To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that volunteer centres across the country are to lose funding arising from the re-structuring of the local development companies system which heretofore has allocated what has come to be known as the 1% funding for… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if allowances will be provided for each parent in cases of separation and divorce in view of the sharing of parental responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. – Seán Kyne. REPLY Minister for the Environment, Community and Local… Continue Reading
In common with a number of colleagues, I have already acknowledged in this House that mistakes were made by the Government and Irish Water in regard to this project. It is important to put up our hands. Those mistakes relate to the ambitious scale of the project, its timescale and the speed of its implementation.… Continue Reading
Annual charges are now capped until the end of 2018. The capped charges will be €160 for single adult households – about 30% of all households – and €260 for all other households. A water conservation grant payable to all households who register with the Department of Social Protection will mean in effect the charges… Continue Reading
To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of the recommendations contained in the construction strategy which was launched by the Taoiseach and Tánaiste earlier this year particularly on account of the housing challenges facing some parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.… Continue Reading