Written answers
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Private Rented Accommodation Deposits
1366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding unscrupulous landlords who try to keep tenants' deposits; and if he will make a statement on the... - Redundancy Payments
1367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly will receive their redundancy payment from Pobal. [30598/15] - Fire Service Staff
1368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding recruitment for the Dublin fire brigade; and if he will make a... - Motor Tax Rates
1369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bridge the differential in commercial vehicle road tax between this jurisdiction and Northern Ireland; and... - Motor Tax Collection
1370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a system whereby a car owner can pay their motor tax on either a weekly or monthly basis via... - Environmental Regulations
1371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the Kilkenny central access scheme follow-up aquatic ecological report of October 2014, which indicated that... - Waste Disposal
1372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are provisions in place to assist persons facing large waste disposal bills because of the amount of medical... - Animal Welfare
1374. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the decision taken by Clare County Council to remove control of Ennis dog pound from the Irish... - Motor Tax Rates
1377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reverse, in the forthcoming budget, the trend of high road tax which is the highest in Europe and drastic... - Departmental Funding
1379. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide details of all the funding Pobal has provided to a company (details supplied) in County... - Housing Adaptation Grant
1380. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has made any assessment on the impact of the lack of availability of the housing adaptation grant is having on the... - Water Conservation Grant
1381. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine a proposal (details supplied) in relation to the water conservation grant; his views on the proposal;... - Services for People with Disabilities
1383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he will take on the commitment to protect persons with disabilities by implementing a number of the ten points... - Building Regulations Application
1384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the review of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 Statutory Instrument No.... - Pyrite Issues
1385. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the cost to the taxpayer to remediate the houses already rated damage condition rating 2, and accepted by... - National Lottery Funding Disbursement
1389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason no funds from the national lottery have been allocated to work on the natural environment; and if his... - Housing Provision
1390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number and names of all operating voluntary housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30515/15] - Seniors Alert Scheme
1391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the investment, to date, in senior alert schemes in County Louth, by location; and if he will make a statement on the... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
1393. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the previously announced new tenant purchase scheme will be unveiled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Local Authority Finances
1394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the last communication between his Department's assistant secretary (details supplied) and-or other members of his staff... - Water Supply
1396. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when reports on the results of the service indicators in local authorities for years subsequent to 2011 will be... - Rights of Way Provision
1397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding changes to rights of way, public access, and so on, by local... - Climate Change Policy
1398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there was, or is, a plan to have a climate change awareness campaign delivered by his Department; if there is funding... - Leader Programmes Administration
1399. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the position where there are overlapping Leader local development strategies in a sub-regional area;... - Priory Hall Development
1400. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the implementation oversight group, set up under the aegis of his Department to oversee the overall... - EU Funding
1401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30728/15] - Irish Water Expenditure
1402. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Water Quality
1403. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons are still being charged for water that has been tested as unfit for human consumption; his plans to... - Planning Issues
1404. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce new rules regarding the impact on adjoining premises of trees growing on a neighbour's property;... - Community Development Projects
1406. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will investigate the potential economic benefits of the community development programme, which provides local... - Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
1407. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include County Kerry in the €2 million funded rural economic development zone pilot scheme, in order to... - Noise Pollution
1409. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on enforcement of regulations related to nuisance noise from domestic alarms; the number of complaints made of... - Local Authority Housing Maintenance
1410. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his policy in relation to the provision of heating systems in social houses funded by his Department; if there is a move... - Homeless Persons Data
1411. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of homeless persons in each county as of 30 August 2015; and if he will... - Homeless Accommodation Provision
1412. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the emergency provision of pre-fabricated buildings as an interim measure to facilitate some of the... - Waste Management
1413. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding sewage; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Authority Housing Provision
1414. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that will be provided to create a fund to support new housing developments; when this money will... - Motor Tax Collection
1415. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the documents acceptable to local authorities to enable them to tax a goods vehicle as opposed to a vehicle for private... - Planning Issues
1416. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures - Guidelines for Planning Authorities will be updated; and if... - Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
1417. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a mortgage to rent case for persons (details supplied) in County Cork; the next steps in the... - Departmental Funding
1422. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 5 February 2014, if he will provide the figures for the funding of a company... - Mortgage to Rent Scheme Application Numbers
1425. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent scheme proposals that have been investigated and considered; the number that have been... - Local Authority Housing Maintenance
1426. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department received an application from Dublin City Council for funding to insulate older local authority houses;... - Motor Tax Exemptions
1428. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that under the Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013, three months’ notice is required for any person... - Local Authority Charges Application
1430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the definition of free of rent as applied under section 4(6)(a) of the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 when... - Ministerial Meetings
1433. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the 28 organisations he met, as outlined in a recent response to a parliamentary question... - Local Authority Housing Provision
1434. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken, including financial initiatives, to improve housing supply for qualified applicants for social... - Housing Assistance Payments Implementation
1435. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the pilot schemes for the housing assistance payment (details supplied); and if he will... - Motor Tax Collection
