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

Phil Hogan: In accordance with my Department's Sectoral Plan, under the Disability Act 2005, all local authorities were required to carry out an accessibility audit in respect of all public spaces, public buildings and services owned and operated by them. Local authorities were then required to draw up implementation plans setting out a programme of works to address any issues identified through the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: An upgrade of the Lee Road Water Treatment Plant is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012 as a contract to advance to construction during the period of the Programme. The planning of this project including the appropriate form of procurement has been underway for some time. The procurement option chosen for any scheme under the Water Services Investment...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Under the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 2001, local authorities are deemed to be burial boards for their respective functional areas. Acting in their capacity as burial boards, local authorities are responsible for the management, regulation and control of burial grounds in their functional area. With the coming into effect of the Local Government Act 1994 Ministerial...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: There is no specific European Union funding to provide for the employment of litter wardens in local authorities. Offaly County Council, like all local authorities, is required to comply with all relevant employment legislation, and more broadly with Government policy on public sector numbers, in the context of employment by the authority.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The new Wastewater Treatment Plant at Portrane, which is currently under construction, will provide wastewater treatment facilities for Rush and is being funded under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012. Some network improvements in the Rush area of the Portrane/Donabate/Rush/Lusk Sewerage Scheme are included in the Programme among the list of schemes in the...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (24 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. My Department is referring the Deputy's question to the agencies concerned for direct reply.

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (24 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 58 of 24 March 2011. I have no plans to amend the Building Control Act 2007 in relation to the arrangements in place for the registration of persons permitted to use the title of Architect. However, the fees charged for registration, which must be approved by me in my capacity as Minister, are currently being considered and I will be in contact with the...

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Let me have it.

Leaders' Questions (25 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Wait to hear the answer.

Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Did they not negotiate it?

Order of Business (25 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Watch the creamery cheque.

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (25 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 131 together. The most recent verified figures available to me indicate that the value of off-the-road declarations made during the 15 months from May 2009 to July 2010 inclusive was over €94 million. An off-the-road declaration in relation to any month can only be accepted after that month has expired. I am concerned at the high level of...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (25 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 includes details of the contracts to commence in County Carlow, and nationally, over the period 2010 to 2012, as well as schemes to advance through planning in this period. A copy of the Programme is available in the Oireachtas library. The specific environmental and economic pressures that have informed priorities and project selection...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (25 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 — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (25 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Management Services Board (LGMSB) provides administrative, secretariat and research services to the County and City Managers' Association in the context of joint working of local authorities through the Office for Local Authority Management. No such assistance is provided to the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland, the Association of County and City Councils...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (25 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The County and City Managers' Association engages with my Department on a regular basis and has made a range of submissions in recent years in that context. However, neither I nor my predecessor received any written submissions personally from the Association in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (26 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (26 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 62 together. With the reduced resources available for Department funding programmes, the CLÁR programme is being wound down. My Department has provision of up to €0.5m for the Programme for 2011; this will be used to meet existing commitments arising during this year. There are currently approximately 143 projects under the Programme on hands with...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (26 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 individual Departments to report on the provision of funding and progress on delivery with regard to projects under their responsibility in the different RAPID areas. My Department administers...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (26 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.