Parliamentary questions

Irish Water Expenditure

Barry Cowen

524. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if other companies were afforded the opportunity to bid for a project (details supplied); if a number of quotes from other companies were sought prior to signing this contract; the companies that bid for the project and reasons given for their rejection. [3755/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Barry Cowen

525. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that a contract (details supplied) was issued as part of the unbundling provision of the EU third directive, if the costs of this project were paid for by Irish Water or by Bord Gáis Éireann or a subsidiary. [3756/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Barry Cowen

526. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list in tabular form all the contracts a company (details supplied) has received from Irish Water since May 2012; the value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3757/14]

Local Authority Housing

Nicky McFadden

527. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider allocating funding to support the construction of local authority homes to reduce reliance on the private rented sector and to reduce the number of people on social housing waiting lists at present; if his Department will continue to work with the National Asset Management Agency to identify and provide suitable social housing from its residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3781/14]

Regeneration Projects Expenditure

Dessie Ellis

528. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the €800 million spent on the Ballymun regeneration project to date. [3786/14]

Seniors Alert Scheme

Terence Flanagan

529. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding a senior alert alarm in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3813/14]

Building Regulations Application

Barry Cowen

530. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the new building regulations taking effect on 1 March 2014, the training and resources that have been provided to local authority staff in relation to the new building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3814/14]

Local Authority Finances

Clare Daly

531. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the restriction imposed on county councils freezing development levies and mandating that expenditure on capital projects had to be confined to the amount of levies raised in a particular year is still in place; and the reason for same. [2575/14]

Irish Water Administration

Róisín Shortall

532. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration is being given to a system of allowances for water charges that allows higher allowances for persons with specified medical conditions that necessarily entail higher than average water usage; the work that has been done on this matter to date; and if there will be any public consultation on the way the allowance system will operate. [3827/14]

Pyrite Remediation Programme

Bernard Durkan

533. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects the Pyrite Resolution Board to be in a position to commence accepting applications from homeowners seeking assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3861/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Michael McGrath

534. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the consultancy costs incurred to date by Irish Water; the contracts that have been entered into by Irish Water regarding the future provision of consultancy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3893/14]

Irish Water Administration

Regina Doherty

535. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will seek clarification that the Commission for Energy Regulation will regulate the water authority in order that its pricing structure takes cognisance of the financial implications caused to residents in County Meath whose supply is affected by hard water causing limescale and a shorter lifetime for appliances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3898/14]

Capital Assistance Scheme Funding

John Deasy

536. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will grant funding to Waterford County Council under the capital assistance fund in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3909/14]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dessie Ellis

537. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to problems at a local authority estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow such as leaking roofs, doors and windows, mildew, mould and damp gathering on the floors, ceilings and walls leading to foul odours, and plumbing issues. [3910/14]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dessie Ellis

538. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the criteria used in awarding the contract for the construction of an estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow or the warnings of consultant engineers that the contractor was unable to complete the project for the cost submitted. [3911/14]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dessie Ellis

539. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will commit to initiating an independent investigation into the construction, design and signing off on a local authority estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow in view of serious concerns over the quality of the design and construction of the houses therein which has led to leaking roofs, doors and windows, mildew, mould and damp gathering on the floors, ceilings and walls leading to foul odours and plumbing issues. [3912/14]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dessie Ellis

540. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when an independent survey will take place in respect of an estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [3913/14]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dessie Ellis

541. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his planned course of action after the proposed survey of a local authority estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow takes place; the anticipated time scale for repair work to take place; and the way residents will be rehoused during these works. [3914/14]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dessie Ellis

542. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if repairs to a local authority estate (details supplied) in County Wicklow are not forthcoming, or funding is not available for repairs the plans to re-house the tenants in suitable habitable accommodation until such time as houses are returned to a habitable state. [3915/14]

Irish Water Expenditure

Micheál Martin

543. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with the tendering processes that Irish Water is using. [3930/14]