Written answers
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Public Sector Staff Recruitment
634. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the public service recruitment moratorium; and if he will make a... - Local Authority Funding
635. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the recently announced funding will be with the relevant local authorities to allow for repair and reinstatement of... - Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
636. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the changes in eligibility requirements for the elderly and... - Unfinished Housing Developments
637. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take to assist those homeowners in residential housing estates with serious health and safety issues... - Building Control Act
638. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have applied to be registered as architects under Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007 since... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
639. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding sought by Galway County Council in 2014 for house extensions, new houses and house refurbishments; the number... - Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
640. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of disbursements made from the dormant accounts fund since the abolition of the Dormant Account Board; the... - Housing Assistance Payments Administration
643. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the roll out of the housing assistance payment scheme as announced in July 2013; the time... - Regeneration Projects Status
644. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current plans for Ballymun town centre in view of the recent news that a store (details supplied) will be closing... - Voluntary Housing Sector
645. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 25 February 2014, when a decision is expected on the proposal by Cluid... - Regeneration Projects Status
646. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the publicly owned serviced and rezoned land in Ballymun; and the future plans for this... - Irish Water Administration
647. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a policy on social affordability measures for vulnerable customers of the new Water Authority have been developed; when... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
648. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the current examination of proposals received from all local authorities for funding for construction of new housing... - Waste Management Issues
650. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person is in contravention of Part III Section 6(1)(c) of the Household Food Waste and Bio-Waste Regulations 2013... - Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
651. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will arrange for the full guidelines to be issued to local authorities in respect of the housing aid for older... - Nuclear Safety
652. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if radiation from the Fukushima site has been detected here. [12974/14] - Planning Issues
653. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the result of the tendering process for independent planning expertise in the setting up of inquiries into certain... - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
655. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a married couple are exempt from the non principal private residence charge when they have separated and can show proof... - Public Procurement Regulations
656. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures that are in place within his Department to ensure that at tendering and final procurement stages only... - Local Government Reform
657. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that county and city managers can bring forward draft bye laws without... - Departmental Reports
658. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of external or internal policy reports currently that have been handed to him but not yet published; and if he... - Building Regulations Compliance
660. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has raised concerns regarding the issuing of an evacuation notice and subsequent rescinding of that notice in... - Community Development Initiatives
662. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a grant approved by Pobal (details supplied) can now be paid retrospectively; and if he will make a statement on the... - Climate Change Policy
663. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the points made in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Irish Water Establishment
664. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which local authorities were notified that contracts regarding the delivery of water services infrastructure,... - Motor Tax Collection
665. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reducing the cost differential which arises when paying motor tax quarterly as compared to the cost of... - Flood Relief Schemes Funding
668. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration that has been given to particular areas in County Wicklow that were subject to recent storm damage; if... - European Parliament Elections
669. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place by his Department where notification is received from another EU Member State that an Irish... - Planning Issues
670. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if live planning applications can be deferred or suspended when judicial reviews regarding such planning matters are... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
671. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the need for additional social and affordable housing in Wicklow, if he will provide a breakdown of the number... - Pyrite Issues
672. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 11 March 2014, in relation to the quarries which where identified as possible... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
675. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an annual breakdown, in tabular form, of the amount of money invested by the Government in water and... - Departmental Staff Data
677. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of civil servants engaged in constituency work on behalf of the Minister of State for Housing in his... - Leader Programmes Funding
678. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the 19.73% or €1.7 million cut in funding to Longford leader in May 2013 and the high level of... - Departmental Funding
679. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding provided to Philanthropy Ireland in 2013 and estimated in 2014, broken down by expenditure; and if he... - Housing Assistance Payments Administration
681. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in respect of the proposed housing assistance payment, an estimate of rental top-ups currently being paid has been... - Water Services Provision
684. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if good advice-education and grant schemes will be provided to help families install water conserving features in their... - Environmental Regulations
685. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the introduction of a ban on smoky coal; the parts of the country that are not covered by... - Environmental Policy
686. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the smokeless fuel policy is policed by local authorities; the resources local authorities have to ensure such a... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
687. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail all the moneys collected from private residential housing developers in lieu of those developers not... - Animal Breeding Regulations
688. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the legislation on dog breeding so that it encompasses a more breed neutral system than the breed... - Community Development Initiatives
689. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding the aligning of community projects like Waterford Traveller Community Development Project; the number... - Building Regulations Amendments
690. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider adding chartered architectural technologists to the list of registers identified under the Building... - Waste Management Issues
691. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the situation as outlined in the recent Environmental Protection Agency report on urban waste water,... - Local Authority Staff
692. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 4 March 2014, if he will clarify the term "established practice" in this... - Local Authority Expenditure
693. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if money in a council's housing and building capital fund may be diverted and spent on other purposes including, for... - Foreshore Licence Applications
694. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council intends to carry out dredging at the channel to... - Departmental Reports
695. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No.139 of 12 March 2014, the reason he has not referred the question asked to the... - Planning Issues
696. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if quarries under section 261A of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended by the insertion of section 75 of the... - Land Issues
697. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate, in relation to lands and property assets held by development companies for liquidation, and where... - Planning Issues
698. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will legislate so that all planning applications for wind farms, including those already submitted, can be put on... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
699. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new scheme, which will be replacing the tenant purchase scheme be announced; if this scheme will take into... - Wastewater Treatment Issues
700. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the works to provide Arklow, County Wicklow, with a wastewater treatment plant, and a full... - Motor Tax Collection
701. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason it is not possible to tax a vehicle such as a combine harvester or forage harvester for three months rather... - Regeneration Projects Expenditure
704. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount of funding his Department provided for each regeneration project in the... - Regeneration Projects Status
705. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received the detailed project appraisal which his Department sought from Sligo Borough Council in March 2013 for... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
706. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Irish Water will be assuming responsibility for the utilities ESB bills of group schemes that have been recently... - Planning Issues
707. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that planning permission was granted in 2009 for the construction of a new... - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Exemptions
708. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify an issue in relation to non-principal private residence charge where a person lived in their house for... - Water Meters Issues
709. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which water meters will be managed and operated in private estates, whose maintenance are under the direction... - IBRC Bond Issues
710. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if information on the bonds held by all local authorities with the former Anglo Irish Bank, now the liquidated Irish Bank... - Fire Stations Provision
712. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when funding will be made available for the provision of a new fire station (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he... - Unfinished Housing Developments
713. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an announcement will be made outlining the unfinished housing developments that have been successful under the... - Regeneration Projects Status
714. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it was a requirement to have a new road built through existing dwellings on Eugene Street, Dublin 8, as part of Dublin... - Motor Tax Collection
715. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal was made to pay motor tax arrears for a vehicle which was off... - Register of Electors Data
716. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place controlling the sale of electoral registers for use for commercial purposes by third parties; if... - Water Meters Issues
717. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Irish Water will be taking over the remainder of the group water schemes in County Kerry; if they have finalised a... - Local Authority Members' Remuneration
718. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the protocol for outgoing town councillors to access their retirement gratuity payment; if it is the case that payments... - Compulsory Purchase Orders
719. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when will the compulsory purchase order for the lands at the tailing pond at the Silvermines, County Tipperary commence;... - Local Government Fund
720. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that will be paid to local authorities from the Local Government Fund in 2014, with a breakdown of... - Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues
721. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow redress for homeowners who have already completed the overdue and necessary remedial works to their... - Leader Programmes Applications
723. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East LEADER in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;... - Programme for Government Implementation
724. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update in tabular form of the commitments in the programme for Government that relate to his... - Planning Issues
725. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce regulations to limit to a lifetime total number of three, the number of occasions on which planning... - Noise Pollution
729. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme, similar to the pyrite scheme, which will afford redress to homeowners whose properties were... - Semi-State Bodies Remuneration
731. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the salaries, including pensions and any other bonus-related additions, including company cars of chief executive officers...
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