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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Unlike the county enterprise boards, the local enterprise offices will not have a board structure. Each of them will be an executive office responsible for implementing the policy decisions made by the economic development directorate in the relevant local authority. That directorate will be chaired by a councillor and will be representative of a significant number of local elected members.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 72: In page 54, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following:“(c) Where any refusal or failure by a public authority is reported to a local authority under paragraph (b), then the local authority may report such refusal or failure, together with any explanation furnished by the public authority, to any Minister of the Government—(i) on whom functions...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The numbers that will change in the orders I have signed will reflect the size of the local authority in terms of population. It will mean that in the case of a great many local authorities there will be more than two representatives. In other words, only a small number of local authorities will have two representatives. The idea that a political party or Independents will not be...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy did not do too badly.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: That is personal.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The core strategies we are adopting as part of the planning Acts will deal with the Deputy's concerns about planning matters. Equally, we have amended the corruption Acts to deal with the issues arising from the various tribunals to ensure that if people are caught, they will face a much more severe penalty than in the past. If I am devolving responsibility to elected members who have a...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Between them.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: No. It has to be consistent with them.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Yes.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Yes. I mention something which came up a bit on Second Stage - I think Deputy Humphreys and others mentioned it. The two local authority members per constituent authority will be on the regional assemblies. It does not reflect the population so we will look at that in the orders. The point would have been made that a large local authority would have the same representation as a small one,...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: We will take account of population but we will not go mad in terms of numbers. We will reflect the fact that population concerns raised on Second Stage might be reflected in the membership of the local authorities. Even though there are a lot of amendments and I suppose what we are doing is updating the language and the changes to reflect the fact there are regional economic spatial...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Shared services.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I move amendment No. 57: In page 44, lines 6 and 7, to delete "regional planning guidelines (being guidelines" and substitute "regional spatial and economic strategy (being a strategy".The amendments in this grouping provide for regional spatial and economic strategies in place of the regional planning guidelines, the formulation of which will be the main function of the new regional...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: That is right.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: Yes.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I am in agreement with what the Deputy suggests with regard to an occupier of a premise not being lumbered with an arrears bill from somebody else before he or she takes up the tenancy. We are looking at that with a view to an amendment later in the process. With regard to the harmonisation of rates and the valuation system, I am not in a position to deal with it in this legislation because...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: When the process is stopped we would hear from the winners.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I indicated that we are trying to strengthen local government functions, especially in economic and community development. In particular, I referenced the provisions for alignment of local and community development with local authorities. Most people are beginning to accept that we must have people at local level, either on a voluntary, community or statutory basis, working together. There...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: I will introduce an amendment to achieve that.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: It will be addressed in this legislation. I expect to bring forth an amendment in that regard in the Seanad.