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Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Staffing and organisational arrangements are a matter for each County and City Manager in respect of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. I understand that a systematic review of staffing requirements has been undertaken by the management of Mayo County Council, which has identified a need to make savings, and that the redeployment process agreed under the Public Service...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: An Office of Public Works chaired working group has been developing proposals for a structured and coherent approach to the further management of the former ISPAT site. The working group's terms of reference include examining the regulatory requirements for the site and advising the Government on the site's most beneficial future use. Plans for future use will determine the levels and extent...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Sectorial Plan under the Public Service Agreement, prepared by management and agreed with unions in September 2010, contains an action relating to the standardisation, across all local authorities, of annual leave, with an implementation date of December 2011. County and City Managers have agreed that a maximum of 32 days annual leave will be implemented on a voluntary...

Written Answers — HomeBond Guarantee Scheme: HomeBond Guarantee Scheme (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 327 and 328 together. HomeBond is a private company providing structural defect insurance cover for new homes and I have no function in relation to the matters raised.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department does not hold this information. Day to day operational matters, including membership of professional organisations, of the agencies under the aegis of my Department are matters for the agency or body concerned.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 to 333, inclusive, together. 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 Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €130 million in...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: A comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure has been approved for County Limerick in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library. The total value of contracts underway and those proposed for commencement during the period of the Programme in County Limerick is some €23 million. The Programme aims to...

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government provides for the introduction of a fair funding model to deliver clean and reliable water. The objective is to install water meters in all households and move to a charging system based on usage above a free allowance. My Department is currently preparing a strategy to implement these proposals and it will be considering the potential impacts on low income...

Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Local authorities have arrangements and applications in place which facilitate citizens in making complaints or suggestions or in reporting problems through various mediums, including by post, phone, text, fax, e-mail and on-line through their websites. In the context of the commitment in the Programme for Government, my Department is working with local authorities in developing options for...

Written Answers — Library Projects: Library Projects (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Proposals for a new Central Library, to be located at John Street in Kilkenny, and replace the existing Carnegie building were received by my Department in November 2010. My Department wrote to Kilkenny County Council in March 2011 seeking additional information, and the Local Authority has indicated that a Stage 2 Application (Sketch design/Cost plan) will be submitted in June 2011. This...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs, the provision of a premises and the making of such other provisions as it considers necessary or desirable, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1981. My Department supports...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs, the provision of a premises and the making of such other provisions as it considers necessary or desirable, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1981. Accordingly, the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department has issued credit cards to the 4 office holders set out below. Credit card holder Private Secretary to the Minister Private Secretary to the Minister of State Principal Officer, ICT Section Head of Administration and Training Division, Met Éireann Departmental credit cards are issued for authorised official use only in circumstances where a strong business case has been...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Funding Scheme to Support National Organisations which was operated by the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs expired on 31 December 2010 and a new Funding Scheme was advertised. On 2 December 2010, organisations funded under this Scheme were offered an extension to their contracts until 31 March 2011. In light of the transfer of the community function to my...

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 346 and 350 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 318 on today's Order Paper.

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010 lapsed on the dissolution of the last Dáil. I made clear during the debates on the Bill that, while I was not opposed to the principle of a directly elected mayor, I have a number of concerns regarding the particular proposal and its timing. Accordingly, it is not proposed to have this Bill restored, but the matter can...

Written Answers — Active Citizenship: Active Citizenship (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Progressing the recommendations of the Taskforce on Active Citizenship is a matter for several Departments as well as my own. I am pleased that a number of the recommendations have been advanced to date, including the following: Audits of existing community facilities have been completed and appropriate arrangements are being made by local authorities to make the results of the audits...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Mobile Phone Radiation Warning Bill 2010 to which the Deputy Question refers was a Private Members Bill introduced in Seanad Éireann and did not proceed beyond that stage. I have no plans at present to bring forward legislation in this regard. An Expert Group Report on the health effects of electromagnetic fields, including those generated by mobile phones, was commissioned by the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352 and 354 together. In October 2009, the European Court of Justice ruled that Ireland failed to adopt the necessary legislation to comply with Articles 4 and 8 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC, known as the Waste Directive, regarding domestic waste waters disposed of in the countryside through septic tanks and other individual waste water treatment systems....

Written Answers — Household Utility Charge: Household Utility Charge (17 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 32 on today's order paper.