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Question· writtenPQ 324asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2013
324. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the development of fire service provision in County Cork; and if there will be an increase in employment in the fire services there during the next year. [52514/13]
Question· writtenPQ 323asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2013
323. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase the supply of housing in Dublin and to reduce house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52525/13]
Bill· HRH.R. 3683 (113th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2013
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements supporting dialogue and planning involving international partnerships between the Department of Energy (DOE), including DOE National Laboratories, and the government of Israel and its ministries, offices, and institutions; and (2) establish a joint United States-Israel Center based in an area of the United States with offshore energy development expertise to develop academic cooperation in energy innovation technology and engineering, water science, technology transfer, and analysis of geopolitical implications of new natural resource development. Extends the grant program to support U.S.-Israel research, development, and commercialization of renewable energy or energy efficiency (as well as the related advisory committee). Expands the scope of covered energy under such program. Expresses the sense of Congress that open dialogue and continued mechanisms for regular engagement encourages further U.S.-Israel public, academic, and private cooperation on energy security issues. Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State to seek to establish an Energy Cooperation Working Group within the semi-annual United States-Israel Strategic Dialogue. States that the Group's purpose shall be to strengthen U.S.-Israel dialogue on: (1) advancing research, development, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency; (2) identifying policy priorities associated with Israel's natural resources development; (3) identifying best practices for energy infrastructure cybersecurity; (4) leveraging natural gas resources to impact regional stability positively; (5) developing technical and environmental management of deep-water exploration and production; and (6) implementing coastal protection and restoration.
Bill· HRH.R. 3684 (113th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 December 2013
Listen to Americans First Act of 2013 - Prohibits the obligation or expenditure of federal funds for travel outside the United States or its territories by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) until: (1) EPA conducts public listening sessions on rulemaking targeting carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants in each of the 15 states with the highest percentage of electricity generated by coal in 2012 (West Virginia, Kentucky, Wyoming, Indiana, Missouri, North Dakota, Utah, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Montana, and Wisconsin); and (2) the Administrator certifies to Congress that such sessions have taken place.
Question· Mondelinge vragen2013Z24327concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 10 December 2013
Het lid Leenders (PvdA) aan de staatssecretaris van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het bericht dat fijnstof dodelijker is dan gedacht
Record· Verzoek bij regeling van werkzaamheden2013Z24359concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 10 December 2013
Brief van de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu over de brandbrief van de G4 over de aanpak van scooteroverlast
Bill· SS. 1784 (113th)open
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 2013
Oregon and California Land Grant Act of 2013 - Names the Act of August 28, 1937, as the Oregon and California Land Grant Act. Requires the management of those parts of certain revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands that are classified as timberland or power-site land valuable for timber (the covered land) in accordance with specified requirements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prohibit the cutting or removal of any old growth in a covered area, (2) carry out an aquatic conservation strategy to promote specified objectives, and (3) determine moist forests and dry forests. Declares that timber harvest in riparian reserves shall only occur in stands less than or equal to 80 years of age. Establishes the Rogue and Molalla National Recreation Areas in Oregon. Establishes in Oregon: (1) the McKenzie Drinking Water Special Management Unit, (2) the Hillsboro Drinking Water Special Management Unit, (3) the Clackamas Drinking Water Special Management Unit, and (4) the Springfield Drinking Water Special Management Unit. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to administer 2,050 acres of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land as part of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument in Oregon. Establishes a special resources management unit in Oregon as the Illinois Valley Salmon and Botanical Area. Establishes a protection and management corridor in Oregon as the Pacific Crest Trail Corridor. Provides for the management of specified Primitive Backcountry Areas. Establishes Special Environmental Zones. Directs the Secretary to seek a specified land consolidation involving exchanges of the covered land and private or Oregon-owned land. Requires the sale of certain of the covered land identified as Land Tenure, Zone 3. Excludes certain eligible activities on the covered land categorically from the requirements for an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement and exempts such activities from administrative review. Directs the Secretary to seek to close or decommission nonessential BLM roads on the covered land. Establishes a Legacy Roads and Trails Program to provide urgently needed road decommissioning. Directs the Secretary to designate 50,000 acres across two to five sites in moist and dry forests, to be comanaged by the Secretary and Oregon State University as special management and research areas. Requires the Secretary to establish guidelines to ensure that specified trees are not cut in covered areas. Directs the Secretary to convene a scientific and technical advisory panel to review whether this Act's provisions been implemented so as to result in robust timber harvests and to maintain environmental values. Requires the annual distribution of all funds deposited in the Oregon and California Railroad Land-Grant Fund to counties containing the covered land. Designates specified river segments in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Holds approximately 14,804 acres of specified federal land in trust for the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians. Holds approximately 17,826 acres of specified federal land in trust for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians. Adds approximately 56,100 acres of specified federal land in Oregon to the Wild Rogue Wilderness. Adds also to the Wild Rogue Wilderness certain public land in Oregon administered by the Secretary and comprising approximately 600 acres as potential wilderness. Adds specified segments of creeks to the designation of the Rogue River in Oregon as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system. Designates approximately 30,540 acres of certain Forest Service and BLM land in Oregon as the Devil's Staircase Wilderness and as wilderness and a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Designates the Franklin and Wasson Creeks in Oregon as wild rivers and as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Designates specified segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Renames the Squaw Creek in Oregon as Wychus Creek. Makes corrections to the segment designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, including revising segment lengths.
