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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Budgets for each programme area to be funded from the Environment Fund in 2011 have recently been finalised. Allocations for individual activities within these broad programme headings, including for Local Agenda 21 purposes, will be finalised in the coming weeks, after which applications for funding, via the local authorities, will commence.

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. Rates are a local property tax levied on the occupiers and, in some cases, the owners of fixed commercial properties. Liability for rates...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: While arrangements for the staffing of the Constituency Offices in my Department are not yet finalised, these Offices will be staffed in accordance with the agreed reduced staffing limits decided by the Government. In addition to the appointment of a Personal Secretary, which is currently being arranged, I have also initiated arrangements for the appointment of a Personal Assistant, in line...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Apart from the Heritage Council, which transferred to my colleague, Deputy Jimmy Deenihan, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on 1 May 2011, there were two vacancies on State Boards under the aegis of my Department open to direct choice to me on 10 March 2011. Neither of these vacancies have since been filled. On 10 March there was one vacancy on the Board of the Housing Finance...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Under section 230 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and Part 16 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, a licence is required in respect of holding an event at which the audience comprises 5,000 or more people. An applicant for a licence is required, within the period of two weeks before applying for a licence, to publish a notice of his or her intention to submit an...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. Under current legislation the person liable for payment of rates is the person in occupation of a rateable property at the date of the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Projects: Local Authority Projects (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: In February 2009, my Department set out details of the financial requirements for local authorities relating to their overall management of capital and current accounts. These requirements flow directly from the requirement for Government finances as a whole to be managed in accordance with the Stability and Growth Pact established under the Maastricht Treaty, and the associated limitation on...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: In relation to the proposal to allocate additional funding for the areas in question from the Dormant Accounts Fund, projects have been assessed and prioritised by Pobal, and these are currently being considered by my Department in the context of the reduced level of funding available in the current year, and also in the context of the review of expenditure that is being undertaken. Any...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department held a public consultation on the control of postering for elections and referenda in Autumn 2008. Following on from this, a number of measures, including restricting the number of posters per candidate, were pilot tested during the 2009 Local and European Elections, and local authorities were canvassed for their views on these measures. Several local authorities indicated that...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Under the provisions of the Local Government (Rates) Act 1970, a rating authority may make and carry out a scheme providing for the waiver by the authority of all or a portion of commercial rates due by ratepayers in respect of a specified class or classes of property. The making of such a scheme is subject to my consent as Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. There...

Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The report of the Review of Fire Safety and Fire Services in Ireland was published by my Department in 2002. Among the principal recommendations in the Report was a greater focus on fire safety, including the introduction of community fire safety initiatives; the enhancement of fire safety legislation, the adoption of a risk-based approach to determining emergency cover as well as new...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The national Building Regulations set out the legal requirements for the design and construction of new buildings, including houses, extensions and material alterations and certain changes of use of existing buildings. The related Technical Guidance Documents provide technical guidance on how to comply with the Regulations. Part B (Fire Safety)/Technical Guidance Document B sets out the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I expect to make decisions shortly in relation to the applications submitted by local authorities for funding under my Department's proposed new initiative relating to Integrated Constructed Wetlands. The application referred to in the Question was one of a large number of applications submitted under the initiative.

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 412 and 413 together. In law, the preparation of the Register of Electors is a matter for each local registration authority. It is their duty to ensure, as far as possible and with the cooperation of the public, the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the Register. While there have been improvements in these regards in recent years, I am satisfied that further...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Information on funding provided to Wicklow County Council in respect of the main programmes for which my Department is responsible is set out in the following table. 2004 1 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 - to date â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ â'¬ Housing 30,460,168 35,593,746 36,561,428 31,809,817 41,487,857 29,907,855 22,212,254 730,282 Water Services 4,322,610...

Written Answers — Programme for Government: Programme for Government (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Government for National Recovery Programme 2011 - 2016 outlines the Government priorities over the next five years. It includes a strong focus on the environmental, community and local government areas and sets an ambitious work programme for me and my Department. It is my intention to implement fully the specific proposals within my Department's responsibility during the next five...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 , a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Galway. The Clifden Sewerage Scheme is included in the Programme amongst the list of contracts in the county to start in the period 2010 – 2012. My Department is finalising its...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I understand that the scheme referred to is being advanced, or being considered for advancement, by Longford County Council under the Small Public Water and Sewerage schemes element of its Rural Water Programme. In February 2011 a block grant allocation of €323,000 was announced by my Department for Small Public Water and Sewerage Schemes in Longford. Responsibility for the administration...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (3 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: It is understood from inquiries that the issue raised in the Question is currently before the Courts and that Dublin City Council is not party to the proceedings. I have no function in this matter.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Pobal administers the Local Community Development Programme (LCDP) on behalf of my Department and I propose to respond to the question in this context. The LCDP aims to tackle poverty and social exclusion through partnership and constructive engagement between Government and its agencies and people in disadvantaged communities. Among other things, it seeks to increase peoples' work...