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- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Okay.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I recognised on Committee Stage that the provision in relation to representation of political parties and groupings on the corporate policy group, CPG, would be very unwieldy. I propose to delete the entire section by way of an amendment to be introduced on Committee Stage of the Bill in the Seanad. Ultimately, the Bill, as amended, will have to be returned to the Dáil for approval.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Perhaps for the benefit of the House I should elaborate a little further on the matter. A number of representatives have raised the issue of the inclusion of a non-elected person on the CPG in terms of the leader of the local community development committee, LCDC. I know that the representative organisations and Deputies Barry Cowen, Brian Stanley and Catherine Murphy also expressed concern...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: As I said, I propose to delete the section. The corporate policy group, CPG, often developed into a secret society which did not provide necessary or full information to the groups. I looked at this in the context of putting the leaders of the groups on the CPG so that they could report back to the group on a more regular basis. However, having considered the matter further following...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I am taking that out.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I understand the spirit in which Deputy O'Sullivan tabled these amendments but I wish to draw the attention of the House to some points. As regards amendment No. 27, section 35 of the Bill already provides that representatives of local community interests will in fact be members of the local community development committees or LCDCs. Given their status as members of those committees, I do...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Does Deputy Murphy want an explanation on it?
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Amendments Nos. 29 to 31, inclusive, would have the effect of requiring consultation with, or prior approval of, the local community plan by local community development projects, structures or local developments companies. In addition, the committee would have to co-operate and co-ordinate with these projects in the performance of its functions. I am satisfied that the Bill already makes...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I do not want to be proscriptive or explicit in the list of bodies that must be consulted as regards the LCDCs' point of view. I want to make it as broad as possible and not to exclude anybody. If we go down the road of naming a list of organisations or groups with whom one must consult, one will inevitably omit somebody. Rather than doing that, I intend to bring forward amendments to the...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Amendment No. 34 proposes to extend the requirement of regulations concerning engagement with the local community also to include consultation with the local community. I accept the merit of this suggestion and I will bring forward an amendment to that effect on Committee Stage in the Seanad.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: The Bill already provides a requirement for certain prescribed bodies to co-operate with LCDCs. In this regard, Schedule 16 lists the partnership companies that currently manage or implement programmes on behalf of my Department. The entity identified in the proposed amendment, namely the North Inner City Community Development Structure Limited, is not a contracted body with my Department...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I thank Deputy Stanley for his amendment. The approach that I am proposing in the Bill is that, following the restructuring of the local government sector, there will be a single rating authority and a single valuation list, with a single, unified annual rate on valuation on every local authority. The power to determine the annual rate on valuation will rest with the elected members at...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Regarding Deputy Cowen's points, we did not take €600 million out of the local property tax. Seeing as how the total take was €550 million, we could not possibly have done that. The €600 million has come from motor tax, which used to be the Exchequer's means of helping local authorities with their funding. All of the proceeds of the local property tax are going into...
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Yes.
- Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: What were the overruns like in those years?
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: What the Deputy is proposing with the community council is effectively to over-ride the democratic input of the elected members-----
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: -----of the municipal district by asking them-----
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy is asking them to draft the local area plans. The democratically elected person in the municipal district is the elected person who should be in charge of adopting that plan.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: There certainly should be a structure to ensure the community is engaged in the process, but not involved in the drafting of it.
- Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Report Stage (11 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: No.