Written answers
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Motor Taxation
Question 773: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is possible to register a small van purchased during the building boom when the owner was working in... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 774: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the situation in relation to a voluntary housing association to assess family income supplement for the... - Local Government Charges
Question 775: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if forcing local authority employees to participate in the collection of the household charge contravenes... - Rental Accommodation Scheme
Question 776: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has instructed all local authorities to enter into negotiations seeking discounts in rent when... - Telecommunications Technology
Question 777: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter regarding electromagnetic radiation (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Rural Development Programme
Question 778: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of a recent communication from the EU DG Competition in relation to rural development funding from... - Motor Taxation
Question 779: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he plans to introduce, if any, to assist the licensed Irish road hauliers who are struggling as... - Redundancy Payments
Question 780: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise on an issue regarding a Labour Court recommendation in connection with redundancy (details... - Mortgage Arrears
Question 781: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding information in relation to housing programmes (details supplied); and if he will make... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 782: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the timeline for the increase in mortgage interest supplement from last December's budget... - Private Residential Tenancies Board
Question 783: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the costs that a landlord must pay to the Private Residential Tenancies... - Local Authority Housing (1 comment)
Question 784: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to continue the tenant purchase scheme 1995 which the previous administration announced would be... - Planning Issues
Question 785: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the reports into planning irregularities in six local authorities that he decided would be an... - Local Government Charges
Question 786: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the possibility of re-opening the option for persons to pay the household charge in... - Water Services
Question 787: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the establishment of an Irish water company; the options he is considering, be they... - Local Government Charges
Question 788: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an instalment payment option is being considered under plans for the more progressive property tax due to... - Local Authority Services
Question 790: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans this year to require local authorities to provide householders and ratepayers in their respective... - Local Government Charges
Question 791: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measure being taken to enforce the non-principal private residence charge against owners of property who... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 792: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider examining the possibility of pumping sewerage from Doolin, County Clare, to a treatment... - Local Government Reform
Question 793: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce local government reforms that will allow for a directly elected Mayor of Dublin; when... - Local Government Charges
Question 794: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which he contacted city and county managers to discuss with them the possibility of council... - Local Authority Housing
Question 795: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the plans, if any there are to introduce a rent to buy scheme here; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Government Charges
Question 797: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to review rates on commercial buildings and in particular rates on childcare premises and... - Local Authority Staff
Question 799: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding changes in recruitment policy; if remaining applicants on the panel for Dublin City... - Water Services
Question 800: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17859/12] - Fire Safety
Question 801: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration has been given to requiring owners of public buildings and in particular hotels to provide... - Water Services
Question 802: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he proposes to publish draft regulations under section 70L of the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012;... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 803: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it will be possible to have additional funding allocated to the Milltown sewerage scheme to have five... - Departmental Contracts
Question 804: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a decision has been made on the awarding of the recent contract tendered for the printing of register of... - Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 805: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will put in place a scheme to examine ghost commercial properties and provide funding to local... - Building Regulations
Question 806: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a submission (details supplied) by the Priory Hall residents committee, Dublin, regarding fire... - Local Government Charges
Question 812: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if expenses relating to the non principal private residence charge and household charge will be recognised... - Regeneration Programmes
Question 813: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a further breakdown of Ballymun Regeneration Limited's expenditure incurred in 2011 which... - Local Government Charges
Question 814: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to exempt persons living on off shore islands not connected to the main land by bridges, from... - Planning Issues
Question 816: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review and implement in full the recommendations of the 1977 Kenny Report to regulate land... - Water Sector Reforms
Question 817: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm whether or not Waterford County Council made a submission to the consultation on reform... - Local Government Charges
Question 818: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of prosecutions that have been initiated by local authorities in respect of non-payment of the... - Local Authority Complaints Procedure
Question 819: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of written submissions, if any, he received from the County and City Managers Association in the... - Local Authority Staffing
Question 820: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that it will cost to pay council staff to work over time on Saturday 31 March to take... - Local Government Charges
Question 821: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the person who is liable to pay the household charge when a residence is jointly owned by a married couple... - Local Authority Housing
Question 822: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the percentage of income that is calculated in each local authority to... - Planning Issues
Question 824: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to reform the current retention planning legislation which frequently allows dwellings to be... - Local Authority Charges
Question 826: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reasons an estate (details supplied) in north County Dublin which is still managed by the developer, and... - Local Authority Staff
Question 827: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current funding position in relation to the provision of the post of cycling officer in Dublin City... - Water Services
Question 829: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding approval, tender and construction of a waste water collection system for a location... - Housing Grants
Question 830: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 14 March 2012, the percentage of the money approved by him to... - Local Authority Charges
Question 831: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that landlord owners of residential properties are passing... - Dormant Accounts Fund
Question 833: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the two recently completed PWC Dormant Accounts Inspector's Reports, the first such to have been... - Building Regulations
Question 837: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding access at a hotel (details supplied) in Dublin. [18325/12] - Election Management System
Question 838: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the findings on the review of general and local election boundaries. [18340/12] - Building Regulations
Question 841: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) was brought on to the Building Regulation Advisory Board, in view of... - Local Authority Charges
Question 842: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the legal argument (details supplied) regarding the household charge and maintenance of a... - Local Authority Staff
Question 843: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the librarians who retired from the libraries (details supplied) in County Donegal will be replaced;... - Local Authority Charges
Question 845: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the basis of the decision to exclude persons in local authority housing from the liability for the household... - Local Authority Charges
Question 847: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that the household charge is being forced upon persons by saying that it will go towards... - Waste Management
