Results 6,501-6,520 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I will be publishing the regulations in draft form. That has not happened previously in respect of legislation of this sort.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The regulations will have to be approved, following four weeks of consultation, by the House.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: They will be published when the legislation has been enacted. However, I will not be commencing the legislation until such time as the regulations have been approved.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I know Deputy Martin Ferris is anxious to see them. I must inform Deputy Michael Healy-Rae that there is no confusion on my part. If he is adding to people's confusion, that is his problem. I will tell people the truth on any matters relating to rural areas. We have engaged in 35 hours of debate on this legislation and I would have expected the Deputy to have heard me, on several...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy could have heard it from Deputy Brian Stanley if he had an interest in this debate. There will be no need to purchase additional land to comply with the legislation. There will be no annual inspection charges or re-registration charges, as I mentioned in answering a parliamentary question from Deputy Michael Healy Rae yesterday. There will be no 2009 EPA-type regulations as...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I am sure the Deputy knows more about them than I do. He has been referring all day to an army of inspectors. There will be no army of inspectors. Local authority staff are the only ones who will be in charge of this.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: They are. Deputies Seán Crowe, Brian Stanley, Mick Wallace, Thomas Pringle and several others, including the Member for east Cork, mentioned the possibility of group sewerage scheme grants being increased. I indicated on Committee Stage that I was prepared to look at this. There are many ribbon developments along the road in County Roscommon and elsewhere in respect of which people would...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: You did not.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: It is â¬2,000 per house. You did it in CLÃR areas only.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy restricted it to people in his constituency in the west. I will look at the position in the rest of the country.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: They are not in it now. Where are they?
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: We did not. The Deputy did.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I am addressing the nonsense to which I have been listening for 35 hours.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy should not mention sewerage schemes when he could not even have his own in Kilgarvan included as a priority in Kerry County Council.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I cannot fund the scheme in Kilgarvan if Kerry County Council has not prioritised it.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Deputy Michael Creed made a very valid point. We are fortunate that the regulations proposed by the previous Government fell with the general election; otherwise some of the costs about which Deputy Troy heard last night would have been introduced. It would cost â¬10,000 to complete the necessary upgrades; every septic tank would be inspected and we would have to comply with the 2009 EPA...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy can write to me about it. I would like to conclude by addressing the points made by Deputy Mick Wallace. I cannot guess what the cost of remediation will be, unlike what he is trying to do.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy mentioned a figure of â¬2,000.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: He is an expert at misinformation. He has been picking numbers off the top of his head for the last six months. We are concentrating on areas of high risk. The issue of financial support will be considered when we know the extent of the problem. We will not know this until inspections have been carried out. The spirit of the amendment tabled by Deputy Collins meets exactly what I...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I would like to be able to accept the amendment, but I have been told that the wording is not in line with the advice of the Attorney General.