Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Leader Programmes Funding

Niall Collins

12. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will give the breakdown of the recent allocation of funds sanctioned to Leader companies; the amount allocated to each company, broken down by measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20461/13]

Domestic Violence Policy

Sandra McLellan

13. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to treat domestic abuse as a serious cause of social housing need and homelessness; and if he will prioritise the addressing of this need in the interests of protecting vulnerable adults and children. [20494/13]

Departmental Properties

Gerry Adams

14. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the buildings and their locations that his Department rent; the number that are signed up to upward only rent agreements; and the cost of each building. [20500/13]

Private Rented Accommodation Prices

Martin Ferris

15. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that private rental prices have increased year on year since he was appointed; his plans to address this problem exacerbated by subsidy of private rental market and current rental properties being repossessed and put up for sale. [20488/13]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Mary Lou McDonald

16. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on work being carried out at an estate (details supplied); and if any further funds are required to give a timeframe for completion. [20484/13]

Local Authority Staff Remuneration

Mary Lou McDonald

17. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff in local authorities that are employed on salaries of more than €100,000 per annum. [20499/13]

Building Regulations Amendments

Denis Naughten

18. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the building control regulations to make provision for contractors providing services to the owners of domestic septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20303/13]

RAPID Programme

Seamus Kirk

19. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of RAPID AITs that have full-time co-ordinators in view of the importance of this programme and the importance of their having full-time co-ordinators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20465/13]

Private Rented Accommodation Provision

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

20. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that families on the rental accommodation scheme are being displaced because lending institutions that repossess their rental properties due to the landlords arrears are refusing to keep tenants. [20487/13]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Peadar Tóibín

22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has explored, in the interest of addressing the large housing waiting list, the possibility of purchasing some properties for social housing areas where demand and the drop in property prices suit same. [20492/13]

Official Engagements

John Browne

23. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date of the last meeting of Comhairle na Tuaithe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20474/13]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues

Clare Daly

24. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will explain the way Homebond may be involved in the pyrite resolution process established by him when they have recently informed homeowners that all previous inspections and tests which they carried out were being withdrawn; his views on whether this amounts to a conflict of interest. [20425/13]

Local Authority Staff Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

25. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that would be saved by the public Exchequer if there was to be one assistant fire chief in each local authority. [20432/13]

National Spatial Strategy

Charlie McConalogue

26. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he plans to address the impact of the removal of the gateway designation for Letterkenny-Derry as a result of the decision to abandon the national spatial strategy. [20297/13]

Electoral Divisions Establishment

Michael P. Kitt

27. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for the release of the local electoral area boundaries in Dublin and across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20449/13]

Proposed Legislation

Michael Colreavy

28. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on the Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Bill and if he will ensure this Bill will be brought before Dáil Éireann this year. [20495/13]

Unfinished Housing Developments

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

29. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for dealing with unfinished estates. [20491/13]

Voluntary Housing Sector Issues

Bernard Durkan

30. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of houses provided under the capital allowance schemes and handed over to various voluntary housing bodies throughout the country since the inception of the scheme on a county basis; the full extent of the total cost of all such schemes to the Exchequer; the extent to which all such bodies continue to comply with regulations governing their operation; if the State investment is guaranteed and returnable to the State directly or via the local authorities in the event of non-compliance with regulations, articles of association or company law; the extent to which any breaches of the relevant regulations have been discovered and addressed by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20417/13]

Ministerial Travel

Jerry Buttimer

31. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the overseas visits for St. Patrick's Day of the Ministers of State at his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20296/13]

Leader Programmes Funding

Timmy Dooley

32. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money allocated to each LEADER company for projects to date; the amount sanctioned to date; and the amount of expenditure incurred, broken down by company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20462/13]