Written answers

Tuesday, 27 January 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
    504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will revise the valuations for the mortgage to rent scheme as with the increase in valuations in the housing market...
  • Proposed Legislation
    505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-establish the previous policy of rural proofing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Noise Pollution
    506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the remedies that are made available to landlords whereby in an apartment building one resident an owner occupier is...
  • Illegal Dumping
    507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the toxic dumping into the Dundalk, County Louth, water supply; if there will be...
  • National Lottery Funding Disbursement
    508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the amendment accepted to the National Lottery Bill, including natural environment agencies, as potential...
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
    509. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of residential mortgages approved under the mortgage to rent scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Homeless Accommodation Provision
    510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made to tackle homelessness both in Dublin and nationwide since the homelessness forum met in...
  • Compulsory Purchase Orders
    511. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will streamline the compulsory purchase order process for lands at dangerous locations along regional and local...
  • Proposed Legislation
    513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the proposed provisions to be included in the new water services Bill. [3501/15]
  • Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure
    514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of building condition assessments with damage condition rating 2 received by the Pyrite Resolution Board; and...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if three of the nine board members of the Western Development Commission appointed by his predecessor on behalf of the...
  • Homelessness Strategy
    517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the launch of the homelessness strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46773/14]
  • Water Charges Administration
    518. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of late payment charge-dwellings under the Water Services Bill 2014, when that late payment charge comes into...
  • Local Authority Housing Rents
    519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 918 of 14 January 2015 if local authority rents will increase from current rates...
  • Security of the Elderly
    521. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the engagement that has taken place between his Department and the community alert...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Data
    522. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of social housing built in 2009 and each subsequent year, including plans for 2015. [3583/15]
  • Energy Regulation
    523. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans regarding regulation of certain home heating (details supplied). [3584/15]
  • Information and Communications Technology
    524. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the role his Department is playing in driving eGovernment strategy through better local...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    525. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the make-up of the board of An Bord Pleanála fully represents urban rural interests; and if he will make a...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Data
    526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 35,000 target for so-called direct built housing for each of the years from 2015 to...
  • Commercial Rates
    527. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress achieved with local authorities in reducing the rates burden on businesses; and if he will make a statement...
  • Private Rented Accommodation Standards
    528. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a register of all rented properties here; if not, if a register will be compiled; and if he will make a...
  • Pyrite Issues
    529. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that had the BC(A)R 2014 been introduced prior to the building boom in the 1990s to 2008, and been...
  • Housing Data
    530. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of households nationally occupying accommodation rented directly from one of the 34 local authorities; the...
  • Homelessness Strategy
    531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for interim measures to deal with rising homelessness here before the promised social housing is operational;...
  • Rural Development Programme Funding
    532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Leader funding will be made available under the rural development programme; the EU regulations groups must meet to...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a project (details supplied) in County Mayo which has received State funding is refusing to accept tenants from...
  • Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme
    534. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by community groups around the way SICAP is being implemented,...
  • Local Authority Charges Yield
    535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the total amount in tabular form raised from parking fees by Tipperary County Council and its...
  • Housing Regeneration
    536. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the work being done to deal with voids in local authority housing stocks in County Cork; if funding will be made available...
  • Climate Change Policy
    538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department views it appropriate to include a timeframe of up to 2017 for the preparation and implementation...
  • Legislative Programme
    539. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he anticipates publishing planning legislation that will introduce greater certainty and obligations with regard to...
  • Waste Management
    540. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made regarding the promised review of the waste management industry that was made by the...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    541. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by local authority area of the number of new social homes that are targeted to be built by...
  • Seanad Reform
    542. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1485 of 17 September 2014, the number of meetings of the technical working group on...
  • Seanad Elections
    543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has conducted any research on the accuracy of the National University of Ireland and University of...
  • Building Regulations Compliance
    544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of inspections of building projects by building control officers, by county, since the introduction of the...
  • City Status
    545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on city status for the greater Drogheda metropolitan area plan as the way forward as there are 76,000 persons...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the housing supports available in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Library Services
    547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's proposals to amalgamate the library services in Cork city and County Cork; the discussions that have...
  • Leader Programmes Applications
    553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application to Mayo North East LEADER Partnership by an organisation (details supplied); if the...
  • Insurance Industry Regulation
    554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legal basis for the HomeBond scheme; his views on the role of the State in the matter; his further views on the way...
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications
    555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a mortgage to rent case in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; the next steps in...
  • Leader Programmes Applications
    556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a continuing delay in processing a payment by Mayo North East LEADER Partnership to an organisation...
  • Leader Programmes Funding
    557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made with the new Leader programme; when it will be launched; the criteria required; and when...
  • Voluntary Sector Funding
    558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the present staffing issue at his Department which is delaying funding to volunteer...
  • Building Regulations
    559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to provide and promote energy-efficient housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Wind Energy Guidelines
    560. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the revised guidelines for wind energy will be published; and if they will apply to projects that have prior...

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