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Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy should read the guidelines.

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Ask the shopkeepers.

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Ask the shopkeepers about the planning guidelines.

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Then try to be accurate.

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: What about the planning guidelines?

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: What about the planning guidelines?

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: We are going the full term, not like the last Government.

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I thank Deputies Barry Cowen and Brian Stanley for their contributions, apart from the few errors Deputy Barry Cowen made in his contribution, which I will choose to ignore, about sustainable development in the context of planning and Fianna Fáil's record. I will make my concluding remarks without being drawn into that debate.

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: No, I do not.

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: A cross-sectoral approach is being taken to implementation. The Cabinet sub-committee meets regularly, unlike what happened under the previous Government.

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: We have met five times this year to deal with the issues involved. The Deputy might be confused somewhat as regards the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security in the last Dáil.

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Yes, it is. The Deputy will hear more about it next week. It is incumbent on all Departments to consult each other before we draw conclusions on any matter. I am adhering to the commitments set out by me last January in the roadmap on climate change. The heads of the Bill will be published, as promised, before the end of the year.

Framework for Sustainable Development in Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: One does not need an A list to consider the heads of a Bill. The sustainable future document will be published this year. Nobody has sought it; we will publish it without being asked. The public service is pursuing a green public procurement policy on a total of €7 billion worth of goods and services. We will publish the details. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Collection (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: An independently-chaired Inter-Departmental Expert Group was established to consider the structures and modalities for an equitable local property tax to replace the household charge. The Group has submitted its report to me and proposals will be brought to Government as soon as possible. It will then be a matter for the Government to decide on the exact details of implementation taking...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is a matter for registration authorities – County and City Councils - to ensure that the supplement to the register is made available in accordance with the requirements of the Electoral Acts. In guidance issued by my Department, registration authorities are reminded that a copy of the supplement should be circulated, in line with the requirements of Rule 13(4) of the Second...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Total funds as at end August 2012 in the Dormant Accounts Fund are €169.305 million as shown in the table below. Of that sum, €17.968 million is committed to projects, with €54.542 in the statutory reserve. The table provides a profile of the Fund showing yearly inflows, reclaims, disbursements, etc, from 2003 to the end of August 2012. The process in place for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138 and 139 together. The following table sets out the amounts paid to each Volunteer Centre from 2008 to date in 2012. Ongoing funding for my Department’s programmes for next year, and beyond, will be considered in the context of the annual Estimates process. In addition 1% of funding under the Local and Community Development Programme is for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Information on funding provided to Ballina, Castlebar and Westport Town Councils in respect of the programmes for which my Department is responsible is set out in the following table for the years from 2007. Information in respect of earlier years is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work; funding provided by agencies is a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Funding of €314m is available under the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. There are 35 Local Action Groups (LAGs) contracted, on my Department’s behalf, to deliver the RDP throughout the country and these groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (11 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Mayo North East Leader Partnership (MNELP) is the Local Action Group contracted by my Department to deliver both the Rural Development Programme (RDP) and the Local Community Development Programme (LCDP) to the North Mayo area. On foot of correspondence I received in 2011 regarding a possible governance issue at Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Company, I directed my Department to...