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Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 377 together. The legal proceedings in relation to Priory Hall are continuing and it would be inappropriate to anticipate their conclusion. In particular, the current appeal by Dublin City Council will be heard by the Supreme Court on 24 April 2012. I understand that Dublin City Council, having moved quickly in late 2011 to make arrangements for the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378, 380 to 382, inclusive, 386, 394, 405, 410, and 417 to 419, inclusive, together. 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. Application of the legislation in particular...

Written Answers — County and City Managers' Association: County and City Managers' Association (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The County and City Managers' Association engages with my Department on a regular basis and has made a range of submissions in recent years in that context. However, neither I nor my predecessor received any written submissions personally from the Association in 2011 and to date in 2012.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 388 of 6 March 2012 which sets out the position in this matter. The documentation for the State Aid notification was submitted through the relevant EU notification systems on 13 January 2012. As soon as my Department receives the Commission decision we will notify all Local Development Companies and the project referred to in the question will be...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department provides capital funding towards the provision and refurbishment of new and existing public libraries. In this regard, in 2008 my Department requested Library Authorities to provide details of priorities for library development within their area. In its response, Longford County Council ranked Ballymahon branch library as its main priority, followed by projects at Granard and...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied...

Written Answers — County Development Boards: County Development Boards (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: There is a range of initiatives currently in development with implications for the local government sector, arising, inter alia, from, the recent announcement of the establishment of Local Enterprise Offices, and the work of the Steering Group that I established on alignment between local government and local development. The Alignment Steering Group presented its Interim Report to me in...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (13 Mar 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. Section 17 of the Act provides that income from the household charge is to be paid into the Local Government Fund. I am disbursing monies received from the household charge back to local authorities in the general-purpose grant...

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department's only office in Co. Clare is the Met Éireann Aviation Service at Shannon Airport. An officer recently retired from this office. None of the agencies under the Department's remit is based in Co. Clare.

Written Answers — Local Authority Complaints Procedures: Local Authority Complaints Procedures (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 395 to 397, inclusive, together. Local authorities already have arrangements and applications in place which facilitate citizens in making complaints or suggestions or in reporting problems through various mediums, including by post, phone, text, fax, e-mail and on-line through their websites. In the context of the commitment in the Programme for Government,...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: Responsibility for matters relating to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is spread across a number of Government Departments. My Department has responsibility for policy matters in relation to the deliberate release of GMOs into the environment and the contained use of GMOs. The Department of Health has responsibility for policy matters concerning genetically modified food and the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: There are 35 Local Action Groups contracted to deliver the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in Ireland and in line with the bottom up approach to Rural Development used to implement the RDP, local action groups (LAGs) are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions are made in the context of the individual group's local development strategy,...

Written Answers — Local Authority Management: Local Authority Management (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Office for Local Authority Management (OLAM), is under the remit of the Local Government Management Services Board (LGMSB), and provides management support services for City and County Managers including administrative and secretarial services to the County and City Managers' Association (CCMA) and its committees. There are currently 5 people employed in OLAM with total salaries...

Written Answers — Local Authority Management: Local Authority Management (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information sought in the question is set out in the table below. Date Purpose of the Meeting Topics Discussed 12/12/2011 Meeting of CCMA representatives with the Secretary General, and Assistant Secretary, Local Government Division, Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government Local Government Efficiency 12/12/2011 Meeting of CCMA representatives with the Local...

Written Answers — Local Authority Management: Local Authority Management (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department does not provide funding to the County and City Managers' Association (CCMA). The provision of funding to the CCMA by the Local Government Management Services Board and individual local authorities is a matter for the Board and the individual local authorities.

Written Answers — Local Authority Management: Local Authority Management (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the replies to Questions Nos. 131 and 134 of 29 September 2011, 466 of 24 January 2012, 196 of 22 February 2012 and 352 of 6 March 2012, in which I stated that 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...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (13 Mar 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 household charge is framed on a self assessment basis and 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...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (14 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The application concerned was lodged by Donegal County Council with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in March 2009. In April 2009 that Department requested from the applicant certain additional information without which it would not be possible to progress the application. The additional information was only received by my Department last week. My Department has also...

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

Phil Hogan: The reduced registration fee of €5 will apply for the first three months of the registration period which will commence in mid-April. A registration fee of €50 will apply thereafter. The risk-based approach to inspections will mean that the new system will be less expensive to operate but will be equally as effective in protecting public health and the environment. I am satisfied that...

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

Phil Hogan: The site referred to in the question was cited in the European Court of Justice judgment in Case C 494/01 as an example of Ireland's failure to comply with the 1975 Waste Framework Directive. My Department, on behalf of the State, has been liaising with the European Commission to ensure that the requirements of the judgment are fully met. The Commission is concerned, as I am, to secure the...