KCC - Kilkenny County Council

KBC - Kilkenny Borough Council

Total - Agreed combined totals entered nationally

 

A&C:  Arts and Cultural Services	KCC	KBC	Total
A&C1: Arts Grants
- number of arts grant allocated	22	13	35
- total value of arts grants allocated per 1,000 of population (includes Arts Festival, excludes Theatre)	820	2035	975
CP:  Community Participation & Cooperation - Your Local Authority	KCC	KBC	Total
CP1:  % of local schools involved in local Youth Council / Comhairle na N-Og (County & City)	17	n/a	17
C:  Corporate Issues (C1-C2)	KCC	KBC	Total
C1: % working days lost to sickness absence through
-  certified leave	2.62	4.6	2.98
-  uncertified leave	0.47	1.3	0.56
C2:  Staff Training and Development
-  Expenditure on Training and Development as a percentage of total payroll costs	6.75	3.3	6.18
E:  Environmental Services (E1- E9)	KCC	KBC	Total
Water:   (E1 - E2)
E1: % of River channel which is
- unpolluted	58.68		EPA providing figures
- slightly polluted	36.8		EPA providing figures
- moderately polluted	4.5		EPA providing figures
- seriously polluted	0.02		EPA providing figures
E2: % of drinking water analyses results in compliance with stationary requirements with regards to: (Refers to 2003)
- public schemes.	97.1	n/a	97.1
- private schemes	94.7	n/a	94.7
Fire Service   (E3 - E5)
E3: Average time in minutes to mobilise fire brigades in
- Full Time Stations	0	n/a	0
- Part Time Statiions	5.9	n/a	5.9
E4: % of attendance at scenes where 1st attendance is at scene
- within 10 minutes	41.24	n/a	41.24
- within 20 minutes	47.44	n/a	47.44
- after 20 minutes	11.32	n/a	11.32
E5: Fire Prevention
- total number of fire safety certificate applications received	236	n/a	236
- total number of fire safety certificate applications processed	238	n/a	238
Waste Management:   (E6 - E9)
E6: % of houses provided with segregated waste collection KCC	74	100	74
E7: % of household waste recycled KCC + KBC	18	n/a	18
E8: % of household waste going to landfill KCC + KBC	82	n/a	82
E9: Category	Bring Sites	Civic Sites	Total No. of Facilities	Locations per 5,000	Toonage collected per 5000
- Glass	45	3	48	3	60.36
- Cans	40	3	43	2.7	4.55
- Textiles	3	1	4	0.25	5.93
- Batteries	67	1	68	4.25	0.73
- Oils	0	1	1	0.0625	0.36
- Others	1	1	2	0.125	50
E10  Litter Prevention and Environmental Enforcement	Full-Time	Part-Time per 5000	F & P Time
Litter	KCC - KBC - Total	KCC - KBC - Total	KCC - KBC - Total
- number of litter wardens	2 - 1 - 3	7 - 0 - 7	0.56 - 0.588 - 0.64
	KCC	KBC	Total
- number of on the spot fines	146	108	254
- number of prosecutions due to non payment of on-the-spot fines	8	29	37
- number of prosecutions secured	1	3	4
- % of areas within the Local Authority that are
unpolluted / Litter free	0		0
slightly polluted	10.54		10.54
moderately polluted	82.99		82.99
significantly polluted	6.47		6.47
grossly polluted	0		0
E11: Environment Complaits & Enforcement
- pollution cases subject to complaints	682		682
-  number investigated and dismissed	545		545
-  number of procedures taken	137		137
E12: Percentage of schools participating in environmental campaigns
- Primary Schools (77)	58		58
- Secondary Schools (17)	87		87
H:  Housing	KCC	KBC	Total
H1:  Housing Vacancies
- The average number of dwellings in local authority stock	1137	503	1640
- Overall % of dwellings that are let	97.71	93.84	96.5
- Overall % of dwellings that are empty	2.29	6.16	3.5
- % of empty dwellings subject to major refurbishment schemes	15.38	41.94	29.8
- % of empty dwellings unavailable for letting	100	100	100
- % of empty dwellings available for letting	0	0	0
H2:  Average Time Taken to Re-let Available Dwellings	9 wks	4 wks	6.8 wks
H3:  Total repairs completed as % of no. of valid requests received	63	90	76
H4:  Avg time (days) taken to inform applicatns of Local Authority decision on applications for..
- Shared ownership housing scheme	7.25	n/a	7.25
- Housing Loan schemes	21	24	22.5
- Local Authority housing	8	48	28
H5:  Total # travellers accomodated as % of targets set in Local Authority traveller accommodation program	73	n/a	73
L:  Library Services  (L1 - L4)	KCC	KBC	Total
L1:  Library Public Opening Hours
- Average number of opening hours per week for full-time libraries	33.22	n/a	33.22
- Average number of opening hours per week for part-time libraries (where applicable)	19.5	n/a	19.5
L2:  Number of registered library members as a % of local population	21.95	n/a	21.95
L3:  Number of items issued per head of population (county / city wide) for
- Books	3.53	n/a	3.53
- Other items	0.3	n/a	0.3
L4:  % of libraries that offer Internet access to the public	100	n/a	100
L5:  Number of internet sessions provided per 1000 population	96	n/a	96
M:  Motor Taxation	KCC	KBC	Total
