Results 12,841-12,860 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: That may be up to the Senator’s party in government in the future. Best of luck to it. We will not go into what is happening in the North. Councillors will be able to vary the local property tax.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: The Minister has admitted that Sinn Féin will be in government with Fine Gael.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: It could be in government with Fianna Fáil.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: That is the only option Fianna Fáil has.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Councillors will be able to vary the local property tax-----
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: -----or downwards, which is the true meaning of democracy. Councillors and the municipal district level, which enhances the role and functions of the towns and their hinterlands, will be given reserved powers for the first time, in a meaningful way. If Senator Walsh wants to continue with the system whereby 7% of the-----
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I did not interrupt Senator Cullinane. He should listen for a change and I will give him my view. I remind the Senator what the Senator and his party did in 1977 and since then, was to centralise power and take it away from local authorities.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I did not support it. The Senator's party was in government for 14 years.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I will revert to the Senator about the Fianna Fáil policy. Councillors will adopt a local strategy on economic matters and on community matters for the first time. This is the first time a statutory remit is given to the community sector so that it can have a structured relationship with local government. Service plans will be in place similar to the old health boards system which,...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I am sorry to have to read that document into the record of the House because I have listened to nonsense about this system we are putting in place which upgrades the relationship between the citizen and the local authority, which deals once and for all with the boundary extensions that bedevilled local authorities like New Ross, Kilkenny County Council and Waterford, over the years. Fianna...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: It is policy.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Let the record show that Fianna Fáil, is the republican party. Is the party still the republican party?
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: It was not the first document from Fianna Fáil that told lies.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Motor tax.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: What about the motor tax?
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: The Senator does not want to see it.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Maghera District Council.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: The Senator was outside the Chamber when I was speaking.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I am just trying to remind them.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Sinn Féin is doing it in the North.