Written answers

Tuesday, 5 March 2013

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • Motor Tax Collection
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider equalising motor tax payments for one-off, six-month and quarterly arrangements; and if he will make a...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Moriarty Tribunal since its publication nearly two years...
  • Fire Service Issues
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if retained fire fighters are currently part of the Croke Park 2 negotiations; the element of their pay that is classified as...
  • Constitutional Convention
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the ongoing emigration, his views on whether Irish citizens have a stake in their democracy, no matter where they...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry Reports
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the transcripts of the Mahon Tribunal are copyrighted to private companies; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Commercial Rates Impact
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support R.G.D.A.T.A. in their efforts to retain and develop further employment particularly in relation to...
  • Rural Development Programme
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is preparing to transfer the operation of the rural...
  • Planning Issues
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of planning applications for wind farms which were approved between the years 1997 and 2011; and if he will make a...
  • Homelessness Strategy
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any plans to close a facility (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if yes, the reason for the closure of this youth...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 17 July 2012, the progress made in relation to the advancement of the Falcarragh...
  • NAMA Portfolio
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that the National Assets Management Agency release funds for an estate (details supplied) to ensure that...
  • Planning Issues
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review and implement in full the recommendations of the 1977 Kenny Report to regulate land valuations; and if he...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided to Galway County Council to connect 10 houses in Ballyloughane, County Galway, to the main Galway...
  • Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent and details of any proposed amendments being brought forward to amend the Residential Tenancy Board legislation; and...
  • Water Meters
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason that there is a requirement for an average annual turnover of €400,000 to qualify under the water metering...
  • Noise Pollution Legislation
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation and regulations governing issues of noise pollution with specific reference to noise pollution created by...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered unbundling the development of proposed waste water treatment plants in County Limerick with a view to...
  • Motor Tax Collection
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any mechanism in place for a person whose motor tax lapsed whilst they were in hospital for an extended period of...
  • Election Management System
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 431 of 20 November 2012 and 691 of 6 November 2012, if he will provide the total number...
  • Dormant Accounts Fund Grants
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make funding available from dormant accounts for the purchase of a premises for the Tralee branch of the Irish Red...
  • Water Services Provision
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the safeguards in place to ensure that there is an equitable investment of capital by Irish Water into rural areas in order to...
  • Water Services Funding
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current average cost of production of a cubic litre of water by local authorities for domestic and commercial consumption;...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments he has made from March 2011 to January 2013 to State boards; in the case of each appointment, the...
  • Air Pollution
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 19 February 2013, if affected vendors will be able to sell smokey coal to...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for public health issues in relation to sewerage treatment infrastructure previously owned by a private...
  • Arts Funding
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications made under the percent for arts scheme from each local authority in each of the past five years,...
  • Services for People with Disabilities
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding alarms in respect of persons with a disability (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • Water Charges
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 February 2013, if group water schemes, whose source or supply of water is...
  • Foreshore Licences
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time-frame it takes for his Department to grant a foreshore license after the application is received; and if he will make...
  • Air Pollution
    To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the banning of smoky coal and its likely impact on fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the...

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