Written Answers Nos. 241-260
241. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of funding for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23568/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe funding application from the group referred to in the details supplied is in respect of the construction of 4 new social housing units under the Capital Assistance Scheme. Revised designs for this project proposal were recently received and my Department is currently reviewing these and will be in further contact with the group in question shortly.
242. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the condition of the beaches along the coastline of County Dublin in terms of environmental standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23790/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) produces an annual “Report on Bathing Water Quality”. The 2015 report shows that Ireland’s bathing waters are among the best in northern Europe, with 93.4% meeting EU minimum standards and 74% attaining “excellent” status.
The report also identifies several bathing waters adjacent to urban areas, particularly in Dublin, as being prone to episodic pollution events and being of less than ‘good’ water quality status. These pollution events are generally associated with overflows from pumping stations or storm outfalls as a result of sewer network blockages or following heavy rainfall. The report also highlights that significant infrastructural investment will be required to reduce the likelihood of recurrence of pollution events in these urban areas. A copy of the report can be downloaded from the EPA website at: http://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/water/bathing/BW_Report_2015.pdf.
Throughout the bathing season, the local authorities report their bathing water monitoring results to the EPA and this information is published and made available to the public on the national bathing water website (splash.epa.ie). During the bathing season where any incidents arise at these identified bathing waters the local authorities report the incidents to the EPA using a notification system which automatically reports incident information, including actions undertaken to protect bathers, and dissemination of this information to the public is undertaken via the Splash website and via social media through the @EPABathingWater twitter account.
243. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent transactions that have been fully completed to date by lender, local authority and approved housing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23857/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThere are currently two Mortgage to Rent (MTR) schemes funded by my Department. A scheme exists whereby a local authority (LA) can acquire ownership of properties with unsustainable local authority mortgages, thus enabling the household to remain in their home as a social housing tenant (LAMTR ). The other scheme provides for an Approved Housing Body (AHB) to acquire ownership of a property with an unsustainable private mortgage, which also enables the household to remain in their home as a social housing tenant (AHB MTR ).
The LAMTR scheme commenced as a pilot in 2013 in Westmeath County and Dublin City Councils and was rolled out nationally in February 2014. The AHB MTR scheme was launched in June 2012.
To date, 200 LAMTR transactions have been completed. Details of the LAMTR transactions broken down by local authority during period 2013 to 2015 are available on my Department’s website at: http://www.environ.ie/housing/statistics/house-prices-loans-and-profile-borrowers/local-authority-loan-activity by clicking the ‘LAMTR transactions’ link. To date in 2016, 7 LAMTR transactions have been completed: 3 in Dublin City, 2 in Cavan and 1 in both Kilkenny and Longford. The deadline for the next tranche of LAMTR funding claims from local authorities is 31 July 2016 and my Department expects to receive further claims. As of 21 July, a further 16 LAMTR claims from Dublin City Council are on hand in my Department for processing to completion in the coming days.
While the AHB MTR scheme is the responsibility of my Department, the Housing Agency coordinates its day-to- day functioning on behalf of my Department. In this regard, the Housing Agency has developed panels of both AHBs and financial institutions that have an interest in participating in the scheme.
As at the end of May 2016, 164 cases had been completed, 16 were with the lenders seeking the consent of borrowers to share information and for the carrying out of an independent valuation, and 675 cases were actively being progressed.
The following tables illustrate the breakdown of the completed AHB MTR cases by lender, local authority and AHB.
Table 1 - Breakdown by Financial Institution/Lender
|
Financial Institution |
Complete |
|
AIB |
1 |
|
BOI |
26 |
|
EBS |
5 |
|
KBCI |
7 |
|
Pepper |
94 |
|
PTSB |
10 |
|
Shoreline |
5 |
|
Start Mortgages |
12 |
|
Stepstone |
3 |
|
Tanagers |
1 |
|
Total |
164 |
Table 2 - Breakdown by Local Authority
|
Local Authority |
Complete |
|
Carlow County Council |
5 |
|
Cavan County Council |
3 |
|
Clare County Council |
3 |
|
Cork City Council |
6 |
|
Cork County Council |
5 |
|
Donegal County Council |
0 |
|
Dublin City Council |
25 |
|
Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council |
1 |
|
Fingal County Council |
13 |
|
Galway City Council |
1 |
|
Galway County Council |
2 |
|
Kerry County Council |
2 |
|
Kildare County Council |
8 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
6 |
|
Laois County Council |
3 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
1 |
|
Limerick City and County Council |
7 |
|
Longford County Council |
1 |
|
Louth County Council |
16 |
|
Mayo County Council |
0 |
|
Meath County Council |
15 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
0 |
|
Offaly County Council |
5 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
0 |
|
Sligo County Council |
0 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
11 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
7 |
|
Waterford City and County Council |
10 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
2 |
|
Wexford County Council |
2 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
4 |
|
Total |
164 |
Table 3- Breakdown by Approved Housing Body
|
Approved Housing Body |
Complete |
|
Carbery Housing Association |
1 |
|
Clúid Housing Association |
107 |
|
North & East Housing Association |
4 |
|
Oaklee Housing Trust |
36 |
|
Respond! Housing Association |
1 |
|
Tinteán |
1 |
|
Túath Housing Association |
14 |
|
Total |
164 |
244. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the contribution he has made and intends to make to the initial resource mobilisation and other aspects of the Green Climate Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23907/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra280. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the expenditure on the Green Climate Fund; his plans, to increase funding to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24135/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 280 together.
