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Tue, 17 May 2016
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TAMS Applications
Declan Breathnach
995. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to process an application from persons (details supplied) under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2 without delay. [9522/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Young Farmers Scheme
Declan Breathnach
996. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the basic payment scheme for young farmers; if he will issue the payments due within a specific time period in order to facilitate these persons in organising their financial projections without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9778/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Commercial Rates Calculations
Declan Breathnach
50. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to replace the rates system and create a self-assessment system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8963/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Anti-Social Behaviour
Declan Breathnach
122. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behavioural orders for which complaints were received, dismissed, investigated and orders issued, by county, over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8976/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Mountain Access Schemes
Declan Breathnach
285. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if all community and voluntary groups which have undertaken work on land and property belonging to a local authority or the State will be indemnified against any possible claims where agreement has been reached within these bodies, given recent claims against the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [8973/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Housing Adaptation Grant Funding
Declan Breathnach
295. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reintroduce the housing repair for the elderly scheme in local authorities to enable a 50:50 scheme whereby elderly persons in need of urgent works to their homes can, through a combination of contribution and skill set, prolong their stay in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8968/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Leader Programmes
Declan Breathnach
296. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the undue delay in the commencement of the roll-out of the much publicised Leader programme; if he will introduce a definitive start date for the programme in order that the many voluntary and community groups and individuals can expedite their plans and put works programmes in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8969/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Waste Management
Declan Breathnach
297. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the rules and parameters for the spreading of sewage waste from local authority treatment plants and from septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8974/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Housing Adaptation Grant Data
Declan Breathnach
298. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications, the waiting times, the number of recipients and the number of refusals under the housing aid for older people, housing adaptation grants scheme and mobility aids grant scheme from each scheme's inception by scheme, by local authority and by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8975/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Energy Efficiency
Declan Breathnach
321. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of public lights and the cost, by county, in tabular form; his plans to retrofit public lighting and to invest in alternative light sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8964/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Road Improvement Schemes
Declan Breathnach
331. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the programme of works being carried out on tertiary roads and culs-de-sac, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8965/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Road Improvement Schemes
Declan Breathnach
332. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the uptake of the community involvement scheme over its lifetime, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8966/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Road Improvement Schemes
Declan Breathnach
333. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport why the local improvement scheme is not operational; and his plans to reintroduce the scheme for non-county roads to allow the many families living on such roads an opportunity to travel to and from their homes safely. [8967/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Roads Maintenance Funding
Declan Breathnach
334. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that where allocation of road restoration and maintenance moneys are being made to local authorities that a percentage of those moneys are ring-fenced for tertiary council roads in direct proportion to kilometres of these roads as compared to other road classifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8971/16]
Wed, 4 May 2016
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Roads Maintenance
Declan Breathnach
335. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the classification of roads, the length in kilometres of each road, the moneys allocated in each of the past five years, and the timeframe for resurfacing, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8972/16]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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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]
Tue, 26 Apr 2016
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Road Improvement Schemes
Declan Breathnach
470. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tertiary roads and culs-de-sac which underwent local improvement schemes and community improvement schemes, in tabular form, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8468/16]