Written Answers Nos. 207-217
207. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost to the taxpayer of paying the aggregate fees, salaries and any other remuneration to directors of all State bodies, to include majority State owned banks, all public interest directors, all semi-State bodies, all State agencies and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15408/13]
View answerThe fees applicable with respect to each Board under the aegis of my Department are set out in the table below.
|
Agency/Body |
Post |
Number |
Remuneration (Salary Comparator / Annual Fee / Per Diem Fees) |
|
Building Regulations Advisory Body (BRAB) |
Chairperson |
1 |
€8,978 |
|
Member |
24 |
Nil |
|
|
Dublin Docklands Development Authority |
Chairperson |
1 |
€20,520 |
|
Member |
7 |
€11,970 |
|
|
Housing Finance Agency |
Chairperson |
1 |
€11,970 |
|
Member |
10 |
€7,695 |
|
|
Irish Water Safety |
Chairperson |
1 |
€8,978 |
|
Member |
12 |
Nil |
|
|
Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency |
Chairperson |
1 |
€11,970 |
|
Member |
5 |
€7,695 |
|
|
Local Government Management Agency |
Chairperson |
1 |
Nil |
|
Member |
10 |
Nil |
|
|
National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee |
Chairperson |
1 |
€8,978 |
|
Member |
11 |
Nil |
|
|
Private Residential Tenancies Board / Rent Tribunal |
Those PRTB / Rent Tribunal members of the Board who are entitled to Board fees are paid such fees on an attendance basis only. Details regarding the scale of fees and the amounts paid are published in the annual reports of the PRTB. |
||
|
Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) |
Chairperson |
1 |
€11,970 |
|
Member |
10 |
€7,695 |
|
|
Western Development Commission |
Chairperson |
1 |
8,978 |
|
Member |
10 |
5,985 |
|
|
An Bord Pleanála |
Chairperson |
1 |
PPC Rate: €189,474 - Non PCC Rate: €180,000 |
|
Deputy Chair |
1 |
PPC Rate: €133,387 - Non PCC Rate: €126,718 |
|
|
Member |
6 |
PPC Rate: €116,935 - Non PCC Rate: €111,214 |
|
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
Director General |
1 |
PPC Rate: €164,464 - Non PPC: €156,240 |
|
Directors |
4 |
Salary ScalesPPC Rate: €127,588 -€145,952Non-PPC Rate: €121,208 -€138,655 |
Reference to remuneration for chairs and members of Boards is to the level of fee to which they are entitled. Where public servants are appointed to Boards, no fees are payable. In this regard, public servants make up over half of the combined membership of the Boards of agencies under my Department’s aegis.
From 1 May 2009, fees were reduced by 10% in line with the Government decision to revise the fees for non-executive chairpersons and members of boards of state bodies.
From 1 January 2010, fees were further reduced in line with the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Act 2009.
In 2012, my Department contacted State Agencies under its aegis requesting that Board members be offered the option to waive fees on a discretionary basis.
The Boards of An Bord Pleanála and the Environmental Protection Agency are executive in nature and the members are full-time salaried positions.
As part of an ambitious rationalisation programme, State agencies under the aegis of my Department are being reduced from 21 to 10.
210. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding available for Traveller accommodation in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2013. [15435/13]
View answerMost of the available funding for Traveller accommodation in 2013 was allocated in respect of Traveller-specific accommodation projects which are currently under construction or approved by my Department to commence construction this year. The balance of the available funding will be used to meet outstanding balances on final accounts for completed projects. Given that there are no on-going or new construction projects for Traveller-specific accommodation in Carlow or Kilkenny this year no allocations were made.
211. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the total amount in section 10 and any other funding for homeless services made available to each local authority in the years 2010, 2011, 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15447/13]
View answerMy Department recoups 90% of expenditure to housing authorities for the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 which enables housing authorities to provide or arrange for the provision of accommodation for homeless persons. An additional 10% is provided by housing authorities from their own resources on homeless accommodation and related services. Information in respect of funding provided under Section 10 for the 34 City and County Council areas for the years 2010 to 2012 is set out in the table.
