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Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (22 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) is administering the household charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. I understand, from data provided by the LGMA, that as of 20 February, 2012, a total of 111,271 properties have been registered for payment of the household charge. A total of 3,720 properties have been registered for the purposes of a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (22 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I have had no discussions on the matter raised in the Question.

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (22 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 and 195 together. 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...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (22 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The independent Pyrite Panel is due to submit it's report to me shortly. On receipt of the report I will give careful consideration to the position of home owners whose homes are affected by pyrite. The identification of dwellings affected by pyrite is quite complex and this issue will need careful consideration following receipt of the report.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (22 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Part 10 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides for agreements between local authorities concerning the discharge of functions. Such agreements could include the procedures for discharge of such functions, as appropriate. Section 85(5) of the Act provides that the making of an agreement by a local authority, in so far as it relates to it, is a function reserved to the members of the authority.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (22 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: 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. Progress is ongoing in the context of the legal "winding up" process and all relevant RDP (LEADER) project files have been released by the liquidator and are now with my Department....

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (22 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta Teo (MFG) confirmed that its Board, upon examination of the company's financial situation, took the decision to cease trading on 7 September 2011 on the basis of insolvency and the company is now in liquidation. As the matter is now in the hands of the Liquidator, I am not in a position to comment on the financial status of the company.

Written Answers — Local Government Audit Service: Local Government Audit Service (22 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is a matter for each local authority, including Sligo County Council, to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. The elected members of a local authority have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, which include adopting the annual budget...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (23 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...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (23 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 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. There are a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (23 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provides that income from the household charge is to be paid into the Local Government Fund. The proceeds from the household charge will be re-distributed on an equalised basis to local authorities within the context of the annual allocations of General Purpose Grants, ensuring that those local authorities with lower populations than others do...

Written Answers — Local Authority Contracts: Local Authority Contracts (23 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The first recourse such a person or group would have is to the relevant county council and to their Customer Service Plan, or similar document. My Department has issued guidelines to local authorities for dealing with customer complaints. A copy of these guidelines can be downloaded from www.environ.ie. Some local authorities have put in place a multiple stage procedure for dealing with...

Written Answers — European Citizens' Initiative: European Citizens' Initiative (23 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The European Citizens' Initiative, which comes into operation in the European Union on 1 April 2012, will enable all citizens of the Union to participate equally in the promotion of citizens' initiatives for consideration by the European Commission. For an initiative to be considered by the Commission, it must get the support of at least one million eligible signatories, with a minimum number...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (23 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Redress along the lines proposed in the question is a matter for the parties, including Dublin City Council, their agents and insurers, to contracts relevant to the sale of the apartments at Priory Hall. Where disputes arise which cannot be resolved among the parties themselves, the contract terms may be enforced through the courts by way of civil action.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (23 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Limerick. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €29 million in Limerick during the period of the Programme. However, the...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (23 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information requested in the question is as follows: No. of FOI requests received in 2011 100 No. of requests for which Search and Retrieval fees were sought 26 Maximum Search and Retrieval fee sought €3,142.50* No. of requests not proceeded with following the non-payment of the Search and Retrieval fee 8 * By agreement with the requestor this request has been resubmitted,...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Vote 12 - superannuation and retired allowances - deals with the entire Exchequer pension liability and as such is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The information requested in relation to employees who retired from my Department in 2011 and so far in 2012 is set out in the table. Information in relation to the loss of the pension levy and...

Written Answers — Leader Programmes: Leader Programmes (23 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I refer to Question No. 47 of 2 February 2012 which sets out the current position in this matter. Questions Nos. 170 and 171 answered with Question No. 168.

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (23 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I have not received any recent correspondence from the South West Inner City RAPID Area Implementation Team.

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (23 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. While 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, the household charge is on a self...