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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I am glad of the opportunity to allay the fears of many people and also to allay the fears of those who spoke during the summer months of a €300 annual charge. I am glad that was not mentioned during the course of this Bill because it no longer applies.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The applicable interest rate paid by local authority borrowers on fixed rates is set by reference to prevailing fixed interest rates at the time of loan draw down. While there is no legislative provision that prevents local authorities from reducing these rates, the rates were contractually fixed at the time of drawdown and they remain so. Charging a new rate would not be possible without a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together. The EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for Ireland commits the Government to the introduction of a property tax for 2012. 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 better align the...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: In general, premises and sites occupied by my Department are rented or leased by the OPW, rather than directly by my Department. The location, costs and landlord of the premises and sites currently rented directly by my Department are set out below. Location Full Year Rental CostFor 2011 Landlord Office space - Met Éireann, Dublin Airport €73,629.12 Dublin Airport Authority Office...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, whereby service providers would bid to provide waste collection services in a given area, for a given period of time and to a guaranteed level of service. This system is known as franchise bidding. A public consultation designed to inform the policy development process...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Data in relation to local authority housing stock are available on my Department's website, www.environ.ie. Completion figures for the voluntary and cooperative housing programmes funded by my Department are also available on the website. Data for 2010 will be available shortly.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Table 1 below gives details of allocations notified earlier this year to local authorities under certain housing programmes namely, social housing capital, Traveller accommodation, regeneration/remedial works, energy efficiency and private housing grants. Funding so allocated may include the construction or acquisition of social housing within the overall funding now available. Table 2 below...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: A retired Secretary General is currently in receipt of a fee of €9,450 in respect of his Chairmanship of the Management Board of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management. No former Secretary General serves on the Board of any Agency under the Department's aegis. The Department is not aware of any former Secretary General being employed by any of its Agencies.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: They wrote the budget for the Deputy's Government last November.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I can see the Deputy is very disappointed. They wrote the previous Government's budget last year.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I would be interested in hearing the Deputy go through his own constituency.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: They did a lot of damage.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy is not too bad at the leaflets.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy has plenty of leaflets.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: It is all coming out now.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The debate on this Bill is timely. The Government will, in the coming weeks, publish its own legislation to bring about sweeping reforms of political funding arrangements which my predecessors failed to do. The legislation will be based on the general scheme of the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill the Government published in June. I remind Deputy Martin that it was the...

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I could spend considerable time speaking about Deputy Martin's corporate and political memory, which appears to have lapsed in the past couple of hours.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I could discuss previous leaders of the Fianna Fáil Party and all the activities they got up to.

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I could talk about corporate and political memory from the point of view of Fianna Fáil. Deputy McDonald outlined many of the proposals which form part of the programme for Government and we look forward to her support in these matters. She would make a major contribution if she were to inform the House about the balance sheet to which she referred in respect of the golden circle Sinn Féin...

Private Members' Business: An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2011: An Dara Céim, Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (18 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: According to the returns it provides, it does not spend it in this jurisdiction.