Results 12,981-13,000 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I do not hold any remit for private companies limited by guarantee but Senator Ó Clochartaigh knows that the directors of those companies are obliged under company law to conform with the various aspects of community law. Whether they are limited by guarantee or not they are still under the umbrella of the Companies Acts in which there are very serious responsibilities for directors,...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: It is 35% in some companies.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I draw Senator Ó Clochartaigh's attention to the published documentation by Pobal regarding the financial statements about these companies that they issue from time to time.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Which one is not agreeing?
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: They did not.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: In this grouping, amendment No. 57 provides that when the chief officer is seeking nominees for the local community development committee, LCDC, he or she shall do so in consultation with a corporate policy group or CPG. This will provide for an important input to the process via the CPG. However, I should point out that the focus will be on identifying the sectors to be represented on the...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: The guarantee that the chairperson shall be drawn from a specific sectoral interest, or that a specific sectoral interest should have a minimum number of members on a committee, would undermine the committee's independence and would impact on its eligibility as an implementer of key EU local development programmes. Given this requirement, I am not in a position to accept the amendments as...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I am not going to do that.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: He did not.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I am proposing amendment No. 63 which is linked to the proposals on a local economic and community plan for which provision is being made in the new sections 66A to 66H and which we will discuss later. The new provisions for the local economic and community plan will cover, in section 66H, the making of regulations concerning the new integrated plan. Accordingly, the provisions of section...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I will reflect on them before Report Stage. The purpose of engagement, as the Senator rightly points out, is to consult people. Therefore, I will reflect on the matter before Report Stage.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: What is the Senator's version?
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Sinn Féin made a pact with the DUP, did it not?
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Sinn Féin has made pacts.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: The Senator has some neck.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: That is right.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I might give them the opportunity some time if I am in government for long enough.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: The Senator should not patronise me.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I am glad to clarify for the Senator and others that I was informed incorrectly that agreement had been reached on all aspects of local government policy, reserved functions and titles. That is not the case. The ACCC and the AMAI chose not to discuss the issue of titles because there were divergent views on it which were not reconcilable. These matters were not agreed between the two...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: On amendments Nos. 83 and 84, I am satisfied that the Bill carefully respects the history and civic traditions associated with local government. It reiterates the recognition given in the Local Government Act 2001 to various historic charters for civic or ceremonial purposes. Specifically, it provides that the title of mayor will be reserved for cities, municipal districts which contain...