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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (17 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (17 Oct 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 Clare. Consideration was given, as part of the review of the Programme in 2011, to any newly emerging priority contracts and schemes submitted by local authorities for addition to the Programme, in line with the original priorities...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (17 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: Has this never happened before?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (17 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: That did not happen when I was in the Seanad.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (17 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: If I had known that all those questions would be asked I would have been better prepared to answer them. I will try my best. The Government has approved initial funding of €10 million for a pyrite remediation scheme, with additional funding to be allocated over the next two years from the capital stimulus programme which will be announced in early 2014. The initial phase of the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (17 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I answered the questions about the legislation coming before the House and the possibility of levying the construction sector and developers after the court cases are finished. To what other questions does the Senator refer?

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (17 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: This session.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (17 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: The legislation must be enacted between now and the end of the year.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (17 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: Yes.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (17 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: It is worth indicating to Senator Power that I am implementing a scheme which her party ignored for so long.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (17 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I wish to make it again because it often falls on deaf ears. It is one of the scars of the Celtic tiger that I must address.

Local Government Bill 2013: Order for Second Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill provides for the most fundamental overhaul of the local government sector in 100 years, bringing the Irish local government system into the 21st century so that it is more representative of and more responsive to the needs of our citizens and communities. This Government was elected with a mandate to reform the economy, the...

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I am surprised that the Deputy does not know what is happening.

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I assure the Deputy that they know what is happening.

Local Government Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy could be wrong. They do not all live in Dublin.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report (22 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: In the Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report 2013 it is recommended that County Meath be divided into the six local electoral areas of Kells, Navan, Trim, Ratoath, Ashbourne and Laytown-Bettystown for the election of 40 members to the county council. Each local electoral area is comprised of a number of electoral divisions. These are listed in the report. I understand that the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply (22 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353 and 361 together. My Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides funding for works by water services authorities for water conservation. Works carried out under the water conservation programme can involve the replacement of lead water distribution mains. In...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (22 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: Environmental standards in relation to the collection of waste, and their enforcement, are the responsibility of local authorities and are governed by the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007. The treatment and management of waste material is subject to a registration and permitting system by local authorities or licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (22 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: Following Government approval earlier in 2013 to the imposition of levies on the quarrying and insurance sectors as a means of funding a pyrite remediation scheme preparation of the required legislation commenced. However, legal difficulties arose during the drafting process and it was not possible to proceed on the basis intended. My Department and I have worked over the past few months to...