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Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The councillors voted to accept it.

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Yes, but the councillors had an input into that decision. Under the Waste Management Acts, people have an obligation to deal with their household waste. Under these Acts and pollution legislation, Dublin City Council has options to ensure the type of scenario presented by Deputy McDonald about people not willing to engage with a collector and public health problems arising from their waste...

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: There are waivers available. Deputy McDonald chose not to refer to the waiver scheme earlier but then had to acknowledge it.

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: As I indicated in my earlier reply, there are facilities for people to engage with the collector to ensure their household waste is collected and they should use them. If they choose to go to a civic amenity centre, it will cost them more. The cost of collecting waste in Dublin city is lower than in any other local authority area. The people of Dublin city are getting good value for the...

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I am not going to give any credence to Deputy McDonald's advocating I micromanage the business of local government.

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is micromanaging. Dublin City Council is responsible for ensuring household waste collection is done effectively and efficiently which in this case is through a private operator. It is up to the private citizen and the waste collector to engage in ensuring household waste is collected.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The European Commission recently agreed that Member States availing of the Financial Stabilisation mechanism could also avail of an increased EU co-funding rate for the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) in 2012 and 2013. Ireland has chosen to avail of this opportunity and this will result in amendments to the financial plan for Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the RDP for the remainder of the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The table details the information requested in the question for each Local Development Company currently contracted to deliver Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP). Local Action Group Programme Allocation: Project and Administration Administration Allocation: 20% overall allocation Administration Spend to date Project Spend to date Avondhu/ Blackwater Partnership...

Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 provide the legislative basis for the household charge. The Act places the household charge under the care and management of the local authorities, and application in particular circumstances is a matter for the relevant local authority. Interpretation of the legislation is a matter...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 414, 415 and 455 together. Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG), the group contracted by my Department to deliver Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in Gaeltacht Areas, went into liquidation on 7 September 2011. The group is currently the subject of an ongoing 'winding up' process and in this context the final figures with regard...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 have significant funding for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. One of the objectives of the RDP is to identify and provide appropriate amenity and leisure facilities to local communities not otherwise available to them. Accordingly, it may be possible to obtain funding for the types of community...

Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. Under the Act, it is a function of a local authority to collect non-principal private residence charges and...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste (the Packaging Directive) classifies items such as aluminium cans as packaging. The Packaging Directive is based on the concept of producer responsibility, which effectively requires producers to contribute to the waste management costs of products which they have placed on the market. Under the...

Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 provide the legislative basis for the household charge. There is a range of options available for persons to pay the household charge. An online system www.householdcharge.ie is in place in the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) to enable homeowners to pay the household...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Local authorities have been early movers in terms of staff reductions, reducing from 37,243 whole-time equivalents (WTE) in 2008 to 29,744 WTE in December, 2011 a reduction of 7,499 WTE (20%). A breakdown of staff numbers by local authority is provided in table 1. Based on the most up to date information, a total of 120 local authority employees have retired in the period 1 January 2012 to...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: In February 2009, my Department set out details of the financial requirements for local authorities relating to their overall management of capital and current accounts. These requirements flow directly from the requirement for Government finances as a whole to be managed in accordance with the Stability and Growth Pact established under the Maastricht Treaty, and the associated limitation...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Information in respect of the organisational structure and associated Heads of Business Units of my Department is available at www.environ.ie/en/AboutUs/OrganisationalStructure/.

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 provide the legislative basis for the household charge. Under section 5(1) of the Act, the owner of a residential property, who on a liability date, is liable to pay a household charge to a relevant local authority, or who is entitled to a waiver from payment of a household charge...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Part M of the Building Regulations, and the accompanying Technical Guidance Document M (TGD M), aim to ensure that, among other things, new dwellings are visitable regardless of age, size or disability. Section 3 of TGD M 2010 outlines how current minimum requirements in respect of access and use may be achieved in practice by a new dwelling. A new dwelling having only one entrance which...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is outlined in the following table. Agency / Board Name of Appointee Remuneration An Bord Pleanála Dr. Mary Kelly (Chairperson) PPC Rate €189,474 and the Non PPC Rate €180,000 * An Bord Pleanála Ms. Mary MacMahon Ordinary Board Members - €116,935 and the Non PPC Rate €111,214 * An Bord Pleanála Mr. Conall Boland Ordinary Board Members - €116,935...