Parliamentary questions

Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

443. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Part V council tenancies are not included in the new tenant purchase scheme list of approved properties for purchase application; if he will reconsider this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8230/16]

Legislative Measures

Brendan Griffin

444. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will amend the Local Government Act 2014 to allow the chair of municipal areas to be named mayor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8237/16]

Planning Issues

Brendan Griffin

445. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if prescribed bodies or stakeholders are permitted to lodge objections to planning applications outside the five-week period for submissions and observations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8290/16]

County Development Plans

Thomas Byrne

446. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a change in status in a county development plan of a settlement from small town to moderate and sustainable growth town without any actual increase in population has any impact on the allocation of funding from his Department or its agencies for that settlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8324/16]

Local Authority Finances

John Deasy

447. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount, in planning development contributions, owed to each local authority at the end of 2015; and the comparative figures for 2007 and 2011. [8395/16]

Illegal Dumping

John Deasy

448. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the findings of any comparative analysis carried out by his Department, into the levels of fly-tipping and illegal dumping, reported by local authorities since the start of the economic downturn in 2008. [8396/16]

Commercial Rates

John Deasy

449. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of rateable commercial premises registered in Waterford city and county in the years 2008 to 2015, inclusive. [8397/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant Applications

Peter Fitzpatrick

450. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied) who has been refused a Housing Adaptation grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8406/16]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Seán Haughey

451. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to bring about a reduction in CO2 emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8441/16]

Leader Programmes

Declan Breathnach

452. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when Leader funding will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8467/16]

Housing Data

Declan Breathnach

453. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in rent arrears, per local authority, divided up by number of weeks in rent arrears, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8470/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Declan Breathnach

454. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will establish a pilot scheme in the County Louth local authority area to examine the way in which vacant private houses could be usefully brought back as housing stock for families on the social housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8471/16]

Housing Data

Declan Breathnach

455. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the local authority social housing rent arrears per local authority, detailing the length of time and amounts of these arrears, for example, four to six weeks, seven to 12 weeks, 12 weeks or more, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8472/16]

Constituency Boundaries

Marc MacSharry

456. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider revising the electoral boundaries and take steps to reunite south Donegal with Donegal and west Cavan with Cavan-Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8505/16]

Waste Management

James Lawless

457. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way in which the pay-by-weight bin charges will work for multi-unit complexes, such as apartment blocks that share bins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8520/16]

Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria

Maureen O'Sullivan

119. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to alter the requirements to qualify for the rental assistance payment scheme (details supplied); his views on whether, with the lack of rent management, this scheme should be altered to accommodate more persons. [7889/16]

Irish Water Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

120. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, regarding the planned infrastructural investment by Irish Water of €4 billion over the period 2016-2021, he will provide a breakdown of the annual State expenditure from the €4 billion over the relevant years and the intended source of funds for the €4 billion. [7833/16]

Motor Tax Rates

Seán Fleming

121. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason a category of vehicle has a 12-month motor tax rate of €710 and other vehicles of similar power and emissions have a much lower rate of annual motor tax (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7872/16]

Local Authority Housing Mortgages

Seán Fleming

122. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if mortgage protection insurance is required on all annuity loans from local authorities in respect of loans to purchase houses; the costs and guidelines relating to the cost of these insurance policies through the local authority, which can be three times more expensive than the equivalent mortgage protection available in the private sector; if persons who take out loans from local authorities have the opportunity of getting their mortgage protection insurance from another source as happens in the private sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7873/16]

Planning Issues

Maureen O'Sullivan

123. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of planning applications invalidated by Cork County Council western division from 1 January 2016 to 31 March 2016; and the number of instances where prospective invalidations were avoided because the planners contacted the applicants in time to allow them to remedy small defects in the planning applications without recourse to invalidation as recommended in the planning guidelines. [7890/16]