Written answers

Tuesday, 14 June 2016

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

 
  • Foreshore Licence Applications
    227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a transfer application for a foreshore licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    228. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the pollution of beaches and bays from raw sewerage seepage such as that at Doldrum...
  • Waste Management Regulations
    229. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is willing to annul statutory instrument no. 24 of 2016 and the recent amendment made to it regarding the...
  • Water Charges Data
    231. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Uisce Éireann has provided him with details of the administrative costs of the billing and collection of water...
  • Water Pollution
    232. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the competent agencies and authorities responsible for water quality monitoring are routinely testing water samples for...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    233. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money his Department spent on purchasing copies of the Public Sector Times magazine in 2015; and if he will...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff working in his human resources section. [15447/16]
  • Ministerial Staff
    236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff who work exclusively on constituency matters for him. [15463/16]
  • Planning Issues
    238. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his role in preventing temporary encampments at beach locations during the summer of 2016; and if he will make a statement...
  • Fire Stations Upgrade
    239. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will grant funding to redevelop the old and outdated Ballyshannon fire station, given that this is a priority for...
  • Waste Management
    240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how it is that the polluter-pays principle, under which fees to collect household waste are to be charged under the Waste...
  • Waste Management Regulations
    241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how he will monitor the compliance of waste companies with the Metrology Act 1996, and with the technical specifications...
  • Building Regulations Compliance
    245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the inspections each local authority carried out on building sites, specifying the type of site in each case, in each of...
  • Building Regulations
    247. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the cost of the inspection for once-off housing; why this cost is so high; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Waste Management
    250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the level of information provided by private waste collection companies to residential customers...
  • Shared Ownership Scheme
    251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the recent changes to the shared ownership scheme to address previous issues around affordability and rent...
  • Private Rented Accommodation
    252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to initiate a change in tenancy laws so that a tenants are still allowed to complete their lease, even if the...
  • NAMA Portfolio
    253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to give the National Asset Management Agency a legal role to address infrastructural problems with land under...
  • Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls
    254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to link rent increases and decreases to the consumer price index; given this, his plans to take account of...
  • Waste Management
    255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to grant waivers or other forms of relief to family, single and older person household users under the...
  • Local Authority Housing Rents
    256. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the national rents framework and when he will commence and complete the review of differential rent schemes,...
  • Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data
    257. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications received and approved under the mortgage-to-rent scheme, by county, in each of the years 2013...
  • Local Government Reform
    258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the savings to his Department following the abolition of town and borough councils under the Local Government Reform Act...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Data
    259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social houses built, by county, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans for...
  • Ministerial Responsibilities
    260. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the functions and responsibilities that will be transferred from his Department to the Department of housing, planning and...
  • Local Authority Charges Collection
    261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue collected from the payment of development levies, by county council, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to...
  • Local Authority Staff Recruitment
    262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff recruited by local authorities to deliver more social housing units under the social housing strategy...
  • Ministerial Responsibilities
    263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will remain responsible for Leader, the social inclusion and community activation programme and the scheme to...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Data
    264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the affordable housing schemes in place; if an affordable purchase price will be a significant part of the policy soon to...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding
    265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application by Leitrim County Council for funding for a sewerage scheme for Drumshanbo, County Leitrim,...
  • Housing Policy
    266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he will take to ensure the needs of persons with disabilities are incorporated into future housing policies,...
  • Local Government Fund
    269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will offer compensation from the local government fund in 2017, as was offered in 2016; the amount he will offer, by...
  • Water Quality
    270. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he has or will put in place to tackle excessive lime levels in residential water supplies which can damage...
  • Local Authority Management
    272. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that the executive of Sligo County Council, in a report to councillors dated 1 June 2016, stated that...
  • Tax Collection
    273. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that a revenue audit held on 30 March 2016 at the offices of Sligo County Council resulted in a liability...
  • Social and Affordable Housing Provision
    274. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses Galway City Council approved for construction and approved for persons with a disability in the past...

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