Written answers
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
- Water Conservation Grant Eligibility
1012. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not being facilitated with a water conservation grant; if this... - Water Conservation Grant
1014. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason his Department interprets the words "on that date" as in section 5(1) of the eligibility criteria of SI No.... - Private Residential Tenancies Board
1015. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a Private Residential Tenancies Board dispute; and if he will... - Local Authority Funding
1017. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that has been allocated to the west Wicklow region in the past three years to deal with structural... - Schools Health and Safety
1018. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process a school needs to undertake to appoint a lollipop person to ensure the safety of the children crossing the... - Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity
1019. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding persons who have an acute sensitivity to mobile phone radiation; if he is aware of this condition; if... - Wind Energy Guidelines
1020. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the new planning guidelines for wind turbines; the set-back distances between wind turbines and... - Dormant Accounts Fund
1021. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of dormant account moneys made available to the State since the inception of this fund; the breakdown of... - Waste Management Regulations
1022. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given the current state of negotiations with the tyre industry where two representative bodies have now walked away from... - Regeneration Projects Status
1023. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to broaden the remit of the regeneration programme in County Limerick to take those towns on the perimeter of... - Local Authority Funding
1024. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the central funding released to each local authority, by total released; by category; by total spend, in tabular form;... - Community Development Projects
1025. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an application submitted to his Department by a group (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the expressions... - Housing Assistance Payments
1027. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware the waiting time for assessments under the housing assistance payment scheme or social housing may be... - Local Authority Housing Mortgages
1028. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that owners of units under the affordable home scheme are compelled to pay €60 per month for... - Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
1031. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the tenant purchase scheme; and when he expects the local authorities to be in a position to sell council... - Flood Risk Assessments
1032. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the concerns of residents of Bettystown, County Meath, regarding the proposed construction of 370... - Local Authority Housing Maintenance
1033. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposals for the refurbishment of housing units at Jamestown Court, Inchicore, Dublin 8, for which... - Departmental Budgets
1034. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated expenditure of his Department in 2015, in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of... - Lansdowne Road Agreement
1035. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation for his Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other... - Planning Issues
1036. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow local authorities to take estates in charge that were originally holiday home schemes; and if he will... - Air Quality
1037. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide to Dáil Éireann the modelling process conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency on... - Appointments to State Boards
1039. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7... - Traveller Accommodation
1040. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government given the recent tragedy in south Dublin, if he will initiate a review of local authorities with a view to discontinuing... - Homelessness Strategy
1042. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review his policy on homelessness given the crisis now developing; if he has received reports from local... - Homeless Accommodation Funding
1043. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his Department's policy on how moneys allocated in the budget by Dáil Éireann to his Department are allocated;... - Water Quality
1044. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce a grant scheme for low-income households to assist with the replacement of lead pipes in their... - Planning Issues
1045. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support the matter of a complaint against a planning decision in which a medical report had not been included... - Pyrite Resolution Board Data
1046. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an up-to-date list of the number of applications made to the Pyrite Resolution Board; the number of... - Foreshore Licence Applications
1047. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update regarding the development of a harbour (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement... - Closed Circuit Television Systems
1048. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the pilot funding for the provision of rural close-circuit television will be extended to County Clare; and if he will... - Property Tax Exemptions
1049. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the process involved in reducing the list of properties in unfinished estates exempt from the local property tax... - Construction Sector Strategy
1050. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered placing home bond schemes as a mandatory requirement for all residential building projects. [37587/15] - Irish Water Staff
1051. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the position regarding security of employment for permanent staff of local authorities, who were... - Local Authority Housing
1052. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to proceed with the building of so-called modular housing estates, given recent renewed concern about health,... - Housing Assistance Payments
1054. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of landlords who have signed up to the housing assistance payment programme in each of the four Dublin local... - Planning Issues
1055. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has instructed the Dublin housing executive and the housing managers of the four Dublin local authorities to review... - NAMA Social Housing Provision
1056. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to recent parliamentary questions, if he will confirm the number of housing units offered to Dublin City Council... - Ministerial Correspondence
1057. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to representations received from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Mortgage Schemes
1058. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the mortgage subsidy scheme will remain in place for the foreseeable future; if the subsidy has increased since 2011;... - Emergency Accommodation Numbers
1059. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in hostel accommodation and in hotel accommodation, by gender; by adults, by children. [37705/15] - Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
1060. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for a list of initial applications for funding made to his Department under the rural water programme (details supplied),... - Irish Water Expenditure
1061. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual operation costs of delivering domestic water services, excluding capital expenditure, for each of the past... - Local Authority Housing Provision
1062. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of the programme for social housing purchases in 2015; the number of units that have been purchased to date;... - Local Authority Funding
1063. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the allocation for social and voluntary housing approved for Galway City Council and Galway County Council; the number of... - Harbours and Piers Funding
