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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180, 199 and 203 together. I refer to the replies to Priority Question Nos. 132 and 139 on today’s order paper. Tackling climate change is a global challenge which is being addressed through the ongoing work under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. I am satisfied that Ireland’s greenhouse gas mitigation achievements...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Regulations (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The effective prevention, detection and prosecution of environmental crime is an increasingly complex and multi-agency area of criminal justice. My Department’s role is to provide a comprehensive environmental legislative and policy framework within which the relevant enforcement authorities operate.  Much enforcement activity takes place at local authority level, with the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: Since 2007 my Department has provided annual funding to the Community Members of the Social Partnership Pillar . This funding has been awarded to support costs , not funded from any other sources, directly related to the organisations’ contribution to policy-making in the social partnership process . In 2013 funding of some €560,0 00 will be provided under the Scheme.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Security of the Elderly (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Seniors Alert Scheme provides grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of equipment to enable older persons, without sufficient means, to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. Funding for the 2013 Seniors Alert Scheme will be similar to the allocation made in 2012 and will be finalised in the revised estimates volume to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205, 190 and 186 together. Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 have funding of €314m for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013.  One of the objectives of the RDP is to identify and provide appropriate amenity and leisure facilities to local communities not otherwise available to them,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: With the reduced resources available for my Department’s funding programmes, the CLÁR programme is being wound down and all of the commitments remaining are in relation to Sports Capital projects. The lead Department in relation to these projects is the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS). Provision will be maintained to meet existing commitments arising during this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Safety (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: In November 2012, I published a summary of the report prepared by an independent team of international experts, commissioned by Ireland, which assessed the probable risks to Ireland from incidents at the Sellafield nuclear site. The experts quantified the likelihood of incidents occurring at Sellafield resulting in the release of radioactive material, and as stated in the public summary, the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I have discussions with my European Union counterparts and the Commissioner for Climate Action on an on-going basis, including bilaterally and at the Council of Ministers when it meets in its environment formation, on matters concerning climate change. In the second half of 2012, I engaged in an intensive round of bilateral discussions with my counterparts focused on key policy and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (5 Feb 2013)

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: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: In its report the independent Pyrite Panel recommended that only dwellings with significant damage due to pyritic heave (confirmed by testing) should be remediated. The report set out the basis for this recommendation. It also recommended that dwellings which have no significant damage but have reactive pyrite in the hardcore (confirmed by testing) should be monitored and only remediated if...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Priory Hall Development (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department understand s that the resolution process, which is seeking to identify a way forward in relation to the complex problems at Priory Hall, remains ongoing between the relevant parties under the chairmanship of Justice Finnegan. The resolution process arose in the context of the adjournment of an appeal brought by Dublin City Council against an order by the High Court to pay the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department provides funding for volunteering initiatives, including funding to support a network of twenty two Volunteer Centres nationally. 1% of funding under the Local and Community Development Programme is for volunteering activities. This funding is paid directly to Volunteer Centres which operate in LCDP areas. As well as funding the local Volunteer Centres, my Department also funds...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The most recent published figures for unaccounted for water for each of the local authority administrative areas are set out in the report Service Indicators in Local Authorities 2010. The report was published by the Local Government Management Services Board and a copy is available in the Oireachtas Library. The information in respect of unaccounted for water does not differentiate between...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Action Programme for Effective Local Government, which was published on 16 October 2012, sets out Government decisions for a range of measures in relation to local government structures, functions, funding, governance and operational matters. The Programme provides for additional local government functions with particular regard to three key areas: - the operation of the local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Nitrates Directive makes it mandatory in all Member States to put in place a Nitrates Action Programme. The Directive and Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme are given legal effect by the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2010. The Action Programme contains measures which are mandatory under the Nitrates Directive. Such measures...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: Local authority expenditure is funded from a variety of sources including specific State grants, commercial rates, housing rents, fees and charges for goods and services and general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. I have allocated a total of € 640m in general purpose grants to local authorities from the Local Government Fund for 2013. I am confident that this level of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the replies to Question No. 422 of 4 December 2012 and to Question Nos. 287 and 307 of 11 December 2012. Details of costs incurred in respect of attendance at the 18th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC by myself and nine officials from my Department are included in the table below: Flights €5,524.10 Accommodation €17,775 Subsistence (8 DECLG...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Question Nos. 550 and 570 together. The key objective of my Department’s Community Division is to facilitate integrated development at local level and foster vibrant, sustainable, inclusive communities, and to support the Community and Voluntary Sector in its contribution to an active, democratic and pluralist society. My Department continues to be responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Burial Grounds (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: This is a matter for Meath County Council. Section 177 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 places responsibility on the relevant local authority for the care and maintenance of burial grounds provided by them.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Question Nos. 556, 557 and 562 together. My Department is responsible for a wide range of capital programmes, including in the areas of housing, water services, environmental protection, local government services, and community and rural development. The following table gives a breakdown of capital expenditure of some €308m across the relevant programme areas in...