Written answers
Tuesday, 19 May 2015
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Dormant Accounts Fund Administration
454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a full breakdown on the disbursement of Dormant Account Funding, over the past five years, by county... - Control of Dogs
456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the current breed-specific regulations under the Control of Dogs Act 1998, which comes within the... - Referendum Campaigns
457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the more limited powers of the Referendum Commission, since the enactment of the Referendum Act 2001, has... - Homeless Persons Supports
458. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the allocation his Department has made to Cork City Council to deal with the homelessness issue;... - EU Directives
462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Directive 95/46/EC, in particular those principles outlined in Article 6, was deemed to be compatible with the... - Construction Industry Register Ireland
463. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the membership of the Construction Industry Register Ireland, and to remove construction companies... - Planning Issues
464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to require local authorities to refuse planning permission to developers who have been responsible for serious... - Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation
465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the progress of the pyrite remediation scheme; the number of homes that have been remediated to date;... - Commercial Rates
466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his departmental officials have discussed increasing business rates; even if this is a sole matter for the... - Commercial Rates Calculations
469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has examined introducing one uniform mechanism for calculating commercial rates; if the exemption of crèches... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant social housing units in each housing area; and the percentage of total housing stock made up of... - Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the report by daft.ie on rental costs and supply (details supplied), which indicates the lowest availability... - Planning Issues
473. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of planning applications granted in each county in 2013 and 2014 for new nursing home developments; and if he... - Homelessness Strategy
475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on the implementation of the housing first programme; and if he will provide details... - Social and Affordable Housing Data
477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the 1,700 social housing units to be directly built up to end 2017 that will reach completion in the years... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 6 May 2015, if he will provide a breakdown of the length of the lease terms... - Housing Finance Agency
482. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if negotiations are under way to bring more investment vehicles like the one announced in February 2015, jointly backed by... - Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding
484. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of community groups that availed of the social inclusion budget administered by Meath Partnership in 2014; if... - Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
485. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the amount of money paid out to businesses not households in County Cork under the flood... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of his recently announced capital programme, the crisis in the social housing sector and the public service... - Voluntary Sector Funding
487. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has concluded a review into the funding mechanism of national health and disability organisations... - Foreshore Licence Applications
488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of foreshore licences that have been granted by his Department in the past four years; the number of these that... - Private Residential Tenancies Board
489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied) in relation to the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will... - Leader Programmes Administration
490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will release the letter dated 29 April 2015 from the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development on... - Foreshore Licence Applications
491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a decision will be finalised regarding a foreshore licence application in respect of a person (details supplied), in... - Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
492. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme whereby local authorities, which sold houses under the affordable housing scheme a number... - Water Services Provision
493. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason new builds are now being charged €2,882 for a water connection when the charge for a connection by... - Electoral Reform
494. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 12 May 2015, the way he plans to end the discrimination faced by women who... - Building Regulations Compliance
495. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has in place to assist small and medium sized steel fabricators with the implementation of the... - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
497. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the solution the Government will provide regarding the housing need of a person (details supplied) in County Meath, who is... - Local Authority Funding
498. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the application that has been made by Monaghan County Council or Castleblayney Town Council to his Department for funding... - Water Charges Exemptions
499. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the concessions that are being made for pensioners, especially those living alone, whose sole income is a State pension,... - Environmental Protection Agency Funding
501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent; that is anticipated to be spent, on the Environmental Protection Agency unconventional gas... - Planning Issues
502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is planning legislation in place that governs the use of signage over a premises; if there are regulations in... - Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the housing assistance payment; when it is envisaged it will be available... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility
504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the proposed tenant purchase scheme will provide additional funding for local authorities, which could be ring-fenced... - Water Charges Administration
505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the person responsible for water charges, where persons live in homes owned by a trust; and if he will make a statement on... - Urban Renewal Schemes
506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a new urban and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19785/15] - Departmental Legal Costs
507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by his Department in legal fees in 2012, 2013, and 2014 in appealing decisions taken by the High Court;...
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