Written answers
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Special Housing Aid for the Elderly
472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the reintroduction of the special housing aid for the elderly scheme to assist the elderly and... - Commercial Rates Issues
473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to instruct local authorities to reduce commercial rates for struggling businesses; and if he will make a... - Homelessness Strategy
I recently published a Homelessness Policy Statement in which I outlined the Government's aim to end long-term homelessness by the end of 2016. The statement emphasises a housing-led approach... - Household Charge Collection
475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of households liable for the household charge here; if he will provide details regarding the total number... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given consideration to the current economic difficulty facing some local authority tenants, who are relying... - Septic Tank Inspections
477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for the implementation for the waste water systems grants scheme; the numbers anticipated to avail of the... - Election Management System
479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a rule in France which allows Irish persons who haved lived there for a period of time... - Private Residential Tenancies Board Enforcement
480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the delay with the Private Residential Tenancies Board handling of the case in respect of a person... - Property Taxation Exemptions
481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in the list of exempted estates for the property... - Water Supply
482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline his Department's plans to replace the cast iron water pipes in an area (details supplied) in County... - Fodder Crisis
483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the decision taken by the Shannon Airport Authority to allow farming organisations to cut grass on property... - Roadside Service Stations
484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the operation of filling stations that have a licence and are not in breach of... - Ministerial Travel
485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form, the amount of travel and subsistence, both foreign and domestic, claimed individually... - Ministerial Staff
486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form, the number of staff appointed by each Minister and Minister of State in his Department... - Local Government Reform
487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider, as part of the process of reforming local government, that the elected mayor of each county would... - Local Authority Staff Numbers
488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed in the planning departments of each local authority during the years 2002 to 2012. [23858/13] - Local Development Companies
489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will meet with the Kerry Oireachtas members to discuss his alignment proposals in respect of local development... - Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the implications for the health and well-being of older persons and persons with disabilities in view of the cuts in local... - Commercial Rates Issues
491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any plans to standardise commercial rates for the Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council areas; and if... - Planning Issues
492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a means for planning applications based on medical circumstances to be considered centrally (details... - Local and Community Development Issues
493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will retain the current structure of local development companies to administer the traditional Common Agricultural... - Housing Grant Applications
494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding approval will be given in respect of a project (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for this delay;... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a proposal to provide funding for an extension to a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County... - Private Rented Accommodation Provision
496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems being faced by rent supplement and RAS recipients (details supplied) whose... - Unfinished Housing Estates
497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 23 April 2013, if he will provide in tabular form the number of site... - Emigration Data
498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the funding that he is providing to the National Youth Council of Ireland for the research on... - Traveller Accommodation
499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money not drawn down by local authorities in 2010, 2011 and 2012 in respect of traveller accommodation; and... - Climate Change Policy
500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on where his Department's own version of Energy Security and Climate Change legislation is... - Septic Tank Registration Scheme
501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding septic tank registration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24246/13] - Water Services Funding
502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the comments (details supplied) in relation to the possibility of Dublin businesses having to pay... - Pyrite Resolution Board Remit
503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update ion the Pyrite Resolution Board and the establishment of the remediation process; and if he... - Building Regulations Compliance
504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the transitional arrangements that he envisages on the introduction of the Building Control Act on 1... - Local Authority Housing Maintenance
505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that money was secured for an intensified inspection scheme for Dublin City Council, investigating... - Planning Issues
506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to SDZ for Grangegorman if his attention has been drawn to the serious issues of residents in relation to the... - Redundancy Payments
507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he would deem the payment of an enhanced redundancy package to the former staff members of Irish Local Development... - Local Authority Services
508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular format, the number of children's playgrounds directly provided or facilitated by each... - Local Government Reform
511. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the Local Government Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24377/13] - State Bodies Accounts
512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out in tabular form the names of all State owned or substantially State funded organisations under his...
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