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Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is before the House.

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I am pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate in the House this evening on the analysis, findings and recommendations of the fifth and final report of the Mahon tribunal. However, it gives me no pleasure to have before us a report with findings of the kind we have all been digesting over the last few days. It is important that the Dáil, as the primary democratically...

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The inquiries are continuing in the Department and will be completed within the next few weeks with a view to establishing whether external inquiries are required. Under this Government, the cases concerned are being considered as a matter of urgency. One of last decisions made by my predecessor was to establish independent inquiries into six local authorities but he left office seven...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 381, 382, 402 and 416 together. I am aware of the Labour Court recommendation in the case in question. The position is that neither my Department, nor the former Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, was the employer of the staff members referred to in the Labour Court recommendation. The individuals were employed by an independent company,...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The financial allocation to the Environmental Protection Agency for the years specified is set out in the table. Funding to the Agency increased between 2006 and 2008, owing to the assignment of additional functions to the Agency, such as monitoring and assessment under the Water Framework Directive and increased funding for research and development during the period. In addition to the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (27 Mar 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 Cork. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €230 million in the county during the life of the Programme. The Cork Lower Harbour...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 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. 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 Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 386 and 389 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 circumstances is a matter for the relevant local authority....

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: A comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure has been approved for County Limerick in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012 , a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library. The total value of contracts underway and those proposed for commencement during the period of the Programme in County Limerick is some €29 million. The Askeaton Sewerage...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388 and 403 together. The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) is administering the household charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. The costs arising, including those in relation to printing and advertising, are a matter for the LGMA and the county and city councils.

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 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 Act, it is a function of a local authority to collect household charges and late payment penalties due to it and all household charges and late payment penalties imposed and payable to a local authority are under...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 391, 393 and 407 together. An Post is assisting in broadening the number of local outlets where the household charge declaration form is available. The declaration form is available outside the counter in the network of 1,152 local post offices. Persons may complete the declaration and forward it to the central payment bureau at Household Charge, PO Box...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: Outside of the main cities which have full-time fire services, fire services are provided by a retained staffing system. Retained firefighters are employees of fire authorities, and are organised to provide a full professional fire service for their communities. They are equipped, supervised and operate to the same procedures as their full time colleagues. At the end of December 2011, there...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 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. Instalment payment facilities were available by direct debit and persons opting to pay in this way had to register their details with the LGMA before 1 March, 2012. This deadline was necessary in order to meet banking requirements for...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I have no proposals at present to reduce the voting age. However in line with the Programme for Government commitment the Government proposes to establish a Constitutional Convention and one of the questions that will be addressed by the convention is the reduction of the voting age to 17. I will consider proposals for change to electoral law in the light of any recommendation for change...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: Subject to age and residency requirements, a person's citizenship determines the polls at which he or she is entitled to vote, as follows: · all non-citizens are entitled to vote at local elections, · non-citizens who are citizens of EU Member States are entitled, in addition, to vote at European Parliament elections, · British citizens may vote in Dáil, European Parliament and...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 398 and 409 together. 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 on a self assessment basis and interpretation of the legislation is a matter for legal advice in individual cases and ultimately a matter for the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: Current details in relation to staff in my Department serving as directors of State boards that are companies are as follows: Company Name of Official Housing and Sustainable Communities Ltd Eddie Lewis, Principal Officer National Building Agency Ltd Eddie Lewis, Principal Officer Housing Finance Agency plc Philip Nugent, Principal Officer Civil servants do not receive payment (other...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 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. 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. The household...

Written Answers — Ministerial Expenses: Ministerial Expenses (27 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The expenses paid to me and the Ministers of State in my Department during the period in question are set out in the Table below. The expenses paid cover domestic and foreign travel and subsistence, telephone and motor insurance costs claimed. MinisterHogan Minister of StateO'Sullivan Minister of StateO'Dowd Minister of StatePenrose March 2011 Nil Nil Nil Nil April Nil Nil Nil Nil May...