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- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: No such payments are being made by my Department to any former public servant who has retired from my Department and no such payments are anticipated to be made to any officials due to retire in the near future. In 2010 eleven retired civil servants in receipt of civil service pensions were re-engaged by my Department on a fee basis at a total cost of â¬55,415. The abatement principle, which...
- Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467 and 468 together. The Programme for Government provides for the introduction of a fair funding model to deliver clean and reliable water. The Memorandum of Understanding with the EU, the IMF and the ECB also contains commitments for the reform of water services delivery and operation and the introduction of domestic water charges. To meet these...
- 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 legislation underpinning the household charge. Under the legislation, an owner of a residential property on the liability date of 1 January 2012 is liable to pay the household charge by 31 March 2012, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. I have no...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: The information requested in relation to officers who have retired from my Department from 2008 to date is outlined in the table below. The details in respect of future retirements from my Department up to 2015 are not available. However, a further 26 staff members have applied to retire before 29 February 2012 and their applications are currently being processed. Figures in relation to the...
- 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. Citizens and residents of the State are bound by the laws of the State which are enacted by the Oireachtas. This is underscored by the Constitution of Ireland. There is no validity in the suggestion put forward that a person...
- Seanad: Departmental Schemes (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Simon Coveney, who apologises for his inability to attend. As the House is aware, the Agriculture Appeals Office is an independent agency established to provide an appeals service for farmers who are unhappy with decisions of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding...
- Seanad: Household Charge (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: A former era.
- Seanad: Household Charge (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: I thank Senator Bradford for giving me the opportunity to clarify the issues he raised. 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...
- Seanad: Household Charge (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: I will revert to the Senator with that clarification.
- Seanad: Departmental Bodies (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly. As Senator Walsh might be aware, on 29 November 2011, the Government approved the establishment of an expert group to recommend a series of options on how to implement the A, B and C v. Ireland judgment of the European Court of Human Rights. The establishment of this expert group...
- Seanad: Departmental Bodies (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: I am sure the biographies will speak for themselves. I am also sure the Senator will be well able to Google, or otherwise find, the necessary information regarding comments made by people who have very strong views on both sides of this issue.
- Seanad: Job Losses (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: I am delighted to be here on this very important night.
- Seanad: Job Losses (14 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: I must apologise for the fact that the Minister is not in a position to attend. I am here to reply on her behalf. The Department of Social Protection has recently taken over full responsibility for the wage subsidy scheme as the previous FÃS employment services division joined the Department of Social Protection on 1 January 2012. This scheme plays a valued role in supporting employers to...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (15 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: Following clearance by Government, a draft Framework for Sustainable Development for Ireland (FSDI) was published for public consultation in December, 2011. A public consultation seminar was held on 24 January, 2011 which was attended by a broad range of stakeholders, including from academia. The consultation period concludes on 29 February, 2011 and it is open to all stakeholders,...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (15 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, set out the legislation underpinning the household charge and the charge on non-principal private residences respectively. Under the legislation, owners of residential property are liable to the household charge, including those persons with a liability to pay the charge on non-principal...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (15 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 201 and 202 together. As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011, published by my Department in October 2011, local authorities provided details of all unfinished housing developments in their areas. Unfinished housing developments were divided into four categories as follows: Category one, where the development is still...
- Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (15 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: The application involves the proposed lease of an area of foreshore by Donegal County Council and a proposal by the Council to sub-lease a portion of the foreshore concerned to a third party. It has come to my Department's attention that the nature of the proposal for which the Council had originally intended to make the third party sub-lease has changed substantially. The proposed changes...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (15 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 — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (15 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: Since its establishment in April 2003 to the end of December 2011, the transfers to the Dormant Accounts Fund have totalled some â¬631.14m, which includes interest earned of some â¬35.51m. Funds reclaimed in that period by account holders amounted to approximately â¬228.94m. The net value of the Dormant Accounts Fund (uncommitted funds) at year-end was â¬69.091m, subject to final audit....
- Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (15 Feb 2012)
Phil Hogan: The provision of fire services in local authority areas, including the establishment and maintenance of fire brigades, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of premises is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1981. My Department supports fire authorities through setting of general policy, training support and issue...