Question 848: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any proposals he has to re-structure the waste market here to restrict side by side... - Local Authority Charges
Question 849: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money spent on advertising in promoting the household charge; if he will provide a... - Foreshore Licences
Question 851: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a request for a public enquiry was rejected before his Department issues a foreshore licence for... - Planning Issues
Question 852: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will immediately move to halt the excavation of sand and gravel from the Esker at Raheenmore,... - Waste Management
Question 853: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibility of city and county managers including under the public health Acts in relation to having... - Local Authority Charges
Question 854: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of properties that registered for the household charge; if he will give a breakdown of these on a... - Motor Fuels
Question 857: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a quality assured fuel scheme to give consumers confidence in the petrol and diesel... - Parliamentary Questions
Question 860: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of written Parliamentary Questions replied to from 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012; the number of... - Local Authority Charges
Question 861: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person acting as an executor of a will who is charged with selling a house on behalf of a deceased... - Ministerial Staff
Question 862: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the names and salaries of all his special advisors including special... - Local Authority Funding
Question 864: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that Sligo County Council has had the highest overall deficit... - Environmental Policy
Question 865: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter regarding microwave technology (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Local Authority Housing
Question 866: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the procedure regarding the sale of a former local authority house having to be approved... - Grant Payments
Question 867: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a grant that has been approved, will be forwarded without any further delay in respect of a group... - Local Authority Charges
Question 868: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason only one PPS number is required to register a property with multiple owners for the household... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 869: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if further consideration can be given to the provision of funds for the extension of the local sewerage... - Local Authority Charges
Question 870: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that when a citizen owns a second property and is currently paying an annual non... - Tenancy Agreements
Question 872: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will concede to a request that all landlords who have sitting tenants in excess of two to three years... - Local Authority Charges
Question 874: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the situation regarding exemptions from the household charge and specifically in... - Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 878: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason properties in class 2 ghost estates, that is estates which received has been appointed are not... - Comhar na Oileán
Question 879: To ask the Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cén uair a cheadófar togra Mheitheal Forbartha Chill Éinne a chuir Comhar na nOileán chuig an Roinn lena fhaomhadh; and if... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 880: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the amount paid by his Department to mobile telephone companies for the... - Planning Issues
Question 881: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a planning matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Building Regulations
Question 882: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the help he can offer to a person (details supplied) in County Longford regarding the resolution of problems... - Local Authority Housing
Question 883: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made with the Tomra Road, Granard, County Longford regeneration application of... - Emergency Services
Question 887: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the training requirements in fire and emergency services to improve quality of... - Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 888: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the challenges of calling in of financial bonds, procurement and legal... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 889: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress being made to approve funding for the extension of the Longford sewerage scheme to include the... - Local Authority Funding
Question 890: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to increase funding to local authorities, particularly Longford and Westmeath, as a consequence of... - Environmental Policy
Question 892: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the funding that has been allocated on a county basis from the European... - Motor Taxation
Question 893: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether it is equitable that a large motor caravan only pays €95 road tax while it costs... - Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 895: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the body, State agency or section of his Department which is responsible for monitoring environmental impact... - Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 896: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an unfinished estate, (details supplied) in County Cork which was considered as a category 3 by... - Private Residential Tenancies Board
Question 897: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of cases the Private Residential Tenancies Board has brought in 2009, 2010 and 2011; the amount... - Grant Payments
Question 899: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no funding has been given by him to Dublin City Council for... - Local Authority Charges
Question 901: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the number of persons who have registered and paid the non-principal... - Electoral Reform
Question 907: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends, as a matter of electoral reform, to revise the method of selection of polling station staff... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 908: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider working with housing associations and amend legislation in order for tenants to purchase... - Local Authority Charges
Question 909: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason behind the inclusion of exemption no. 6(a) (ii) under the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009;... - Ministerial Correspondence
Question 910: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate a matter (details supplied) and intervene if he deems it necessary; and if he will... - Motor Taxation
Question 911: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a 1996 car with a 1.8 litre engine cost €626 road tax and a current model of the same car costs... - Local Government Agencies
Question 912: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that as part of the rationalisation of State agencies a decision was... - Departmental Contracts
Question 914: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of contracts that were issued to consultancy firms by his Department in 2011; the number that... - Dog Licences
Question 915: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the revenue generated from the issuance of dog licences for each year in... - Alternative Energy
Question 916: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring forward a scheme for persons who want to erect wind mills for domestic use; and if he... - Local Authority Charges
Question 917: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has been empowered to access the bank accounts of those households who have registered their... - Rural Development
Question 918: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider revising the current Leader Axis 3 and 4 funding rates of aid structure under the... - Community Development
Question 920: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a definite outcome regarding the provision of a successor to Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta is... - Planning Issues
Question 921: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 379 of 21 March 2012, if he notes that the stipulations outlined for... - Water Services
Question 923: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to ensure that all septic tanks installed comply with the EN 12566-1 and comply with... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 925: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Bruff sewerage scheme in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the... - Financial Services Regulation
Question 926: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the reviewed guidance for local authorities on mortgage arrears, including local authority... - Local Authority Funding
Question 927: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that was paid to local authorities through the Local Government Fund in each of the... - Local Authority Charges
Question 928: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have discretion on penalties for the non-private principal residence charge in certain... - Rural Development
Question 929: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any proposals to allow local authorities to act as project promoters to apply for the... - Public Procurement
Question 931: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of State companies who have used overseas companies for printing work in the following years...
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