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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is set out in the following table: Consultant/Author etc. Name/Description of Report Status Amount Spent Since February 2011 Egan, Fitzpatrick, Malsch & Lawrence Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA) report of the risks from Sellafield to Ireland and Irish interests. Executive Summary published November 2012. €2,921,327 AECOM Cost optimal study...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: My Department operates a delegated sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for implementation of the moratorium in relation to local authorities. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each City and County Manager is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements in each Council. It is a matter for City and County Managers, in the first instance,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 431 and 434 together. During the period from 13 December 2014 to 6 January 2014 Ireland was subjected to a series of severe storms, affecting the country roughly once every three days. In addition to the very strong winds, there were periods of extremely heavy rain and a lot of thunderstorm activity. These storms coincided with high spring tides and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: My Department makes payments to Oracle, mainly for software licence updates and support for the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Financial Management System used by the Department; the payments to Oracle over the last three years are set out in following table. Description 2011 2012 2013 Total New Oracle EBS Licences - €374,455 - €374,455 Annual Oracle EBS Licencing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The provision of a fire service, including the provision of fire fighting and emergency equipment, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities as set out in the Fire Services Act, 1981. My Department supports fire authorities through the setting of general policy and the provision of capital funding, including the recoupment (within the overall funding available) of costs incurred...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: Questions relating to the Local Property Tax are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Finance. The Programme for Government sets out a commitment to the introduction of domestic water charges based on usage above a free allowance and to establish Irish Water, a new state company to take responsibility for water services provision. The Government considers that charging based on usage...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: Preparations for Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (RDP) have begun and public consultation on the overall Programme will commence shortly with a view to the programme commencing in 2015. My Department is holding its own targeted stakeholders’ consultation meeting on the LEADER elements of the 2014-2020 RDP on 30 January and a public consultation meeting in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: Before Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG) went into liquidation in 2011 my Department had paid €3.37m to the company under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) . Following legal advice and discussions with the European Commission in late 2012 the areas which had been previously served by MFG were transferred to the contiguous Local Action Groups...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Redundancy Payments (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: My Department has no role in the internal operations of any organisations funded through Pobal and, therefore, does not have a role in relation to staff or employment matters, which are for the Board of the company, as the employer, to manage. However the Government recognises that like all other sectors of our economy, the community and voluntary sector has had to deal with reduced funding...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: State Properties (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions No. 444 and 445 together. The Government is committed to minimising greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide emissions, from building stock in State ownership. In 2012, I published, in tandem with my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Green Tenders, the national action plan on green public procurement. Green Tenders notifies...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Appointments (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 446, 455, 456 and 461 together. The Water Services Act 2013 provided for the establishment of Irish Water as a subsidiary of Bórd Gáis Éireann to be formed and registered under the Companies Act. Irish Water is currently recruiting to build up the internal capabilities required within the organisation and the numbers of staff employed is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under section 10 of the Fire Services Act 1981. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Government decided in December 2011, based on the recommendations in an independent assessment, to establish a public water utility company to take over the operational and capital delivery functions of local authorities in the water services area. The Government also decided that the question of whether the role of Irish Water should be assigned to an existing State Agency merited...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Act 2013 provides for the establishment of Irish Water as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group and assigns the necessary powers to allow Irish Water to undertake the metering programme. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides for the transfer of responsibility for the delivery of water services from the water services authorities to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Upper Liffey Valley Sewerage Scheme (Oberstown Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade Contract) was included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 and in June 2013 I approved Kildare County Council’s proposal to allow the contract to proceed to tender. However, prior to the transfer of responsibility for the delivery of water services capital...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Landfill Sites (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently managing the Kerdiffstown landfill site, including works such as leachate and odour management. My Department continues to fund this work and will provide support for the ongoing remediation of the site again in 2014. The EPA signed a contract on 27 February 2013 for the provision of site management services and for the development of an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Grange/Strandhill/Tubbercurry Sewerage Scheme (Wastewater Treatment Plants Upgrades) was included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 as a contract to start at an estimated cost of €10.8 million. My Department approved the Design Review Report for this Scheme in August 2013. However, the scheme had not progressed to the next stage...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 471 and 473 together. The Cloghran Drainage Scheme was not included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013, so details of how Fingal County Council was progressing the scheme are not available in my Department. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for the delivery of water services capital...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 472 and 474 together. The Malahide Water Supply (Reservoir) Scheme was approved to proceed under the Serviced Land Initiative Sub-Programme of my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013. However, I understand that Fingal County Council had not progressed the scheme, in accordance with the conditions of its approval, prior...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (21 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 480 and 494 together. The local government funding model is changing considerably in 2014. Under the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, commencing this year, the Minister for Finance will pay into the Local Government Fund an amount equivalent to the Local Property Tax paid into the Central Fund during that year; this revenue will be allocated to local...