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Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I referred to Deputy Kevin Humphreys.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Senator Wilson will probably appreciate this more than most. He can imagine the conversation the Taoiseach had with me concerning Mayo when he discovered it was the first time in the history of the State that a Taoiseach's constituency was losing one seat. It shows how genuinely independent the commission was. I can think of a few people in Senator Wilson's own party who would be glad of...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2012: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I am sure they are very practical people.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Rural Development Programme (12 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: In late 2011, the European Commission approved a change in the maximum co-funding rate from 55% to 85% for axes 3 and 4 elements of Ireland's rural development programme 2007-2013. Prior to this, the axes 3 and 4 rural development programme, RDP, measures were co-funded at a rate of 55% by the EU with the remaining 45% coming from national Exchequer sources. The 2011 agreement reduced the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 132 and 140 together. I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 81 and 91 of 12 March 2013, which sets out the position on these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Temple Bar Cultural Trust (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 134 together. The Temple Bar Cultural Trust organisation is a private limited company with the Dublin City Manager as the sole shareholder. Therefore, in the first instance, governance arrangements and financial management of the Trust are a matter for Dublin City Council. I have no role in relation to these matters. Accordingly, the information...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG) was the Local Development Company contracted by my Department to deliver Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in Gaeltacht Areas for the current 2007-2013 programming period. MFG went into liquidation on 7 September 2011. The delivery of RDP funding to the Gaeltacht areas previously served by MFG is now being facilitated by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: There is an existing mechanism whereby improvement works necessary to comply with water pollution concerns of a local authority can be considered as exempted development. Under Section 12 of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977, where it appears to a local authority that it is necessary to do so in order to prevent or control pollution of waters, the local authority may serve a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 147 together. My Department is responsible for a range of programmes and initiatives to support communities including the Local and Community Development Programme and the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. The Local and Community Development Programme aims to tackle poverty and social exclusion through partnership, and constructive engagement...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 177 of 28 February 2013 which sets out the measures now being put in place to prevent the recurrence of failures that have occurred in the construction sector in recent years. I am satisfied that the reforms proposed including the lodgement of drawings, inspection by registered professionals and statutory certification will result in the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme, which includes group water schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection, prioritisation and approval of individual scheme proposals for advancement and funding under the programme, within the overall priorities set by my Department and subject to the block grant allocations provided, is therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 346 and 355 of 5 March 2013 which sets out the position in relation to employment opportunities arising from the metering programme.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 , a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, contains a comprehensive list of all proposed new wastewater services infrastructure throughout the country. As part of the development of the Programme, local authorities carried out assessments of needs in 2009, to review and prioritise their proposals for new capital works,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 219 of 27 February 2013, which sets out the position in relation to the tender criteria for the procurement process for the metering programme.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: There is one single Rural Development Programme (RDP) at a national level for the period 2007 – 2013 . My Department is the responsible Department for the delivery of the Axes 3 and 4 elements (LEADER) and , in line with the ‘bottom-up’ approach to rural development, there are 35 Local Action Groups (LAGs) contracted by my Department to deliver the LEADER elements...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Care of the Elderly (13 Mar 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. The Scheme provides for Monitored Personal Alarms for persons over 65 years of age living on their own or with other qualifying persons. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (14 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Malahide Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 as a scheme to advance through planning. Fingal County Council’s draft Brief for the appointment of a Consultant to prepare a Preliminary Report for the scheme is under examination in my Department at present and a decision will be made as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Article 7(a) of the Fuel Quality Directive 2009/30/EC introduced a requirement for fuel and energy suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of transport fuels by at least 6% (compared to 2010 emissions) by the end of 2020. Under Article 7(a), the European Commission issued a draft implementing directive , in 2011, on the methodology for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (20 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government and the Memorandum of Understanding with the EU, the IMF and the ECB provide for the introduction of domestic water charges. The Government considers that charging based on usage is the fairest way to charge for water and it has decided that water meters should be installed in households connected to public water supplies. The Government has also decided that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Road Network (20 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I have no function in relation to the matter raised in the Question and the information requested is not available in my Department.