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Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: We will sort out both issues for him.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I thank Deputies for their contributions and I will deal with some of the points. Other points will be raised as amendments during the course of the debate. Deputy Niall Collins spoke about hospital infrastructure, and rightly pointed out projects involving 100 or more beds will have to go to the board. Smaller projects will go through the normal planning process. He also raised the...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: It will be a local matter and local authorities will not need to come to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. I presume the Deputies welcome that.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: Deputies Stanley and Catherine Murphy mentioned the roads funding. As stated motor tax and an Exchequer contribution are paid into the local government fund. The fund in the main funds the general purpose needs of local government through the general purpose grant allocations I make to individual local authorities. I also make an allocation to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I do not necessarily agree with the fact that it does, I just mention it. I will continue to provide significant general purpose grants to local authorities. It is a matter for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to decide how he will allocate his funds. Amendments I am introducing today to give effect to the Aarhus convention will allow considerably more participation, openness...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: The issues we are bringing before the House today are largely technical amendments. Some sections of the Planning and Development Act 2010, which are not commenced, have been subject to a legal interpretation. Particularly regarding quarries, my Department has taken the opportunity to introduce a proper legal text so that when they do become part of a planning application they can be...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: We have sorted that. The Deputy does not need to worry about it anymore. Deputy Healy-Rae and he failed and I am going to do what the Deputy always asked to have done.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Instruction to Committee (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: As soon as the Bill is passed we will be in a position to do it. We will introduce the commencement order for that, hopefully, in September - as soon as possible.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Order for Report (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 10, after "1997;" to insert the following: "TO MAKE PROVISION FOR COSTS OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS; TO GIVE EFFECT TO CERTAIN ARTICLES OF THE CONVENTION ON ACCESS TO INFORMATION, PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISIONMAKING AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS DONE AT AARHUS, DENMARK ON 25 JUNE 1998 AND FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE TO BE TAKEN OF THE CONVENTION;...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: "(4) The Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2010 and Part 4 may be cited together as the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2011 and shall be read together as one.". This is a technical amendment that inserts into the Bill a collective citation for the Planning and Development Acts which are being...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: "PART 2 3.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment or in— (a) Order 99 of the Rules of the Superior Courts (S.I. No. 15 of 1986), (b) Order 66 of the Circuit Court Rules (S.I. No. 510 of 2001), or (c) Order 51 of the District Court Rules (S.I. No. 93 of 1997), and subject to...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: 4.—(1) Section 3 applies to civil proceedings, other than proceedings referred to in subsection (3), instituted by a person— (a) for the purpose of ensuring compliance with, or the enforcement of, a statutory requirement or condition or other requirement attached to a licence, permit, permission, lease or...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 4, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: 5.—(1) Section 3 applies to civil proceedings, other than proceedings referred to in subsection (2), instituted by a person relating to a request referred to in Regulation 6 of the Information Regulations. (2) Section 3 shall not apply to proceedings instituted by the Commissioner for Environmental...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 6: In page 4, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: 6.—(1) Section 3 applies to— (a) proceedings in the High Court by way of judicial review or of seeking leave to apply for judicial review, of proceedings referred to in section 4 or 5, (b) an appeal (including an appeal by way of case stated) from the District Court, Circuit Court or High Court in any...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 7: In page 4, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: 7.--(1) A party to proceedings to which section 3 applies may at any time before, or during the course of, the proceedings apply to the court for a determination that section 3 applies to those proceedings. (2) Where an application is made under subsection (1), the court may make a determination that section 3...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 8: In page 4, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: 8.--Judicial notice shall be taken of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters done at Aarhus, Denmark on 25 June 1998.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: I thank the Deputy for his interest in this matter. The amendment proposes that the monetary amounts of fines or penalties under the Air Pollution Act be further increased beyond the significant amounts for which I am providing. Paragraph (a) refers to fines on summary conviction and proposes that a larger increase than that proposed by the Government be introduced. This is unnecessary, as...

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: And 18:6:12.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2011)

Phil Hogan: The amendment proposes to insert a new provision regarding the sealing and labelling requirements of fuel bags under the fuel regulations. The Air Pollution Act 1987 (Marketing, Sale and Distribution of Fuels) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 require that a person or body shall not place on the market, sell or distribute bituminous coal in a bag unless it is sealed. Bituminous coal is defined...