Written answers
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Motor Tax Issues
415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding tax requirements for agricultural quad bikes; if he will consider introducing a similar system to... - Local Authority Housing Maintenance
416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the latest figures on the cost per county of repairing vacated social housing. [48818/13] - Local Authority Finances
418. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council is the only local authority in the State that has... - Local Authorities Management
420. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the outgoing Sligo county manager (details supplied) is a member of the... - Property Taxation Yield
424. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how the local property tax collected in 2013 was spent; what the local property tax in 2014 will be spent on; and if he... - Leader Programmes Funding
425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when additional funds will be made available for re-distribution to Leader companies that have approved ready-to-go... - Local Authority Funding
427. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that local authorities have now begun their pre-budget deliberations, when he will make known the... - Social and Affordable Housing Applications
428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of outstanding applications for social housing on a county basis; if he will... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
429. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to reduce the six-year waiting list for local authority housing in the south Meath area; if he... - Security of the Elderly
432. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding he is making available for the senior alert schemes in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the... - Irish Water Establishment
434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the projected costs for the establishment of Irish Water; if he will use the borrowing provisions of... - Local Government Fund
437. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government notwithstanding the decision not to make allocations from the local government fund at a municipal district level, if for... - Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which pyrite remediation will commence; if there is a panel of contractors who check the houses for pyrite; if... - Property Taxation Exemptions
439. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will exempt local authorities from having to pay the local property tax as housing budgets are already under severe... - Local Authority Housing Issues
440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider providing funding to local authorities that would allow for the conversion in council homes away from... - Commercial Rates Issues
441. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue raised from 50% rates in place on vacant buildings for Dublin City Council, Cork City Council and... - Local Authority Staff Recruitment
442. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of requests received in the period 1 July 2013 to 11 November 2013 from Dublin City Council seeking sanction to... - Noise Pollution Legislation
443. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the current legislation on noise pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Housing Issues
444. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Cork County Council will take over an estate (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will confirm that it is a legal... - Property Taxation Exemptions
445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an unfinished estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary is exempt from the local property tax; and if he will make... - Household Charge Collection
446. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the... - Water Charges Administration
447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to compensate persons who have installed water softeners in their home to improve the quality of water in view... - Building Regulations Compliance
448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to ensure that building regulations are enforced and that persons purchasing their homes will be... - Water Meters Installation
449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of water meters installed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49157/13] - Water Charges Introduction
450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has contacted the water services section in each local authority with regard to the collation of... - Local Authority Staff Numbers
451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of local authority staff engaged in water services broken down on a county basis in 2010 to 2012,... - Irish Water Staff
452. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of staff currently employed by Irish Water and the estimated total staff when its reaches full capacity;... - Proposed Legislation
453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of the Water Services Bill 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49161/13] - Irish Water Establishment
455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of service level agreements between Irish Water and local authorities; if local authorities will be paid a... - Irish Water Appointments
457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consultants that have been hired by Irish Water to date; the length of their engagement and the total costs to date... - Local Authority Housing Maintenance
458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when works will be carried out in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on... - Water Services Provision
459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in respect of the recent incident at the Ballymore Eustace water treatment plant, the notice he received regarding the... - Housing Issues
461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the total number of tier three housing associations here; the number of which that are allowed to raise... - Local Authority Housing Issues
466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to instances where individuals may not be permitted entry onto a local authority housing... - Irish Water Funding
467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amounts to be retained from property tax receipts in 2013 and 2014 for the express purpose of funding the... - Departmental Expenditure
468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 12 November 2013, if he will provide the data requested between 2003 and 2008... - Planning Issues
471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the potential to apply reductions or waivers from planning application fees or rates to protected... - Water Charges Introduction
472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the membership and work of the water affordability working group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49343/13] - Departmental Expenditure
473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding provided to each organisation in the community and voluntary pillar under the fund to facilitate... - Waste Disposal
474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regulatory procedures in place to control private waste operators; if there is any mechanism in place to require... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when progress will be made in respect of the regional water supply scheme in Lanesboro, County Longford, in respect of... - Local Authority Funding
476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of loss of income that will arise for the local authorities in counties Westmeath and Longford as a result of... - Fire Stations Upgrade
477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the extension to Longford fire station will be sanctioned, as the local authority is ready to proceed once sanction... - Anti-Social Behaviour
478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when section 62 of the Housing Act will be amended to enable more effective and focused action to be taken by local... - Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment will be introduced and if deduction at source has been agreed with all stakeholders;... - Local Authority Housing Maintenance
480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the money allocated for the upgrading and renovation of local authority houses in counties... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider the decision not to allow certain works be included in a contract (details supplied) in County... - Irish Water Funding
482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of investment which will be required in Irish Water in order to fully comply with the EU water framework... - Local Authority Services
483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is anything in legislation that prevents local authorities from including an e-mail address on all public notices... - Local Authority Expenditure
484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the role out of one-stop-shops in local authorities and the savings that have been made over the past two... - Planning Issues
486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has had any contact with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding interpretive difficulties arising from the...
No comments