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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grants (24 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: On 22 February 2013 I announced capital allocations to local authorities under the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability amounting to €42.750 million. This year I allocated local authorities the full amount of their contractual commitments which, in the case of Westmeath County Council, amounted to €47,803. The balance of the available funding was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together. In 2012, no provision in my Department’s voted capital allocation was used for current expenditure purposes. The Revised Estimates for Public Services 2013, published recently by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, provide for capital expenditure of €718m in respect of my Department during the year, comprising...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (24 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. Section 6 of the Building Control Act 1990 provides for the making of building control regulations which, among other things, may require the submission to building control authorities of certificates of compliance with the requirements of the building regulations and may prescribe the designation of the persons or the classes of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (24 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department has provided over €700 million to support the Ballymun regeneration programme to date. This has facilitated the demolition of all but one of the towers and nearly all the flat blocks as well as the construction of over 2,900 social, voluntary, private and affordable residential units, new local parks and playgrounds, neighbourhood centres and a new traditional style main...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (24 Apr 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 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 of the Programme of Assistance which commences this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Write-Offs (24 Apr 2013)

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.  The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. Under rating legislation, the person liable...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution Fines (24 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: Existing penalties available under the Litter Pollution Acts for litter offences range from an on-the-spot fine of €150, to a maximum fine of €3,000 on summary conviction, and a maximum fine of €130,000 on conviction on indictment. The fines for continuing offences are €600 per day for summary offences and €10,000 per day for indictable offences. A person...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: VAT Payments (25 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 182 of 24 April 2013 which sets out the position in the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (25 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I set up the Pyrite Resolution Board (PRB) to oversee and ensure the effective implementation of a pyrite remediation scheme for homeowners who have no other viable option to have pyrite remediation works undertaken. The Board is currently drawing up the precise scope and detail of a pyrite remediation scheme including the eligibility criteria, priorities, procedures and assessment /testing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency Investigations (25 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Environmental Protection Agency is currently managing the site concerned, including works such as leachate and odour management. My Department continues to provide funding to support this work from the Environment Fund. I understand that contracts were signed on 27 February, 2013 for the provision of site management services and for the development of an options report for the future...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (25 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Cork. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €230 million in the county during the period of the Programme. The Castletownbere Sewerage Scheme is included in the Programme as...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Offshore Islands (25 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: In 2012 the Community Division of my Department provided funding for Inishbofin under the Local and Community Development Programme (€116,907.00) and the Rural Development Programme (€23,422.73). The funding was channelled through Comhar na nOileán, the Local Development Company with responsibility for Programme delivery on the offshore islands.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (25 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 150 together. Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Application (25 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012 is a matter for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. However, it is up to every local authority to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process, having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources, including moneys received from paid parking. I have no plans at present to issue...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: In that regard, the Government has sought to ensure that the burden of taxation is not excessive and does not discourage job creation. The last Budget specifically contained a ten point tax reform plan to support small businesses. The measures contained in the Budget are intended to assist small businesses in a number of ways, including: - Helping their cash flow position; - Helping them...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on no n-principal private residences. The charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. Revenues raised by the Charge accrue to the relevant local authority, as opposed to accruing to the Exchequer. As...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (30 Apr 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: As signalled by the Environmental Protection Agency in the latest national greenhouse gas emission projections published on 25 April 2013, Ireland is on course to confirm compliance with its target for the purposes of the Kyoto Protocol in the commitment period 2008-2012.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: Gross motor tax receipts for County Louth for 2012 are set out in the table below. In respect of projections for 2013, motor tax income projections are not made on a county by county basis. The 2013 Revised Estimates for Public Services projects a 6% increase in total motor tax receipts for 2013. County Louth motor tax receipts 2012 Motor tax office receipts €14,419,506 Online...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Dublin Water Supply (Long-Term Water Source) Scheme is included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 , as a scheme to advance through planning. Dublin City Council is the lead authority for this scheme, on behalf of all of the water services authorities in the Greater Dublin Area. The Council has examined a number of options to supplement the...