Safe Home assesses applications from elderly emigrants for accommodation under the amended terms of my Department's capital assistance scheme and compiles a list of eligible applicants. It liaises with relevant voluntary bodies throughout the country and with local authorities...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (10 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: I refer to the reply to Question No. 291 of 5 November 2003. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (10 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: I refer to the reply to Question No. 313 of 1 October 2003, which set out the position on the funding of central heating in Dublin City Council housing stock. Apart from the specific programmes outlined such as for remedial works, area regeneration, re-development and so on, there is no specific funding mechanism available from my Department at present for the installation of central heating...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (10 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: A grant of €812,632 was approved to this trust for the provision of accommodation under the voluntary housing capital assistance scheme in July 1987. However, as no application for payment was subsequently received, the grant was withdrawn.

Written Answers — Disabled Persons' Grants: Disabled Persons' Grants (10 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: Details of the capital funding being provided for the disabled persons grant scheme will be made available in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2004 which will be published shortly. Notification of capital allocations for the payment of disabled persons grants in 2004 will issue to local authorities as soon as all authorities have submitted details of their expenditure on the scheme...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (10 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: As the Deputy is aware, my Department has overall responsibility for co-ordinating the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy 2001-2008. The strategy contains 100 individual actions, under the four pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment and research, to be implemented by a range of Departments and agencies. Since it was launched in May 2001, these Departments and agencies...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (10 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: As the Deputy is aware, the young people's facilities and services fund, YPFSF, was established in 1998 to assist in the development of facilities, including sport and recreational facilities, and services in disadvantaged areas where a significant drug problem exists or has the potential to develop. To date, the main focus of the fund has been in the 14 local drugs task force, LDTF, areas,...

Written Answers — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (10 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: The scheme of community support for older people, administered by my Department, provides funding for initiatives to improve the security and social support of vulnerable older people. This funding is provided by way of grant aid to voluntary groups and organisations that have undertaken to identify those elderly people in need of such assistance. Under the terms of the scheme, grant aid is...

Seanad: Water and Sewerage Schemes. (11 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: I thank Senator Higgins for raising this issue which arises in the context of the major investment being made by the Department in improving water services infrastructure throughout the country under the national development plan. As the Senator admitted, Ballyhaunis is among the many locations to have benefited from this investment. Last August, the water services investment programme,...

Seanad: Urban Renewal Schemes. (11 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: Following the good results achieved under successive urban renewal schemes, which currently benefit the five cities and 38 large towns, the tax incentive-based town renewal scheme 2000 was aimed at the physical renewal of smaller towns, that is, those in the population range of 500 to 6,000 people. The scheme is intended to promote sustainable development patterns, counteract population...

Seanad: Urban Renewal Schemes. (11 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: Are they benefiting from the other scheme? They have a scheme.

Seanad: Water Sports Vehicles. (11 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: I thank Senators Glynn and MacSharry for their comments, which are based on their local and personal knowledge of these problems. The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Deputy Dermot Ahern, regrets that he is unable to attend this debate this evening. He has asked me to emphasise that he will not tolerate the unsafe use of jet skis in waters off our coast and on our...

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: That is now under a different Department.

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: I was merely giving the Deputy factual information.

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: The Deputy should stick to the Naas Road.

Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2004)

Noel Ahern: One would not think from listening to the debate that this Bill is to give permanent legal standing to the increases in motor tax which were introduced by financial resolution in the Dáil last November. These increases were introduced with the sole purpose of funding the national roads programme to ensure that local authorities can continue the great progress made in rehabilitating the...