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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: Following a thorough examination of project activity under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) I announced, on 24 April 2013, the lifting of the embargo on project approvals. The completion of this review has facilitated the immediate issuing of RDP contracts for approximately €42 million worth of projects which have been approved by the Board of the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 provides that the basic standard to be met by all domestic waste water treatment systems is that they should not create a risk to public health or the environment. Draft standards to augment this requirement were drawn up by my Department in consultation with the EPA and were issued for public consultation in March 2012. 165 submissions were received...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences Applications (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The application in question concerns the proposed lease of an area of foreshore by Donegal County Council and an associated proposal by the Council to sub-lease a portion of the foreshore concerned to a third party. Over time, the nature of the proposal for which the Council had originally intended to make the third party sub-lease has changed substantially giving rise to a number of legal...

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

Phil Hogan: My Department provide s the legislative framework within which to combat such pollution on litter pollution matters is to under the statutory framework of the Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009. It is a matter for each local authority to decide upon the most appropriate public awareness, enforcement and clean up actions in relation to both litter and illegal dumping, taking account of local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Official Engagements (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Secretary General of my Department has no difficulty with the principle of making her diary accessible through the Department's website She will publish her diary on the website on a trial basis for a period of time, subject to any necessary redactions for confidentiality reasons, and will review in the light of the number of hits received.

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

Phil Hogan: There is an inspection target of 12-15% of all buildings covered by valid commencement notices and Performance Indicators compiled and published by the Local Government Management Agency show that Wicklow County Council achieved an inspection rate of 30.69% for 2011, the latest year for which statistics are available. No further breakdown or categorisation of the inspection activity is given...

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

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 400 and 409 together. Issues related to the compulsory purchase of land at Charlesland, Greystones, County Wicklow were the subject of representations by a number of Wicklow public representatives to the former Minister of Housing and Planning, Willie Penrose T.D. Former Minister Penrose recommended, in consultation with me, that Senior Counsel be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (30 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 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: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: I set up the Pyrite Resolution Board 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 which will set out the eligibility criteria, priorities, procedures and...

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

Phil Hogan: I have had a number of meetings with the Irish Local Development Network, the representative body of the 50 local development companies, to discuss the new arrangements arising from Putting People First: Action Programme for Effective Local Government and, in particular, the recommendations of the Steering Group on Local Government and Local Development Alignment. The meetings focused on the...

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

Phil Hogan: The taking of enforcement action in relation to any particular incident of illegal dumping is a matter for the relevant local authority concerned and also the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Enforcement which supervises the environmental protection activities of local authorities. In 2012, I introduced, as a once-off scheme, the Litter Enforcement Grant Scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: Enforcement action against illegal waste activity is a matter for the local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and my Department does not compile statistics in relation to fines imposed. For the years 2009 to 2011, such statistics are publicly accessible through the Local Government Management Agency's series of annual...

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

Phil Hogan: As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011, published by my Department in October 2011, local authorities provided details of all unfinished housing developments in their areas. Unfinished housing developments were divided into four categories as follows: - Category one, where the development is still being actively completed by the developer, or...

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

Phil Hogan: Following a thorough examination of project activity under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) I announced, on 24 April 2013, the lifting of the embargo on project approvals. The completion of this review has facilitated the immediate issuing of RDP contracts for approximately €42 million worth of projects which have been approved by the Board of the Local...

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

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government provides for the introduction of domestic water charges as part of wider reforms of water services provision. 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 Irish Water, the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The main aims of Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) are to support the diversification of the rural economy and improve the quality of life in rural areas. Through the RDP measure Conservation and Upgrading of the Rural Heritage , funding is provided to support an integrated approach to the protection of the local heritage through a suite of related...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Kildare Sewerage Scheme (Sewer Network Contract) is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 as a contract to proceed to construction during the lifetime of the Programme. Kildare County Council's revised Contract Documents for this contract were received in my Department on 23 April 2013 and are under examination at present.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (30 Apr 2013)

Phil Hogan: Section 10A of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended) provides for a temporary exemption of at least three consecutive years from the charge to Local Property Tax (LPT) for residential properties that have been certified as having "significant pyritic damage". Regulations are currently being finalised in my Department and will be published shortly which will set out the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Collection (30 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...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Property Taxation Exemptions (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: We will pass on the Deputy's best wishes.