Results 9,021-9,040 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: It is not because we have to count the dormant accounts moneys as part of the general Government borrowing requirement of the State.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy knew the answers to these questions before he asked them. When he was there, he could not do it. He knows what the legal position is quite well.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: Equally, he knows the constraints in the context of the memorandum of understanding signed with the troika in 2010. We cannot do everything we would like to do. I would love to have the luxury that the Deputy had when he was Minister.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: The report of the Waterford local government committee on local government arrangements in Waterford was submitted to me on 29 March. Following Government approval, it has been published on my Department’s website. The report recommended that the county council of Waterford and the city council of Waterford be unified to replace the existing councils with effect from the 2014 local...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: I can understand that Deputy Halligan has got caught up in some misinformation that would arise-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: I want to set a few matters straight with him.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: There will be no change in the status of Waterford city and Deputy Halligan will have his mayor. I know the Deputy is not a public representative who would be articulating what others are saying but there are local representatives who got off to a bad start in regard to clarifying those issues. I am glad to clarify them now for Deputy Halligan. As a distinguished former mayor of Waterford...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: First, Waterford city, in the context of the arrangements we have made for local government, will have its city status. Second, I want to see an enhancement of how we deliver public services in Waterford city and county. We are in the 21st century and we do not need as many structures as we used to have before. Whatever we can do in terms of the legislation, let us see how we can devolve...
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 54, 79, 82 and 99 together. In October 2009 the European Court of Justice ruled that Ireland had failed to adopt the necessary legislation to comply with Articles 4 and 8 of the EU waste directive regarding domestic waste water disposed of in the countryside through septic tanks and other individual waste water treatment systems. The ruling highlighted...
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: I anticipate that the charge that has been levied will pay for all administration and inspection costs.
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: No. The inspections will be carried out and we have agreed with the European Union that the approach in this regard will be risk-based. We already have a risk-based approach through the 2007 Act which prioritises areas of greatest risk such as watercourses, streams, lakes and rivers. That is the approach which will be adopted in this case.
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: Yet.
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: We estimate there are 475,000 septic tanks in the country. A total of 250,000 have been registered and some post remains to be opened since 30 September. The closing date for registration at a cost of €50 is 1 February 2013. Those who advised others not to pay the €5 charge will have to explain to them why it will now cost them a further €45.
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: I am delighted to hear Deputy Stanley saying the regulations are not onerous because that is exactly what I have been saying for seven or eight months-----
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: We have negotiated successfully with the European Commission, something my predecessor, Deputy Ó Cuív, was unable to do. The issue of financial support does not come into play yet because we do not know the level of problems that may arise as a result of the inspections. However, I refer to the situation in Cavan which is our only example arising from the judgment of the European...
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: I know the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will be very interested to know there will not be an annual inspection charge of €300, as proposed by our predecessors-----
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: It was proposed and I can give the Deputy the document. There will not be an annual inspection.
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: I can see the Deputy is upset.
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: I do not blame the Deputy for being upset. Withdraw that remark.
- Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2012)
Phil Hogan: There was a proposal for a charge of €300 for an annual inspection of every septic tank. The 2009 EPA regulations were supposed to be implemented for every inspection. I am delighted to inform the Deputy and every other Deputy, as I have informed the committee, that this will not be the case.