Bill· SS. 1781 (113th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 2013
General Duty Clarification Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act, with respect to provisions relating to the prevention of accidental releases of hazardous air pollutants, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) promulgate final regulations establishing criteria defining the terms "extremely hazardous substance," "appropriate hazard assessment techniques," and "design and maintain a safe facility"; and (2) issue guidelines to ensure enforcement of such provisions by the regional offices of EPA in a uniform and appropriate manner across all regions of the United States. Modifies the definition of "accidental release" to exclude an emission resulting from an act intended to cause harm.
Bill· SS. 1779 (113th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 2013
Community Fire Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to exempt fire hydrants from certain prohibitions against the use of lead pipes, solder, and flux. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) consult with and seek the advice of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council on potential changes to federal regulations pertaining to lead; and (2) request the Council to consider sources of lead throughout drinking water distribution systems, including through components used to reroute drinking water during distribution system repairs.
Bill· HRH.R. 3675 (113th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 2013
Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to establish procedural requirements for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concerning: (1) the issuance of proposed rulemaking notices, including the time periods for comments and replies and any necessary findings, background information, or performance measures that must be contained in such notices; (2) FCC Commissioners' deliberations, including public notice requirements, schedules, and publication deadlines for decisions, orders, open rulemakings, closed meetings, ex parte communications, reports to Congress, and Federal Register publications; and (3) the agency information and documents required to be made publicly available on the FCC website. Requires the FCC, before adopting or amending a rule that may have an economically significant impact, to: (1) analyze the specified market failure, actual consumer harm, burden of existing regulation, or failure of public institutions that warrants the rule or amendment; (2) determine that the benefits justify its costs; and (3) find that market forces are unlikely to resolve the underlying issues within a reasonable period of time. Prohibits a cost-benefit analysis determination from being subject to judicial review. Defines "economically significant impact" as an effect on the economy of at least $100 million annually or a material adverse effect on the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or state, local, or tribal governments or communities. Sets forth standards that restrict the FCC's authority to conditionally approve line and license transfers and other transactions. Requires any such conditional approval to: (1) remedy a harm that would likely arise as a direct result of the specific transfer or transaction (such that the harm is not presented by persons not involved in such transfer or transaction), and (2) be within the FCC's jurisdiction apart from its authority to review the transaction. Prohibits the FCC from considering a voluntary commitment of a party to such transfer or transaction unless the FCC could adopt that commitment as a condition under such standards. Prohibits the FCC, in compiling its quarterly report with respect to informal consumer inquiries and complaints, from categorizing an inquiry or complaint under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (places restrictions on telephone solicitations and automatic dialing systems) as a wireline or wireless inquiry or complaint unless a wireline or wireless carrier was the subject of the inquiry or complaint.
Bill· HRH.R. 3677 (113th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 2013
Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements supporting dialogue and planning involving international partnerships between the Department of Energy (DOE), including DOE National Laboratories, and the government of Israel and its ministries, offices, and institutions; and (2) establish a joint United States-Israel Center based in an area of the United States with offshore energy development expertise to develop academic cooperation in energy innovation technology and engineering, water science, technology transfer, and analysis of geopolitical implications of new natural resource development. Extends the grant program to support U.S.-Israel research, development, and commercialization of renewable energy or energy efficiency (as well as the related advisory committee). Expands the scope of covered energy under such program. Expresses the sense of Congress that open dialogue and continued mechanisms for regular engagement encourages further U.S.-Israel public, academic, and private cooperation on energy security issues. Directs the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of State to seek to establish an Energy Cooperation Working Group within the semi-annual United States-Israel Strategic Dialogue. States that the Group's purpose shall be to strengthen U.S.-Israel dialogue on: (1) advancing research, development, and deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency; (2) identifying policy priorities associated with Israel's natural resources development; (3) identifying best practices for energy infrastructure cyber security; (4) leveraging natural gas resources to impact regional stability positively; (5) developing technical and environmental management of deep-water exploration and production; and (6) implementing coastal protection and restoration.
