Written answers

Thursday, 23 April 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • Local Government Reform
    7. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the principle of subsidiarity, from the point of view of democracy and administrative efficiency, in respect of...
  • Building Regulations Amendments
    12. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014; and his assessment of their effectiveness to date;...
  • Housing Issues
    13. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the recent visit of the Minister of State, Paudie Coffey, TD, to a number of homes in County Donegal affected by...
  • Homeless Accommodation Provision
    14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an estimate, per housing authority area, of the number of new builds that will be completed in each of...
  • Housing Issues
    15. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration he and his Department have given to the issue of Mica-affected homes in County Donegal; his Department's...
  • Housing Assistance Payments Data
    16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the introduction of the housing assistance payment; the numbers of local authorities and households...
  • Shared Ownership Scheme
    17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme to assist persons who are in difficulties with local authority shared ownership mortgages;...
  • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
    18. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the energy upgrade scheme to encourage energy for local authority housing will be extended to insulate those homes that...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Data
    19. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the way the social housing targets for 2015 to 2017 are to be met, in particular the amount...
  • Irish Water Remit
    20. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider amending the Water Procurement Act 1977, to allow for a range of application fees, to reflect the wide...
  • Building Regulations Amendments
    21. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of the review of the Building Control Amendment Regulations 2014, to ensure that these regulations do not...
  • Local Government Reform
    22. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress on the implementation of the Local Government Reform Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
    23. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a new tenant purchase scheme in order to enable tenants to purchase their homes from the local...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    24. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to tackle the social housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15561/15]
  • Fire Service
    26. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the reform of the fire service; and if he will provide a guarantee that the service will be retained under...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the capacity of voluntary housing associations to deliver social housing on the scale required; if he will consider...
  • Emergency Accommodation Numbers
    28. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the growing number of families awaiting access to emergency family accommodation; his plans to release...
  • Septic Tank Inspections
    29. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of septic tanks that his Department has inspected, both nationwide and in County Wexford; the number registered...
  • Housing Estates
    30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that housing estates are taken in charge by local authorities; and if he will make a...
  • Emergency Accommodation Provision
    31. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent on emergency accommodation by his Department and local authorities to tackle the immediate...
  • Irish Water Administration
    32. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a full report on whether the decision to hand over personal details of council tenants to Irish Water,...
  • Pyrite Issues
    33. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions or contacts his officials have had with the Department of Finance in 2015, in relation to overcoming the...
  • Electoral Reform
    34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the design of ballot papers may affect the outcome of an election; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Dormant Accounts Fund
    35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of unallocated funds presently in the dormant accounts fund; the reason for their non-allocation, other than the...
  • Pyrite Resolution Board Remit
    36. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has provided guidance to the Pyrite Resolution Board in relation to the manner in which it is dealing with homeowners...
  • Departmental Strategies
    37. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which efforts are being made to reactivate various developments in towns and villages which were suspended in...
  • Pyrite Remediation Programme
    38. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans in relation to ongoing funding for the Pyrite Resolution Board and the housing agency, with regard to the...
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
    39. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the roll-out of the mortgage to local authority renting scheme and the apparent difficulties...
  • Housing Estates
    40. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to assist local authorities in having estates taken in charge; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Building Regulations Amendments
    41. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce changes to the building regulations as they affect self-build one-off houses, and extensions to...
  • Water Charges Administration
    42. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any discussions he has had with Irish Water regarding a large volume of non-payment of water charges;...
  • Homelessness Strategy
    43. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to establish a tenancy protection unit in any area outside Dublin; if he recognises the urgent need for such a...
  • Planning Issues
    44. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for investigations into planning in six local authorities and County Donegal, arising from the June 2013 High...
  • Water Charges Administration
    45. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he supports water charges being based on metered use after 2019; his views on the Commission for Energy Regulation...

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