1436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has considered the needs of members of the public who are not in a position to avail of online services... - Planning Issues
1437. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if planning authorities and-or local authorities have any discretion to allow oral hearings for third parties to a... - Local Authority Expenditure
1438. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue received per county council area through dog licence fees for each of the last five years, set out... - Animal Welfare
1440. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of dogs put to sleep by each county council pound during each of the last five years. [31305/15] - Local Authority Functions
1445. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any investigations into the practice of illegally selling dogs through county council dog pounds have been conducted... - Dog Licensing
1447. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if possession of a dog licence alone is considered proof of ownership of a dog. [31312/15] - Rent Supplement Scheme Applications
1448. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of areas that have bans on rent allowance applications and the building of Part V obligations;... - Leader Programmes Administration
1450. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of companies and-or entities that have been selected to deliver the Leader programme in various parts of the... - Local Government Reform
1451. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when it is intended to make a decision as to whether there will be one or two local authorities in County Galway in the... - Private Residential Tenancies Board
1453. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount of moneys spent by the Private Residential Tenancies Board on legal... - Local Authority Boundaries
1454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the statutory committees he established on 19 June 2015 to review local government boundaries in a number... - Local Authority Funding
1456. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if further funding will be made available to Westmeath County Council for housing adaptation grants, both for persons... - Homeless Accommodation Funding
1457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding the proposal from Tabor Lodge Addiction and Housing Services re development of 31... - Local Authority Housing Data
1459. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant local authority houses in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31600/15] - Housing Grant Applications
1461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation or a regulation in place preventing a person from receiving grant assistance under the housing aid for... - Water Services Provision
1462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities have the authority to turn off water supply to business premises in a specific circumstance (details... - Housing Grant Payments
1464. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the guidelines issued to local authorities regarding grant availability for the upgrading of heating... - Building Regulations Compliance
1465. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funds available to complete a safety assessment of the remaining houses in the fire-stricken Millfield... - Water Pollution
1466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will require home owners to undertake expensive upgrades to their water pipes where lead connections have... - Ministerial Meetings
1468. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to meet with a delegation of Donegal county councillors on the issue of the impact of defective mica blocks on... - Wind Energy Guidelines
1469. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which planning guidelines in respect of wind farms are under review; if the review has been completed; when... - Ministerial Correspondence
1470. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the Minister of State's letter to the chief executive officers of the four Dublin local authorities dated 10... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1471. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the four Dublin local authorities, Meath County Council, Kildare County Council and Wicklow County Council,... - Local Authority Housing
1472. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has instructed local authorities not to submit proposals for funding for social housing of more than 50... - Homelessness Strategy
1474. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on each of the 20 initiatives arising from the 2014 conference on homelessness; and if he... - Ministerial Correspondence
1475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding correspondence received by his office on 29 July 2015 (details supplied); when a reply will issue... - Natural Heritage Areas Designation
1476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the designation of lands as natural heritage area precludes or influences the development of wind farms on this land;... - Motor Tax Rates
1478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that the current motor tax regime sufficiently promotes the use of environmentally friendly and less toxic fuel... - Local Authority Funding
1479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide further resources to South Dublin County Council to allow the council to respond in an effective way... - Local Authority Housing
1480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts allocated by his Department to Cork City Council for each of the years 2008 to 2015 for housing adaptation... - Local Authority Funding
1490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amounts allocated by his Department to Cork County Council for each of the years 2008 to 2015 for housing adaptation... - Social and Affordable Housing Applications
1502. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is possible to transfer the amount of time spent on a housing waiting list in local authority to another if a... - Grant Payments
1503. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a building (details supplied) in County Kerry will qualify for grant aid to re-thatch its roof; and if he will make a... - Leader Programmes Administration
1504. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date with the roll out of the Leader programme in County Galway; the process that is to be followed... - Air Quality
1505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual spend on ambient air quality monitoring programmes here broken down by year over the past ten years; and if he... - Air Pollution
1506. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the powers local authorities have to reduce or tackle air pollution in their districts; where these powers originate; and... - Local Authority Expenditure
1507. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the management of Sligo County Council incurred overexpenditure of... - Local Authority Finances
1508. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the updated five year financial plan submitted to him by Sligo County... - Air Quality
1510. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way the EPA Air Quality Index is compiled in view of the fact that in some counties there are no monitoring sites but... - Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants
1513. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the reduction in the annual grants to households in group water schemes; the estimated saving to... - Legislative Process
1514. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding referendums and the provision of a jury system; and if he will make a... - Leader Programmes Expenditure
1515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide figures for the level of supports provided by the Western Development Commission and Leader schemes to... - Departmental Expenditure
1516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual cost to the State of fees paid to private for profit companies to provide services under the remit of his... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1517. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social housing units which have been provided in the constituency of Dublin Bay North, since June 2014, and... - Local Authority Finances
1519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department received any formal request for financial assistance from Sligo County Council in respect of road... - Local Authority Mergers
1520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will implement all of the recommendations of the recent report on the mergers of Cork City and County Councils; and... - Departmental Expenditure
1526. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of internal audit in his Department; internal audit's relationship with external auditors and audit committees...
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