Written answers

Wednesday, 13 January 2016

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • Motor Tax Exemptions
    828. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will exempt a charitable organisation (details supplied) from motor tax given the service it is supplying to the...
  • Community Development Projects
    830. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to explain the reason funding was provided to a community transport service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he...
  • Water Conservation Grant
    831. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his plans to recoup the €100 water conservation grant from recipients who have not paid the water...
  • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
    832. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set down the expenditure from the overseas development aid budget spent on the green climate fund in 2014 and in 2015;...
  • Local Authority Funding
    833. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the categories and amounts of funding his Department provided to Cork City Council in each of the years 2011 to...
  • Seniors Alert Scheme
    835. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why the number of lots that any given company could apply for in the Telecare tender, either individually or as part of a...
  • Climate Change Policy
    839. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to outline the status of climate change legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46563/15]
  • Local Authority Housing Provision
    840. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set out, by county, the number of newly-built social housing units completed in 2015; and if he will make a statement...
  • Private Residential Tenancies Board
    844. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 576 of 8 December 2015, if he will clarify a matter on behalf of a person (details...
  • Architectural Qualifications
    845. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to issues (details supplied) in relation to the registration of architects; and if he will make a...
  • Housing Issues
    846. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to support a matter (details supplied) regarding housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46633/15]
  • Ministerial Appointments
    847. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the persons he has nominated to serve in positions carrying remuneration, other than out of pocket expenses,...
  • Planning Issues
    848. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the findings of the preliminary MacCabe Durney Barnes report into the performance of planning functions in respect of six...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    850. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of annual subscriptions to external membership bodies and groups his Department has, including the cost and...
  • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
    852. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual cost to his Department of advertisements placed on its behalf in newspapers, magazines, television and radio...
  • Planning Issues
    853. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the new national planning framework will be finished and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Animal Breeding Regulations
    854. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 permits the breeding of dogs for the purpose of experimentation; and if he...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    855. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why a two-year exclusion exists for businesses who miss tendering deadlines for local government contracts, if there are...
  • Planning Issues
    856. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the rate of invalidation of planning applications for west Cork being 61%, his views on this and if he accepts...
  • Mortgage Schemes
    858. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the regulations governing local authority mortgages whereby only first-time buyers or builds are...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
    859. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail all North-South planning, investment and development that currently exists or is planned for regarding water and...
  • Foreshore Issues
    860. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when legal advice was sought initially on how to best deal with the foreshore issues arising at an area (details supplied)...
  • Planning Issues
    861. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the 2011 consultation document on spatial strategies on the island of Ireland being prepared by his Department and the...
  • Rent Supplement Scheme Data
    862. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of households on local authority housing lists in receipt of rent supplement, by local authority area. [1055/16]
  • House Prices
    863. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the report (details supplied) indicating an 8.5% increase in house prices in 2015 and the measures he will...
  • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
    864. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of the €5 million emergency funding being disbursed by Red Cross has been recouped. [1105/16]
  • Planning Issues
    865. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has any concerns about the proposed construction of the northern distributor road in the Clare County Council...
  • Motor Tax Collection
    866. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of private cars paying motor tax in 2015 by year of registration, for cars registered in the years 1995 to...
  • Building Regulations
    868. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the establishment of an expert technical group to investigate the problems that have emerged in the concrete...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant
    869. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money he has allocated under the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability scheme in each of the...
  • Local Authority Funding
    875. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of funding for Kerry County Council following recent storm damage (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Local Authority Housing
    876. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he continues to liaise with the local authorities with a view to monitoring the full extent of the...
  • Planning Issues
    877. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to his reply to a Topical Issue debate on 11 November 2015, the extent to which the arbitration process has...
  • Derelict Sites
    878. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which derelict or semi-derelict gaps in the streetscape of cities, towns and villages remain a concern, with...
  • Local Authority Housing
    879. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he expects housing accommodation to become available to the local authorities through National Asset...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision
    880. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 15 January 2015, when he will give favourable consideration to approval and...
  • Rural Development Programme
    881. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications his Department received under the rural development programme in 2015; the number of these...
  • Living Wage
    882. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions his Department has had with suppliers or service contractors to his Department or to agencies of his...
  • Local Authority Funding
    883. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding he provided directly to Donegal County Council in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    884. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has plans for the construction of social houses in the Lanesboro area of County Longford. [1461/16]
  • Dormant Accounts Fund
    885. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why an application (details supplied) under the dormant accounts scheme was refused; when will the scheme be re-opened;...
  • Local Authority Functions
    886. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of statutory responsibility each local authority has for removing fallen leaves and ensuring that footpaths and...

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