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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: Total gross motor tax receipts and the number of motor tax transactions by year and duration of vehicle licence for each of the years requested are contained in Table 1. It should be noted that this does not equate to the total number of vehicles taxed in each of the years concerned, as some owners will have exercised more than on e option in a particular year and a breakdown of this data is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 and 175 together. All Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects are subject to guidelines for the Provision of Infrastructure and Capital Investments through Public Private Partnerships. In accordance with the Guidelines, the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) carries out a value for money assessment of the proposed Public Private Partnership...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Collection (18 Apr 2013)

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 and pay the Charge. The Local Government...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme, which includes group sewerage schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. In December 2012 I announced an increase in the grant for group sewerage schemes to €6,500 per house or 75% of the cost of the scheme, whichever is the lesser. The previous rate of grant available was €2,031.58 per house or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Elections (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 181 and 182 together. 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. The Committee was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 and 188 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 LEADER elements were co-funded at a rate of 55% by the EU, with the remaining 45% coming from national exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The primary objective of my Department’s National Water Conservation Programme is to reduce water loss and leakage in the distribution networks to an economic level and to address high levels of unaccounted for water. My Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 (WSIP) places a high priority on water conservation. Since 2005 the level of recoupment of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: Figures related to the cost of absenteeism are not available in my Department. The Local Government Sector has used Service Indicators to monitor sick leave for a number of years. Based on figures reported by local authorities, the total number of days lost in the sector to absenteeism rose slightly from 346,750 in 2010 to 350,224 in 2011. A significant quantum of the sick leave reported...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Burncourt and Fethard Regional Water Supply Scheme Water Treatment Plants (Burncourt and Gortnapisha) Contract is included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013, as a contract to commence during the life of the Programme. In addition, further network elements of the scheme are included to advance through planning during the same period. I...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to further improve the energy efficiency of new buildings with a view to moving towards carbon neutral homes in the longer term. In tandem with this commitment, Directive 2010/31/EU on the energy performance of buildings requires EU Member States, inter alia, to ensure that all new buildings will be nearly zero-energy by 31 December 2020 (or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (18 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Adviser Pay (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190 and 191 together. The information requested is set out in the following table: Office Name Current Salary € Minister Hogan Sean McKeown 92,672 Claire Langton 86,604 Minister of State O’Sullivan Aidan Culhane 83,337 Paul Daly 83,337 In line with the Instructions on ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies Establishment (18 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The State Bodies established under the aegis of my Department since March 2011 are as follows: - The Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency - The Local Government Management Agency These bodies were established under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Acts 1971 to 2012. Section 5 of the Act provides that the Minister may by order at any time revoke an establishment...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (23 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 417 and 441 together. 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 current position is that domestic water charges will not commence before 2014. The Government will be reviewing the timeline for charges with programme partners at the next review...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (23 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: Funding may be available from my Department for rural areas, under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, to support certain community actions such as playgrounds.  Such actions under the programme are implemented by Local Development Companies contracted by my Department. They are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding and contact should be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (23 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department is responsible for a range of programmes and initiatives to support communities including the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP). The LCDP aims to tackle poverty and social exclusion through partnership, and constructive engagement between Government and its agencies, and people in disadvantaged communities. The Programme is managed by Pobal on behalf of my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (23 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: With regard to the project in question, I am advised that the Inspection Services Division of my Department issued an inspection report to Mayo North East LEADER Partnership (MNELP) and the project promoter on 4 February 2013. A request for a review of the decision contained in the inspection report was subsequently submitted by MNELP. The review was completed on 1 March, and MNELP was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (23 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 and 458 together. The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 assigns responsibility to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a National Inspection Plan for domestic wastewater treatment systems. The National Inspection Plan 2013: Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems was adopted and published by the EPA in February 2013. The Plan provides for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (23 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The urban and village renewal scheme, previously administered by my Department, has been discontinued in the current financial context.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Library Services (23 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The information requested regarding the number of visitors to specified libraries in north County Dublin is not available in my Department. The Local Government Management Agency produces an annual report on service indicators in local authorities. The service indicators show that the number of visits to full time libraries per 1,000 of population for Fingal library authority in 2011, the...