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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (2 May 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 is administered by local community and voluntary groups with the support of my Department. The grant application to provide a pendant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Minister Coveney and I established the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (CEDRA) in September 2012 and since then the Commission has been working towards the publication of a report that will inform policies and strategies to support the economic development of rural Ireland into the future. The Commission and its Chair , Mr Pat Spillane , have been engaging with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (2 May 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, and the Government is currently reviewing the timeline for charges in consultation with the programme partners. The Government considers that charging based...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 160 together. The overall strategy for investment in water services is to ensure that the timing and scale of investment facilitates economic and other development, achieves compliance with statutory requirements and promotes environmental sustainability objectives. The main vehicle for achieving these objectives for public domestic water supplies...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Issues (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The provision of fire services in a local authority area is a statutory function of individual fire authorities. Under Section 10 of the Fire Services Act 1981, a fire authority is required to make provision for the delivery of fire services in its functional area, including the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of premises. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Issues (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 606 of 5 February 2013, which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 609 of 5 February 2013, which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Details of funding available to my Department this year as provided for in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2013 , together with the spending outturns in 2011 and 2012, are set out in the following table. REV Capital €m Capital Carryover €m Current €m Total €m 2013 726 43 482 1,251 2012 768 34 450 1252 2011 1,017 - 627 1644 While...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Matters relating to the transfer of waste collection services by local authorities to private operators are in the first instance for the local authorities concerned. My Department's role is to provide a comprehensive legislative and waste policy framework through which the relevant regulatory bodies, such as local authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency, operate. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality Issues (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 to 164, inclusive, together. The identification of bathing waters is a matter for local authorities under the Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008 which transposed the EU Bathing Water Directive 2006 into Irish law. Regulation 4 of the regulations places a requirement on local authorities, on or before 24 March each year, to identify bathing waters in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Management Costs Issues (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I assume that the question refers to the Environmental Management Costs (EMCs) that consumers have paid to producers when purchasing certain electrical items since the introduction of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations in Ireland; these EMCs were discontinued finally in February 2013. This system of EMCs was put in place to provide funds for the recovery and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

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

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: On behalf of the Minister for Justice and Equality, I wish to thank Deputy Pringle and other speakers for the opportunity to address these issues in the House. As the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe, indicated earlier, we are looking forward to a further debate in the House on this issue when the report of the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality becomes available in due course....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee (7 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I established a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee on 15 November 2012 , in accordance with sections 28, 32 and 33 of the Local Government Act 1991, 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....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (7 May 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 Leitrim. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €29 million in County Leitirm during the period of the Programme. The North Leitrim Regional Water Supply Scheme is included in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (7 May 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 Leitrim. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €29 million in County Leitrim during the period of the Programme. The Programme aims to prioritise projects that target...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (7 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme, under which funding may be provided towards the connection of group water schemes to local authority public mains and towards the takeover of group water schemes by local authorities, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection and approval of individual scheme proposals for advancement and funding...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Application (7 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Under section 157 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, commencing in 2014, the Minister for Finance will pay into the Local Government Fund an amount equivalent to the Local Property Tax paid into the Central Fund during that year. Questions concerning the use of Local Property Tax revenue raised in 2013 should be directed to my colleague, the Minister for Finance. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Funding (7 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 will continue to provide financial resources for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. Two of the objectives of the RDP are to identify and provide appropriate amenity and leisure facilities to local communities not otherwise available to them and to support the renewal of rural villages and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (7 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Property Tax is being introduced on a half year basis this year, and accordingly, 50% of the Tax is payable in 2013. This year will also be the final year of the operation of the Non Principal Private Residence Charge. The Non Principal Private Residence Charge and the Local Property Tax operate under different mechanisms: the Charge is incurred on the basis of a flat rate of...