Report· DCCELEX 52013DC0864open
European Union · European Commission · 9 December 2013
Report· HearingH.Hrg.113published
United States · United States House of Representatives · 5 December 2013
Question· writtenPQ 198asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
198. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive their agri-environment option scheme payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52246/13]
Question· writtenPQ 197asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
197. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2013 agri-environment option scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52241/13]
Question· writtenPQ 169asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
169. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52457/13]
Question· writtenPQ 168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
168. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the fixed price plan to which former waiver customers of a waste management company (details supplied) have recently been moved is in keeping with Ireland’s obligations under European law and the polluter pays principle; if his Department will amend the Waste Management Act 1996 to allow for greater regulation of the behaviour of waste management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52430/13]
Question· writtenPQ 167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
167. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the housing adaptation grant requirements in respect of older persons or persons with specific health needs continue to be met by the various local authorities; the total expenditure in this regard in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52402/13]
Question· writtenPQ 166asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
166. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which contact has been made with the various local authorities with a view to identification of the number of families currently on their housing waiting lists; the action taken or proposed to address the issues of those local authorities particularly affected in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52401/13]
Question· writtenPQ 165asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
165. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate sources of domestic drinking water have been identified for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52400/13]
Question· writtenPQ 164asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
164. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps to be taken in the short term to address the ever increasing local authority housing emergency affecting County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52398/13]
Question· writtenPQ 163asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
163. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the seriousness of the housing crisis in respect of local authority housing is appreciated as it affects Dublin and adjoining counties including Kildare; if it is expected to take any specific action to address this issue to the extent of meeting the accommodation needs of a sizable number of those of the local authority waiting lists in these areas in the short and medium term in view of the hardship caused by escalating rents, a shortage of available accommodation and increased numbers coming onto the housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52397/13]
Question· writtenPQ 162asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
162. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which storage and treatment facilities in respect of domestic drinking water are likely to be increased annually over the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52396/13]
Question· writtenPQ 161asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
161. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which precise requirements in respect of domestic drinking water supplies or water of a similar quality have been determined in the event of substantial economic growth over the next ten years; the plans in hand to meet such requirements in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52395/13]
Question· writtenPQ 160asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
160. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Environmental Protection Agency propose to ban the burning of hedge cuttings on farmland throughout the country from 31 December next; the basis for such a decision in view of the fact that woodcuttings are carbon neutral and that disposal by mechanical means is not; if it is intended to reverse any such decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52394/13]
Question· writtenPQ 159asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
159. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent if any of fines or penalties imposed on this country to date arising from failure to meet carbon emission reduction targets; the extent of any such potential penalties in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52393/13]
Question· writtenPQ 158asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
158. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase the supply of housing in Dublin and to reduce house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52353/13]
Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
157. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will announce the spending limits, details of candidates' rebates, the period to which the expenditure will apply for the 2014 local elections; the reason for the delay in announcing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52315/13]
Question· writtenPQ 156asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
156. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the spending limits in place for candidates in the 2009 local elections; the rebate paid to candidates and the conditions that applied to these rebates; the period before the election to which these spending limits applied; the spending limits, rebates, conditions and period that will apply for the 2014 local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52314/13]
Question· writtenPQ 155asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
155. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council intends to carry out dredging at the channel to Sligo Harbour; if his Department has received an application from Sligo County Council for a foreshore licence for these dredging works; the date on which the application for the foreshore licence was received by his Department; when he expects his Department to make a decision to grant the licence; if it has been drawn to his attention that Sligo County Council cannot proceed to seek grant aid for the dredging works until such time as the foreshore licence is granted by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52302/13]
Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
154. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the audits or examinations that have taken place to determine the impact the implementation of carbon tax has had on improving air quality here. [52292/13]
Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
153. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a competition will be held to appoint a new county manager for Fingal County Council; the manner in which this competition might operate; and the timeline of the competition. [52287/13]
Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
152. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will request local authorities in County Cork to provide in tabular form the amount they each spent on housing adaptations for their own tenants in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52243/13]
Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
151. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the additional green charges being proposed by him; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that indirect taxes have disproportionate effects on those least able to pay. [52232/13]
Question· writtenPQ 150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
150. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding Threshold's latest 2012 annual report which states that families are being forced to live in substandard accommodation due to rising demand and prices in the rental market, and that there is a failure on the part of local authorities to enforce minimum standards legislation; the way he will address the lack of enforcement by local authorities; the way he will counteract the trend of substandard accommodation as appropriate accommodation is in increasingly short supply and as low income families become increasingly vulnerable to substandard accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52158/13]
Question· writtenPQ 148asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
148. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the tax penalities for developers hoarding up land banks around Dublin; his plans to introduce a new policy to ensure land is made available for residential housing in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52354/13]
Question· oralPQ 37asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
37. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to address the rise in homelessness here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51925/13]
Question· oralPQ 36asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
36. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to his statements, echoed by the manager of the Pyrite Resolution Board that Homebond's staff will be available for the pyrite remedial works scheme, the exact nature of Homebond's claimed expertise in assessing structural damage caused by pyrite-induced heave and in designing, monitoring and certifying subsequent remedial works [51812/13]
Question· writtenPQ 35asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
35. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has recommended or otherwise pursued with wind industry representatives on the matter of an index linked bond relating to wind farm developments to ensure responsible management, decommissioning, where necessary, and possible restoration of obsolescent sites in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45219/13]
Question· writtenPQ 34asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
34. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out the priorities in respect of meeting current and future requirements of domestic drinking water with particular reference to storage, treatment and transmission in all regions throughout the country; the extent to which adequate sources have been identified and a timetable established to access such sources; the extent to which the domestic and industrial sector requirements have been identified in respect of water supplies in the short, medium and long term; the degree to which targets can be met in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51880/13]
Question· writtenPQ 33asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
33. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for Dublin north inner city under the local government Bill due to the fact that there is no partnership in the area; and if he intends to establish a local development company for the area. [51957/13]
Question· writtenPQ 32asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
32. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for funding local authorities in 2014, in view of the news that the local property tax money for 2014 will fund Irish Water; if he will confirm that thereafter the local property tax will be retained by the local authorities and if the local government fund will be reduced by the same amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51934/13]
Question· oralPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
31. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the latest evacuation of residents due to non-compliance with fire safety building regulations in Navan and following similar exposure of non-compliance with fire safety regulations in the Fingal, Dublin city, south Dublin and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council areas, if he will list the councils which have taken enforcement action against developers or contractors in relation to non-compliance with fire safety regulations since he took office in March 2011; and if he will provide an update on any progress or discussion on the new building regulations with architects, engineers and other professional bodies. [51907/13]
Question· writtenPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
30. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on philanthropy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50122/13]
Question· oralPQ 29asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
29. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estates that are to be demolished due to their unfinished state; the criteria for deciding on these developments; and the timeframe in which these demolitions are expected to happen. [51923/13]
Question· writtenPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
28. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 19 November 2013, with regard to payment of 2014 local property tax receipts into the local government fund, if he has, or intends to issue guidelines or regulations to local authorities as to the services the 2014 local government fund general purpose grants can be used to fund; if so, if he will provide a list of these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51920/13]
Question· writtenPQ 27asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
27. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of his Department’s expenditure allocated to approved housing bodies through funding to local authorities; the number of social housing units managed by approved housing bodies; the managerial arrangements in place in relation to local authority housing which is managed by approved housing bodies but owned by the local authorities; and if there will be changes to the legislative framework relating to voluntary housing under the new Housing Bill. [51809/13]
Question· writtenPQ 26asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
26. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which contact has been made with the local authorities in the eastern region with a view to addressing as a matter of urgency the serious deficiency in available housing stock to meet the needs of those on the respective local authority housing lists; if the exact number of applicants in these local authorities has been accurately determined; if cognisance has been taken of the rapid increase in rental costs in the private rental sector with consequent hardship on those on the waiting lists; if a particular strategy has been identified to deal with the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51879/13]
Question· oralPQ 25asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
25. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units now leased under the rental assistance scheme and social leasing schemes under local authorities; the cost of these two schemes to the Exchequer in 2013; and the projected cost for 2014. [51821/13]
Question· writtenPQ 24asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2013
24. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the pilot scheme for the housing assistance payment has commenced; if so in which areas; if not, the timeline for the pilot scheme; the dialogue he is having with the Department of Social Protection on this issue; if any extra staff will be deployed to local authorities to administer the scheme in the absence of staff being transferred from the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51909/13]