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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: There was not even a Cabinet meeting. Senators were speaking about ivory towers. People have been living in ivory towers over the past several months in regard to this legislation. Misinformation has been spreading around the country. Senator Ó Domhnaill is citing a figure of €300 per annum.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: No, it did not start anywhere near there.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: No, it is where Deputy Ó Domhnaill started out. He should not blame me if he spreads false information. He continues to perpetuate it. People are paying for services rather than paying more taxes on work. That is the way we are going. This legislation prioritises environmental compliance in line with the European Court of Justice. People will have to pay a modest charge. Nobody is...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: With John Gormley.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Do Members of the Opposition remember John Gormley?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: What about the fishermen, Senator Ó Domhnaill?

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Senator deserves an explanation.

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I want to draw the attention of Senator Byrne, who is a learned legal person, to article 4 of the directive with which Ireland failed to comply in 2009. The adviser on that occasion, the Attorney General, was Paul Gallagher, senior counsel, a very eminent Attorney General in the Senator's Government. Article 4 states that member states shall take the necessary measures to ensure that waste...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

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Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: To conclude-----

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (28 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: There is no criminal offence in this legislation. The criminal offence is-----

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (29 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The information requested, in relation to local authority employees, as of 30 June 2011, is outlined in the following table. Local Authority Employees: Number above €50,000 Number above €80,000 Number above €100,000 5,960 570 219 The information, broken down in the specific income bands sought, in relation to local authority pensioners is not available in my Department. However,...

Written Answers — Mortgage-to-Rent Schemes: Mortgage-to-Rent Schemes (29 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 and 351 together. The introduction of two mortgage-to-rent schemes, as part of a range of measures to assist households with unsustainable mortgages, was announced in the Report of the Inter-Departmental Group on Mortgage Arrears which was published on 12 October 2011. Work is now under way to implement key elements of the report and I will shortly launch...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Motor tax receipts for the calendar year 2010 were €1,023m. Accordingly, an increase of 2% would yield total receipts of €1,043.5m, an increase of €20.5m. Motor tax yields are falling as the yield from new cars, where tax is based on carbon emissions, is lower than from cars where the tax is calculated on the basis of engine capacity. Motor tax income to the end of October 2011 was...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (29 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The €200 charge on non-principal private residences is payable by the owners of private rented accommodation, holiday homes and other non-principal residences. The most important exemption under the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 is for a person's sole or main residence. However, any one individual can have only one such residence. In a situation where a person owns a property in...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (29 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 344, 345 and 378 together. The primary role of my Department in electoral matters is to provide an appropriate policy and legislative framework for a modern and efficient electoral system. Within that framework, local returning officers are responsible for all matters in connection with the actual conduct of elections and referenda, including the selection,...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (29 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Local authorities have long led the way in dealing proactively and sympathetically with mortgage arrears. They can, and do, exercise the powers available to them and endeavour, in all arrears cases, to engage proactively and constructively with a distressed borrower with the aim of enabling a household remain in their home. The available data strongly bear this out and suggest that...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (29 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 347 and 380 together. I have asked the Chairman of the Panel to submit a report to me early in the New Year and it is my intention to publish the report. I understand the Panel is currently engaging in a wide-ranging consultation process with key stakeholders. I will consider the Panel's report and any recommendations contained in it when I receive it.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (29 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency (HSCA) was established on an administrative basis in May, 2010. Its remit is to work with and support local authorities, approved housing bodies and my Department in the delivery of housing and housing services. The Agency brings together under one body a broad range of support and advisory services in relation to housing and other construction...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (29 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, includes a contract for wastewater treatment plants and associated networks for the Belmullet, Foxford and Charlestown Sewerage Scheme to advance to construction during the period of the Programme at an estimated cost of €14.3 million. My Department's assessment of the...