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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Staff (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Staffing of my private and constituency offices and that of my colleague, Ms. Jan O’Sullivan, T.D., Minister of State, is in accordance with the agreed reduced staffing numbers set out in the Instructions on ministerial Appointments for the 31 st Dáil and the Guidelines on Staffing of Ministerial Offices of March 2011. During the period in question, former Minister of State...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Exchequer Savings (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 773 of 16 July 2013 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department currently has 42 projects at various stages in the assessment process . The total value of these projects is €10.3 million. Projects are being approved and new ones are being submitted on an on-going basis. Projects submitted with incomplete documentation are now being returned to the Local Development Company for completion and are being categorised as rejected until...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Responsibility for the administration of this Programme, which includes group water schemes, group sewerage schemes and small public water and sewerage schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. My Department does not generally provide grants for specific projects under the Rural Water Programme but provides a block grant to local authorities. The investment priorities for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Details of funding available to my Department this year as provided for in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2013 , together with the spending outturns in 2011 and 2012, are set out in the following table. REV Capital €m Capital Carryover €m Current €m Total €m 2013 726 43 482 1,251 2012 768 34 450 1252 2011 1,017 - 627 1644...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 480 and 484 together. In line with the 'bottom-up' approach to rural development under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, there are 35 Local Action Groups (LAGs) contracted, on my Department's behalf, to deliver the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) throughout the country. These groups are the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Athlone Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 as a scheme to start and is made up of several contracts, including a contract for the upgrade of the wastewater treatment plant. Westmeath County Council have submitted a project inception report to my Department and this is currently under consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 485 and 486 together. The LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007 – 2013 commenced in February 2009 after a delay of more than two years which reduced the time available to allocate funding to less than five years rather than the original seven. Two main issues have impacted on the revised allocations recently notified to Local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme Projects (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: In line with the ‘bottom-up’ approach to rural development under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, there are 35 Local Action Groups (LAGs) contracted, on my Department’s behalf to deliver the Programme throughout the country. These groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Information in respect of gender balance on Boards of agencies under my Department’s aegis for the years 2007 to 2012 is set out in the table below: End Year Figure Total Board Membership Men* Women* % Women 2007 272 167 96 37 2008 281 174 101 37 2009 241 149 84 36 2010 259 152 90 37 2011 278 172 91 35 2012 158 98 49 33 * Total numbers of male...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The Charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. Under the Act, it is a function of a local authority to collect Non-Principal Private Residence Charges ,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I understand that this question concerns the Non- Principal Private Residence Charge. The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The Charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. Section 6 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 and 195 together. I refer to the reply to Questions 175 and 176 of 3 July 2013 which sets out the position in relation to the grants scheme for remediation of domestic waste water treatment systems. Full details, including eligibility criteria, are set down in the Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013, a copy of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Elections (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Section 19(3) of the Local Government Act 2001 prescribes that a casual vacancy on a local authority is to be filled by the co-option of a person to fill the vacancy, subject to such person being nominated by the same registered political party who nominated for election or co-option the member who caused the casual vacancy, or where the person causing the casual vacancy was a non-party...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Elections (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The position regarding standing for election in more than one electoral area of the same local authority is set out in the reply to Question Number 182 of 26 June 2013. Article 124 (2) of the Local Elections Regulations 1995 provides that where a person, who has been elected as a member of the same local authority for two or more electoral areas, chooses, or is deemed to have chosen, to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Donegal Group B Sewerage Scheme (Bundoran, Convoy, Glencolmcille and Killybegs) is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 as a scheme to start during the lifetime of the Programme. I have recently approved Donegal County Council's tender documents for the scheme, which will allow the council to advertise for tenders for the contract.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The legislative framework for the import and export of waste in the European Union is set out in Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Under the Waste Management (Shipments of Waste) Regulations 2007, Dublin City Council was designated as the National Competent Authority for all waste exports and imports and the National Transfrontier Waste Shipment...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Rehiring (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: No retired civil or public servants have been retained in my Department since January 2013 on short term contracts or on a consultancy basis where normal abatement principles did not apply.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (17 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The measures applying to my Department and agencies under the aegis of my Department are set out in the Haddington Road Agreement. As stated by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the Haddington Road Agreement (HRA) will facilitate a reduction of €1 billion in the public service pay and pensions bill by 2016. In relation to my Department, the savings arising under HRA...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 and 106 together. The issues raised are operational matters for the Pyrite Resolution Board and will be considered by the Board in the context of the finalisation of the pyrite remediation scheme and its effective implementation when rolled out to affected homeowners. Under the proposed pyrite remediation scheme, the Board will have oversight of the...