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Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jan 2012)

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 which...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Section 5 of the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 requires an owner of a residential property who, on a liability date, is liable to pay a household charge, or is entitled to a waiver from payment of a household charge under section 4, to provide to the relevant local authority a declaration stating that he or she is so liable or so entitled, as the case may be. The total number...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: The daily amounts paid or mandated by direct debit up to and including the 10th of January 2012 are set out in the table. 01/01/2012 €20,900 02/01/2012 €25,300 03/01/2012 €46,200 04/01/2012 €942,100 05/01/2012 €624,000 06/01/2012 €386,200 07/01/2012 €151,700 08/01/2012 €156,900 09/01/2012 €294,400 10/01/2012 €214,400

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: It will be a matter for the Government to decide on the scope and application of the property tax to replace the interim household charge in due course.

Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (12 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, under which 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. A public consultation designed to inform the policy development process concluded in September 2011. A large number of...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (12 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Ireland's current reliance on landfill as the principal method of managing our waste is unsustainable. The landfill levy is chargeable on waste presented for disposal at landfill facilities and is designed to encourage a shift away from landfill to waste management practices which are higher in the internationally accepted waste hierarchy. In addition, Ireland must comply with challenging...

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy is right.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: What does this have to do with the Bill?

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Are they really?

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Definitely not by implication.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: To do what?

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: It could do absolutely nothing.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: I thank Deputy Niall Collins and the other Members who have contributed to the debate so far for their interest in the matter of local authority public administration. I have certain sympathy with the comments they made in respect of local authorities answering queries. For local government to be effective, efficient and focused locally, it must be allowed have a wide level of operational...

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: Fianna Fáil also opposed the appointment of the first person who held the position of Ombudsman. As I have stated, therefore, what is proposed in the Bill represents a welcome U-turn. I am delighted there are new recruits from Fianna Fáil to the cause of encouraging an independent assessment of people's representations.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: The provisions of the Bill in regard to the Ombudsman are unnecessary because members of the public and public representatives who are dissatisfied with the services of a local authority or who are concerned about maladministration already have recourse to the Ombudsman. Specific reference in the Bill to the Ombudsman could be also counter-productive for public administration as a whole. It...

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: On a point of order, I wish Deputy McGrath to acknowledge that I take responsibility for what I read out and we should not refer in any way to officials with regard to this matter.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is in Kilkenny.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy could walk to Waterford from where he lives.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: I will tell the people that Deputy McGrath is against the project.

Private Members' Business. Local Authority Public Administration Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 Jan 2012)

Phil Hogan: I thank the Deputies for their contributions and I will make a few points that I did not make at the beginning. Local authorities are generally committed to the delivery of a quality service to the public. Examples in which this is not the case have been given, but the issue is usually one of solving a problem rather than one of a correspondence trail. I give the highest priority to the...