Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Construction Industry Register Ireland
516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the creation of a register of construction employees' qualifications. [48846/14] - Electromagnetic Fields Studies
517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reports that have been produced for his Department regarding the potential health effects of electromagnetic fields on... - Departmental Reports
518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has published its annual report for 2013. [48770/14] - Irish Water Administration
519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water has reported any apparent failures in procurement governance procedures to his Department. [48795/14] - Leader Programmes Funding
520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the leader element of the rural development programme for 2014-2020; the level of funding... - Shared Ownership Scheme
522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if all local authorities operate the same conditions and standards in relation to the shared ownership scheme; and if the... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the use of a disused Garda station in Killarney, County Kerry to deal with the homeless situation... - Housing for People with Disabilities
524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress in achieving each of the nine strategic aims set out in the National Housing Strategy for People with a... - Homelessness Strategy
526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for preventing an increase in homelessness in 2015; his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding... - Private Rented Accommodation Standards
527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the regulations introduced in 2013 (details supplied) regarding bed-sits; and if he will make a... - Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to protect persons who are paying rent to landlords, who do not qualify for rent supplements;... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the terms for the new scheme for the purchase of existing local authority houses to replace the 1995 scheme are... - Homelessness Strategy
530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with homelessness in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49012/14] - Departmental Programmes
531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in a situation where the existing landlord refuses to be part of the housing assistance payment scheme and where a tenant... - Departmental Funding
533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 11 December 2014, when he will issue a decision on the application in view of... - Severe Weather Events Expenditure
534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to approve further funding to Galway County Council for storm remedial and prevention works sent to the... - Local Authority Housing Provision
536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to turn around boarded up social housing in a more timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Building Regulations Compliance
539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process regarding the sign-off of fire compliant new apartment blocks and houses; if he will compare it with the... - Disability Services Provision
540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way persons with impaired mobility are able to find their way in the built up environment of many local authorities;... - Building Regulations Amendments
541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the new proposed changes to building regulations for one off houses introduced in March 2014; and if he will make a... - Planning Issues
543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the forthcoming planning policy statement will be published; the way it will feed into legislation currently being... - Departmental Staff Career Breaks
544. 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
545. 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
546. 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... - Departmental Expenditure
547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if... - Appointments to State Boards
549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date;... - Water Charges Exemptions
550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a water charges allowance will be provided to students in third level education; and if he will make a statement on the... - Freedom of Information Requests
551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests... - Consultancy Contracts Data
552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form per annum all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March... - Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have transferred from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme in 2013 and to date in... - Shared Ownership Scheme
555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the operation of shared ownership schemes; the level of arrears associated with such schemes; and if he will... - Motor Tax Rates
557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of registered cars in each category based on CO2 emissions; the number of cars registered in each category... - Departmental Staff Expenses
558. 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... - Departmental Legal Costs
559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total legal costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49339/14]
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