Written answers

Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • Departmental Functions
    350. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government where responsibility for environmental issues now lies, given the announcement of the new Ministers and Ministers of State...
  • Motor Tax Rates
    351. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he accepts that road tax should apply on the basis of the cubic capacity of the vehicle and not on age; if he will seek...
  • Wind Energy Generation (1 comment)
    352. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he envisages a public consultation will take place regarding industrial turbine development and the planning...
  • Aviation Issues
    353. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the aviation fuel pipeline to Dublin Airport; his plans to provide funding for this project over the coming...
  • Scheme to Support National Organisations
    354. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure the provision of requested national funding for the men's shed movement; and if he will make a statement...
  • Leader Programmes Administration
    355. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the method by which the more competitive capital funding, as promised in the programme for Government to Leader groups,...
  • Animal Breeding Regulations
    356. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of puppy farms and their locations that were inspected, closed down and subsequently re-inspected in the years...
  • Local Authority Services
    358. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports in place for the development and protection of county archive services to preserve local cultural patrimony....
  • Local Authority Staff Remuneration
    359. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated full-year savings for 2017 from reducing local authority chief executive officer pay by 10%. [13656/16]
  • Leader Programmes Administration
    360. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will release Leader funding to the Avondhu and Blackwater local action groups in County Cork. [12504/16]
  • Housing Provision
    361. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to create a vacant homes register in the short term to help tackle the housing crisis, given that the report form the...
  • Irish Water Administration
    362. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government why customers of Irish Water are being fined for non-payment of water charges while the Government has to vote on...
  • Waste Management Regulations
    363. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to permit an extension for a waste collection provider where the collection vehicles fail to comply with the new measures...
  • Water Charges
    366. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the commission on water charges is to be established; the nature of the applications process for members of the...
  • Electoral Reform
    367. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any review of election postering regulations by his Department, given the move by other jurisdictions...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
    368. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the 1,477 social housing current expenditure programme units (details supplied) operational in...
  • Water Meters Data
    369. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to request Uisce Éireann to provide details of the number of water meters installed in Dublin county and city, by...
  • Derelict Sites
    370. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the remedies available to local authorities or other State agencies to ensure that property owners of derelict or...
  • Water Charges Data
    371. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the average annual domestic water charge amount per house; the number of households in total which paid their water...
  • Housing Data
    372. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vacant properties which currently exist in County Louth; the number of these vacant properties owned by...
  • Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
    373. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will consider amending the relevant clause in the tenant purchase scheme, Part 5, to enable residents of private...
  • Departmental Advertising Expenditure
    374. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent by his Department on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, inclusive, outlining...
  • Homelessness Strategy
    375. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the input, role or interaction he has had with State agencies and Departments in regard to resolving the homeless crisis,...
  • Approved Housing Bodies
    376. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the role of his Department in regard to a proposal (details supplied); if contracts have been signed; his proposals to...
  • Housing Adaptation Grant Data
    377. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on waiting lists for the housing adaptation scheme, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he...
  • Planning Issues
    382. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the improvements in legislation he plans to make to improve planning regulations and standards to protect private...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure
    383. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent by local authorities from 2011 to 2016 to date on purchasing properties from the private sector...
  • Environmental Policy
    384. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of emission allowances (pollution permits) which have been issued here since 2008; the percentage of those that...
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
    387. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide details for each local authority and approved housing body, of the number of completed mortgage-to-rent...
  • Waste Management
    388. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for clarification on charges for recyclable and non-recyclable domestic waste coming into effect on 1 July 2016; and if he...
  • Housing Provision
    389. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) who is on Cork County Council's housing list for the past seven years, can transfer to...
  • Traveller Accommodation
    390. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how much funding allocated to local authorities in 2014 and 2015 for Traveller housing was not recouped and sent back to...
  • School Accommodation Provision
    391. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure there is a permanent location available for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Control of Dogs
    392. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the negative international attention the current dog control measures which place restrictions on dog...
  • Motor Tax Yield
    393. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of vehicles registered and the total of sums paid in motor tax for school buses, youth or community buses and...
  • Waste Management Regulations
    394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that a company (details supplied) will now only accept payment of invoices for bin charges through an online...
  • Local Authority Expenditure
    396. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount spent by local authorities on media advertising from March 2011 to February 2016, by media organisation, that...
  • Library Services
    397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the strategic working group on shared services in public libraries of December 2013, if there are any proposed...
  • Waste Management
    398. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if an allowance is being made in respect of families that include a person with a disability and whose bins are...
  • Local Authority Funding
    400. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-establish the Dublin City Council extension grant which was discontinued in 2008; and if he will make a...
  • Emergency Accommodation Data
    401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government of the 4,068 adults and the 2,121 children recorded as accessing local authority managed emergency accommodation during...
  • Fire Service
    402. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if discussions have taken place between the fire service in County Wicklow and Dublin in relation to the boundaries for...
  • Fire Stations Upgrade
    403. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the extension of the fire station at Bypass Road, Killarney, County Kerry will be prioritised for emergency reasons...
  • Professional Fees
    404. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated full-year savings for 2017 by reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in his Department; and if he...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    405. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated full-year saving for 2017 by reducing spending on travel by 10% in his Department; and if he will make a...

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