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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Leader Programmes Applications (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: They must cover the sub-regional area.

Leaders’ Questions (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: Deputy McGrath needs to speak to his county manager.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: As the Deputy will be aware, Ireland is conducting a two stage process for the selection of Local Development Strategies to support the delivery of the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme for the 2014-2020 programme period. Under stage one of the selection process, any entity who wished to be considered as a Local Action Group was invited to submit an expression of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: The Dormant Accounts Acts 2001 to 2012, together with the Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Act 2003, provide a framework for the administration of unclaimed accounts in credit institutions (i.e. banks, building societies and An Post) and unclaimed life assurance policies in insurance undertakings. The main purpose of the legislation is to reunite account holders/policy holders with their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: As the Deputy will be aware, Ireland is conducting a two stage process for the selection of Local Development Strategies to support the delivery of the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme for the 2014-2020 programme period. Under stage one of the selection process, any entity who wished to be considered as a Local Action Group was invited to submit an expression of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Expenditure (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: Responsibility for the management of the Rural Transport Programme (RTP), was assigned to the National Transport Authority (NTA) with effect from 1 April 2012.  This includes responsibility for implementing the restructuring of the RTP announced on 9 July 2013 and the allocation of funding to the 17 Transport Co-ordination Units. The Department has not conducted...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: I cannot accept this amendment, although I appreciate the sentiment behind it and welcome the Senator's support for an enhanced enforcement regime. The amendment tabled would force applicants for waste collection permits to enter into binding commercial contracts with waste disposal operators before they even have a collection permit and when there is no guarantee that their application will...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: I am not accepting the amendment. The whole idea behind the legislation is to get higher standards in the waste collection industry, a point which everyone should support.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: The points raised by Senator Ó Clochartaigh are all covered by these new provisions. His amendment would place operators at a competitive disadvantage. It is for that reason I am not accepting the amendment.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: I will address the EPA's immunity from prosecution, even though I know the amendment has been ruled out of order. Immunity from prosecution for the Environmental Protection Agency arises under section 15 of the EPA Act of 1992. Senators may be aware that a review of the EPA was conducted by a broadly based group of relevant experts and completed in 2011.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: I want to give an explanation. The review examined the performance of the EPA against its mandate. It found that the EPA has provided a "considerable benefit for Ireland's environment and for the health and well-being of its people". None the less, the 2011 review also recommended that the immunity from prosecution, as it applies to the EPA in carrying out its statutory functions, be...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (16 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: Section 50 is to provide for the establishment of a database to facilitate the payment of the water conservation grant from 2016 onwards. It will allow the Minister to establish a database which shall include information relating to the water services supplied to a dwelling in addition to details relating to the occupier, including the name, the address and whether the dwelling is the...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: To reply to the Senators who have spoken passionately on this amendment, immunity from prosecution for the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, arises under section 15 of the Environmental Protection Act of 1992, while section 16 indemnifies the director general, other directors and authorised persons against legal action. Senators may be aware that a review of the EPA conducted by a...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: When the Bill is signed by the President. We would be looking towards the end of November.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: No, in terms of the 90 days. It will be towards the end of August, and then November.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: I cannot accept this amendment. Waste collection companies are already obliged under the conditions of their permit to ensure that waste is disposed of only at appropriate licensed facilities. The amendment would force applicants for waste collection permits to enter into binding commercial contracts with waste disposal operations before they even have a collection permit and when there is...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: The Bill is designed to drive higher standards in the waste collection industry. The bar has been raised in terms of the standards required to access a waste collection permit, while existing permits will be more regularly reviewed for breaches of permit conditions. The suite of enforcement tools has been expanded and permits will be revoked for infractions of waste legislation. This is...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: This amendment proposes the deletion of section 49. I cannot accept the amendment. The section provides for an amendment to section 5 of the Water Services Act 2014, which deals with payment of the water conservation grant. It is to provide that an approved housing body in receipt of funding under sections 38 and 39 of the Health Act 2004 and responsible for the payment of water charges on...

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: I draw the attention of Senators to the fact that this is important in ensuring that the occupiers of those properties are treated the same as any other domestic customers and the water conservation grant is applied where the approved housing body is paying domestic water charges on behalf of tenants.

Seanad: Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (21 Jul 2015)

Ann Phelan: I assume Senator Cáit Keane's contribution does not need a response.