Results 3,661-3,680 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- National Assets Management Agency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: Question 3: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Heritage and Local Government the impact on national planning and development policy that the National Assets Management Agency have had; if there are changes in existing planning and development policy as a result of NAMA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44484/10]
- National Assets Management Agency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: Arising from the Minister's reply, will he indicate to the House when the national spatial strategy review will be completed and published and if it will require a strategic environmental assessment in line with European law? Has the Department plans to instruct local authorities, perhaps directly through NAMA, on the compilation of master plans in regard to the various sites that are...
- National Assets Management Agency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: Is the Minister instructing the local authorities or NAMA on the basis of good planning and development to draw up master plans in regard to the commercial and residential holdings that are in the ownership of the State with a view to ensuring, first, that we get some return on the investment which is now in the ownership of the State and, second, that we have good sustainable planning and...
- National Assets Management Agency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: The Minister knows that from the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act.
- National Assets Management Agency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: The Minister might outline to the House how exactly this planning function to which he refers in respect of NAMA properties will work. It is fine to talk of evidence based strategy, core strategy and all of that. What is the Minister doing to ensure we get proper planning and development in regard to the NAMA properties that are now in the hold of the State? How will he ensure we get a...
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: Question 4: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Heritage and Local Government the changes to policy and requirements on taxpayers that recent circulars from his Department concerning commercial motor tax have had; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44485/10]
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: The reason I have submitted this question is that, although the legal provision may not have changed in respect of the application of motor tax to particular vehicles, there is no consistency of application. There is genuine confusion among local authorities and citizens about the application of this provision arising from a circular sent in August. There have been some changes to the...
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: I cannot let that go. In terms of the application of this provision, I am aware of cases in which individuals used to pay about â¬400 in motor tax, but when the new regulations were issued or the new interpretation by the local authority came into play, some of these individuals had to pay â¬1,200. I am sure Deputies on all sides of the House have been in touch with the Minister to bring...
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: I have read it.
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: And adds to it.
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: The Minister is wrong.
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: I have not.
- Motor Taxation (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: The Minister should answer the question he was asked.
- Foreshore Licences (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: Will the Minister indicate the average timescale for an application for a foreshore licence to be dealt with? What is the timescale envisaged for the introduction of the primary legislation to which he referred?
- Local Government Efficiency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: The Minister has given us some indication about another set of committees he is establishing to make decisions. He has a group called the local government efficiency review group chaired by Mr. McLoughlin and he has recommendations. Why does he not seek to implement them rather than set up another group? Why must he sideline all his actions, which are important in terms of local...
- Local Government Efficiency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: Fine Gael agrees with that.
- Local Government Efficiency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: The Green Party has only three councillors, so it would not have anyone to tell it anything.
- Local Government Efficiency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: The Minister will not make a decision.
- Local Government Efficiency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: The Minister's party is one of bloggers, twitters and twits.
- Local Government Efficiency (25 Nov 2010)
Phil Hogan: That is approximately 15 years from a total of 80 years.