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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Government's Action Programme for Effective Local Government - Putting People First indicates that, in the context of re-organisation of local governance structures, the proposed new municipal districts will provide an opportunity to achieve a more coherent approach to rates and charges on a countywide basis, having regard to funding requirements and the need to support employment and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I am aware of the problems caused by illegal dumping, irrespective of the nature of the material being dumped. Illegal dumping is first and foremost a matter of individual responsibility and compliance with the law, rather than of product design. While enforcement action in this area is a matter in the first instance for local authorities, my Department has taken a number of actions to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The Charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. A residential property not in use by an owner as his or her sole or main residence is liable for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authorities Management (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department recognises the valuable local resource that archives represent and the importance of their proper management. Under section 80 of the Local Government Act 2001, it is a matter for local authorities, in the first instance, to ensure that the appropriate arrangements are in place for the proper management, custody, care and conservation of local records and archives.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Banking Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 849 and 850 together. As you are aware, the Action Programme for Effective Local Government - Putting People First sets out Government decisions for a range of local government reform measures, including the decision to replace town councils with a new comprehensive model of municipal governance to strengthen local government within counties and address...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Official Travel (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Agencies under my Department's aegis have been made aware of the ongoing requirement to adhere to Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines concerning travel, subsistence and any associated expenses. The day-to-day operations of State agencies are, in the first instance, a matter for the management and board of each agency. The Code of Practice for the Governance of State...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The State Agencies under the aegis of my Department are An Bord Pleanála; the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Housing Finance Agency; Irish Water Safety; the Housing Sustainable Communities Agency; the Local Government Management Agency; the Private Residential Tenancies Board; the Radiological Protection Institute Ireland; and the Western...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The 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 Non-Principal Private Residence Charges ,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I understand that this question concerns the Non- Principal Private Residence Charge. The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The Charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. Section 6 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 and 195 together. I refer to the reply to Questions 175 and 176 of 3 July 2013 which sets out the position in relation to the grants scheme for remediation of domestic waste water treatment systems. Full details, including eligibility criteria, are set down in the Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013, a copy of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Elections (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Section 19(3) of the Local Government Act 2001 prescribes that a casual vacancy on a local authority is to be filled by the co-option of a person to fill the vacancy, subject to such person being nominated by the same registered political party who nominated for election or co-option the member who caused the casual vacancy, or where the person causing the casual vacancy was a non-party...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Elections (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The position regarding standing for election in more than one electoral area of the same local authority is set out in the reply to Question Number 182 of 26 June 2013. Article 124 (2) of the Local Elections Regulations 1995 provides that where a person, who has been elected as a member of the same local authority for two or more electoral areas, chooses, or is deemed to have chosen, to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Donegal Group B Sewerage Scheme (Bundoran, Convoy, Glencolmcille and Killybegs) is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 as a scheme to start during the lifetime of the Programme. I have recently approved Donegal County Council's tender documents for the scheme, which will allow the council to advertise for tenders for the contract.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The legislative framework for the import and export of waste in the European Union is set out in Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Under the Waste Management (Shipments of Waste) Regulations 2007, Dublin City Council was designated as the National Competent Authority for all waste exports and imports and the National Transfrontier Waste Shipment...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Rehiring (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: No retired civil or public servants have been retained in my Department since January 2013 on short term contracts or on a consultancy basis where normal abatement principles did not apply.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The measures applying to my Department and agencies under the aegis of my Department are set out in the Haddington Road Agreement. As stated by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the Haddington Road Agreement (HRA) will facilitate a reduction of €1 billion in the public service pay and pensions bill by 2016. In relation to my Department, the savings arising under HRA...

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, line 30, to delete “Parts 6 and 9” and substitute “Parts 4, 5 and 9”.

Electoral, Local Government and Planning and Development Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 2:In page 5, line 7, to delete “to” where it firstly occurs.

Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I am pleased today to provide in the Oireachtas the first Government response to recommendations of the Convention on the Constitution. The establishment of the convention was a commitment in the programme for Government. We delivered on it and despite a good deal of scepticism from various quarters the convention has successfully provided a new forum for engagement and interaction between...

Report of the Convention on the Constitution: Statements (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: We think the Deputy has plenty of X factor.