Written answers
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Local Government Reform
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list and describe any proposed transfer of functions to local government in his reform document Putting People First... - Security of the Elderly
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent in each of the last five years on the seniors alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Reports
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the Thornhill Report on Property Tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54187/12] - Private Rented Accommodation
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to incentivise landlords and developers to place their unoccupied sale properties for rent in order to reduce... - Nuclear Plants
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise on any possible risk factors that may be brought about by the decommissioning and cleaning up of Sellafield;... - Election Management System
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had regarding the possibility of extending the right to vote in elections here to the Irish diaspora.... - Leader Programmes
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money allocated for projects in the 2007- 2014 Leader Programmme; the percentage of this approved for projects to... - Building Regulations
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of timber framed apartment buildings over two storeys that have been completed here between the granting of an Irish... - Motor Taxation
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money paid nationally in motor taxation in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Authority Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a radical overhaul of local government funding with a view to giving each local authority more autonomy,... - Local Authority Housing Mortgages
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the criteria covering the issuing of local authority mortgages and shared ownership schemes; and if he will... - Local Authority Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money reduced from local government fund payments per local authority area due to their payment rates of... - Voluntary Sector Funding
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the future of funding for the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Water Quality
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the decisions taken by the previous Government in relation to private waste water systems on foot of the judgement in the... - Water Meters
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the contracts for the roll out of water metering will be issued; the number of contracts involved; and if he will make a... - Local Authority Housing Provision
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to introduce a new statewide uniform scheme of allocations for local authority... - Voluntary Housing Sector
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration that has been given to introducing a tenant purchase scheme for long-term approved voluntary housing body... - Septic Tank Registration Scheme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have registered their waste water systems to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - National Countryside Recreation Strategy
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new developments in rural recreation policy in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54200/12] - Water Services
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position in regard to the future development of an adequate and reliable domestic drinking water supply with particular... - Pyrite Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the draft NSAI pyrite testing and categorisation protocol will increase the cost of inspections; and if... - Local Development Companies
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is intended to integrate the activities of integrated development companies into the local authorities; the reason for... - Local Authority Staff
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff working in local authorities housing maintenance departments; and if he will provide a breakdown by local... - Referendum Arrangements
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the arrangements for the holding of future referendums, including the days of the week on which referendums... - Leader Programmes
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason that North East Mayo Integrated Development Company has not being approving LEADER projects in recent months; the... - Rural Development
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has a role in the new Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas; and if he will make a statement on the... - Pyrite Issues
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a quarry at Rathcore, County Westmeath which is known to have supplied stone... - Departmental Reports
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Thornhill Report was presented to the Cabinet. [54190/12] - Household Charge Collection
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make provision to enable householders who are liable but have not paid their household charge to date to make their... - RAPID Programme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new developments in the RAPID programme in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54199/12] - Water and Sewerage Schemes
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to construct basic sewerage infrastructure in unsewered areas of population density. [54256/12] - Unfinished Housing Developments
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to evacuate residents of an estate (details supplied) in County Longford while works are being carried out; if he is... - Fire Service
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of chief fire officers or acting chief fire officers throughout the State; the salaries that they are paid; the... - Priory Hall Development
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the Priory Hall, Dublin, resolution process; when he believes the resolution process will be concluded;... - Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the structure within the local authorities which will manage rent supplement; if it will require extra staff and... - Household Charge Collection
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have been contacted for the non-payment of the household charge to date; the total amount including... - Local Authority Housing Provision
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he continues to monitor the need to address the shortage of housing stock available to local authorities... - Mortgage to Rent Scheme
To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of families currently engaged in the process with their mortgage lenders which will allow them to take up the...
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