Results 12,161-12,180 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: It is just that people may not be aware of what the Deputy is proposing.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: We will deal with that separately. There is an amendment on that later and we can deal with it at that stage.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: There is a corporate entity associated with the word "council" which I will explain later, if the Deputy wishes to wait until then.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Will I deal with the amendment?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Will I deal with Deputy Murphy's amendment now?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I acknowledge the spirit and intent of what Deputy Murphy is trying to do with this amendment. In the policy document itself, we got agreement from the Government that no new services would be established in this State at Department or agency level without first seeing if it could be done at local level through local government. That was a major statement of intent on the part of the...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I have a certain sympathy with what Deputy Murphy is bringing to our attention and I agree with her. The disagreement is about how we do it. A later amendment, No. 31, proposes to ensure the delegation of responsibility to municipal level. Maybe we should discuss it at that stage and see what we can do to implement some of the Deputy’s wishes in this amendment.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I understand Deputy Cowen’s point. Communities require a structure by which they can interact with the local authorities, whether that is a municipal district or a county or city council. I hope that before the conclusion of this legislation we will be able to consider additional advice from a working group chaired by Fr. Seán Healy to see how the community and voluntary fora,...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: We do not propose to accept this amendment on the basis that the word "council" would serve to constitute a separate corporate entity with the same legal rights as a county council. What we are seeking to achieve is an integrated system of administration with devolved functions at a municipal level. We do not want a situation where separate councils would be established in a municipal...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: We do not do diktats. That is historical.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: It would make them separate entities. The word "council" constitutes a separate entity legally.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: We will come to that in due course. We will be harmonising the rates downwards, not upwards.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: For corporate purposes, yes.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: That constitutes how unwise I was to mention Leixlip alone as an example. At the end of the day much more flexibility will come into the system but it will be governed by what happens in Kildare County Council's budgetary process. There was much less flexibility in recent years because the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform needed to know where every...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Is it in order to move amendment No. 69?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: On amendments Nos. 25, 68 and 70, I wish to advise colleagues that the Bill respects carefully the history and civic traditions associated with local government. I am pleased that Deputy Stanley also respects them. For example, it reiterates the recognition given in the Local Government Act 2001 to various historic charters for civic or ceremonial purposes. Consistent with this approach...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 27: In page 28, lines 10 to 12, to delete all words from and including “for” in line 10 down to and including “2001” in line 12 and substitute the following:“ “section 23 (as amended by the Local Government Act 2013) of the Local Government Act 2001” for “section 24 of the Local Government Act, 1994”.These...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 28: In page 28, line 19, after “district” to insert “pursuant to section 131A”.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 29: In page 28, line 30, to delete “or 14A” and substitute “or, subject to section 131B(1), Schedule 14A”.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The functions that may be performed by elected members at the various levels of governance are carefully set out in the Bill. Section 21 of the Bill will insert a new section 131A and a new Schedule 14A in the 2001 Act. Provision is made for certain reserved functions of a local authority to be performed in respect of each municipal district by the municipal district members concerned and...