Parliamentary questions

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection

Eoghan Murphy

504. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm the collection rate achieved by local authorities for the non-principal private residence charge. [3656/14]

Leader Programmes Applications

Dara Calleary

505. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the status of an application for funding under the LEADER programme for a community group (details supplied) in County Mayo; if he will outline an expectant time-frame for the processing of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3684/14]

Water Supply Leakages

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

506. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the help available to homeowners who moved into homes with leaks on their side of the property boundary in view of the imminent introduction of water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3685/14]

Voluntary Housing Sector

Robert Troy

507. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of voluntary housing associations that have received funding from his Department over the past three years; the amount of funding for each relative year; and if he will provide the amount of funding each local authority is provided with for the provision of housing. [3706/14]

Property Tax Administration

Thomas P. Broughan

508. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the local adjustment factor contained in the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 in relation to collection of the local property tax and its redistribution to local authorities; if he will be introducing regulations in respect of the local adjustment factor; and when the local adjustment factor would be permitted to be used by a local authority. [3712/14]

Local Authority Funding

Thomas P. Broughan

509. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount provided to local authorities in 2013; the breakdown of the expenditure allocated to each local authority from the fund; the total projected allocation from the fund for 2014; and a breakdown of the allocation for each local authority. [3714/14]

Irish Water Funding

Thomas P. Broughan

510. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of expenditure provided directly to Irish Water in 2013 from the local government fund; and the projected amount from the fund to be allocated to Irish Water in 2014. [3715/14]

Property Tax Administration

Thomas P. Broughan

511. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be in a position to restore his previous commitment of ensuring that 80% of the receipts from the local property tax collected in a local authority administrative area will be redistributed back to that local authority. [3716/14]

Local Authority Funding

Thomas P. Broughan

512. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure projected for the local government fund in 2014; and the level of input to the fund from the local property tax and the road tax. [3718/14]

Traveller Accommodation

Dessie Ellis

513. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has supported or ever received a request from Dublin City Council for repairs to a community centre (details supplied) in Dublin 11 where pyrite has been discovered. [3719/14]

Water Services Provision

Barry Cowen

514. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the work of the water service transition office; the number of staff employed by the office; the duration of its work; the outside consultant costs incurred by the office; the payments given to county managers under the office's remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3730/14]

Leader Programmes Funding

Brendan Griffin

515. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any special or EU funding avenues are available to island communities for vital services or facilities such as capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3738/14]

Planning Issues

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

516. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the statutory deadlines for decisions made by An Bord Pleanála; his views on whether the current situation where the board has an open ended system to be unfair and a hindrance to good planning; his views on whether such a system could be open to abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3742/14]

Local Authority Staff Remuneration

Barry Cowen

517. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the total lump sum retirement payments given to county managers in 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3744/14]

Leader Programmes Funding

Michael McCarthy

518. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide additional funds for re-distribution to Leader companies that have approved ready to go projects; the amount of Leader funding ring-fenced for projects in the areas serviced by the west Cork development programme, which will have a substantial economic impact on the west Cork region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3745/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Barry Cowen

519. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total duration of a contract (details supplied); the date it ended; and the final cost for the full implementation of this contract. [3750/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Barry Cowen

520. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the tasks a company (details supplied) carried out in regard to the May 2012 contract. [3751/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Barry Cowen

521. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria under which a company was selected for the contract (details supplied). [3752/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Barry Cowen

522. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the specific areas of expertise a company provided in the contract (details supplied) that Bord Gáis Éireann-Irish Water was not able to provide in-house. [3753/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Barry Cowen

523. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if an open competition was held prior to the awarding of a contract (details supplied). [3754/14]