Results 121-140 of 396 for waste management speaker:Phil Hogan

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (16 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: Under section 32(1A)(a) of the Waste Management Act 1996 it is the responsibility of the original waste producer or other waste holder to have waste collected, or to make appropriate arrangements for treatment, in accordance with the waste hierarchy. Section 35 of the 1996 Act provides that a local authority may make bye-laws requiring a holder of household waste to present such waste,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (28 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...Offaly County Councils. I believe that a complete solution to this problem is difficult to arrive at and must necessarily involve more effective and co-ordinated enforcement of the law from both a revenue and waste management perspective. In that context, my Department continues to liaise with representatives of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the local authorities concerned and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (21 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Government’s new waste policy, A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, was published in July 2012. Among the measures included in the policy is the establishment of an interdepartmental working group to report to Government with options to minimise the impact of waste charges on low income households. The working group, which comprises representatives of my...

Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (12 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 requires householders whose properties are served by on-site wastewater treatment systems to register their system with their local authority. As of 12 March 2013, applications in respect of the on-site wastewater treatment systems of 392,952 owners who have registered online, by post or in person at their local authority offices had been processed....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (12 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...fertiliser storage and the implementation of land-spreading restrictions. Groundwater quality is dependent to a large extent on the quality of surface water and so the upgrading of septic tanks and of waste water treatment plants can be expected to contribute to improved groundwater quality. The priorities in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme include the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (7 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...No. 440 of 26 February 2013 which sets out the position in this matter. Section 70B(5) of the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 provides that a certificate of registration for a domestic waste water treatment system will be valid for five years. The legislation does not provide for a re-registration fee and I have no plans to introduce such a fee. As of 5 March 2013, applications in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (7 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Government’s new waste policy, A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, was published in July 2012. Among the measures included in the policy is the establishment of an interdepartmental working group to report to Government with options to minimise the impact of waste charges on low income households. The working group, which comprises representatives of my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: United Nations Environmental Programme (26 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...in relation to the new institutional arrangements and it fell to the Irish Presidency to coordinate the EU’s input to these negotiations. The Irish Presidency team’s co-ordination role involved managing multiple parallel tracks of meetings and participating in a number of bi-lateral meetings with other non-EU delegations during the Session. Following agreement on all the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Upgrade Grants (19 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 493 and 497 together. The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 requires owners of premises connected to domestic waste water treatment systems to register their systems. The requirement to register does not apply to schools. If a school’s treatment system has been registered in error, the person who registered it should apply to the Local Government...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Framework Directive (19 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 503 to 507, inclusive and 524 to 528, inclusive, together. The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive requires Member States to establish the outer (seaward) limits of estuaries for the purposes of the Directive. In a February 1995 report to my Department, Identification of the Outer Limits of Estuaries in Ireland, the EPA, in consultation with the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (12 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...combating litter and illegal dumping matters is to provide a robust governing legislative framework . The key legislative codes in that regard are the Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009 and the Waste Management Acts 1996 to 2011; in particular, section 32 of the 1996 Act places the responsibility on the holders of waste to ensure that it is managed in a manner that does not cause...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Registrations (7 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: As of 6 February 2013, applications in respect of the on-site wastewater treatment systems of 376,451 owners, who have registered on-line, by post or in person at their local authority offices, had been processed and approximately 25,000 additional registration applications were awaiting processing by the bureau operated by the Local Government Management Agency on that date. Details of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Registrations (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142, 152, 159, 160, 170, 171, 188, 196, 198 and 210 together. The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 requires householders whose properties are served by on-site wastewater treatment systems to register their system with their local authority. The deadline for householders to register was 1 February. At the passing of that deadline, applications in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Government’s new waste policy, A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, was published in July 2012. Among the measures included in the policy is the establishment of an interdepartmental working group to report to Government with options to minimise the impact of waste charges on low income households. The working group, which comprises representatives of my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...programme areas in December 2012: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government Capital Expenditure - December 2012 Programme €m Housing 158.5 Water Services 129 Environment / Waste 2.5 Local Government 7.5 Community/ Other 10.5 The Estimates for Public Services 2013, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, provide for carryover of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 592, 596, 597, 614 and 619 together. The Water Services Acts 2007 and 20012 (Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems) Regulations 2012 provide that treatment systems should be de-sludged at intervals that are appropriate to the tank capacity and to the numbers of persons resident in the premises to which the system is connected or as recommended by the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (30 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: On 26 June 2012, I signed the Water Services Acts 2007 and 2012 (Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems) Regulations 2012 which set out performance standards for on-site treatment systems, including requirements regarding the maintenance and de-sludging of such systems. With limited exceptions, they must be de-sludged by a permitted contractor. The regulations currently in force which are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (23 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: Matters relating to the transfer of waste collection services by local authorities to private operators are matters in the first instance for the local authorities concerned. My Department’s role is to provide a comprehensive legislative and waste policy framework through which the relevant regulatory bodies, such as local authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency, operate....

Seanad: Local Government Reform: Statements (22 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: ...been published. As I commented when the report of the Limerick group was published at the end of 2012, it sets a standard for local government reform, for example, in terms of organisational and management streamlining and that action being taken in the context of unification to achieve economic transformation, which my Department has strongly supported financially and otherwise. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (22 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Government's new waste policy, A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, was published in July 2012. Among the measures included in the policy is the establishment of an interdepartmental working group to report to Government with options to minimise the impact of waste charges on low income households. The working group, which comprises representatives of my Department...