Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on the commitment in the programme for Government to build on the experience gained from the service indicators initiative by putting in place more challenging indicators for the years ahead, including additional indicators on environmental performance and water quality. [20327/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The local authority service indicators initiative has been in place since 2004, and in line with the commitment given in the Programme for Government to build on the experience gained from the service indicators, the Local Government Customer Service Group recently completed a review of the indicators. This group is representative of the local government sector (elected members and officials) and my Department.

As a result of this review, from 2008 onwards there will be indicators across 46 headings as compared to the original 42. The new indicators cover housing, motor tax, unaccounted water, planning, library services and community participation, in some cases replacing existing indicators in order to make them more meaningful. In addition, a large number of existing indicators, including some in relation to the environment, have also been amended.