Ireland, along with other Developed Countries, committed in 2009 to mobilising US $100 billion annually by 2020 in International Climate Finance for Developing Countries to come from a variety of sources, both public and private.
Despite our recent difficult economic circumstances and the current constraints that apply in this regard, Ireland has maintained flows of public climate finance, delivering approximately €34 million in grants annually from our Overseas Development Aid (ODA) programme, mainly to our key partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa. As noted by An Taoiseach during COP 21 in Paris in late 2015, Ireland will continue our current level of support, which from 2016 to 2020 will ensure €175 million in public funding, mainly for climate adaptation actions.
The Green Climate Fund was established in 2010 by 194 country parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. It aims to support a paradigm shift in the global response to climate change, by allocating its resources to low-emission and climate-resilient projects and programmes in developing countries. The Fund pays particular attention to the needs of societies that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, in particular Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and African States. It is also designed as an operating entity of the Convention’s financial mechanism.
Ireland has signalled during COP 21 that it will make an initial contribution of €2 million to the Green Climate Fund during 2016 and work on engaging with the Fund is currently underway in terms of completing this process but also in term of building up support over the coming years.
245. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the progress of preparation of revised planning guidelines for the development of wind turbines; the process involved; when he expects these to be available for review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24128/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra278. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the preparation of revised planning guidelines for the development of wind turbines; the process involved to have these published, reviewed and approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24133/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 245 and 278 together.
In December 2013, my Department published proposed “draft” revisions to the noise, setback distance and shadow flicker aspects of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. These draft revisions proposed:
- the setting of a more stringent day- and night-time noise limit of 40 decibels for future wind energy developments,
- a mandatory minimum setback distance of 500 metres between a wind turbine and the nearest dwelling for amenity considerations, and
- the complete elimination of shadow flicker between wind turbines and neighbouring dwellings.
A public consultation process was also initiated on these proposed draft revisions to the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines, which ran until 21 February 2014. My Department received submissions from 7,500 organisations and members of the public during this public consultation process.
As outlined in the recently published Programme for a Partnership Government, this Government is committed to finalising the revisions to the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines within 3 to 6 months. The revisions to the Guidelines will be informed by the public consultation process and by best international practice. My Department will continue to advance work on the Guidelines, in conjunction with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.
The revisions to the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines, when finalised, will be issued under Section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. Planning authorities, and, where applicable, An Bord Pleanála are required to have regard to such guidelines, issued under Section 28, in the performance of their functions under the Planning Acts.
246. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has planned legislation to moderate the impact of noise pollution in respect of sanctions to control the noise pollution emanating from alarms or faulty alarms in commercial or housing units where excessive noise from alarms is a disturbance to residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24142/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Private Security Authority (PSA), under the aegis of the Department of Justice and Equality, is responsible for the licensing, control and supervision of all installers of security equipment. The PSA has powers to maintain and improve standards in the provision of services, including standards for intruder alarms. As of 1 August 2006, alarm installers cannot legally operate without a PSA licence, the granting of which requires that the installer is compliant with the Irish Standard for intruder alarm systems, IS EN50131. While this standard does not specify a maximum decibel level, it does specify a maximum duration of 15 minutes for the sounding of external alarms on buildings, which must cease automatically after this maximum duration. This applies to all external alarms installed after 1 August 2006.
In the meantime, a person experiencing noise nuisance may contact their local authority, which may initiate proceedings on grounds of noise nuisance under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992. This Act also provides for any person, or group of persons, to seek an order in the District Court to have noise giving reasonable cause for annoyance abated. The procedures involved have been simplified to allow action to be taken without legal representation.
