Results 13,161-13,180 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: It is a continuation of the existing schemes. Irish Water-----
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: No. We have €240 million-----
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: No, €270 million was committed last year. We had an underspend of approximately €45 million on water and sewerage schemes because county managers were sometimes slow in proposing projects and ran into difficulties.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: No.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: May I speak? It is difficult to-----
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: The Deputy had nine hours last week to give his side of the story. Give me a chance to handle the Estimates. This year, we will spend €240 million on major capital works. There is a carry-over from last year relating to unfinished projects. That money must be spent, but Irish Water will deal with those projects. It will publish its public capital programme for water and sewerage...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: For this year.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: Last year, we allocated €4 million in respect of septic tanks. No grant was paid out because nobody has sought one yet.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: To be fair to Deputy Cowen, he was not involved, but Deputies Ó Cuív, Joan Collins and Mattie McGrath as well as members of his own party travelled around the country telling public meetings that there should have been a grant scheme, that people would need to pay an annual charge of €300 and that every septic tank would be inspected. Arising from a European Court of Justice...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: Some 1%-----
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: The agreement was 1%. That is exactly what we did in 2013.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: When I explained to the committee's members that we would have a good, practical solution to the septic tank issue, Deputy Cowen did not believe me.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: No. Sure, it is-----
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: I know what is wrong with Deputy Cowen. He wants to reverse engines. He wants everyone who has registered a septic tank to be inspected so that he or she might qualify for a grant.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: Does Deputy Cowen know how many have failed the inspection?
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: They have been. The Deputy's local authority has been inspecting septic tanks in river basins since 2007.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: Am I right or wrong?
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: No.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: Some 1% are inspected on a risk basis near rivers and lakes. If they have not been inspected but are registered, they obviously cannot draw down a grant. Does the Deputy want an open-ended scheme? From where would he get the money?
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: If people feel that they have problems with their septic tanks, they are already breaking the law if they do not comply with the water source and water quality issues covered by the Water Services Act 2007. Local authorities have been inspecting septic tanks for years. Deputy Cowen is asking me to arrange inspections for everybody so they can draw down a grant. That is not the arrangement...