1064. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of assistance paid to Clare County Council in 2014 and to date in 2015 towards the upgrading of the pier in... - Commercial Rates
1066. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of rates billed, collected and written off by local authorities for each of the past five years in tabular... - Departmental Reports
1067. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he received a report (details supplied) regarding an independent planning review; the cost of the report; the... - Housing Estates
1068. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the large number of housing estates in County Tipperary which are not taken in charge by Tipperary... - Election Management System
1069. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the entitlement of British citizens, who are long-term resident here, to vote in a general... - EU Directives
1070. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of any communications that has taken place with the European Commission regarding breaches of the urban waste... - Local Authority Funding
1071. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how much of the €57 million in funding which was allocated in March 2015 to Tipperary County Council has been used... - Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
1072. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding for housing adaptation grants for older people; for people with a disability living in private... - Motor Tax Exemptions
1073. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the CO2 emission-based rate of tax applies to a vehicle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Flood Risk Assessments
1074. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the construction of a new sea wall along the coast road at Dollymount in Dublin 3, as it will... - Waste Management
1077. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the disposal of tyres, particularity in the Dublin area; that the abundance of tyres available for use in... - Local Authority Housing Eligibility
1078. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will legislate or issue a ministerial directive, as necessary, to the local authorities to permit persons (details... - Septic Tank Grants
1079. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if assistance is available to a person to upgrade and improve a septic tank; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Authority Funding
1080. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support an application from Galway County Council for funding from his Department for the refurbishment of... - Traveller Accommodation
1081. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding sought and allocated to Kildare County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to... - Local Authority Funding
1083. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of all allocations made by his Department to Limerick City and County Council for the completion of works in... - Water Conservation Grant Eligibility
1084. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who own more than one property and have registered for Irish Water on each property are entitled to the water... - Court Judgments
1085. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the impact a court decision (details supplied) will have on the retrospective calculation of motor tax liabilities; and... - Local Authority Housing
1086. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of qualified housing applicants who were moved from the housing lists to the rental accommodation scheme and... - Environmental Protection Agency Investigations
1087. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Environmental Protection Agency has noted any negative impacts in the Irish atmosphere and weather systems from... - Waste Management
1088. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the proposed waste tyre levy; and if he will make a statement on the... - Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls
1089. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe by which rent certainty proposals will be brought before the Cabinet; and consequentially before Dáil... - Election Management System
1090. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the offshore islands not connected to the mainland by bridge or causeway that had polling stations on them for the last... - Motor Tax Rates
1091. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify a taxation issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38181/15] - Register of Electors Administration
1092. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will centralising checktheregister.ie, and having it run by his Department in place of local authorities, in light... - Fire Service
1093. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the budget allocation in 2014 for the fire services capital programme; the amount spent; and if he will make a statement... - Housing Assistance Payments Administration
1094. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how it is intended to qualify a family as being homeless in light of the new housing assistance payment regulations in... - Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility
1096. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how it is intended to proceed in cases of renewals or existing rentals where landlords indicate that they are happy to... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
1100. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status in respect of achieving targets set at EU level for climate change management, in particular under the EU... - National Lottery Funding Disbursement
1101. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has engaged with the Irish Environment Network on the progress made on the provision of funding to the natural... - Planning Issues
1102. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in light of the extraordinarily high planning fees paid in securing permission to change the use of land from commercial... - Departmental Funding
1104. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will allocate funding to provide a community resource centre (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a... - Register of Electors Administration
1105. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is potential to allow applications for inclusion on the supplementary registers of electors to be signed by a... - Commencement of Legislation
1106. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 570 of 3 February 2015, when the relevant sections of the Housing Miscellaneous... - Water Services Provision
1107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of a large number of houses in County Tipperary with possible lead piping and the potential cost of... - Farm Waste Management
1108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the spreading of human waste as slurry or fertilizer on Irish farmlands; the measures that are in place to... - Pyrite Remediation Programme Expenditure
1109. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the moneys allocated in budget 2016 for the pyrite remediation scheme in 2016. [38310/15] - Harbours and Piers Development
1110. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the plans for investment in Inis Oirr pier; and Ros a'Mhil Harbour, as part of the capital investment plan; and if he... - EU Regulations
1111. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why it is necessary to confine the period for bush burning to such a limited timespan. [38334/15] - Social and Affordable Housing Data
1112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of affordable homes that are rented out in each local authority area. [38341/15] - Mortgage Arrears Proposals
1113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports available for persons who are currently working on repaying arrears with their local authorities through the... - Social and Affordable Housing Provision
1114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options for families in affordable homes if they cannot live in these homes due to overcrowding. [38343/15] - Dumping at Sea
1116. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the application lodged by the Dublin Port Company to dump dredged material at sea, off the coast of... - Departmental Staff Career Breaks
1117. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of civil servants under his remit who have been reinstated in recent years after taking a career break; and if...
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