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Question· writtenPQ 165asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the Central Government funding provided to local authorities for each year between 2000 and 2015, in tabular form. [43079/15]
Question· writtenPQ 164asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
164. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of Ireland's application to the European Union for community-led local development funding for rural areas; when this funding will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43076/15]
Question· writtenPQ 163asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
163. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the targets for 2015 for the provision of social housing units under the rental accommodation scheme and leasing in each local authority; how many units have been provided in each local authority under these schemes in 2015 to date; how much or how far under-target is the provision for 2015 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43060/15]
Record· Divisionvote_1lost
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
Question put:
Bill· proposition de loippl15-301introduced
France · Senate · 1 December 2015
Question· Written questionUIN 18384answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost was of maintaining her Department's properties in (a) London and (b) nationally in 2014-15.
Question· Written questionUIN 18339answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants in her Department are in the redeployment pool.
Question· writtenPQ 616asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
616. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the public safety regulations he is implementing regarding the growing usage and popularity of drone aircraft and the impact of drones on the local environment and ecosystems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42467/15]
Question· writtenPQ 595asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
595. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of employees under his remit who are classified under a contract of indefinite duration; the number of these who are receiving incremental salary payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43279/15]
Question· writtenPQ 594asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
594. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of legal cases currently ongoing against his Department including State agencies under his aegis; the number of cases that took place during the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive; the cost of those that were contested and what damages were involved; the costs and damages of those that were settled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43265/15]
Question· writtenPQ 593asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
593. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grant assistance available to small firms of competent builders, contractors, specialist sub-contractors and tradespersons who are registered with the Construction Industry Register Ireland to defray the cost of undertaking annual continuous professional development which is a requirement for registration with the Construction Industry Register Ireland. [43033/15]
Question· writtenPQ 592asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
592. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is required for competent builders, contractors, specialist sub-contractors and tradespersons who undertake to carry out construction works to be registered with the Construction Industry Register Ireland, in order to comply with the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43032/15]
Question· writtenPQ 591asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
591. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available for the refurbishment of buildings recently purchased by a person who intends to use these buildings for commercial use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43024/15]
Question· writtenPQ 590asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
590. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated figure for the reduction in revenue from commercial rates for each local authority as a result of the Valuation Office's global revaluation, if the commercial rates charged by each local authority were to remain the same in 2016, and no other source of revenue was found to substitute the lost revenue. [42951/15]
Question· writtenPQ 589asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
589. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to address the need for social housing in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42895/15]
Question· writtenPQ 588asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
588. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of all aspects of his planning, including modular housing, to alleviate the number of families in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42881/15]
Question· writtenPQ 587asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
587. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an announcement is imminent regarding the allocation of money for the construction of an on-site communal facility at Castleblayney Care Housing Association at Drumilliard in Castleblayney, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42850/15]
Question· writtenPQ 586asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
586. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress he has made in implementing the recommendations of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42829/15]
Question· writtenPQ 585asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
585. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of an ongoing situation (details supplied); the steps he will take to resolve it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42827/15]
Question· writtenPQ 584asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
584. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his commitment to raise the cap from €220,000 for the mortgage to rent scheme, and if this commitment will come into force in the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42823/15]
Question· writtenPQ 583asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
583. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a consultancy company (details supplied) was appointed in February 2014 to carry out an independent planning review on the performance of planning functions of the six selected planning authorities in Carlow, Cork, Galway and Meath County Councils, and in Cork and Dublin City Councils; if the review has been completed and when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42811/15]
Question· writtenPQ 582asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
582. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for laying the statutory instrument on the new tenant purchase scheme, which was signed on 17 November 2015, before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42800/15]
Question· writtenPQ 581asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
581. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new applications approved for social housing in the first six months of 2015. [42798/15]
Question· writtenPQ 580asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
580. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses purchased by approved housing bodies in 2015 to date. [42794/15]
Question· writtenPQ 579asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
579. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of houses purchased by local authorities in 2015 to date. [42793/15]
Question· writtenPQ 578asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
578. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses completed in 2015 to date. [42792/15]
Question· writtenPQ 577asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
577. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units completed by approved housing bodies in 2015 to date. [42791/15]
Question· writtenPQ 576asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
576. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the deadlines to the 2015 budget for the rural enterprise development zones, issued to local authorities for 2016, so as to allow them to spend the allocations effectively. [42772/15]
Question· writtenPQ 575asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
575. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for waste enforcement in the southern region; how he anticipates enforcement will be carried out; if this will be done by private agencies or by public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42771/15]
Question· writtenPQ 574asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
574. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that firefighters in County Kildare are not available to cut down trees, but that in neighbouring counties it is part of the job description. [42769/15]
Question· writtenPQ 573asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
573. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on Dublin City Council drawing down funds for Traveller accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42721/15]
Question· writtenPQ 572asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
572. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding to Dublin City Council for the purchase of an additional hydraulic platform and turntable ladder appliance for Dublin Fire Brigade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42654/15]
Question· writtenPQ 571asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
571. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a review (details supplied) on planning matters has been completed; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42636/15]
Question· writtenPQ 570asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
570. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of the existing arrangement of stipulating by planning condition the setting up of management companies to maintain residential housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42608/15]
Question· writtenPQ 569asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
569. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he or any body under his Department's remit is instructing approved housing bodies to actively pursue tenants to pay the water charges arrears; and if those same approved housing bodies are informed in any manner that if their tenants fail to pay the water charges their funding will be affected. [42590/15]
Question· writtenPQ 568asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
568. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department is working to ensure that citizens and families experiencing homelessness will be able to vote in the upcoming general election, given that they are not in permanent accommodation because of the housing shortage; the criteria to be followed by those persons currently at temporary addresses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42585/15]
Question· writtenPQ 567asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
567. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council under the housing aid for older people scheme between 2011 and 2014; the amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42552/15]
Question· writtenPQ 566asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
566. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council under the mobility aids housing grant scheme between 2011 and 2014; the amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42551/15]
Question· writtenPQ 565asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
565. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council under the housing adaptation grant for people with disabilities scheme between 2011 and 2014; the amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42550/15]
Question· writtenPQ 564asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
564. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council for housing construction and acquisition between 2011 and 2014; the amount that has been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42549/15]
Question· writtenPQ 563asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
563. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to Mayo County Council for energy efficiency measures in its housing stock between 2011 and 2014; the amount that has been paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42548/15]
Question· writtenPQ 562asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
562. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when an application by Clare County Council to sanction the position of community warden will be considered and sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42525/15]
Question· writtenPQ 561asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
561. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of compensation that will be paid to each local authority as a result of the global rates revaluation, in tabular form; the amount each local authority stands to lose as a result of the process, before compensation; the way the level of compensation was calculated in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42514/15]
Question· writtenPQ 560asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
560. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the taxation and valuation system of commercial properties via commercial rates, through the introduction of a commercial site value tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42363/15]
Question· writtenPQ 559asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
559. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations governing the construction and maintenance of aviation fuel pipelines; if these are adequate to ensure the safe functioning of any aviation fuel pipeline built here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42343/15]
Question· writtenPQ 558asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
558. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the action he is taking regarding vacant buildings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42313/15]
Question· writtenPQ 557asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
557. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authority houses in County Mayo that are vacant for up to six months, six months to 12 months and more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42312/15]
Question· writtenPQ 556asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
556. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will appoint an independent panel to investigate the issue of mica and defective blocks in County Donegal, as announced by the Minister of State (details supplied) earlier in 2015. [42309/15]
Question· writtenPQ 555asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
555. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of European Union funding from the Leader programme for the periods 2014 to 2020 and for 2008 to 2014, to allow for a comparison of funding for both periods. [42301/15]
Question· writtenPQ 554asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 December 2015
554. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a time limit on bringing properties into use (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42297/15]