Results 7,701-7,720 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department has approved grants totalling just over €354,000 under the Small Schemes Measure of the Rural Water Programme towards works on the Castlegregory Water Supply. This funding is being made available as part of the special funding provided by my Department to allow for remedial works to public water supplies identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as having potential...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: The following table provides a breakdown of household charge registrations that have been processed for payment in respect of each county and city council as at 9 a.m. on Tuesday 24 April and an estimate of the number of residential properties liable to the household charge. There are an estimated 220,500 household charge declarations which have been made through the post and over the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: There are a number of allowances available to County and City Managers. County and City Managers may submit claims in respect of travel and subsistence expenses incurred as part of their official duties in accordance with the relevant travel and subsistence circulars. All local authorities are obliged to ensure that only essential travel is undertaken and that the number of employees going on...

Written Answers — County and City Managers' Association: County and City Managers' Association (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 177 together. The information sought is set out in the table below. Date Main matter(s) covered in submission 02/03/2011 National Waste Policy 15/04/2011 Shared Services in Local Government Sector 20/05/2011 Collection of Non-Domestic Water Charges 07/06/2011 Commercial Rates 09/06/2011 Transfer of Rent Supplement 14/07/2011 Green Procurement...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department instructed the applicant on 2 November 2011 to make arrangements for public consultation on this application and provided detailed guidance on the procedures to be followed. To date the applicant has not complied fully with these obligations. A reminder has issued advising the applicant that the application process cannot progress until the public consultation obligations have...

Written Answers — Construction Products: Construction Products (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department is not aware of any ban being introduced on the sale of shuttering plywood in the State. Under the Construction Products Directive (89/106/EEC) construction products that fall within scope of the Directive may only be placed on the internal market if they are fit for their intended use. In broad terms, construction products must be such that works in which they are incorporated...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 173 together. The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Office of the Revenue Commissioners has responsibility for the detection and investigation of illegal diesel laundries. It is clear from recent seizures that this illegal activity has grown significantly in recent years. A by product from these illegal laundries is a hazardous waste sludge which tends to be abandoned or dumped by the side of the road. Local authorities have...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 to 181, inclusive, together. The Pyrite Panel which I set up in September, 2011 is due to report to me shortly. On receipt of the report I will give careful consideration to any recommendations it may contain in relation to the adequacy of existing standards in relation to the end use of aggregates, including the sufficiency of SR21 and the need for any...

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: From 1 November 2011 to 26 April 2012, 182 Parliamentary Questions were transferred from my Department to other Departments as the issues raised in these questions were not relevant to my Department.

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (26 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department's policies and programmes support the sustainable development of Irish communities both rural and urban. In the context of rural, local and community development, my Department delivers the quality of life aspects of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) and the Local Community Development Programme (LCDP), both of which play a significant role in the development of communities...

Written Answers — Property Tax: Property Tax (1 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: An independently chaired Inter-Departmental expert Group has been established to consider the structures and modalities for an equitable valuation based property tax. The Group will complete its work and make recommendations to me shortly. Following consideration of the Group's recommendations, I will bring proposals to Government on the full property tax as soon as possible. It will then...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (1 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: Restrictions in relation to the application and spreading of slurry, generally referred to as 'closed periods', are set out in The European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2010. These Regulations transpose the Nitrates Directive and are the basis of Ireland's Nitrates Action Programme. The objective of the Regulations is to protect ground and...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (1 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: On 15 December 2011, I published the Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill. In developing this Bill I have had particular regard to recommendations made in the Moriarty Tribunal Report, published in March 2011. The Bill has passed all stages in the Seanad and is currently before the Dáil at second stage. It will, when enacted, fundamentally change the way politics is funded and...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (1 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 441, 444 to 447, inclusive, 463, 468 and 488 together. The Programme for Government provides for the introduction of a fair funding model to deliver clean and reliable water. The Government considers that charging based on usage is the fairest way to charge for water and it has decided that water meters should be installed in households connected to public...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: Donegal County Council has completed its countywide watermains rehabilitation strategy required as part of its water conservation programme. This strategy identifies specific defective water supply networks requiring rehabilitation and/or replacement. Work on three high priority contracts is already underway and is being funded under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (1 May 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. The administration costs, including those in relation advertising, are a matter for the LGMA and the county and city councils. My Department is represented on the Household Charge Project Board which is overseeing the household charge...

Written Answers — Property Tax: Property Tax (1 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: An independently chaired Inter-Departmental expert Group has been established to consider the structures and modalities for an equitable valuation based property tax. The Group otherwise comprises representatives at senior official level from my Department, the Department of Finance, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (1 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Building Control Act 2007, among other things, provides for the registration of persons entitled to use the titles of Architect and Building Surveyor. A variety of routes to registration are provided for in relation to both registers having regard to the academic qualifications, professional attainment and practical experience of prospective candidates for registration. Depending on...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (1 May 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...