Written answers

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • EU Directives
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to apply a further extension to the deadline for slurry spreading in view of the fact that there has been no break in...
  • Motor Taxation
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue collected through road tax in the following years, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Urban Renewal Schemes
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of the construction of a road from Woodhazel Terrace to Ballymun via Coultry Road, Dublin 9; and the...
  • Local Government Reform
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the Putting People First document is primarily aspirational in a number of sections; if he will specify...
  • Rural Development Programme
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information on an application for funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County...
  • Hazardous Waste Sites
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update with regard to the detailed site investigation underway at a location (details supplied); when he...
  • Local Authority Staff
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any vacancies at present in heritage and culture centres in the south-west region; and if he will make a statement...
  • Unfinished Housing Developments
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of unfinished housing estates in County Carlow; the progress made to date in all categories; the amount of...
  • Household Charge
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of waivers granted so far for the household charge. [45722/12]
  • Private Residential Tenancies Board
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Private Residential Tenancy Board has received complaints of anti-social behaviour in an area (details supplied)...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form all appointments to State boards under his ambit since the Government took office; when the...
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to include more mortgage lenders, in particular sub-prime lenders, in the mortgage to rent scheme; and if...
  • Voting Rights
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow persons aged 16 and 17 years to vote in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Household Charge
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow those on a low income to pay the household charge in smaller instalments by convenient methods, like by...
  • Security of the Elderly
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding being provided this year for the senior alerts scheme 2012; the amount of funding provided for the same...
  • Planning Issues
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the information that has been gathered by his Department in relation to the use by local authorities of Section 140 of the...
  • Environmental Schemes
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans for dredging works at Rathbarry river, West Cork; if he will provide a timeline for the...
  • Anti-Social Behaviour
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of complaints received by local authorities in 2010 and 2011 as a result of anti-social behaviour; the number of...
  • Local Government Reform
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the independently chaired Reorganisation Implementation Group will be established to produce an implementation plan for...
  • Property Taxation
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the Thornhill Report; when he expects it to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Commercial Rates
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any proposals currently being developed by him to ensure that the commercial rates of a business reflect the...
  • Irish Water
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the stated intentions of Bord Gáis, as set out in an interview (details supplied), to recruit their own staff...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage schemes in respect of the Glenties and Dungloe areas of County Donegal. [46265/12]
  • Local Authority Services
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that under a directive from his Department that both the public and disabled toilets in Tramore, County...
  • Planning Issues
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding persons who wish to register their objection to An Bord Pleanála in relation to the erection of...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are plans to include the National Assets Management Agency properties for social housing in County Kildare in order to...
  • Local Authority Charges
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount owed to each county council in development levies; if he will provide a breakdown by council; and if he will provide...
  • Local Authority Management
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements in place for members of the public to inspect managers' orders made under the Local Government Act 2001; his...
  • Noise Pollution
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the Noise Nuisance Bill will be introduced. [46393/12]
  • Shared Ownership Scheme
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow those on shared ownership loans to switch to annuity or other similar loans; and if he will make a statement...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of shared ownership loans in 2010 and 2011; the number of these loans where a subsidy is paid on the rental portion;...
  • Departmental Bodies
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will authorise the recruitment of a new Chief Executive Officer to the Western Development Commission as a matter of...
  • Waste Management
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the interdepartmental working group established following the publication of the national waste policy A Resource...
  • Rural Development Programme
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any grant schemes within his Department or the EU of which he is aware that could support the refurbishment and...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he continues to receive information from the various local authorities in respect of arrears of shared...
  • Fire Service
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects to be in position to maintain the Fire Service, part time and full time, throughout the country...
  • Housing Adaptation Grants
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that adequate funds are available to the local authorities to meet requirements arising from disabled...
  • Local Authority Housing
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons currently on local authority housing lists throughout the country; the average length of waiting...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent, if any, to which he will be in a position to support the funding of local group water or sewerage schemes by the...
  • Local Authority Housing
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent, if any, to which he has examined the possibility of enhancing the local loans fund as a means of facilitating those...
  • Community Development
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department continues to engage with locally based community groups with a view to addressing and...
  • Local Authority Charges
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it is intended that local household or other service charges will go directly towards the provision of...
  • Pyrite Panel Report
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which progress is being made to address the ongoing issue of pyrite; if the full extent of the problem is being...
  • Water Services
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date in the creation of water management facilities throughout the country with particular reference to...
  • Departmental Bodies
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in a tabular form a list of quasi-governmental organisations and agencies that have been created since 9...

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