A public information leaflet, A Guide to the Noise Regulations, outlining the procedural and legal avenues available to persons experiencing noise nuisance, is available on my Department’s website at the following link:
http://www.environ.ie/environment/noise/guide-noise-regulations.
There is no commitment in the Programme for a Partnership Government to introduce any further legislation to address noise nuisance. However, should legislation be brought forward, measures to combat noise nuisance from alarms will be considered.
247. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the department of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council charged with designating streets or properties as not being suitable for wheelie bin collections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23373/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraLocal Authorities are independent bodies with their own elected representatives and are responsible for deciding on their own internal organisation of responsibilities. Questions in relation to the organisation of any particular local authority should be directed to the local authority concerned.
248. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the figures for his Department on the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and uncertified leave in each year from 2011 to 2015, inclusive. [23411/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraDetails in respect of the percentage of working days lost to sickness through certified and uncertified leave in each year from 2011 to 2015 in my Department are set out in the Table below.
|
Year |
Percentage of Working Days Lost to Sickness Absence |
|
2011 |
3.58 |
|
2012 |
3.17 |
|
2013 |
3.79 |
|
2014 |
3.14 |
|
2015 |
3.29 |
249. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities directed to prepare an assessment of applicants on the housing waiting list; the number of local authorities which have already completed this exercise. [23535/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra250. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the next national survey of social housing waiting lists held by local authorities will be undertaken and when this will be published. [23536/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 249 and 250 together.
The Social Housing Strategy 2020 – Support, Supply and Reform, published in November 2014, included a commitment to undertake summaries of social housing assessments on an annual basis from 2016. Arrangements to carry out the 2016 summary, which will provide updated figures of national housing need later this year, are well advanced.
A suite of supporting documents was issued by my Department to housing authorities on 9 June 2016 which included a Direction to each housing authority to prepare a summary of the social housing assessments in its administrative area on 21 September 2016. Electronic data is to be submitted to the Local Government Management Agency by each authority on or before 12 October 2016. Detailed guidance has been prepared by the Housing Agency and provided to all authorities to support the Social Housing Assessment 2016 and my Department has also hosted two information sessions for housing authority staff. Following the submission of the data by housing authorities, the Housing Agency will prepare a final report setting out a Summary of the Social Housing Assessment 2016. It is expected that this will be completed by the end of the year.
251. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the next national survey of performance service indicators from all local authorities will be published; his views on whether it is good practice that no national audit of local authority service indicators has been published since 2013 or since the National Oversight and Audit Commission, NOAC, was set up to take over the service indicators initiative in local authorities from the LGMA, introduced by one of his predecessors in 2004; the way in which, in the absence of such national comparators on the service performance of all local authorities, his Department can make reliable decisions pertaining to aspects of local authority services; and if he will establish a national audit of local authority service indicators on a statutory basis. [23537/16]
Amharc ar fhreagra252. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the budget and number of staff of the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC). [23538/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 251 and 252 together.
The Local Government Reform Act 2014 gave legislative effect to proposals set out in Putting People First: An Action Programme for Effective Local Government (2012) for a range of reforms designed to strengthen local government, including its structures, functions, funding, operational arrangements and governance.
The reforms included the establishment of a National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC). Accordingly, NOAC was established by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government under Part 12A of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended) on 1 July 2014 to oversee the local government sector at a local, regional and national level. To date, NOAC has published 8 reports which are available on its website at http://noac.ie/noac-reports/.
The functions assigned to the Commission by Part 12A include to scrutinise the performance of any local government body against relevant indicators as selected by NOAC or as prescribed in regulations made by the Minister.
The NOAC report on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities 2014 was published by it in December 2015; the position in relation to preparation of the NOAC report in respect of 2015 is a matter for the Commission itself. As regards earlier years, the reports on Service Indicators in Local Authorities 2005 -13 (inclusive) are available on the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) website, http://www.lgcsb.ie/en/serviceindicators/2004to2013.
The NOAC budget for 2016 is €200,000 and the Commission is supported by a secretariat comprising two full-time staff members whose services are made available by my Department. In its work, NOAC is also able to draw on assistance from related organisations such as the Local Government Audit Service, the LGMA and the Housing Agency.
253. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the budget and number of staff of the Local Government Management Association (LGMA). [23539/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Local Government Management Agency (LGMA ) is primarily funded through local authorities. It does not receive a standing Exchequer subvention towards its administrative costs. A detailed breakdown of the annual income and expenditure for the LGMA is contained in its Annual Report and Accounts for 2014, which is the most recently available – this can be viewed at the following link: http://www.lgma.ie/sites/default/files/lgma_annual_report_2014.pdf.
