Written answers

Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • Property Taxation Administration
    428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make regulations under section 20(6) of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 and if so, when he will...
  • Local Authority Housing Provision
    429. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total estimated number of social houses due to be constructed under the Government's Construction 2020 plans; and if...
  • Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
    430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Mayo County Council is the only local authority in the county refusing to facilitate the transfer of rental...
  • Local and Community Development Programme Planning
    431. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the social inclusion community activation programme will replace the...
  • Leader Programmes Funding
    432. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proportion of the money allocated to the Leader programme under the rural development programme that will be allocated...
  • Mortgage Debt
    434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the significant problem of persons who bought homes, especially apartments, under...
  • Leader Programmes Administration
    435. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an outstanding Leader approved grant for a development committee (details supplied) in County...
  • Library Projects
    436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding in the 2015 budget for the construction of a new library for Edgeworthstown, County Longford on...
  • Leader Programmes Applications
    437. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to Longford-Westmeath for projects approved under the Leader programme before the...
  • Motor Tax Collection
    438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will put in place a fairer motor tax system in order that newer more expensive vehicles pay more than older less...
  • Voluntary Housing Sector
    439. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) for each year since the commencement of the project;...
  • Water Charges Administration
    440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for water charges on households that are currently under boiled water notices; if he has plans for reduced...
  • Motor Tax Collection
    441. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the need to restructure commercial vehicle road tax in order to bring costs for the Irish haulage sector in...
  • Control of Dogs
    444. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current Control of Dogs Act 1998 regulations inhibit the dog breeds...
  • Building Regulations Compliance
    445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 27 May 2014, if he will confirm that the decision rests with the local...
  • Water Charges Exemptions
    447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he and Irish Water will clarify if the proposed flat rate water charge will apply to persons who own and operate their...
  • Pyrite Issues
    449. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government based on reports that local authorities in the Leinster region are investigating potentially defective building blocks...
  • Housing Issues
    450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the projects for which his Department has given approval to local authorities to go to tender or commence construction...
  • Capital Programme Expenditure
    451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under...
  • Local Authority Funding
    453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the per capita central Government funding of local authorities ratio for each county in the State. [25583/14]
  • Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
    454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the application process for distribution of funding through dormant accounts; and if he...
  • Industrial Relations
    455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of cases before the Labour Court, Equality Tribunal, CPSA and EAT involving civil servants taking cases against...
  • Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
    456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons in receipt of disability allowance or other social protection payments will have their payments taken into...
  • Local Government Reform
    457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the changes and differences in the role and functions of city and county managers vis-à-vis chief executive officers...
  • Irish Water Expenditure
    458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has requested Irish Water for a full explanation of an investment (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Housing Issues
    459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a redress scheme for the many homeowners in County Donegal who have had structural faults confirmed on...
  • Water Charges Administration
    460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given consideration to the likely impact of the introduction of water charges on residents associations and...
  • Departmental Staff Expenses
    462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff...
  • Septic Tank Grants
    465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a proper grants scheme for septic tanks as the existing scheme is totally inadequate and misleading...
  • Local Authority Housing
    467. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the minimum period a local authority social housing unit must be vacant before the local authority can avail of or seek...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding water leaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25969/14]
  • Thatching Grants Eligibility
    469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if grant assistance will be provided to assist in the replacement of a pitched thatched roof at the property (details...
  • Departmental Funding
    473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in announcing the funding decisions for the scheme to support national organisations in the...
  • Legislative Programme
    474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when is it intended to take the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 through Seanad Éireann; the...
  • Leader Programmes Funding
    475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a grant application to Mayo North East Leader (details supplied); if it will be expedited as the...
  • Wind Energy Generation (2 comments)
    476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in the contexts of correspondence from the deputy chief medical officer, dated 11 April 2014 to his Department...
  • Housing Assistance Payments Administration
    481. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the implementation of the proposed housing assistance payment can be fast-tracked to assist in alleviating the problem...
  • Architectural Qualifications
    482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received reports from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and-or the Society of Chartered Surveyors...
  • Register of Electors
    483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons added to the supplementary register in advance of the recent local and European Parliament...
  • Housing Issues
    484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it might be possible to formulate an emergency housing delivery plan with particular reference to the...
  • Local Authority Housing Mortgages
    486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if and when local authority based annuity non-shared ownership loans might be introduced with a view to meeting the...
  • Climate Change Negotiations
    489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding Ireland’s response to EU or other international agreements in relation to climate change; if...
  • Water Charges Administration
    490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which it might be expected to simplify the scale and extent of water charges with a view to minimising...
  • Water Services Provision
    491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which rainfall and drainage requirements will be taken into account in the determination of overall sources...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure
    493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which various local authorities have received adequate provision to meet the disabled persons housing...
  • Fire Service
    494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which part-time or whole-time fire services currently exist throughout the country; the extent to which it...

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