M1  % of Motor Tax applications which are dealt with
- over the counter	75	n/a	75
- by post	25	n/a	25
- in other ways	0	n/a	0
M2  % of Postal applications which are dealt with
- on the same day (16,311)	78.5	n/a	78.5
- on the third day or less (3,749)	18	n/a	18
- on the fifth day or less (616)	3	n/a	3
- over five days (97)	0.5	n/a	0.5
M4  Public opening hours
- Average number of opening hours per week	32.5	n/a	32.5
P:  Planning and Building Control (P1 - P5)
P.1  Planning Applications - Decision-Making	KCC	KBC	Total
Individual House
-  Number of applications determined	789	14	803
-  Number of applications determined within 8 weeks	93.49	60	93
-  average time to determine an application where further informations is sought (days)	76.43	73.25	76
-  % of grants	74.27	85.71	74
-  % of refusals	25.73	14.29	26
-  % of cases where decision was confirmed by An Bord Pleanala	87.5	0	82
-  % of cases where decision was varied by An Bord Pleanala	0	0	0
-  % of cases where decision reversed by An Bord Pleanala	12.5	100	18
Housing Development
- Number of applications determined	61	6	67
- Number of applications determined within 8 weeks	100	40	90
- average time to determine an application where further informations is sought (days)	80.97	76	80.84
- % of grants	78.69	83.3	79
- % of refusals	21.31	16.7	21
- % of cases where decision was confirmed by An Bord Pleanala	72.73	100	75
- % of cases where decision was varied by An Bord Pleanala	0	0	0
- % of cases where decision reversed by An Bord Pleanala	27.27	0	25
Other: Not requiring EIA
-  Number of applications determined	778	95	873
-  Number of applications determined within 8 weeks	99.43	86.67	98
-  average time to determine an application where further informations is sought (days)	76.38	73.65	76.18
-  % of grants	93.06	97.89	94
- % of refusals	6.94	2.11	6
- % of cases where decision was confirmed by An Bord Pleanala	78.26	66.67	77
- % of cases where decision was varied by An Bord Pleanala	0	33.33	4
- % of cases where decision reversed by An Bord Pleanala	21.74	0	19
Other: Requiring EIA
-  Number of applications determined	7	1	8
-  Number of applications determined within 8 weeks	100	0	100
-  average time to determine an application where further informations is sought (days)	107	105	93.38
-  % of grants	71.43	100	75
-  % of refusals	28.57	0	25
- % of cases where decision was confirmed by An Bord Pleanala	44.44	0	40
- % of cases where decision was varied by An Bord Pleanala	33.33	100	36
- % of cases where decision reversed by An Bord Pleanala	22.22	0	20
P.2  Planning Enforcement
- Total number of cases subject to complaints that are investigated	238	15	253
- Total number of cases subject to complaints that are dismissed	0	0	0
- Number of enforcement procedures taken through warning letters	84	9	93
- Number of enforcement procedures taken through enforcement notices	152	5	157
- F. Number of prosecutions	18	2	20
P.3  Planning Public Opening Hours
- Average number of opening hours per week	30	35	32.5
P.4  Average time from request for consultation with Local Authority to formal meeting for pre planning (in days)	8	3	5.5
P.5  Buildings inspect as % of new buildings notified to Local Authority	17.4	n/a	17.4
Rec:  Recreational Services	KCC	KBC	Total
Rec1:  Number of Children's Playgrounds per 1,000 population
- directly provided by the local authority	0	0	0
- facilitated by the local authority	0.0125	0	0.0125
Rec2:  Number of visitors to Local Authority facilitated swimming facilities per 1,000 population	n/a	1607	1607
Rev:  Revenue Collection  (Rev1 - Rev5)	KCC	KBC	Total
Rev1  House Rent
-  Amount collected at end of year as % of amount due	92.3	95.3	93.1
-  Number of arrears on Housing Rent that are 4-6 weeks old	6.3	3.1	5.5
-  Number of arrears on Housing Rent that are 6-12 weeks old	11.4	12.8	11.8
-  Number of arrears on Housing Rent that are more than 12 weeks old	64.3	68.9	65.5
Rev2  Housing Loans
-  Amount collected at end of year as % of amount due	91.5	81.4	90.9
-  Number of arrears on Housing Loans that are 1 month old	7	3.4	6.5
-  Number of arrears on Housing Loans that are 2-3 month old	5.9	6.3	5.9
-  Number of arrears on Housing Loans that are 3 months old	78.5	88.6	79.7
Rev3  Commercial Rates
- Amount collected at year end as % of amount due	98.4	97.6	98.1
Rev4  Refuse Charges
- % of households paying refuse charges at year end	n/a	100	100
Rev5  Non-Domestic Water Charges
- Amount collected at year end as % of amount due	76.4	66.2	73
R:  Roads (R1)	KCC	KBC	Total
R1: Road Restoration Programme
- Local and Regional roads surface dressed per annum (square meters)	918278	n/a	918278
- Percentage of Local and Regional roads surface dressed per annum	7	n/a	7