The number of persons employed in the agency at the end of June 2016 was 92.80 full time equivalents (FTE).
254. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of children's playgrounds per 1,000 population directly provided by each local authority and the number of children's playgrounds per 1,000 population facilitated by each local authority; the funding provided to each local authority to provide playgrounds for each individual year from 2011 to 2016 inclusive. [23540/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe provision of playgrounds by local authorities is a matter solely for each local authority and is one in which my Department has no role. Accordingly, my Department has not allocated any funding to local authorities for the provision of playground facilities over the period 2011 to 2016. Ultimately, it is a matter for each local authority to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process, having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources.
The information sought on the number of playgrounds provided or facilitated by local authorities is not available in my Department. This information may be available upon request from individual local authorities.
255. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through certified leave and the percentage of working days lost to sickness absence through uncertified leave in 2015 for each local authority. [23541/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table:
Local Authority 2015 Sick Leave
|
Authority |
Percentage of Paid Working Days Lost to Medically Certified Sickness Absence |
Percentage of Paid Working Days Lost to Self-Certified Sickness Absence |
|
Carlow County Council |
3.96 |
0.38 |
|
Cavan County Council |
2.43 |
0.19 |
|
Clare County Council |
3.63 |
0.25 |
|
Cork City Council |
3.34 |
0.44 |
|
Cork County Council |
3.77 |
0.47 |
|
Donegal County Council |
4.07 |
0.35 |
|
Dublin City Council |
3.85 |
0.56 |
|
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown |
3.70 |
0.49 |
|
Fingal County Council |
4.17 |
0.29 |
|
Galway City Council |
4.58 |
0.33 |
|
Galway County Council |
4.02 |
0.31 |
|
Kerry County Council |
3.44 |
0.30 |
|
Kildare County Council |
4.61 |
0.33 |
|
Kilkenny County Council |
3.98 |
0.37 |
|
Laois County Council |
2.97 |
0.38 |
|
Leitrim County Council |
5.20 |
0.35 |
|
Limerick City and County |
3.43 |
0.34 |
|
Longford County Council |
4.73 |
0.32 |
|
Louth County Council |
4.74 |
0.62 |
|
Mayo County Council |
3.99 |
0.34 |
|
Meath County Council |
3.96 |
0.33 |
|
Monaghan County Council |
3.43 |
0.14 |
|
Offaly County Council |
3.44 |
0.25 |
|
Roscommon County Council |
3.68 |
0.23 |
|
Sligo County Council |
3.56 |
0.22 |
|
South Dublin County Council |
5.20 |
0.47 |
|
Tipperary County Council |
4.34 |
0.28 |
|
Waterford City and County |
4.35 |
0.36 |
|
Westmeath County Council |
2.60 |
0.37 |
|
Wexford County Council |
3.85 |
0.38 |
|
Wicklow County Council |
2.98 |
0.27 |
Details of the overall Public Service Sick Leave Statistics for 2015, which include the Local Authority Sector, are available at the following link;
http://hr.per.gov.ie/sick-leave/.
256. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of household waste collected which is sent to landfill as well as the tonnages of household waste collected which is sent to landfill, by each local authority in tabular form. [23542/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraWhile my Department does not collect this type of information at a local authority level, general information on percentages of waste disposed of by landfilling nationally may be obtained from the Environmental Protection Agency website at the following link: http://www.epa.ie/pubs/reports/waste/stats/.
The latest figures available indicate that Ireland remains on track to achieve the mid-July 2016 target of reducing its bio-degradable municipal waste going to landfills to 35% of the total quantity (by weight) of biodegradable municipal waste produced in 1995 (equivalent to a target of 427,000 tonnes).
257. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the average time taken in weeks from the date of vacation of dwelling to the date when all necessary repairs are carried out which are deemed necessary to re-let the dwelling, in tabular form, by local authority. [23543/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraStatistics on the average re-letting times for local authority social housing are set out in the report of the National Oversight and Audit Commission on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities, the last published report being for 2014, which is available at the following link: http://noac.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/NOAC-Performance-Indicators-Report-2014.pdf.
