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Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Building Regulations 1997 – 2010 provide for the health, safety and welfare of persons in and around buildings and set out the legal requirements for the design and construction of new buildings, including houses, extensions and material alterations and certain changes of use to existing buildings. The related Technical Guidance Documents provide technical guidance on how to achieve...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (7 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, includes the two contracts to advance to construction to improve the Mullingar Regional Water Supply Scheme. One of these is the Lough Ennell abstraction. One of the fundamental considerations of any capital expenditure is that it must deliver value for money. The...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (7 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 has funding of €427 million available to be allocated to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. The main objectives of the RDP are to improve the quality of life in rural areas and facilitate the diversification of the rural economy. As part of the suite of measures available under the RDP to achieve these aims the Conservation and...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: 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. The Government recently approved the urgent drafting of...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: A comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure has been approved for County Sligo and County Leitrim 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 is some €49.6 million in County Sligo and €29...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (7 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: As this matter is the subject of continuing correspondence between Ireland and the European Commission it would not be appropriate to place an element of that correspondence in the public domain pending the conclusion of the process.

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (7 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: Funding of €427 million is available under the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. One of the objectives of the RDP is to identify and provide appropriate amenity and leisure facilities to local communities not otherwise available to them. Accordingly, in this context it may be possible to obtain funding for a project of...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (7 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities through the introduction of the charge on non-principal private residences. The charge is set at €200 and is being levied and collected by local authorities. The charge is levied on a fixed liability date in each calendar year and payment becomes due two months after that date. There is then a...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: On 31 May 2011, I announced that the Government had approved measures to be contained within the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 that is currently being prepared. In line with the Government's commitment to significantly reform political funding in Ireland, this Bill will implement commitments from the Programme for Government and recommendations made in the Moriarty...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities through the introduction of the charge on non-principal private residences. The charge is set at €200 and is being levied and collected by local authorities. Income from the charge is used to support the provision of local services. With some exemptions, the charge applies to a residential property...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, which sets out the detail of the €200 charge on non-principal private residences, is structured with a starting position of a universal liability for residential property in respect of the charge. It goes on to exempt certain buildings and owners from this liability, the most important exemption being where a property is occupied by the owner as his...

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department is re-considering the approach to introducing noise legislation in light of the current programme for Government, which includes a commitment to address noise pollution through the introduction of fixed payment notices (also known as on the spot fines) and provision for mediation between neighbours. As this process will influence the content and timing of new legislative...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: The EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for Ireland under its fiscal consolidation measures commits to the introduction of a property tax for 2012 and to an increase in the property tax for 2013. The Programme reflects the need, in the context of the State's overall financial position, to put the funding of locally delivered services on a sound financial footing, improve accountability and...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities through the introduction of the charge on non-principal private residences. The charge is set at €200 and is being levied and collected by local authorities. The charge is levied on a fixed liability date in each calendar year and payment becomes due two months after that date. There is then a...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: 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 wastewaters disposed of in the countryside through septic tanks and other individual wastewater treatment systems. The Government recently approved the urgent drafting of a...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: Fire services are provided by the 37 statutorily designated fire authorities, and are accordingly structured around the principal local authorities. The Farrell Grant Sparks review of fire services in Ireland concluded unambiguously that this is an appropriate approach which should be strengthened. The review's recommendations were dealt with conclusively by the further strengthening of...

Seanad: Water Charges: Motion (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: I am glad to be in Seanad Éireann, which I have not been in since 1989. I was a Member from 1987 to 1989 and I take this opportunity to congratulate all Members of the House on their recent election or appointment. I wish them well in their term of office. I thank the Senators from the Fianna Fáil Party for giving me this opportunity to speak on this motion and its amendment. I am glad...

Seanad: Water Charges: Motion (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: The reason Fianna Fáil was forced to agree additional property taxes and water charges was the ceding of our economic sovereignty arising from the disastrous policies pursued by previous Fianna Fáil-led Governments. I am surprised two Members from Border counties do not understand the significance of this. Their party introduced the universal social charge.

Seanad: Water Charges: Motion (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: I do not know where equality or fairness comes into that charge. That will not be the case with water charges by metering or the household charge to be introduced in lieu of the property tax agreed in the same EU-IMF programme. The programme for Government agreed between Fine Gael and the Labour Party provides for progressive and considered structural reforms of the water services sector in...

Seanad: Water Charges: Motion (8 Jun 2011)

Phil Hogan: It does not suit the Senator for me to say that and I know it is of great disappointment to him.