Written answers

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • Control of Dogs
    341. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the legislation regarding the breeds of dogs considered dangerous and to replace it with a system...
  • Motor Tax Collection
    342. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for an increase in the total cost of motor tax when paying it quarterly as compared with paying it annually...
  • Taxi Regulations
    343. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the rationale for not allowing taxi drivers to pay the motor tax relating to their taxi online. [15184/14]
  • Labour Court Recommendations
    344. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm if his Department received correspondence (details supplied); if he will take steps to ensure that the...
  • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
    346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 4 December 2012, the progress that has been made with regard to a regulatory...
  • Building Regulations Application
    347. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation and guidelines that deal with the erection and minimum standards of chimneys for wood burning stoves in...
  • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
    348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to open the Dormant Accounts Fund to application this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
    349. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the details of the pyrite remediation scheme; if it is the case that those residents having work done...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
    350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a funding grant in 2014 for the construction of the extension to the Ballinalee group sewerage scheme...
  • Departmental Funding
    351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated by his Department in County Mayo, and the list of projects that benefitted in 2011 to...
  • Ambulance Service Provision
    353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service, which is internationally recognised as being a best practice...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
    354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when money will be allocated to Cork County Council for housing adaptation grants for 2014 for council tenants; and if he...
  • Planning Issues
    355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider designating Longford town as a strategic development zone for the midlands under the management of...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    356. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way funding was allocated under the recently-launched local authority construction initiative; the number of proposals...
  • Building Regulations Qualifications
    357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason architectural technologists are excluded from signing design certificates and completion certificates under the...
  • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
    359. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he proposes to introduce a new tenant purchase scheme; if it will accommodate tenants on long-term social welfare...
  • Water Services Provision
    360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request Irish Water to make funding available as a matter of urgency to address the mid-Kerry water supply...
  • Local Elections
    361. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the word "independent" is excluded from the ballot paper in the local elections of 23 May; and if he will...
  • Irish Water Expenditure
    362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the annual payment to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council from Irish Water as determined in the...
  • Local Authority Housing
    363. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that there are over 1,300 housing applicants qualified for housing in the Killarney town area his...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
    365. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the costing of the plan for 35 new social housing units in Darndale, Dublin, explaining...
  • Local Authority Housing
    366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the minimum rent a local authority tenant can pay. [15158/14]
  • Water Charges Administration
    367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will announce the free allowance per house and if will there will be a waiver system in place for the less well-off...
  • National Housing Survey
    368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information by means of the national housing survey or otherwise on the numbers of houses, apartments,...
  • Urban Renewal Schemes
    369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for supporting the regeneration of towns such as County Longford and other midlands towns hit by recession where...
  • Environmental Regulations
    370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the regulations regarding experimental weather modification and chemical spraying in the skies; if he...
  • Building Regulations Compliance
    372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department considered the potential negative impact which compliance with the public disclosure and lodgment...
  • Local Authority Staff
    376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the numbers of water service staff that will be retained by county following the establishment of Irish Water and if their...
  • Planning Issues
    377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding establishment of the planning regulator, as recommended in the report of the Mahon tribunal almost...
  • Air Pollution
    378. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) in Dublin 5 regarding a generator; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Irish Water Appointments
    379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he at any time perceived a serious conflict of interest arising over the practice of senior local authority executives,...
  • Community Development Initiatives
    380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the financial allocations to community fora for the year 2014; his plans for alterations to...
  • Mountain Rescue Service
    381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline details of all funding provided by his Department to mountain rescue organisations over the past five...
  • Building Regulations Application
    383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the impact new building regulations will have on architectural technicians and designers; if he will consider implementing...
  • Pyrite Panel Report Implementation
    386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he did not implement the pyrite report recommendations on the building regulations; and if he will make a...
  • Asbestos Remediation Programme
    389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to historic dumping sites of asbestos in the Athy, County Kildare area. [15349/14]
  • Local Authority Staff Numbers
    390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for extra staff that have come from Kildare County Council in the past three years,...
  • Asbestos Remediation Programme
    391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any funding or grant aid available for the removal of hazardous asbestos; and if he will consider making such...

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