This does not capture information on the average refurbishment time taken by local authorities. Feedback from local authorities is that the time taken by them to turn around vacant social houses can vary from property to property, depending on the level of refurbishment required in each individual case. Additionally, the funding that my Department provides to local authorities to remediate such properties includes support for the energy retrofitting of the property. While this may add to the work required to remediate a house, it is an important upgrade to the property which brings notable fuel efficiency advantages to the incoming tenant.
The Government’s new housing action plan, the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness which I launched this week, includes commitments in respect of the better management of social housing stock, in line with best asset management practices, so that the re-letting of vacant social housing units is achieved with minimal delay.
258. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the current total number of Traveller families accommodated as a percentage of the targets set in the local Traveller accommodation programme, by each local authority, in tabular form. [23544/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist the authorities in providing such accommodation, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding.
TAPs are typically 5-year rolling programmes which provide a road map for local authority investment priorities over the period ; the adoption of a TAP is a reserved function of the housing authority. The first three TAPs covered the periods 2000- 2 004, 2005–2008 and 2009–2013, while the fourth and current round of TAPs were adopted in April 2014 and run until 2018.
While the specific data sought in the Question are not available in my Department in relation to the TAPs for 2000–2004 and 2005-2008, a detailed breakdown of the TAP targets and outputs for 2009-2013 is set out in Appendix IV of the National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee Annual Report 2013. Similar data in relation to the current TAPs will be provided in the Annual Report 2018 i.e. upon completion of the current programmes. The Annual Reports up to 2013 are available on my Department’s website at the link provided below; the Reports for 2014 and 2015 are currently being finalised and will be similarly published as soon as possible.
http://www.environ.ie/corporate/organisation/partner-bodies/national-traveller-accommodation-consultative-committee.
259. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the difference in planning enforcement procedures and powers of local authorities under the new building control regulations compared with the pre-2014 regulations. [23545/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraLocal authorities have extensive powers of inspection and enforcement under the Planning and Development Acts. These powers of inspection and enforcement are separate and distinct from the provisions of the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2014 and in particular the Building Control Regulations 1997-2015 which put in place the administrative arrangements by which owners, designers and builders are required to demonstrate their approach to achieving compliance with the Building Regulations.
In tandem with the commencement of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014, the online Building Control Management System (BCMS) was developed to provide a common platform for the clear and consistent administration of building control matters across the local authority sector. Its purpose is to facilitate building control authorities, building owners, builders and construction professionals in discharging their separate responsibilities under the Building Control Acts. Oversight of construction activity by local building control authorities has now improved immeasurably with the availability and ready access to detailed data on projects via the online BCMS.
In addition, A Framework for Building Control Authorities has been adopted by the City and County Management Association in order to standardise work practices, systems, procedures and decision-making in relation to the oversight of building control activity across the local authority sector, to enhance consistency of approach nationally, and to move towards a risk-based approach to inspections by building control authorities. Standardised inspection templates have also been developed under this process.
These key reforms to the building control framework represent a reasonable and appropriate response to the many building failures that occurred in the past. This will lead to improved quality within the construction sector now and into the future. Nevertheless, my Department will continue to work closely with local authorities, industry stakeholders and members of the public generally to ensure that all concerned understand their obligations under the Building Regulations.
260. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount collected in motor tax receipts by each individual local authority in 2015 and in 2016. [23546/16]
Amharc ar fhreagraI refer to the reply to Question No. 520 of 2 February 2016, which sets out details of motor tax receipts for 2015. Receipts to the end of June 2016 (including online receipts) are set out in the following table:
2016 (to end June)
|
Licensing Authority |
(€) |
|
Carlow |
8,094,793 |
|
Cavan |
8,873,286 |
|
Clare |
15,009,570 |
|
Cork |
67,589,909 |
|
Donegal |
17,838,018 |
|
Dublin City |
144,161,527 |
|
Galway |
31,225,097 |
|
Kerry |
18,985,633 |
|
Kildare |
27,038,390 |
|
Kilkenny |
12,188,421 |
|
Laois |
9,379,415 |
|
Leitrim |
3,978,307 |
|
Limerick City and County |
23,663,003 |
|
Longford |
4,849,770 |
|
Louth |
13,463,599 |
|
Mayo |
16,609,120 |
|
Meath |
23,450,830 |
|
Monaghan |
7,657,921 |
|
Offaly |
9,220,950 |
|
Roscommon |
8,650,465 |
|
Sligo |
7,915,261 |
|
Tipperary |
21,102,929 |
|
Waterford City and County |
14,451,283 |
|
Westmeath |
11,058,107 |
|
Wexford |
19,909,905 |
|
Wicklow |
18,744,654 |
|
Total |
565,110,163 |
