Written answers
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Weather Forecasting
700. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to add weather forecasts from weather stations in Northern Ireland to all of Met Éireann's weather reports... - Irish Water Funding
701. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of equity capital that has been provided by the State to Irish Water in 2015 to date; the planned further... - Climate Change Policy
702. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the Government's position on and aims for the conference of parties on climate change under the... - Motor Tax Yield
703. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of motor tax collected in each local authority in 2015 to date [30188/15] - Legislative Measures
704. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider including dormant safety deposit boxes under the provisions of the Dormant Accounts Acts, or other... - Local Enterprise Offices
705. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will approve additional staff for the local enterprise offices in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make... - Wind Energy Guidelines
706. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there has been an extreme delay in his signing-off the updated planning guidelines for wind developments; and... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
707. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will become operational; the way the discount on the market value of the property will... - Departmental Programmes
708. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's priorities for the remainder of this Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29584/15] - Waste Management
709. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of total waste; and of electrical waste, re-used and recycled; his views that targets should be set for... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
710. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the applications received from certain counties (details supplied), and the funding approved... - Planning Issues
711. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation regarding the issue of controlling the height of adjoining property owners'... - Unfinished Housing Developments
712. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department continues to monitor progress in regard to the completion of development works in... - Shared Ownership Scheme
713. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he and his Department have managed to address the inherited issue of distressed shared ownership... - Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
714. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate resources remain available to the various local authorities to facilitate the provision of... - Housing Issues
715. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department is being made aware of new applicants applying for local authority housing, arising... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
716. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which this country remains compliant with international carbon reduction targets; the programme for the... - Wind Energy Guidelines
717. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new guidelines in respect of windfarms will become applicable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Local Authority Housing
718. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons currently on the various local authority housing lists; the extent to which rent increases are... - Air and Water Pollution
719. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the degree to which monitoring continues to take place in respect of air and water pollution; if particular trends have... - Waste Management
720. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the various forms of waste management are currently being used, with particular reference to the... - Local Authority Housing
721. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units offered to local authority housing applicants in County Kildare in the past six months; and if... - Waste Management
723. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the completion of the remediation works at the Kerdiffstown dump in County Kildare; and if he will... - Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration
724. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of landlords who have signed up to the rental accommodation scheme in County Meath in 2015; and if landlords in... - Housing Assistance Payments
725. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost of the housing assistance payment in County Meath, between 2011 and... - Local Authority Finances
726. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm where moneys are being held that were transferred from Skibbereen town council when it was abolished... - Capital Assistance Scheme
727. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the details of the approved housing bodies in Galway city and county, that had their proposals under... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
728. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when proposals submitted to Galway County Council by an approved body (details supplied), and subsequently prioritised for... - Traveller Accommodation
729. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation and the out-turn in expenditure for Traveller specific accommodation in the estimates for each year since... - Irish Water Administration
730. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is intended to provide guidance to Uisce Éireann on the taking in charge of group water schemes to enable... - Fire Safety
731. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on problems in a housing estate (details supplied) in County Kildare, given that he met recently with residents... - Water Charges Administration
732. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information regarding the water allowance that persons with a disability qualify for; and if he will... - Water Quality
733. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on concerns regarding the quality of water in Dublin Bay; the measures his Department is taking to improve its... - Local Authority Finances
734. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate separately the development levy balance held in each local authority area; his views on the... - Motor Tax Collection
735. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of off-the-road declarations for private motor vehicles in 2014 and in 2015 to date; how this compares with... - Local Authority Housing
736. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of residential units owned by local authorities and by voluntary housing partnerships; and if he will make a... - Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
737. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total Exchequer funding of social housing in each year from 2009 to 2014, by local authority; voluntary and... - Local Authority Housing Repossessions
738. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown by local authority; and housing body, of the number of homes they have repossessed in each... - Housing Finance Agency
739. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of loans outstanding to the Housing Finance Agency in respect of each local authority; the date by which... - Local Authority Housing Mortgages
741. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority mortgages in existence; the total value of local authority mortgages outstanding; the number... - National Lottery Funding Disbursement
743. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that a fair share at least 17% of national lottery funding is allocated in budget 2016 for work on the... - Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit
744. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role the Private Residential Tenancies Board can play in resolving issues where tenants are allegedly involved in... - Household Charge Exemptions
745. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide clarification on the household charge in 2012 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County... - Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
746. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of investment from capital spending his Department has made in County Kildare since 2011; and if he will make a... - Control of Dogs
747. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the possibility of re-assessing the breed of German Shepherd current classification as a dangerous... - Proposed Legislation
748. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding the passing of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015; and if he... - Water Charges Introduction
749. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the cost of water (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29951/15] - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
750. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of public advertising, statutory and non-statutory, funded by his Department in 2013 and in 2014; the... - Departmental Reports
751. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost in 2013 and in 2014 of printing reports by his Department and agencies under the control of his Department; the... - Departmental Expenditure
752. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost in 2013 and in 2014 of issuing hardcopy payslips to staff or retired staff by his Department and agencies under... - Register of Electors
754. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reform the electoral register system, which is not updated regularly and from which persons can often be... - Rural Development Programme
755. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new Leader programmes will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30080/15] - Housing Assistance Payments Administration
756. 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 scheme; the success of the scheme; the... - Local Authority Funding
757. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount provided by his Department to Cork City Council and to Cork County Council over each of the past four years, by... - Appointments to State Boards
758. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is responsible for all board appointments where such power to appoint persons to State boards is vested in him by... - Departmental Funding
759. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current and capital funding allocated to his Department; the underspend or overspend in 2015 to date under each... - Public Services Provision
760. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department or agencies under the authority of his Department have performed an assessment of the potential savings... - Control of Dogs
761. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with the recently reported rise in biting attacks by dangerous dogs; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Expenditure
762. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, details of the spending on the household adaptation grant, by county, for each year... - Homeless Persons Data
764. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the latest monthly statistics held by his Department, on the number of persons and... - Housing Assistance Payments
766. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of landlords in the private rented sector who have signed up to the housing assistance payment scheme, in each... - Local Authority Housing
768. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has figures on the number of long-term vacant housing units owned by each local authority, and the... - Local Government Fund
769. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on the amount available in the local government fund in the years 2014 and 2015; and if he will... - Departmental Reports
770. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when his Department's annual report for 2014 will be published. [30212/15] - Unfinished Housing Developments
771. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 11 June 2015, the steps he has taken to engage with the credit institutions,... - Homeless Accommodation Funding
772. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the €18 million shortfall for homeless services from this year's budget as announced by Dublin City... - Pyrite Issues
773. 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 to... - Library Services Staff
777. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government When approval will issue to Cavan County Council in respect of a position (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he... - Disability Services Funding
779. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding streams in place by which a local authority may make an application to carry out improvements in a town, so as... - Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
780. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his officials have discussed with Irish Water its interaction with the Dunbia meat processing plant in Slane in... - Local Authority Housing Provision
781. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an estimate of the average current cost per unit of new local authority housing built; and if he will... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
782. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an estimate, based on the current average annual cost, of the cost per unit of renting social housing...
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