Funding provided under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988
|
- |
COUNTY-AT-LARGE |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
|
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
Dublin |
DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL |
37,900,371 |
33,633,259 |
32,398,290 |
|
DUNL/RATH |
1,053,061 |
510,759 |
0 |
|
|
FINGAL |
813,029 |
825,898 |
0 |
|
|
STH.DUBLIN |
754,914 |
762,609 |
0 |
|
|
North East |
LOUTH |
935,874 |
908,358 |
900,308 |
|
CAVAN |
1,323 |
0 |
1,390 |
|
|
MONAGHAN |
100,420 |
3,89 2 |
8,496 |
|
|
Mid East |
KILDARE |
392,477 |
319,467 |
477,953 |
|
MEATH |
339,458 |
208,588 |
196,941 |
|
|
WICKLOW |
174,907 |
169,610 |
164,252 |
|
|
Midlands |
WESTMEATH |
441,162 |
415,215 |
416,475 |
|
LAOIS |
11,628 |
8,276 |
4,448 |
|
|
LONGFORD |
205,584 |
197,100 |
200,179 |
|
|
OFFALY |
7,970 |
4,306 |
50,925 |
|
|
South West |
CORK CITY COUNCIL |
3,427,067 |
2,776,876 |
3,533,123 |
|
CORK |
131,193 |
130,748 |
130,966 |
|
|
KERRY |
711,883 |
598,125 |
754,878 |
|
|
Mid West |
LIMERICK CITY COUNCIL |
2,438,104 |
1,890,254 |
2,466,351 |
|
LIMERICK |
280,733 |
279,608 |
267,925 |
|
|
CLARE |
529, 036 |
514,536 |
523,846 |
|
|
TIPPERARY N.R. |
187,734 |
221,059 |
257,997 |
|
|
West |
GALWAY CITY COUNCIL |
1,515,657 |
1,054,001 |
1,411,787 |
|
GALWAY |
107,760 |
104,128 |
101,267 |
|
|
MAYO |
66,133 |
69,567 |
62,178 |
|
|
ROSCOMMON |
9,738 |
0 |
6,246 |
|
|
North West |
SLIGO |
302,518 |
286,766 |
236,191 |
|
DONEGAL |
116,620 |
119,254 |
119,305 |
|
|
LEITRIM |
4,217 |
315 |
5,369 |
|
|
South East |
WATERFORD CITY COUNCIL |
704,073 |
1,147,734 |
874,701 |
|
WATERFORD |
54,271 |
40,000 |
55,863 |
|
|
TIPPERARY S.R. |
155,96 5 |
152,676 |
123,108 |
|
|
KILKENNY |
359,049 |
323,837 |
334,462 |
|
|
WEXFORD |
300,830 |
267,967 |
284,525 |
|
|
CARLOW |
168,698 |
178,262 |
176,218 |
212. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list each project in the water service investment programme that had been given approval to go to tender; the date this happened in respect of projects that have not yet commenced construction; the estimated month for commencing construction in each of these projects; the estimated cost of the construction projects and if each project is a water or a wastewater project;if each project is under the traditional procurement method, under the design, build, operate and finance or under the design and build process or under the design, build and operate process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15450/13]
View answerThe Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 , which is available in the Oireachtas Library, lists the water services schemes and contracts to be progressed under the programme. The timing of the commencement of contracts within that period is a matter for the Water Services Authorities, subject to the requirement for my Department’s approval at key stages in the progression of projects through planning and on to construction. Details on the progression of individual contracts can be obtained from the local authorities concerned.
Where a scheme has a procurement/construction stage budget of less than €5 million, following approval of the Preliminary Report by my Department, contracts within the scheme may proceed up to and including the seeking of tenders without the need for further Departmental approval, subject to the cost remaining within approved budgets. In these cases approval takes the form of confirmation that funds are in place. For schemes/contracts in excess of €5m, approval to go to tender is also required.
The length of time to progress a scheme from initial design to completion varies with the scale and complexity of the scheme and the number of contracts involved. My Department’s procedures are designed to ensure that projects are advanced as expeditiously as possible, and in a manner consistent with meeting its responsibilities in relation to management of Exchequer funds.
A list of contracts under the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 for which my Department has issued an approval to go to tender , including the procurement approach, is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible .
216. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if statistics are available in relation to the number of cars taxed in each local authority area in 2012 that were first registered pre-2008; the number of cars taxed in each local authority area in 2012 that were first purchased pre-2008 that had engines rated between 1.6 and 2 litre; the number of cars taxed in each local authority area in 2012 that were first purchased pre-2008 that had engines rated between 2 and 3 litres; if he will provide same in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15471/13]
View answerThe total number of pre-2008 registrations taxed in 2012 are contained in the table below, set out as taxed by licensing authority and via the online system for payment of motor tax . The totals number in the final column includes those with engines rated between 1.6 and 2 litres and between 2 and 3 litres shown in the preceding columns.
|
Licensing Authority |
Engine capacity 1.6 – 2 litres |
Engine capacity 2 - 3 litres |
Total number of vehicles – all engine sizes |
|
Carlow |
4,019 |
589 |
14,499 |
|
Cavan |
4,183 |
641 |
14,044 |
|
Clare |
6,181 |
1,088 |
24,987 |
|
Cork |
20,645 |
3,700 |
85,648 |
|
Donegal |
8,910 |
1,137 |
31,266 |
|
Galway |
13,231 |
2,290 |
47,452 |
|
Kerry |
6,974 |
1,080 |
27,397 |
|
Kildare |
8,243 |
2,139 |
30,750 |
|
Kilkenny |
4,926 |
900 |
19,002 |
|
Laois |
5,502 |
899 |
17,724 |
|
Leitrim |
2,187 |
255 |
6,910 |
|
Limerick County |
7,487 |
1,228 |
29,745 |
|
Longford |
3,029 |
379 |
9,438 |
|
Louth |
5,467 |
1,088 |
22,416 |
|
Mayo |
7,750 |
1,064 |
26,921 |
|
Meath |
8,211 |
1,919 |
28,088 |
|
Monaghan |
3,716 |
530 |
11,804 |
|
Offaly |
4,593 |
702 |
16,299 |
|
Roscommon |
4,083 |
567 |
13,923 |
|
Sligo |
3,884 |
536 |
14,799 |
|
North Tipperary |
4,409 |
716 |
15,028 |
|
S outh Tipperary |
5,835 |
1,118 |
22,766 |
|
Waterford County |
3,432 |
657 |
13,535 |
|
Westmeath |
6,123 |
989 |
21,264 |
|
Wexford |
8,134 |
1,414 |
30,086 |
|
Wicklow |
6,733 |
1,931 |
25,903 |
|
Dublin City |
33,408 |
8,815 |
145,107 |
|
Limerick City |
2,414 |
409 |
12,107 |
|
Waterford City |
1,985 |
321 |
9,962 |
|
On-line |
215,480 |
43,150 |
892,705 |
|
Totals |
421,174 |
82,251 |
1,681,575 |
217. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to enforce the regulation that all telecommunication lines have to have a clearance of 22 ft over the road level; the authority or authorities with responsibility for enforcing this regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15483/13]
View answerThere is no such provision in planning legislation and I have no information about such a Regulation. This matter may come under the remit of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport or the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
