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Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Jul 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 Wicklow. Three contracts under the Arklow Sewerage Scheme are included in the Programme amongst the list of contracts in the county to start in the period 2010 – 2012. The major...

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

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government proposes the establishment of a new State-owned water company to be called Irish Water. The Memorandum of Understanding between Ireland and the European Union and International Monetary Fund commits Ireland to undertaking an independent assessment of the establishment of a water utility. My Department is overseeing an independent assessment of the establishment...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: Section 5 of the Electoral Act 1997 provides for the establishment of a Constituency Commission to review Dáil and European Parliament constituencies upon the publication by the Central Statistics Office of the preliminary results of a Census. Following the Census held in April 2011, the CSO published such a report on 30 June 2011. I have commenced the process for establishing a...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Government remains firm in its commitment to rural development. Strong, vibrant rural communities are essential to the well-being of the entire country. The Community Division within my Department was established to promote and support the sustainable and inclusive development of communities - both urban and rural. It has responsibility for a range of programmes and schemes targeting...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jul 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 further...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, which sets out the detail of the €200 charge on non-principal private residences, is premised on a universal liability for the charge in respect of residential property. It goes on to exempt certain properties and owners from the charge, the most significant exemption being where a property is occupied by the owner as his or her sole or main...

Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I am not aware of the practice as outlined in the Question. Local authorities are committed to the delivery of a quality service to public representatives and the public in general, including in relation to access to information. It is a matter in the first instance for each local authority to keep under review its own systems and procedures with a view to improving standards of service and...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: RAPID operates in 51 areas nationally of which nine are within or partially within the area administered by Dublin City Council. 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 within the different RAPID areas. My Department administers the RAPID Leverage Schemes, which are designed...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to complete ratification of the Aarhus Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Delivering on this commitment by addressing the remaining legislative requirements to allow ratification to proceed is a high priority for the Government. The three pillars of...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: In relation to the proposal to allocate additional funding for the proposed Dormant Accounts RAPID additionality measure for 5 new RAPID towns, projects nationally 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...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: Subject to age and residency requirements, a registered elector's citizenship determines the polls at which he or she is entitled to vote. British Citizens may vote at Dáil, European Parliament and local elections. Irish Citizens alone are entitled to vote in Presidential elections and referendums. While electoral law is subject to ongoing review, I have no proposals at present to extend...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: Regarding the reference to burdens on the retail sector, I assume that the Question is referring to the Environmental Management Costs (EMCs) that consumers have paid to producers when purchasing certain electrical items since the introduction of the WEEE Regulations in Ireland, and which will continue in place until they are discontinued in February 2013. This system of EMCs was put in...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: The information requested, as of 11 July 2011, is set out in the table. Year Amount No. of Non-Principal Private Residences 2009 â'¬68,919,400 323,560 2010 â'¬67,149,080 321,152 2011 â'¬51,964,600 259,326

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, which sets out the detail of the charge, is premised on a universal liability for residential property in respect of the charge. It exempts certain buildings and owners from this liability, the most important exemption being where a property is occupied by the owner as his or her sole or main residence on the liability date. Section 4(6) of the Act...

Land Reclamation (13 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I am progressing new planning regulations through both Houses which are required to deal with a judgment of the European Court of Justice in case C-66/06. The court found that in this case Ireland's system of environmental impact assessment for screening certain categories of agriculture and aquaculture related projects was over-reliant on size thresholds and did not take into account other...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (13 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I have recently published a discussion document to help inform the public consultation process on the Government's commitment to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, whereby service providers will bid to provide waste collection services in a given area, for a given period of time and to a guaranteed level of service. The discussion document provides some details...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (13 Jul 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 further...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: Overall monitoring of EU environmental policy is co-ordinated by a unit in the Environment Division of my Department consisting of 6 staff who also have wider responsibilities in relation to international environment matters and sustainable development. Two more staff are on secondment to the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union in Brussels to deal specifically with EU...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (14 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: The number of persons employed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (including the Director General and members of the Executive Board) who had basic salaries in excess of the amounts referred to in the Question are as follows: Year Ending >€100,000 >€150,000 >€200,000 >€250,000 2009 9 2 1 0 2010 6 1 0 0 The EPA does not pay any bonuses to staff. The board of the EPA is...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: Medical equipment, with the exception of implanted or infected medical devices, relying for its functioning on a source of electrical energy or any source of power, other than that directly generated by the human body or gravity, at end of life is categorised as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and is subject to the provisions of the Waste Management (Waste Electrical and...