Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Genetically Modified Organisms
486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken to register Ireland's opposition to genetically modified crops in the EU; and the other action he... - Property Taxation Deferrals
487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if 80% of the deferrals sought on the local property tax will be retained by the local authority when they are paid. [29322/14] - Water Meters
488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way a company (details supplied) was awarded a regional contract by Irish Water to install water meters on 26 July... - Septic Tank Registration Scheme
489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person who has not yet registered their septic tank owing to a specific medical situation can now register their tank... - Community Development Initiatives
490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a public meeting that has been organised in response to a local community's experience... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options there are for persons to who wish to purchase, but cannot afford to buy houses at current prices, including... - Freedom of Information Data
492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular form for each year from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of FOI requests received,... - Local Authority Rates
493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for directing every local authority in the country to write to owners of vacant previously rated properties... - Departmental Staff Career Breaks
494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical or career break, broken... - Departmental Expenditure
495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of... - Public Relations Contracts Data
496. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to... - Severe Weather Events Response
497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects work to be completed at Bertra Beach, Westport, County Mayo which suffered significant storm damage... - Regeneration Projects Expenditure
498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent on the regeneration of Ballymun; if he will provide a breakdown of that spending; and the... - Building Regulations Qualifications
499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the role and the institute of clerk of works who come from a trades background are being segregated by current... - Consultancy Contracts Expenditure
500. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014; and... - Local Government Fund
501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government what the €200,000 allocated from the local government fund to the household charge support unit in 2014 is expended... - Appointments to State Boards
503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made from March... - Derelict Sites
504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review and update provisions of the Derelict Sites Act (1990); his views that the Act is fit for purpose to... - Appointments to State Boards
505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government what were the special circumstance that he referred to at the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the... - Leader Programmes Applications
506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East LEADER Partnership by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo;... - Planning Issues
507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a planning development issue and architectural heritage (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement... - Legislative Process
508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of bills his Department has published since March 2011; the number of regulatory impact assessments that his... - Property Taxation Administration
509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Dublin’s local property taxes are going to be reassigned to other regions when this tax can support the... - Community Development Initiatives
510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if organisations running community development projects which focus on a single group or issue, such as women's groups,... - Noise Pollution
512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number and amount raised in noise pollution fines in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [29319/14] - Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield
513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide on a county basis the total income from the non principal private residence tax per annum since its... - Debt Collection
514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or agencies under its auspices have engaged the services of a debt collection agency in pursuing moneys... - Leader Programmes Applications
515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application for rural development LEADER funding grant application in respect of an organisation... - Water Quality Issues
516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the application for funding by Limerick City and County Council for UV treatment to... - Housing Assistance Payments Administration
517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the duration of the pilot housing assistant payment schemes in the six chosen local authority areas; and when his... - Library Services Provision
518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the closure of the local studies library (details supplied) in Ballywaltrim, County Wicklow; and if... - Capital Programme Expenditure
519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects funding towards housing needs and repairs to be released to Meath County Council as there are a large... - Leader Programmes Applications
521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding an application to Mayo North East LEADER by (details supplied); when it is expected that a decision... - Local Authority Housing Mortgages
522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the application procedure for a local authority mortgage; if each local authority currently advertise this service to... - Housing Assistance Payments Administration
523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the introduction of the housing access payment later this year will be reflected in central government funding to... - Housing Issues
524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households currently on the social housing list to be allocated a permanent home for December 2011, December... - Local Authority Housing
526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new dwelling units to be constructed for social housing in 2014, 2015 and 2016 in areas controlled by Dublin... - Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a third party rental deposit scheme for the private sector residential renting market. [29465/14] - Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce limits on rent increases for the private sector residential renting market. [29466/14] - Fire Service
529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the representations he made to the Department of Finance for more funding for the redevelopment and purchasing of new... - Library Services Staff
530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if approval has been given to the application by Wicklow County Council to fill a number of vacancies in Wicklow County... - Wind Energy Guidelines
531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the review of the 2006 wind energy development guidelines in relation to noise, setbacks and shadow flicker will be... - Control of Dogs
532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he proposes to change dog control laws in view of the apparent increase in attacks by dogs; if so, if he will detail... - Departmental Funding
533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork for each year since the commencement... - Water Charges Introduction
534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in the context of the forthcoming domestic water charges, if he will provide a detailed list of the free allowances that... - Library Services Funding
535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding, if any, his Department provides for library services for persons with a visual impairment; and if... - Ministerial Advisers Remuneration
536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the name, position and annual salary awarded to each of his special advisers; if he will provide... - Environmental Protection Agency Investigations
537. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in bringing forward the remediation plan for Kerdiffstown landfill, Naas, County Kildare in view... - Wind Energy Guidelines
538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the draft guidelines for wind energy recommend a noise level much higher than that recommended by the World... - Local Authority Staff Recruitment
539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if section 54 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014 regarding the appointment of a chief executive of a council is... - Disabilities Services Funding
540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider a decision not to provide funding for Deaforward, an essential support service for the deaf... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for the continued maintenance and upkeep of the many mechanical sewerage treatment plants abandoned... - Housing Issues
542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his role in relation to the appointment of the chief executive officer of an association (details supplied); if his... - Grant Payments
546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the senior alert scheme can be accessed retrospectively by a qualifying person who is seeking to recoup the cost of a... - Local Authority Staff Remuneration
547. 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. [29806/14] - Departmental Funding
550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the environmental partnership fund, the amount of the available funding in 2013 that was allocated to Cork... - Housing for People with Disabilities
551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the €46 million in funding recently announced for a range of housing projects which will provide a total... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Memorandum of Understanding that is due to be reached between Irish Water and local... - Departmental Funding
553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress to date in determination of eligibility for assistance under the pyrite remediation scheme in the case of... - Seniors Alert Scheme
558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding avenues available for elderly persons who require a personal alarm monitor and who have had to discontinue a... - Waste Management
559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if waste brokers who do not handle the waste themselves require a waste collection permit under waste management... - Departmental Staff Remuneration
561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form details of increments paid since 2008 in his Department; and if he will make a... - Departmental Staff Recruitment
562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of retired civil and public servants that have been rehired on temporary contracts or as consultants under his...
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