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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Pollution (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Air Pollution Act (Marketing, Sale, Distribution and Burning of Specified Fuels) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 326 of 2012) provide for a ban on the marketing, sale distribution and burning of bituminous fuel inside specified ban areas. The main legislative provisions of the Regulations that apply inside such ban areas include: - a ban on the marketing, sale and distribution of bituminous...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Neither my Department, nor local authorities, have responsibility for, or a role to play in, the management, maintenance or operation of privately owned wastewater treatment facilities.

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

Phil Hogan: It is a matter for each commissioning body, including local authorities, to develop, procure and manage any projects under the Per Cent For Art scheme. My Department does not have comprehensive data on projects which have incorporated an artistic feature under this scheme. General National Guidelines on the Per Cent For Art Scheme were issued by the then Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The aim of the Seniors Alert Scheme is to support independent living for those over 65 who live alone or who live with a person who is also over 65 years of age and of limited financial means. A key element of the Scheme is the provision of funding for a socially monitored alarm which supports this independence. Funding is provided to persons with a disability provided they meet the other...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Government has decided that Irish Water, a new State-owned water company to be established as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group, will be responsible for the domestic water metering programme and for the collection of water charges from households. The water metering programme will cover households connected to a public water supply. Households in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Pollution (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The ban on the marketing, sale and distribution of bituminous fuel (or ‘smoky coal ban’ as it is commonly known) was first introduced in Dublin in 1990 in response to severe episodes of winter smog that resulted from the widespread use of smoky coal for residential heating.  Air quality monitoring carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that the ban...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The purpose of the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012 is to provide for the number of Members of Dáil Éireann, revise Dáil constituencies in the light of the results of census 2011 and provide for the number of Members to be elected for such constituencies. In the programme for Government we committed to reducing the number of Deputies following the publication of the...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: We will get someone nearer.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Excellent choice.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Population comes into play.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: A 70-member board.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: They are well qualified.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (6 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Tax clearance requirements are a matter for the Minister for Finance and are detailed in Department of Finance Circular 44/2006: Tax Clearance Procedures Grants, Subsidies and Similar Type Payments.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (6 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Government’s Action Programme for Effective Local Government: Putting People First sets out a significant reform programme for local government, which aims to give it greater capacity to promote local economic and social development.  These reforms envisage a greater alignment between local development and local government that will bring greater efficiency and co-ordination...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (6 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 446 of 18 December 2012 which sets out the position in this matter. A reply to my Department’s correspondence with the County Manager in relation to the audit report was received on 4 March 2013 and is currently being considered.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Elections (6 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I established a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee on 15 November 2012 to review and make recommendations on the division of each council area, other than Cork City, into local electoral areas, and to make recommendations on the number of members of each council to be assigned to each local electoral area. I have asked the Committee to report to me no later than 31 May 2013. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (6 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 to 157, inclusive, together. In late 2011 the European Commission approved a change in the maximum co-funding rate from 55% to 85% for the Axes 3 and 4 elements (LEADER) of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013. Prior to this the Axes 3 and 4 RDP measures were co-funded at a rate of 55% by the EU, with the remaining 45% coming from...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (6 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: A reply to the representations in question issued from my Department on 4 March 2013.

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Those are very robust views from Senator Norris which I would expect. I am pleased to have the opportunity to address the Seanad this evening as it gives me a chance to clarify the Government's position on the Seanad and to outline more generally the reform measures that have been taken by the Government in the past two years. Despite numerous reports over the years, we have not succeeded in...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Second Stage (6 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Four referendums have already been held in the lifetime of this Government. The referendum on Seanad abolition will take place this autumn. In addition, the Government has approved in principle proposals to amend the Constitution to permit the establishment of a Civil Court of Appeal and a new separate Family Court structure. Work has commenced on the further development of these...