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Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (19 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Applications for funding for projects under the dormant accounts fund 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 current comprehensive review of expenditure. The overall objective is to ensure that dormant accounts funds are...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (19 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 and the provision of premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under section 10 of the Fire Services Act 1981 and 2003. Fire authorities fund revenue expenditures on fire services from their own resources. My...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (19 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Axes 3&4, known as the 'LEADER' axes of the Rural Development Programme Ireland 2007 – 2013 (RDP) provide substantial support for the diversification of the rural economy and to activities that enhance the quality of life in rural Ireland. In general, an overall ceiling of €150,000 grant aid per project applies to projects under the LEADER Axes of the RDP and the local action groups...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (19 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The RAPID Programme aims to ensure that priority attention is given to tackling the spatial concentration of poverty and social exclusion within designated RAPID areas nationally. It is a matter for relevant Ministers to address progress and deliver in regard to projects within their areas of responsibility in the different RAPID areas. My Department administers the RAPID Leverage Schemes,...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Hollywood to Naul pipeline is not approved for funding as a contract to start under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 . A Water Services Authority may, at its own expense, carry out planning and/or construction works on contracts or schemes not included in the Programme, which the Authority feels must be progressed. In this regard, I understand that...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (19 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The current pyrite problems were first brought to the attention of my Department in mid-2007 and it acted quickly in taking appropriate action to address them. Following an intervention from my Department, the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) published a new amended Standard Recommendation on the use of aggregates as infill for civil engineering and road construction work. The...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 93 together. The procurement option chosen for any scheme under the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 is based on an assessment of the best value for money from a whole life perspective. Each proposal is examined on a case by case basis and local authorities are obliged by the Department to examine all potential options before deciding...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Some €7.1 million has been provided through the Community Development Programme to 7 Community Development Projects in Cork City since 2002. Details of individual annual amounts provided to each Project since 2002 are set out on an annual basis in the table below. Details of funding provided to Projects for the period prior to 2002 are not held by my Department. However, I understand...

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Part M (Access for People with Disabilities) of the Second Schedule to the Building Regulations, as amended, makes provision for the access and use of buildings, including hotels, by people with disabilities. Building Regulations apply to new buildings and, in certain circumstances, to works involving an extension, material alteration or material change of use to an existing building. ...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The current reserve within the Dormant Accounts Fund as of the 31 March 2011 is €46m. The reserve fund is retained by the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) to meet future reclaims and cover the expenses of the Board and the NTMA. Under Section 17(4) of the 2001 Act, the NTMA has determined, with the approval of the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, given...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Dormant Accounts Acts provide for an annual transfer by credit institutions and insurance undertakings of monies in accounts determined to be dormant into the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF). Since its establishment in April 2003 to the end of March 2011, the transfers to the DAF have totalled some €589m, which includes interest earned of some €35m. Funds reclaimed in that period by...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The position as regards dormant accounts funding is that, in practical terms, increasing the amount available in the Fund does not necessarily allow for the introduction of new dormant accounts measures or programmes. While applying the provisions of the dormant accounts legislation to credit union accounts would increase the amount available in the Fund, Government Departments and agencies...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Under the Dormant Account Act 2001, as amended, and the Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Act 2003, the Financial Regulator may authorise inspectors for the purpose of ensuring compliance by financial services providers with the provisions of the legislation. I do not have a remit in this matter.

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 237 together. Under the Government Accounting procedures, disbursements on dormant accounts measures are paid in the first instance "up front" from each Agency or Department's Vote in the same way as with any other spending programme. Therefore, Government Departments and Agencies have to source funding for dormant accounts programmes from their...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Dormant Accounts Fund Acts provide for an annual transfer by credit institutions and insurance undertakings of monies in accounts determined to be dormant into the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF). Since its establishment in May 2003 to end-March 2011, the net transfers to the DAF have totalled some €345m. The project in question was awarded Dormant Accounts funding of €57,500 under...

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: A Noise Issues Consultation Paper was published in August 2008 to inform the development of a Noise Nuisance Bill proposed by the previous Government. My Department intended to publish the outcome of that consultation process to coincide with the introduction of the Noise Nuisance Bill in the Oireachtas. However, the Bill was not finalised for publication before the dissolution of the 30th...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (24 May 2011)

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 — Closed Circuit Television Systems: Closed Circuit Television Systems (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The lead agency in relation to the Community Based CCTV Scheme is the Department of Justice and Equality and it is that Department which deals directly with applications and allocations under this scheme. Calls for bids are solely at the discretion of the Minister for Justice and Equality. The overall purpose of the scheme is to support local communities who wish to install and maintain CCTV...

Written Answers — Air Pollution: Air Pollution (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Section 24(1) of the Air Pollution Act, 1987 imposes an obligation on the occupier of a non-domestic premises to use the best practicable means to limit and, if possible, prevent emissions to air. Section 24(2) stipulates that an occupier of any premises must not cause or permit an emission in such a quantity, or in such a manner, as to be a nuisance. Statutory responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The process in place with regard to support from the Dormant Accounts Fund provides for consideration of applications received on foot of advertised measures. I am advised that the group in question has not applied to my Department for Dormant Accounts Funding. The last such measure under my Department was advertised in 2009 and there are currently no dormant accounts measures, or other...