Written answers

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • Electromagnetic Fields Studies
    544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any recent initiatives or studies his Department or its agencies have carried out in conjunction with...
  • Planning Issues
    545. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the consultation his Department has undertaken with Fingleton White, with Dublin City Council and with Fingal County...
  • Commercial Rates Valuation Process
    546. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the taxation and valuation system of commercial properties via commercial rates is sufficiently transparent, given the...
  • Water Charges Exemptions
    547. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to exempt pensioners from the water charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42530/15]
  • Motor Tax Collection
    548. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of annual motor tax revenue spent on the administration and transaction costs involved in levying the tax....
  • Library Services Funding
    549. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of funding for a library to be constructed in Kinnegad in County Westmeath. [42561/15]
  • Library Services Staff
    550. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding employment opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
    551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why there is such a delay in an application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 for a home care grant. [42787/15]
  • Leader Programmes Expenditure
    552. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allocate an additional €40 million over the coming years to enhance the Leader programme, given the...
  • Political Reform
    553. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reforms he has achieved since this Government took office in 2011 and his future plans for political reform; and if he...
  • Vacant Site Levy
    554. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a time limit on bringing properties into use (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Leader Programmes Funding
    555. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of European Union funding from the Leader programme for the periods 2014 to 2020 and for 2008 to 2014, to allow...
  • Housing Issues
    556. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will appoint an independent panel to investigate the issue of mica and defective blocks in County Donegal, as...
  • Local Authority Housing Data
    557. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses in County Mayo that are vacant for up to six months, six months to 12 months and more...
  • Local Authority Housing
    558. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking regarding vacant buildings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Planning Issues
    559. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations governing the construction and maintenance of aviation fuel pipelines; if these are adequate to ensure the...
  • Commercial Rates
    561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of compensation that will be paid to each local authority as a result of the global rates revaluation, in...
  • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
    562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when an application by Clare County Council to sanction the position of community warden will be considered and...
  • Local Authority Housing Maintenance
    563. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council for energy efficiency measures in its housing stock between 2011...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Data
    564. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council for housing construction and acquisition between 2011 and 2014; the...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
    565. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council under the housing adaptation grant for people with disabilities...
  • Register of Electors
    568. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is working to ensure that citizens and families experiencing homelessness will be able to vote in the...
  • Water Charges Arrears
    569. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any body under his Department's remit is instructing approved housing bodies to actively pursue tenants to pay...
  • Housing Management Companies
    570. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of the existing arrangement of stipulating by planning condition the setting up...
  • Planning Issues
    571. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a review (details supplied) on planning matters has been completed; when it will be published; and if he will make a...
  • Fire Service
    572. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to Dublin City Council for the purchase of an additional hydraulic platform and turntable...
  • Traveller Accommodation
    573. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on Dublin City Council drawing down funds for Traveller accommodation (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Fire Service
    574. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that firefighters in County Kildare are not available to cut down trees, but that in neighbouring counties...
  • Waste Management
    575. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for waste enforcement in the southern region; how he anticipates enforcement will be carried out; if this will...
  • Rural Enterprise Development Zones
    576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the deadlines to the 2015 budget for the rural enterprise development zones, issued to local authorities...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Data
    577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units completed by approved housing bodies in 2015 to date. [42791/15]
  • Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers
    581. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new applications approved for social housing in the first six months of 2015. [42798/15]
  • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
    582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the time frame for laying the statutory instrument on the new tenant purchase scheme, which was signed on 17 November...
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration
    584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his commitment to raise the cap from €220,000 for the mortgage to rent scheme, and if this commitment will come...
  • Traveller Accommodation
    585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of an ongoing situation (details supplied); the steps he will take to resolve it; and if he will make a...
  • Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas
    586. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural...
  • Capital Assistance Scheme Funding
    587. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an announcement is imminent regarding the allocation of money for the construction of an on-site communal facility at...
  • Emergency Accommodation Provision
    588. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of all aspects of his planning, including modular housing, to alleviate the number of families in emergency...
  • Departmental Funding
    591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available for the refurbishment of buildings recently purchased by a person who intends to use these buildings...
  • Construction Industry Register Ireland
    592. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if it is required for competent builders, contractors, specialist sub-contractors and tradespersons who undertake to carry...
  • Departmental Legal Cases Data
    594. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department including State agencies under his aegis; the number of...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    595. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these...

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