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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: I move amendment No. 16: In page 22, to delete line 13.

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. 17: In page 22, line 19, to delete “concerned.”.” and substitute the following: “concerned.”,and(i) in subsection (17) by substituting “or Part 21” for “, Part 17 or 21”.”.

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. 1: In page 9, line 27, after “Government” to insert “Reform”.It is appropriate in many ways that the first official amendment to be moved is to section 1(1) which deals with the Short Title of the Bill. Although straightforward in terms of text, inserting the word "Reform" signals in an unambiguous way the intent and scope of the Bill in...

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 Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013, which will be discussed in the Seanad this week and in the Dáil prior to the Christmas recess, provides for the transfer of assets and liabilities which must take effect from 1 January next. It also provides the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with the necessary power to ensure we can agree, under the service level...

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 must ensure the changeover in terms of funding takes place. Otherwise, local authorities will be short changed by a considerable amount of money. I am providing Irish Water with the powers to do that under the service level agreements. As I understand it, €490 million, which is a significant amount of money, will be required to be transferred to local authorities as part of their...

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 not be met from the local property tax receipts. As the Deputy will be aware, motor tax receipts have traditionally been put into the local government fund. Some of that funding has been transferred to the Exchequer for deficit reduction and the remainder will go into the local government fund for the purpose of making provision for Irish Water funding. The Deputy is wrong in...

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 Exchequer is shoring it up.

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 amount collected by way of the property tax is €550 million. Some €1.7 billion in local government funding is needed. From where will the remainder of that amount come?

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: Correct, motor or general taxes. As I said, €550 million is collected by way of the property tax. We need more money from other sources and are getting this from the Minister for Finance by way of general taxation and motor taxation receipts.

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)

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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: The Deputy will see as the day goes on that he is not correct in that regard.

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 correct.

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. 2: In page 10, lines 4 and 5, to delete "and paragraphs 1 and 14 (in so far as they relate to the Housing Act 1966) of Schedule 4" and substitute the following:", paragraphs 1 and 14 (in so far as they relate to the Housing Act 1966) of Schedule 4 and paragraph 16 of Schedule 4".

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. 3: In page 10, line 13, to delete "and Part 2 of Schedule 2" and substitute ", Part 2 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 17 and 18 of Schedule 4".

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. 4: In page 10, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "(7) This subsection, section 5(5) and Part 3 of Schedule 2 (in so far as it relates to the Building Control Act 1990) shall be read together as one with the Building Control Acts 1990 and 2007 and may be cited together as the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2013.".

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. 5: In page 10, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(8) This subsection, the amendments to the Air-Raid Precautions Act 1939 and the Civil Defence Act 2012 provided for in section 5(6) and Part 4 of Schedule 2 and the Civil Defence Acts 1939 to 2012 may be cited together as the Civil Defence Acts 1939 to 2013. (9) This subsection, the amendments to...

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. 6: In page 10, line 19, to delete "Part 10" and substitute "Parts 10, 11 and 12".

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The issue of the potential health effects of electromagnetic fields was the subject of an Expert Group Report commissioned by the Government and published in March 2007. This Report, entitled Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields and which is available for download on my Department’s website (, examined a wide range of issues in relation to the potential health effects of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: An inter-departmental working group was established under A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, which I published in July 2012, to report to Government with options to minimise the impact of waste charges on low income households. The Working Group, which comprises representatives of my Department and the Departments of Social Protection; Public Expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (3 Dec 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The self-assessed charge is set at €200 per annum and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. Since its introduction in 2009, the Charge has been an important source of revenue for local...