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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: Information on expenditure provisions for my Department in 2012, and expenditure ceilings for 2013 , as published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform are set out in the table below. Detailed gross and net expenditure provisions in this regard will be published as part of Budget 2013. Revised Estimates for Public Services 2012 (€m) Comprehensive Review of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (8 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: The State Agencies under the aegis of my Department are as follows: - An Bord Pleanála - Dublin Docklands Development Authority - Environmental Protection Agency - Housing Finance Agency - Irish Water Safety - Housing Sustainable Communities Agency - Local Government Management Agency - Private Residential Tenancies Board - Radiological Protection Institute Ireland - Western Development...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (8 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: In its report the Pyrite Panel recommended a categorisation of dwellings affected by pyrite to determine the appropriate approach to be adopted in establishing the prioritisation of remediation works. I believe the categorisation methodology recommended by the Pyrite Panel offers a pragmatic and sensible approach to the remediation of pyrite damaged dwellings. However, the approach...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (8 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: The European Communities (Drinking Water) (No. 2) Regulations 2007 assign supervisory powers to the Environmental Protection Agency in respect of public water supplies and assign the responsibility to the water services authorities (the county and city councils) for the monitoring of water supplies within their functional areas. The Regulations prescribe the quality standards to be applied...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Plastic Bag Levy (8 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: Environmental enforcement inspections in relation to the plastic bag levy are undertaken by local authorities. While my Department does not collect the data sought in the question, local authorities provide the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with annual data on the total number of environmental inspections carried out, including those relating to the plastic bag levy. The table below...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Sector Pensions (8 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constituency Nomenclature (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012, published on 5 October 2012, proposes to give statutory effect to the recommendations in the Constituency Commission Report 2012. The Bill provides for a reduction to 158 in the total number of members of Dáil Éireann, for the revision of Dáil constituencies and for the number of members to be elected for such...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tax Code (13 Nov 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. That Act provides at section 3 that property used to provide lodgings is generally considered domestic property and therefore not...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Collection (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provides the legislative basis for the Household Charge. Under the Act, an owner of a residential property on the liability date is liable to pay the Household Charge, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. It is a matter for an owner of a residential property to determine liability. Liability for the Charge is not contingent...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members' Remuneration (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 440 and 441 together. It is a matter for each local authority to pay the annual representational payment s and my Department does not have details of payments by town councils on the basis of rates of payments approved by me. The rates of representational payments for town councillors are as follows: €8,362 for borough councils, and the town...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: The number of local authority houses let as of 31 December 2011 was 125,958, which is the most recent data available. Further comprehensive statistical information on housing is available on my Department’s website at www.environ.ie. An independently-chaired Inter-Departmental Expert Group was established to consider the structures and modalities for an equitable local property tax...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: Following a recent public consultation process I am currently finalising the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2012. The new regulations will provide, among other things, for the introduction of mandatory certificates of compliance by builders and designers of buildings confirming that the statutory requirements of the Building Regulations have been met in relation to the building...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: I understand that the person referred to in the question has raised the issue of whether it is fair to withhold General Purpose Grant funding to local authorities on the basis of poor Household Charge compliance rates. The two principal sources of revenue for the Local Government Fund are the proceeds of motor tax and the income from the Household Charge. The Local Government (Household...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Management Agency is administering the Household Charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. I understand, from data provided by the Agency, that as of 9 November 2012 the number of registrations, including waiver registrations, for the Household Charge is 1,094,751. As the Household Charge system records one owner entry per...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: Information on the projected expenditure for Exchequer funded agencies under the aegis of my Department is published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2012.  The summary table of Exchequer expenditure of non-commercial State agencies shows the provisional outturn for 2011 and the estimated expenditure for 2012. A detailed breakdown of expenditure by each Agency is contained...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Taxation (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: The table sets out, by licensing authority, the number of vehicles under current vehicle licence at 31 December 2011 and 31 October 2012. Figures for the online motor tax system, which issues vehicle licences on a nationwide basis and which now accounts for just under half of all vehicle licences issued, are set out separately at the end of the table. Licensing Authority No of vehicles...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Deontais Leader (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: Rinneadh Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG), an grúpa a bhí fostaithe ag mo Roinnse le hAiseanna 3 & 4 (LEADER) den Chlár um Fhorbairt Tuaithe (RDP) i gceantair Ghaeltachta, a leachtú an 7 Meán Fómhair 2011. Tá dul chun cinn á dhéanamh ar bhonn leanúnach maidir leis an bpróiseas lena fhoirceannadh ó thaobh an dlí. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Deontais Leader (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: Rinneadh Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG), an grúpa a bhí fostaithe ag mo Roinnse le hAiseanna 3 & 4 (LEADER) den Chlár um Fhorbairt Tuaithe (RDP) i gceantair Ghaeltachta, a leachtú an 7 Meán Fómhair 2011. Tá dul chun cinn á dhéanamh ar bhonn leanúnach maidir leis an bpróiseas lena fhoirceannadh ó thaobh an dlí. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: I can confirm that I have met with the organisation referred to in the Question in the context of my local government reform proposals. My Department also met with this group a short time after the publication of Putting People First, which provides for a more central role for local government in the oversight and planning of local and community development programming, in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge (13 Nov 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 452, 457 and 458 together. The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing the Non Principal Private Residence Charge . The charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties . It is a matter for an owner to determine if he or she...