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Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: We do not want to do anything like that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: It was the intention of Government to provide for the imposition of levies on the quarrying and insurance sectors as a means of funding a pyrite remediation scheme . However, during the preparation of the required legislation, legal difficulties arose at which point it became clear that it would not be possible to proceed on this basis. Following receipt of the report of the independent...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Pyrite Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I share Deputy Murphy's sentiment that we should have been able to get some contribution from the construction industry, the quarrying sector and the insurance sector. However, when we went through the process of setting up the remediation scheme, the legal opinion from the Attorney General stated explicitly that providing for the levies led to a substantial risk of a successful challenge by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local and Community Development Programme Staffing (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: There are 50 local development companies contracted on my Department’s behalf to deliver the local and community development programme, LCDP, 35 of which also deliver the Leader elements of the Rural Development Programme, RDP, 2007-2013. These companies also deliver a range of other programmes and interventions on behalf of other Departments and funders. The local development...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local and Community Development Programme Staffing (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: There must be very little communication from the negotiators on behalf of the community sector to the people concerned.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local and Community Development Programme Staffing (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: Departments are not shadow employers. A number of State-funded programmes are delivered at local level by the network of local development companies, which are independently limited companies that have their own boards of management, memoranda and articles of association. These companies have tendered to deliver certain programmes for a specific period. Similar to other funding...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local and Community Development Programme Staffing (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I share Deputy Collins's desire to ensure we have local development companies delivering local programmes. The alignment process which I have initiated with local government is to ensure some funding will be available. Given the national budgetary situation, there is no guarantee of any funding in future. I expect, especially in the Dublin area where there will be a high retention rate of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: The provision of €102.44 million for community and rural development in budget 2014 reflects the Government’s commitment to the sector notwithstanding the very difficult choices which have had to be made over a number of years to address our economic crisis and place Ireland firmly on the road to economic recovery. I am acutely aware of the great work being done in communities...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: Deputy Ó Cuív knows perfectly well that the revised Estimates volume is where the final allocations are made. Given that the budgetary process is in October this year, rather than in December, these final outcomes are not published until later in the year.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: Yes, €35 million was the carry-over for this year on top of a significant amount of money that was spent in 2013. An estimated total of €105 million was available for expenditure in 2013. I have been doing everything I possibly can to get groups to commit to funding. There was a significant underspend on behalf of groups during 2012 and into 2013. I set a date which...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I do not have that figure.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: Yes, I will.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: The entire programme value in 2013 is €370 million. The expenditure to date in October 2013 is €213 million. The balance to be paid is €157 million. The balance to be paid in 2013 is €30 million and the capital carry-over in 2014 will be €50 million. Therefore the allocation of €14 million in 2015 makes up for that. There is a gap in funding at...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rural Development Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I did not say that at all. I said that these are matters that will be discussed in the context of what resources are available in the budgetary situation in 2015. The Deputy does not expect me to announce now what allocations I will have in 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 and 29 together. Following from Government consideration of the funding of a pyrite remediation scheme through the imposition of mandatory levies on the quarrying and insurance sectors, work commenced on the development of a Pyrite Remediation Bill. However, legal difficulties arose during the drafting process and it was not possible to proceed on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 43 together. On 25 June 2013, I signed the Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas library. The Regulations brought into operation a grants scheme to assist with the cost of remediation of septic tanks and domestic waste water treatment systems which are deemed,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Bill 2013, published on 17 October, provides, in Part 10, for a plebiscite to be held in the administrative areas of the four Dublin local authorities in respect of a directly elected mayor for the Dublin metropolitan area on the same day as the local elections 2014, should the four local authorities concerned pass a resolution in that regard by 31 March 2014. In...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 22 and 45 together. The Water Sector Reform Implementation Strategy, which is published on my Department's website, is focused on ensuring that appropriate policy and legal frameworks are put in place for Irish Water and the water sector. A key objective of the reform programme is to rationalise the cost of the current service delivery and ensure more...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Recreation Policy (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: Within the community and rural development funding available to my Department for 2014, I will be allocating some €3.68m to rural recreation services, an indicative increase of 5.2% on 2013 allocation. My Department continues to engage with the Local Development Companies, where Service Level Agreements are in place in relation to the delivery of a range of recreation services...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Policy (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Priority Question No. 1 on today's order paper which sets out the position in this matter.