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Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: I clarified that last night.

Local and Community Development Programmes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: Deputy Dooley should have listened to Deputy Ó Cuív, who was very constructive.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: In law, the preparation of the Register of Electors is a matter for each local registration authority. It is their duty to ensure, as far as possible and with the cooperation of the public, the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the register. This is done on an ongoing basis in accordance with the Electoral Acts. There is no provision for linking the electoral register to PPS numbers. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: The statutory certificates of compliance prescribed under the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 must be signed by a registered professional i.e. a person who is included on the statutory registers of architects or building surveyors, as maintained by the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland (RIAI) and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) respectively under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Building Control Act 2007, among other things, requires me to appoint an independent chair and to nominate a majority of independent members to the Admissions Board referred to and I notified the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland (SCSI) of my decisions in this regard on 26 February 2014. The establishment and functioning of the Admissions Board is a matter for the registration...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Application (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: The costs of construction activity and related professional services are determined by market forces and I am precluded by trade and competition law from introducing any measures which would interfere with the normal functioning of the market in that regard. A number of cases have, however, been brought to my attention whereby consumers have been quoted exorbitant charges for professional...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Election Management System (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: The primary role of my Department in electoral matters is to provide an appropriate policy and legislative framework for a modern and efficient electoral system. Within that framework, the relevant returning officers are responsible for all matters in connection with the actual conduct of elections, including the selection, appointment and training of polling station and count staff in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: I thank the Chairman and members for inviting me to discuss the agenda for the next meeting of the Environment Council, which takes place next Thursday, 12 June in Luxembourg. This will be the final Environment Council of the Greek Presidency and it takes place in advance of major changes in the EU institutions in the coming months. In fact, those changes have already commenced with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: I expect to go to Government before the summer recess with the conclusions on our final piece of legislation with a view to publication. We will be glad to facilitate members and take into account many of the good views that came from this committee. I am not in a position to say when it will go to Government but I hope it will be in the next couple of weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: It has been my intention all along to do that but there has been a slow down in finalising some of the people who were being proposed for that expert group. I hope that with the assistance of the Acting Chairman, we might be able to resolve that shortly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: As the Senator knows, we will not have defined national targets in our legislation but we will comply, as we are obliged to under EU law, with EU binding targets. That is the role we are playing, in line with other EU member states. The binding targets in regard to renewable energy are matters for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Rabbitte. This will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: Will the Senator ask the question again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: We will come back to the Senator on that. The relevant official is not here but we will take a note of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: Deputy Mulherin has asked a number of questions. Overall, the reason for the approach we are taking in terms of the climate and energy agenda is due to the fact that in the past it was always left to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to be concerned with such matters but now every Department must produce sectoral roadmaps on how they will comply with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: Sustainable Energy Ireland is driving this scheme on behalf of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources but we will present the views the Deputy has expressed during our conservation with them and get clarification on them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: I completely agree with Deputy Coffey's assertion of the significant contradictions in the policy positions of various groups. On the one hand they want particular objectives at national level and they regularly discuss with me the reasons I am not doing more in terms of addressing sectoral challenges in meeting targets for climate change, renewable energy or reducing our emissions generally...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: I support that. I will ask Mr. Sean Hogan, head of delivery of emergency responses, to take a look at this as part of the lessons of the storm of the winter of 2013-2014 to see what practical solutions can be put in place to assist citizens and householders at a time of crisis. We recognise there is a need to get down to specifics. Deputy Coffey has given many examples today of where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: I have not yet had an opportunity to read the review published by the EU. We have been alerted to these matters by way of recent pronouncements from the EPA. We are subscribing to the view expressed by the Acting Chairman, namely, that there is a challenge in our meeting our 2020 targets. We are not only under pressure in respect of the agriculture and transport sectors but from the energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: Yes. We are currently in detailed discussions with the Commission on the climate and energy package.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Forthcoming Environment Council: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (5 Jun 2014)

Phil Hogan: We will have a look at that. As I said, I have not yet read the review to which the Acting Chairman refers.