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

Phil Hogan: The West Donegal Regional Water Supply Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 as a scheme to advance through planning during the lifetime of the Programme. Donegal County Council has submitted proposals to my Department for a large number of "Advance Work Contracts" on the scheme, including works to improve the water supply in Rathmullen, in...

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

Phil Hogan: Local Community Development Committees, which are to be established as part of the reforms set out in Putting People First – Action Programme for Effective Local Government, will be based on a consultative and participative approach to the delivery of the new enhanced role for local government in community development. The Local Government Bill 2013 will provide that these...

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

Phil Hogan: Overall Exchequer capital and current funding for environmental and waste management programmes is being increased by 19% from €29.25m in 2013 to €34.67m in 2014. In terms of how this funding will be used, a full breakdown of the multi-annual capital investment framework provided for under Budget 2014, by ministerial Group, is set out in the Expenditure Report for 2014. This...

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

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 384 of 8 October 2013. As stated in that reply, the report of the Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change has been developed and published in an international context and has no specific implications that are unique to Ireland. Through the EU, Ireland is contributing constructively to the on-going negotiations under the UN Framework Convention on...

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

Phil Hogan: The primary purpose of the Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013 is to replace the system whereby vehicles were declared off the road retrospectively when next being taxed with a procedure under which vehicles must now be declared off the road in advance. The Act provided for a three month transition period from its commencement to allow vehicle owners to bring their motor tax status up to...

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

Phil Hogan: My Department is carefully monitoring expenditure and approvals under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. I will assess unallocated funding in early November with a view to reallocating available funding to other qualifying projects, so that all funding will be allocated to qualifying projects before the end of 2013. My Department is currently preparing for the...

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

Phil Hogan: Under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 local development companies (LDCs) are permitted to spend up to 20% of their allocation on administration; this is approximately €74 million of the revised Programme value of €370m. In addition operational funding is also provided for animation activities. This is a substantial percentage of the fund and I...

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

Phil Hogan: The Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is one of my Department's main social inclusion programmes. The objective of the LCDP is to tackle poverty and social exclusion through partnership and constructive engagement between Government, and its agencies, and people in disadvantaged communities. It is a key tool of Government in providing supports for the 'harder to reach' in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 55 together. Under the balances on dormant accounts with banks, building societies and An Post and the net encashment value of certain life assurance policies are paid into the Dormant Accounts Fund, which is managed by the . The primary purpose of the legislation is to re-unite the original account holders with their moneys, including all interest...

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

Phil Hogan: Wastewater schemes and contracts included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 (WSIP) have been progressed as expeditiously as possible over the period of the programme. From 1 January 2014 Irish Water will be responsible for the delivery of water services capital infrastructure and is currently preparing a Capital Investment Plan for 2014 - 2015. I...

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

Phil Hogan: The total spend under Axes 3 & 4 of the Programme to date is €213 million, leaving an estimated balance of €157 million to be spent on projects and operating costs. The Local Development Companies (LDC) contracted to deliver the Programme on behalf of my Department also administer a food measure under Axis 1 of the Programme and to date almost €2 million has been...

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

Phil Hogan: There are currently two cases in which the Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered judgment in areas for which my Department has responsibility and which involve capital works. These cases relate to implementation of Directives on urban wastewater treatment and waste management. Water and wastewater schemes and contracts included in my Department's Water Services Investment...

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

Phil Hogan: Neither the regulations in respect of, nor the value of, any EU funded local development programmes are agreed at this stage for the next programming round 2014-2020. Consideration of these matters is ongoing and is expected to be finalised in the coming months. Similarly, implementation arrangements for local development programmes under the new local governance arrangements set out under...

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

Phil Hogan: The Abridged Estimate for my Department, published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in Expenditure Report 2014, provides €766 million in respect of the programmes and services for which my Department is responsible. These resources are supplemented by €240 million in Exchequer equity investment in Irish Water to fund the water and wastewater capital programme,...

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

Phil Hogan: €2m will be allocated from the Dormant Accounts Fund in 2014 for payments to local authorities to assist them meet once-off costs such as health and safety training, personal protective clothing, equipment and a contribution to materials for the works to be undertaken by participants in the Gateway initiative, the local authority contribution to labour market activation. Gateway will...

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

Phil Hogan: LEADER is a multi-annual programme which has regularly underspent its annual allocations since it began in 2009. My Department has therefore relied on carrying over significant amounts of unspent funding into the following year to meet upcoming commitments. This will also be the case this year. I anticipate that in the order of €50 million will become available to carry forward into...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme Issues (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Seniors Alert Scheme aims to encourage community support for vulnerable older people in our communities by providing grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alarms to enable older persons, of limited means, to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. The Scheme is administered by local community and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Farm Improvement Scheme Expenditure (23 Oct 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Farm Electrification Grant Scheme (FEGS) was administered and funded through the former Department of Community Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs (DCEGA) followed by my Department from January 2005 to 31 December 2011. In that time some €511,000 was paid to farmers under the scheme, to subsidise the installation of electricity supply to farms located in disadvantaged areas which we...

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

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 173 together. The Environmental Protection Agency report,Ireland's Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2012, which was published on 9 October 2013 and is available on the Agency's website ( ), sets out national greenhouse gas emissions for the period 1990 to 2012 and includes details on compliance for the purposes of the Kyoto Protocol over its first...

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

Phil Hogan: In late 2008, following a complaint to Dublin Fire Brigade, Dublin City Council became concerned about fire safety issues more generally at Priory Hall and came to regard the buildings as potentially dangerous. Several attempts to have the developer address fire safety concerns were unsuccessful and on 3 December 2009 Dublin City Council delivered a letter by hand to each occupied apartment...