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Question· writtenPQ 531asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
531. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to outline his proposed changes to the seniors alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46047/14]
Question· writtenPQ 530asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
530. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding the liability for water charges in a landlord-tenant scenario; the implications in the event that the tenant does not pay the water charges; if the landlord has a right to establish whether or the tenant has paid the water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46032/14]
Question· writtenPQ 529asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
529. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the position regarding the amount of water charges that will be levied in respect of a second property a person may own and which is unoccupied; his views on whether these charges are fair in view of the new charges that apply to principal private dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46031/14]
Question· writtenPQ 528asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
528. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out his views on whether the recent data protection breach in Irish Water is unacceptable; his further views on whether this should be the final nail in the coffin of Irish Water; the right the company had to request a person's individual PPS number in view of the fact that no other utility provider here operates using a PPS number system; the authority under which the personal information pertaining to individual homeowners was made available to Irish Water; his views on whether the movement in the country against the implementation of water charges is growing to such a level that can no longer be ignored by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46024/14]
Question· writtenPQ 527asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
527. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of information packs that have been returned to Irish Water marked "no consent-no contract"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46023/14]
Question· writtenPQ 526asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
526. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form on a local authority basis, the number of staff transferred from each local authority to Irish Water; the job titles of those transferred; and the possible impact of these transfers on the ability of local authorities to maintain service levels following the loss of these staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46010/14]
Question· writtenPQ 525asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
525. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated by Irish Water to cover the costs of call centres for this year, and for 2015. [46000/14]
Question· writtenPQ 524asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
524. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a planning regulator, as recommended by the Mahon tribunal will be appointed. [45999/14]
Question· writtenPQ 523asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
523. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the guidelines for wind farm developments will be in place; if they will have statutory enforceable set back distances for wind turbines. [45998/14]
Question· writtenPQ 522asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
522. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of kilometres of leaking mains that have been replaced in the years 2010 to 2014; and the amount spent. [45997/14]
Question· writtenPQ 521asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
521. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of units that each voluntary housing body plans to purchase in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45985/14]
Question· writtenPQ 520asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
520. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of units that each local authority plans to purchase in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45984/14]
Question· writtenPQ 519asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
519. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of voluntary housing units that will commence construction in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45983/14]
Question· writtenPQ 518asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
518. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of social housing units which will commence construction in each local authority area in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45982/14]
Question· writtenPQ 517asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
517. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the priority he has given to resolving the difficulties around the taking in charge of estates following the establishment of Irish Water; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that continuing delays in rectifying the situation has resulted in serious problems for householders selling their homes in estates that have not been taken in charge by their respective local authority; if he will act in this regard as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45981/14]
Question· writtenPQ 516asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
516. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recent reports regarding the inadequacies of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, specifically Part 2 in relation to seeking disciplinary actions against local authority tenants who are engaged in anti-social behaviour; if he will enact the necessary statutory instruments to bring Part 2 of the 2014 Act into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45973/14]
Question· writtenPQ 515asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
515. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a data protection agreement between Irish Water and the Data Protection Commissioner, in relation to Irish Water accessing tenant information from the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45966/14]
Question· writtenPQ 514asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
514. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to a minimum of 10% social housing on all developments over 800 sq. m; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45965/14]
Question· writtenPQ 513asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
513. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the planning legislation on the taking in charge of housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45964/14]
Question· writtenPQ 512asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
512. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise building regulations to regulate the retrofitting of septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45963/14]
Question· writtenPQ 511asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
511. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the annual current expenditure of Irish Water in 2015 and 2016; the annual capital expenditure of Irish Water in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45962/14]
Question· writtenPQ 510asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
510. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for local authority library service amalgamations and shared services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45961/14]
Question· writtenPQ 509asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
509. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a county breakdown of social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45960/14]
Question· writtenPQ 508asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
508. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current number of water meters installed; the rate per month; the estimated date of completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45959/14]
Question· writtenPQ 507asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
507. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the change in Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008 relating to bed-sits, the number of residents who are living in bed-sits who do not conform with the new regulations; his plans to address this while ensuring that the homelessness crisis is not further exacerbated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45958/14]
Question· writtenPQ 506asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
506. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will permit the Pyrite Resolution Board to consider the emerging situation in County Donegal with respect to defective blocks; if not, his plans to address this problem in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45957/14]
Question· writtenPQ 505asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
505. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the considerations he and his Department have given to the issue of defective blocks in County Donegal; the way affected householders might be able to proceed in engaging with his Department on this issue; the financial supports there are for persons who find themselves in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45956/14]
Question· writtenPQ 504asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
504. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the bonus system which has been introduced in Irish Water; the measures he will take to remove the bonus culture from Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45955/14]
Question· writtenPQ 503asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
503. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that regulations are in place to deal with developers who have consistently breached fire safety regulations in the construction of dwellings in different locations, requiring evacuation in some instances and costly remediation works which have not been completed, and yet are being granted permission to develop new schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45954/14]
Question· writtenPQ 502asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
502. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the surveys being conducted as part of the pyrite remediation process in the identification of other structural defects and breaches of building regulations or standards, separate to pyrite; the remedy open to homeowners to have those problems addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45953/14]
Question· writtenPQ 501asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
501. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced to the Integration Centre Ireland from 2005 to date in 2014; and if they will make a statement on this request. [45909/14]
Question· writtenPQ 500asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
500. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the privatisation of Dublin City Council's waste contract; if he is satisfied with the manner in which this occurred; if he is satisfied that customers of private companies are protected from quasi-monopolistic practices and poor services in view of the fact that the council is no longer a direct service supplier in the waste market. [45879/14]
Question· writtenPQ 499asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
499. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details on envisaged temporary solutions to assist persons in need of housing support while the new housing strategy is being rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40957/14]
Question· writtenPQ 498asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
498. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding the proposed tax on vacant sites; the person he has engaged for the consultation process on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41761/14]
Question· writtenPQ 497asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
497. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views that all proposed offshore wind energy developments were granted under the operation of outdated foreshore planning legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40364/14]
Question· writtenPQ 496asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
496. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the water charge exemption clause, Article 9 of the water framework directive in 2000 which absolves Ireland from charging for domestic water has not been made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45839/14]
Question· writtenPQ 495asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
495. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the amount spent on removing chewing gum-sticky substances from streets and footpaths in each local authority area in the past five years; the amount spent here as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45823/14]
Question· writtenPQ 494asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
494. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of all cases where substitute consent has been activated and implemented; if he will include details and records regarding the public consultation requirement of same substitute consent for those cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45818/14]
Question· writtenPQ 493asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
493. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps his Department made in relation to transposing the outstanding EIA directive based on a case (details supplied); if he will confirm if all infrastructure projects built using the flawed environmental impact assessment methodology are in fact illegal developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45817/14]
Question· writtenPQ 492asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
492. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the plans his Department has developed, supports or is aware of to rationalise or merge any libraries in County Wicklow, and the libraries that may be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45803/14]
Question· writtenPQ 491asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
491. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Dublin city did not participate in this year's European mobility week. [46360/14]
Question· writtenPQ 490asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
490. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make public the National Economic and Social Council's home ownership and rental report; his views regarding the road that Ireland is on; and if he will provide an update to the House before the Christmas recess. [46150/14]
Question· writtenPQ 489asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
489. Deputy Eamonn Maloney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expected date for the ending of the employment embargo in local authorities. [46059/14]
Question· writtenPQ 488asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
488. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to address their non-principal private residence demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46011/14]
Question· writtenPQ 290asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
290. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2014 agri-environment options scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46285/14]
Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
261. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the 2014 agri-environment options scheme 2 payments will issue to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45844/14]
Question· writtenPQ 131asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
131. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Pyrite Remediation Board, with particular reference to the way consideration is being given to deal with cases where a dwelling has a BCA rating of 1 with progression, and where the adjoining property or properties have been approved for remediation; the number of such properties that have been accepted for inclusion in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45873/14]
Question· writtenPQ 130asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
130. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 17 June 2014 and his commitment to review the reason for the change in the taking in charge process, the reason for the change in the legislation; his plans to amend this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40955/14]
Question· writtenPQ 129asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the emergence of pyrite in County Donegal and Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, if he will bring forward legislation to amend the pyrite remediation scheme, in order that residents in these areas can be considered for inclusion. [45874/14]
Question· writtenPQ 128asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
128. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a referendum on allowing the diaspora to vote in presidential elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43808/14]