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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (29 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The information requested from the Local Government Fund accounts is set out in the accompanying table. Year Total LGF Income General Purpose Grant Payments *1999 820,131,777 438,575,786 2000 866,953,844 469,148,003 2001 988,981,429 556,732,759 2002 960,644,368 591,688,064 2003 1,131,814,176...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (29 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No 459 of 28 May which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Reports (29 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I have not yet received the report of the Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee which I established 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 requested to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Numbers (29 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: There are 33 City and County Managers. The i nformation regarding the numbers of Directors of Service and equivalents, at 31March 2013, is outlined in the table below . The number of Directors of Service has decreased by 70.3 or 26% since 2008. Local Authority Directors of Service and Equivalents Cork City 8 Dublin City 39.8 Galway City 3 Limerick City & County ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (29 May 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: European Council Meetings (29 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: During the period of the Presidency to date the European Council of Environment Ministers met formally on 21 March 2013 and informally on 22-23 April 2013. Mr Jimmy Deenihan T.D., Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and I attended the March Council meeting; our primary focus was on managing, from a Presidency perspective, our respective elements of Council business and, where...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (29 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The CO2 value for cars registered from 2008 onwards is captured by the Revenue Commissioners from the Certificate of Conformity provided by the manufacturer and transmitted to the National Vehicle and Driver File. The CO2 emissions for new vehicles are calculated in accordance with specific standards for this purpose, and I am not aware that the tests can be applied in a comparable way to...

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

Phil Hogan: In accordance with section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, housing authorities are responsible for determining the rents of their dwellings, subject to complying with broad principles laid down by my Department, notably that the rent payable should be related to income and that low-income households should pay a lower proportion of income in rent. Within these parameters, it is a matter for...

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

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 197 of 1 5 May 2013; it remains my Department’s intention to issue a decision to the Council on the relevant proposal shortly. In addition, Fingal County Council wrote to my Department on 20 May 2013 requesting approval to move two further elements of the Rush sewer network (North Beach and East Shore sewers) from planning stage to contracts to go...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (30 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Chairperson of the Standards in Public Office Commission, Justice Matthew P. Smith, wrote to me earlier this month about the provisions of the Electoral Act 1997 as they relate to third parties. In his letter he recalled recommendations previously made by the Commission for amendment of the legislation and in particular those in a March 2009 report titled Third Parties and the Referendum...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Issues (30 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: 2010 is the latest year for which audited local authority Annual Financial Statement data is available. Detailed information in relation to the value of commercial rates outstanding to local authorities for 2010 and the amount that was written off in the five years up to 2010, sourced from audited Annual Financial Statements, is set out in the table. Information on the periods of time that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (30 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: In the context of the forthcoming Budget, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has asked my Department to identify savings which will feed into the expenditure decisions by Government for the Estimates 2014 and the setting of future ministerial ceilings. The scale of proposed savings for 2014 was set out in part 1 of the Expenditure Report 2013, which was published by the...

Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (11 Jun 2013)

Phil Hogan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue which is very important for her and the other Deputies who represent Dublin North and the Meath constituencies. Following the Government's recent approval of the general scheme of a pyrite remediation Bill, work is under way to develop the legislation as a matter of urgency. It is my intention that it will be published and enacted in the shortest...

Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (11 Jun 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Pyrite Resolution Board is very conscious of the need to minimise costs to homeowners who wish to avail of this scheme. I point out to the Deputy, however, that the State is not liable in any way. Were it not for the political interest shown by Deputies in the House and by myself, as Minister, we would not have a scheme at all. This is something people often do not realise. The...

Topical Issue Debate: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Phil Hogan: I thank Deputies Ó Ríordáin and Cowen for raising this important issue. The greater Dublin drainage project is a critical wastewater project which will facilitate employment and economic growth in the wider Dublin region, not just in one local authority area, and contribute to improving and protecting the environment. From extensive examination over many years, it is clear...

Topical Issue Debate: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (11 Jun 2013)

Phil Hogan: It is clear from what Deputies Ó Ríordáin and Cowen have said that there will be unease about where any plant is located. As a public representative, I am not immune to that. However, it is also clear that we need the facilities. We will have difficulties with job creation and opportunities in the greater Dublin area if we do not invest in infrastructure such as wastewater...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (11 Jun 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 544, 564 and 565 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. The Government has indicated an intention to move, from 2014, to 80% retention of all...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (11 Jun 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 548 and 545 together. Under 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; this revenue will be allocated to local authorities from the Fund. In 2013 Local Property Tax revenue will accrue...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (11 Jun 2013)

Phil Hogan: The revenue (excluding in respect of arrears) generated in respect of the motor tax vehicle emissions bands for the years 2009 to 2012 is set out in Table 1 below. A breakdown of arrears by band is not readily available, and Table 2 sets out the total amount of arrears paid in respect of the CO2 bands for the period from 2009 to 2012. However, provision of figures on the number of persons who...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Collection (11 Jun 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Non-Principal Private Residence (NPPR) Charge, which is a matter for the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, is an annual charge of €200 introduced by the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended by the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011. It applies to a residential property which is not used as the owner’s sole or main residence,...