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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Dementia Strategy (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I thank Senator Deirdre Clune for raising this issue and giving the Minister for Health, for whom I am deputising this evening, an opportunity to outline progress to date towards developing a dementia strategy. I am aware of the Senator's personal interest in this subject. With increases in the older population in the future, and particularly among the oldest, the prevalence of dementia will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The self-assessed charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. Under the Act, it is a function of a local authority to collect the Non-Principal Private Residence...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy, and those data are available on my Department’s website at www.environ.ie. Data on the number of housing units and / or lands transferred under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts and on payments in lieu of such transfers, broken down by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Council Directive 2011/70/Euratom of 19 July 2011 establishing a Community framework for the responsible and safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste requires Member States to bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 23 August 2013. Ireland has been dealing with the issue of radioactive waste for some...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Magdalen Laundries Issues (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State involvement with the Magdalen Laundries states that some of the women were buried in graveyards attached to a Magdalen Laundry; others were buried in plots maintained by the relevant Congregation in a public graveyard, while others were taken home by their families for burial in their former home-place. My...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: There are currently 33 City and County Managers in situ of which 4 or 12% are women.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Issues (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The position regarding change of voter registration details from English to Irish is as set out in the reply to Question No.162 of 1 May 2013. Voters are given the opportunity to register in either Irish or English. If they register in English and subsequently wish to change their registration details to Irish, the opportunity to do so is provided for in the context of the annual corrections...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Expenditure (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is set out in the following tables. The Ministerial appointees held the positions of Special Adviser, Press Officer, Personal Assistant, Personal Secretary or Civilian Driver during the tenure of the relevant Minister or Minister of State. In a number of instances, there were changes in individual personnel during the period of tenure, together with some...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Funding (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The EU INTERREG programme 2007-2013 is comprised of three strands: Strand A, which covers cross-border co-operation; Strand B, which covers transnational co-operation and Strand C, which covers interregional cooperation.  Each Strand has its own priorities and covers specific geographic regions.   Applications for funding under all strands of the INTERREG Programme are made...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The First Report of the Convention on the Constitution, which was submitted to the Oireachtas on 26 March 2013, contained a recommendation that the voting age should be lowered to 16. The Government is considering this recommendation and will provide a response in the Oireachtas within 4 months – by 26 July 2013 – in accordance with the resolution of the Oireachtas establishing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Liability (14 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provides the legislative basis for the Household Charge. The Act contains provisions which address circumstances in which a person who is the sole owner of a residential property dies. Section 4 of the Act provides that the personal representative, such as the executor, of the deceased person is not, in respect of that residential property,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tax Code (14 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The annual rate of motor tax for tractors used for the general carriage of goods by road for hire or reward is €333. The motor tax is not based on the combination of tractor and trailer.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (14 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I have no function in relation to any levy, such as excise duty, placed on motor fuels, as this is a matter for the Minister for Finance. Motor tax receipts for 2012 were in excess of €1bn. It is estimated that, in order to raise a similar amount from motor fuels, an increase in excise for a litre of petrol and auto diesel in the order of 28-30 cent, inclusive of Value Added Tax,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (14 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Set closed periods for the spreading of fertilisers, including slurry, is a requirement of the Nitrates Directive and is mandatory in every Member State. The purpose of closed periods is to protect ground and surface water bodies, including drinking water sources, by prohibiting the application of fertilisers when such application poses an unacceptable risk to water courses. Good...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Plants (14 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: While not having a nuclear power industry, it is Ireland’s position that, where a State chooses to develop a nuclear power industry, this should be done in accordance with the highest international standards with respect to safety and environmental protection. Ireland’s priority is the safety of the Irish people and the protection of our environment, including the shared marine...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding (14 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The objective of the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is to tackle poverty and social exclusion through partnership and constructive engagement between Government, and its agencies, and people in disadvantaged communities. It is a key tool of Government in providing supports for the ‘harder to reach’ in the most disadvantaged areas and communities. Given the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (14 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 and 434 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (14 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department has issued guidelines to local authorities for dealing with customer complaints. A copy of these guidelines can be downloaded from . Local authorities generally have put in place a multiple stage procedure for dealing with customer complaints, including the case of a refusal to release records. The first stage generally is to discuss the complaint at the point of service, as...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Development Companies (14 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: There are no plans to break up local development companies under the alignment process. The reforms set out in Putting People First -Action Programme for Effective Local Government are designed to secure greater collaboration across the breath of publicly-funded local development activity. This includes increased co-operation between local government and local development companies, in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (14 May 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...