Written answers
Wednesday, 6 June 2012
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Environmental Schemes
Question 526: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Gaeltacht areas in County Kerry will come under the LEADER programme; and if he will make a statement on... - Public Sector Staff
Question 527: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will remove the public sector recruitment embargo on the Dublin Fire Brigade service to ensure... - Public Procurement Contracts
Question 528: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the local authorities are require to advertise for the procurement of horticultural supplies and... - Motor Taxation
Question 529: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on amending the Motor Vehicles and Duties Licence Act to apply the CO2 emission based motor tax... - House Purchase Schemes
Question 532: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has an assessment of the overall successes and failures of the rural resettlement programme; if he... - Local Authority Housing
Question 533: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons in receipt of social welfare payments can purchase houses under the tenant purchase scheme; and... - Local Government Reform
Question 535: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an amalgamation of services between Galway County and City Council is being considered in the context of... - Local Government Reform
Question 536: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he anticipates that changes to local electoral boundaries or the number of elected members on local... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 537: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made in the case of public or social housing in implementing a 12 month... - Water Services
Question 538: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if employment opportunities will become available in water meter installation; and when these jobs are... - Planning Issues
Question 539: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to hold an external review of planning practices in Dublin City Council in view of the number of... - Local Authority Staff
Question 540: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all positions in Donegal County Council earning more than €100,000; the... - Local Authority Charges
Question 541: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the household charge in respect of persons (details supplied). [26219/12] - EU Directives
Question 542: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost to date to the State of the clean-up at a location (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the total... - Local Authority Staff
Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will upgrade a general services supervision (details supplied) with Carlow County Council to the post... - Local Authority Charges
Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the inequality in fees charged for applying for a disability access... - Local Authority Staff
Question 547: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he anticipates that employees currently working in water services for local authorities will remain... - Proposed Legislation
Question 548: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to abolish the Library Council and create a Library Development Unit... - Security of the Elderly
Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding being provided this year for the senior alert scheme 2012; the amount of funding... - Local Authority Charges
Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the number of dwellings on which the household charge is being paid by instalment; if he... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social and affordable housing units delivered over the last five years under the provisions of... - Regeneration Projects
Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of regeneration funding spent in 2009 on regeneration schemes (details supplied); the expenditure... - Proposed Legislation
Question 556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider introducing high hedges legislation for the control of evergreen trees in view of... - Third Level Courses
Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a third level degree course (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will make a... - Local Authority Charges
Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if all the household tax registration forms received have now been processed. [26394/12] - Water Services
Question 563: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding septic tank registration in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford;... - Building Regulations
Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the current level of on-site inspection of buildings by local authorities; if he will provide... - Unfinished Housing Developments
Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an estate (details supplied) in County Dublin was not included in the list of unfinished estates... - Waste Disposal
Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to introduce measures to regulate the collection of domestic waste in order to reduce the... - Departmental Funding
Question 572: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding committed to in his Department for capital projects; if he will provide details of... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if new members have been appointed to An Bord Pleanála; the number of same; the name of the persons... - Water Services
Question 574: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when tenders will be approved for a project (details supplied) in County Laois; and if he will make a... - Departmental Staff
Question 576: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of persons in his Department earning over €100,000 per... - Local Authority Staff
Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the numbers of persons employed by local authorities earning over €100,000 per annum, the positions for... - Departmental Funding
Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of funding in respect of a school (details supplied) in... - National Asset Management Agency
Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funds released from National Asset Management Agency will be used to launch an upfront programme of... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm plans to ensure the retention of the vital estate management projects in estates... - National Spatial Strategy
Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to initiate a detailed review of the national spatial strategy taking account of changing... - Plastic Bag Levy
Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the usage, per capita, of plastic bags each year since the introduction... - Foreshore Licences
Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set up a public enquiry to investigate the granting of a foreshore licence to a company (details... - Public Sector Reform
Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Local Government Efficiency Review Group has considered and evaluated the report on the Whole System... - Hydraulic Fracturing
Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the same legislation include the requirement for identification of safe guard zones for the protection of... - Departmental Funding
Question 591: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any grant schemes under his Department that allocate funding for local health initiatives; and... - Household Charge
Question 593: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding household charges (details supplied). [26742/12] - Planning Issues
Question 594: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons have to pay a charge on a small extension to a house (details supplied). [26747/12] - Household Charge
Question 595: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 125 of 9 May 2012 and 115 of 17 May 2012, if he will give a specific... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 596: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a reply will issue to this Deputy's letters to him in relation to Áras Rónáin, Árann, Contae na... - Unfinished Housing Estates
Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an estate (details supplied) in County Kildare was not included or classified as an unfinished... - Plastic Bag Levy
Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the levels of enforcement action taken in relation to the plastic bag levy; the way members of the public... - Building Regulations
Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation requiring mandatory geological testing as part of the planning process... - Local Authority Charges
Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if those who have paid the household charge are entitled to receipts; from where those receipts are issued;... - Departmental Funding
Question 601: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Building Regulations
Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the registration of architects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Planning Issues
Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide for 2011 and 2012 respectively, the number of cases at An Bord Pleanála that were... - Election Management System
Question 604: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost respectively for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and budgeted for 2012 for storing the E-voting... - Housing Grants
Question 605: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends making a further allocation to local authorities under the housing aid for older persons grant... - Local Authority Charges
Question 607: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the non principal private residence online payment system can be set up in a way to prevent information... - Ministerial Appointments
Question 609: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline all staff appointments he has made since last March; the name of those appointed; their... - Local Authority Staff
Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council are about to force into retirement on... - Environmental Policy
Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce legislative reform to remove the immunity from prosecution that the Environmental... - Building Regulations
Question 613: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [26988/12] - Local Authority Housing
Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person who has been sentenced to prison is liable to pay rent on their local authority house while... - Local Authority Charges
Question 615: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of home owners that have separately paid the non principal private residence charge and household... - Motor Taxation
Question 616: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of income to the Exchequer from motor tax receipts for each of the past six years and to date in... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 617: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given approval to Monaghan County Council and a housing association (details supplied) to seek... - Local Authority Housing
Question 618: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if qualification for inclusion on the local authority housing lists will be reviewed to cater for women and... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 619: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided to Laois County Council for the construction or purchase of social housing and for... - Election Management System
Question 621: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to comments (details supplied) by Deputy Griffin if he plans to legislate to hold all future... - Local Authority Works
Question 622: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the work to begin on a project (details supplied) in Dublin 1; or if his attention has been... - Mortgage Arrears
Question 626: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the guidance he is giving to local authorities regarding mortgage arrears on local authority mortgages and... - Departmental Funding
Question 630: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make funding available to Dublin City Council to commence and complete the work necessary for... - Litter Pollution
Question 631: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to the introduction of container deposit legislation as proposed in... - Fire Service
Question 632: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding provided to Dublin Fire Brigade in 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012 towards the cost of... - Local Authority Charges
Question 634: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the position (details supplied) regarding the household charge; and if he will make a... - Building Regulations
Question 635: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will add additional consumer representation to the Building Regulations Advisory Body; and if he will...
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