Written answers
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations
736. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the intention expressed last year to forward the Mahon Tribunal report to the Director of... - Local Authority Charges Application
737. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a child care facility (details supplied) in County Kildare is exempt from rates; and if he will make a statement on the... - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield
739. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue he expects to raise from the non-principal private residence charge from July to December of this... - Local Authority Charges Collection
740. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in the interests of the economic difficulties that small businesses across the country are experiencing, he will... - Environmental Regulations
741. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any regulations controlling signage fronting the public roadway to advertise the availability of residential... - Local Authority Charges Yield
742. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue estimated to be received from the levy on landfill disposal; and where this money is spent.... - Tax Yield
743. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue received in tabular form from the plastic bag levy since its inception. [34292/13] - Noise Pollution Issues
745. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide clarity about the obligations of local authorities with regard to noise pollution emanating from road... - Rural Recreation Policy
746. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if two walks in County Kerry will be linked up (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34357/13] - Local Authority Staff Issues
747. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the tenure of the current Sligo County Manager will expire on 3 November... - Consultancy Contracts Issues
748. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of... - Motor Tax Collection
749. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if road tax funds still go into the local government fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34417/13] - Property Taxation Administration
750. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations or guidelines with respect to the setting of the local adjustment factor as per the... - Planning Issues
751. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedure for the changing of the name of a private housing estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Commemorative Events
752. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the total cost to his Department, for its involvement in the recent JFK50 commemoration... - Irish Water Establishment
753. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will take on liability for the pensions of local authority water services staff through local service... - Water Services Funding
754. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a county by county breakdown of funding under the rural water programme from 2010 to... - Local Authority Staff Numbers
755. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the current number of county managers in the local authority structure; the current... - Local Authority Expenditure
756. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the shortfall in the cost of planning for the years 2006-2012 inclusive and the fees recouped in those years. [34449/13] - Commercial Rates Issues
757. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated revenue received from removing the exemption from commercial rates for State owned buildings. [34450/13] - Planning Issues
758. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if substitute consent in relation to unauthorised development at a location (details provided) in County Westmeath will... - Local Authority Staff Remuneration
759. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in a tabular form the current salaries paid to all city and county managers of local authorities.... - Exchequer Savings
760. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual saving to the Exchequer if salaries across all local authorities were capped at €100,000. [34484/13] - Local Authority Staff Remuneration
761. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities public sector workers in receipt of salaries within the following bands (details... - Water Charges Introduction
762. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the exemptions he plans to introduce to alleviate hardship on certain sectors of society when water charges are introduced... - Water Services Funding
763. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the aggregate known cost, or estimated cost, to public funds, of providing the public water supply in... - Irish Water Expenditure
764. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated revenue of Irish Water in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34495/13] - Planning Issues
765. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a register of planning permissions granted and completed since 1963; his views on whether there would be value... - Departmental Agencies Board Remuneration
766. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of the fees and expenses paid to each member of each State board to... - Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration
767. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the annual salary of all non commercial State sponsored bodies chief executive officers... - Departmental Expenditure
768. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a list of all professional fees, including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT... - Exchequer Savings
771. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer of 1%, 5%, 7%, 10%, 12%, 15%, 17% and 20% reduction... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
773. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the annual saving to the Exchequer if all his special advisers pay was capped at the... - Local Authority Housing Issues
774. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details, broken down by electoral area, of the number of empty local authority housing units in... - Nuclear Waste
775. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to EU Directive 2011/70/EURATOM (Nuclear Waste), if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this... - Programme for Government Implementation
776. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form the commitments in the programme for Government under his remit; if the commitment has... - Consultancy Contracts Issues
777. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail in tabular form, the names of all external public relations, communications consultants and... - Planning Issues
778. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the up to date position of the report into bonds, insurances and other methods of collateral used by the construction... - Housing Adaptation Grants Funding
779. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an application from Meath County Council for increased funding for its housing... - Illegal Dumping
782. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of illegal dumping in the State in 2012. [34840/13] - Waste Management Issues
783. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a system where income from the collection of recyclables can be raised for local Government as a similar... - Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
784. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of funds in dormant accounts; the amount being transferred in the past three years; the amount expected... - Local Government Reform
785. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of implementing a gender quota of 40% on the new social economic committees. [34845/13] - Local Authority Charges Yield
786. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total revenue obtained from commercial water rates from 2010-2012. [34848/13] - Property Valuations
788. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the value of brown field sites in the State and if he will provide details of same [34850/13] - Local Government Reform
789. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of devolving planning powers back to councillors. [34852/13] - Local Authority Funding
790. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of local Government funding for each of the years 2008 to 2012 inclusive. [34854/13] - Local Authority Expenditure
791. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of local Government spending for each of the years from 2008 to 2012 inclusive. [34855/13] - Motor Tax Yield
792. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding collected in each county through motor tax in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the... - Leader Programmes Funding
793. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money drawn down in tabular form by each LEADER Company on a yearly basis since the scheme commenced.... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
794. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has prepared for an increase in demand in services from his Department as a result of upcoming developments such as... - Departmental Legal Costs
795. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has sought and received legal advice outside of the Office of the Attorney General; the number of times advice was... - Local Authority Charges Application
796. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount outstanding in development levies to local authorities by an authority-by-authority basis; if he will compare... - Leader Programmes Administration
797. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East Leader by an organisation (details supplied) in County Mayo; when... - Water Services Provision
799. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be provided to Cork County Council to connect homes in an area (details supplied) in County Cork to the... - Fire Service Issues
800. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of hoax calls received by the Fire Brigade in each County for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the cost... - Regeneration Projects Status
801. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Ballymun shopping centre Dublin; and the future plans in place in view of the fact that it is... - Departmental Staff Numbers
803. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the increase in revenue that would be received from having one additional staff member employed in credit control in his... - Local Authority Charges Application
805. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue earned from charging commercial rates to permanent offshore structures. [35163/13] - Local Authority Housing Rents
806. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue earned from removing the maximum rent level from local authority housing. [35164/13] - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
807. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take following the publication of the EPA report in April 2013 on our greenhouse gas emissions which... - Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
809. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been any analysis of how much the Dormant Accounts Fund would benefit in the event of the legislation being... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
810. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to Kerry County Council for group sewerage schemes in County Kerry in 2013; and if he will make... - Waste Water Treatment Issues
811. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the statutory basis upon which a local authority can decline to take into charge of an on-site wastewater treatment... - Departmental Funding
814. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will increase, as a matter of urgency, Kerry County Council's 2013 housing grants allocation that was reduced by 56%... - Litter Pollution Issues
815. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if county councils have the power to compel the owners of shopping centres to ensure the shopping centre environs are kept... - Property Valuations
828. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the value of land purchased by individual local authorities for the purposes of social housing and other developments that... - Local Authorities Management
830. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the local authorities that use the Agresso accounting system; if cost savings could be made by transferring to a system... - Local Authority Banking Issues
831. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of bank overdrafts and the interest paid on these for individual local authorities for the... - Local Authorities Management
832. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the savings that can be made through shared services with other local authorities. [35299/13] - Departmental Expenditure
833. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the savings achieved when acting up arrangements are ceased within his Department. [35300/13] - Fire Stations Provision
834. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 837 of 16 April 2013, if this project is still envisaged to start in quarter 3 of... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
836. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been an analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions from Ireland's three peat burning power stations and how... - Public Procurement Contracts Tenders
837. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 9 July 2013, if the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals'... - Local Authority Funding
838. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide by local authority the expected annual increase and or decrease in revenue when local authorities... - Public Private Partnerships Data
839. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form a list of public private partnership projects that have proceeded under traditional... - Commercial Rates Valuation Process
842. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is considering reviewing the way local authorities levy commercial rates on small and medium sized enterprises; if... - Commercial Rates Issues
843. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he envisages difficulties for businesses when local town councils are abolished in 2014 and where the application of... - Illegal Dumping
845. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned with the amount of used nappies that are being illegally dumped around the country, largely due to the... - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection
846. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has to pay the non-principal private residence charge when they only... - Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
847. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the Government's reliance in part on the rental accommodation scheme and long-term leasing arrangements to meet... - Local Authorities Management
848. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements currently in place for the storage, access and maintenance of extensive local government records; the... - Local Authority Banking Issues
849. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements to be put in place for Town Councils who have funds in a bank account such as Leixlip Town Council; if... - Official Travel
852. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is confident that all overseas travel undertaken by staff in State agencies is necessary; if the agencies ensure... - Departmental Bodies
853. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in a tabular form a list of all non-commercial State-sponsored bodies under the aegis of his...
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