Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Mountain Access Schemes

Brendan Griffin

284. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if compensation is available to persons (details supplied) in County Kerry who allow hill walkers to use trails on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8906/16]

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]

Social and Affordable Housing

Eoin Ó Broin

286. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider applications from local authorities for social housing new-build programmes of 50 units or more; and if there is a maximum development size he is willing to consider. [9043/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Tony McLoughlin

287. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 20 April 2016, when he will decide on an application from Sligo County Council, which he has received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8807/16]

Water Services Data

Jack Chambers

288. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the capital investment in water services and water leakages, by local authority, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8812/16]

Local Authority Housing Provision

John Brassil

289. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to make funding available for County Kerry for the renovation of long-term void properties in order to increase the availability of social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8842/16]

Local Authority Services

Aindrias Moynihan

290. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he is progressing with Irish Water and the local authorities with a view to the taking in charge of malfunctioning sewerage plants serving estates that are otherwise ready to be taken in charge. [8859/16]

Rent Controls

Finian McGrath

291. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence concerning homelessness and a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8936/16]

Fire Stations Provision

Seán Canney

292. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for tendering for a new fire station in Tuam, County Galway; when construction will commence and when the fire station will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8948/16]

Building Regulations Compliance

Peadar Tóibín

293. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the person or body responsible for the enforcement of the regulation of domestic plumbing; his views on comments by persons (details supplied); and if he will resolve the regulation enforcement gap in this area. [8958/16]

Local Authority Rates

Peadar Tóibín

294. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue generated by the collection of commercial rates, as determined by the national Valuation Office, in each of the local authorities, in tabular form. [8960/16]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Dara Calleary

299. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will award financial assistance to make a family-owned home habitable and therefore remove persons from a council housing list, in the context of a person who is on a list and is availing of rent supplement but who has access to a family home in great need of refurbishment. [8983/16]

Waste Management

Billy Kelleher

300. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the allowance exemption he is giving to households with medical needs such as adult nappies and so on in respect of the upcoming pay by weight refuse charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8994/16]

Housing Estates

Seán Haughey

301. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if all sections of the Planning and Development Act 2000 have been brought into force, particularly the sections dealing with the taking in charge of estates by local authorities including section 180; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9011/16]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Martin Heydon

302. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he has considered making provisions to ensure that former council houses that are bought out by tenants could only be re-purchased by the council again, if they are resold rather than going on sale in the open market which could result in sales to investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9027/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

303. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the stages of the procurement process he and local authorities used for the provision of local authority housing from pre-planning through to construction; and the average length of time this process takes for any individual build project, based on all local authority new build housing projects that have been completed during 2014 and 2015. [9035/16]