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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: A significant level of expertise is required to deal with European Court of Justice judgments, and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has lost 31 cases. This has been a significant problem for me to deal with. A number of planning inquiries were held and planning issues arose in Wicklow and other places. A level of expertise is required to explore these...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: Much has been said publicly and otherwise about it which has not been true. We decided to engage a senior counsel to conduct a thorough investigation and the report will be available shortly to the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Department will provide €100 million out of €333 million for PEACE III so we are making a contribution. With regard to engagements during the Presidency, the Deputy will have to speak to the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: Is Deputy Catherine Murphy referring to one on climate change?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: I will do my best to comply with the Chair's wishes. Almost all of the €333 million of the programme value is contractually committed. I will not be here again next week moving money from one place to another. There is work in progress. I can give Deputy Murphy an indication of how things are going in the Department. No matter where we go in this Department, we give good value...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: Some of that will be carried over into next year. The projects, some of which are in Deputy Murphy's constituency and are very important, will be proceeding. Leader funding is tied in with the European Union funding arrangements and we must draw it down. We have got a reassessment of the agreement with the European Commission on Leader and we are now able to draw down 85% of the funds...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: Including that.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: Almost all the €333 million is contractually committed.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: We can supply the Deputy with the detail of the projects.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is. We are getting receipts from the European Commission for various ongoing works on the PEACE programme and we are spending that now rather than waiting for the receipts to come in. We have agreement for that from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: I thank members for the opportunity to present and discuss the proposed supplementary Estimate for my Department's Vote for 2012 for which I am seeking approval. This supplementary Estimate refers to the provision of funding for the EU co-funded programme for peace and reconciliation 2007-13 - known as PEACE III. PEACE III runs from 2007 to 2013 and is co-funded with the EU, the Northern...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: The SEUPB has full oversight and has a significant number of staff to monitor projects at local and regional level. I agree with the Deputy that it has provided good value for money, particularly the local projects. I have seen some of them and they certainly get engagement from the local communities across the board and make a big impact at community level. The SEUPB manages the projects...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Travel (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 287 and 307 together. My response to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 4 December includes travel and accommodation costs for all members of my Department, including such costs incurred by me as Minister. In respect of my flight and accommodation costs, my economy return flight ticket to Doha cost €565, while the cost of my hotel accommodation is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Remuneration (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: Severance payments, of a type provided for in the ministerial and Parliamentary Offices Act 1938 (as amended), are not paid to any person who ceases to be an elected member of a local authority. Section 142 of the Local Government Act 2001 and Local Authority Members (Gratuity) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 281 of 2002) (as amended) provide for the payment of a once-off gratuity subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Job Initiatives (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: Territorial Employment Pacts (TEPs) originated in 1998 as an initiative of the EU aimed at developing local, participatory and coordinated actions targeting unemployment and new employment opportunities in regions, cities, towns, rural areas and employment catchment areas that share certain socioeconomic characteristics. I understand there were 85 TEPs established throughout the EU. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: Discussions with the stakeholders are at an advanced stage and I expect them to conclude very shortly with outcomes arrived at on the basis of the pyrite report. I have already announced my intention to establish a Resolution Board as recommended in the pyrite report. I have previously stated that I will not allow the discussions to drag on and I am anxious to finalise this phase of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Divisions (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: I established a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee on 15 November 2012. The press release announcing the establishment of the Committee , including its terms of reference , is available on the website of my Department at. I understand that the Committee has issued an invitation for submissions . The Committee’s website is.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Prevention Measures (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: On 9 October 2012 I briefed the Government on matters relating to the Cork flooding of 29 June 2012. While my Department co-ordinates the response to several types of emergencies including flooding, it has no standing in relation to the development or operation of any compensation scheme for business. The Government decided that the relevant Ministers would agree with the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: Based on Fire Statistics returns from Waterford City and Waterford County Fire and Rescue Services , the number of call-outs, which include responses to fires, other service incidents - such as road traffic accidents and flooding - and false alarms, in the past five years (2007 to 2011) were as follows: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Waterford City 1,046 923 789 886 n/a ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Elections (11 Dec 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Government’s approach to the introduction of a directly elected mayor in Dublin is set out in the Action Programme for Effective Local Government- Putting People First. Part 5 of the document outlines some of the potential benefits and other issues associated with the concept and indicates that a special forum of the elected members of the four Dublin local authorities will be...