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

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 and 74 together. The National Monitoring Committee for the RAPID programme met on 6 October 2010. My Department last met with RAPID Chairs and Coordinators at a conference in February 2012 as part of an extensive consultation process in the context of the development of local government reform proposals.  As part of my continuing engagement with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Forbairt na nOileán (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I gcomhréir leis an gcur chuige ‘ó bhun aníos’ ar na gnéithe LEADER den Chlár Forbarta Tuaithe(CFT) 2007-13, is iad na Comhlachtaí Forbartha Áitiúla (CFÁ) na príomh cinnteoirí maidir le leithroinnt maoiniú tionscnaimh. Déantar na cinntí seo i gcomhhéacs an stráitéis forbairt áitiúil de...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The total cost of allowances for additional councillors in the Dublin local authorities is currently estimated to be around €1.5 million per annum. This additional cost will arise from reducing the degree of representational imbalance currently in the Dublin authorities and should also be viewed in the context of overall savings in allowances, which are currently estimated at...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: In 2012, under the Social Housing Leasing Initiative just ov er €20 million was recouped to local a uthorities. Under the Rental Accommodation Scheme in the same year just over €125 million was recouped. This is broken down by Council in the table below. To date the Social Housing Leasing Initiative has delivered 4,114 homes for social housing use. At the end of Quarter 1 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Deposits (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Under the Dormant Accounts legislation, 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 (DAF), which is managed by the National Treasury Management Agency . The primary purpose of the legislation is to re-unite the original account holders with their moneys,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Priority Question 57 on today's order paper. I recently published a Homelessness Policy Statement in which I outlined the Government's aim to end long-term homelessness by the end of 2016. The statement emphasises a housing-led approach which is about accessing permanent housing as the primary response to all forms of homelessness. The availability and supply of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Regulations (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 114 together. The Government's national waste policy, A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, sets out a range of measures which will significantly revise the current regulatory regime for household waste collection to ensure, inter alia, that waste collected is managed in accordance with the waste hierarchy, that mandated service...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions No. 85 and 89 together. Comhairle na Tuaithe (The Countryside Council) continuously supports and oversees the implementation of the National Countryside Recreation Strategy and its associated schemes, programmes and activities, including the Walks Scheme. The last meeting of Comhairle na Tuaithe was held in Dublin on 13 June 2013. On average Comhairle na Tuaithe...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I attach a high priority to putting in place the necessary structures to deliver a resolution for affected homeowners who have been waiting for a considerable period of time for effective solutions to their pyrite problems. Following Government approval on a general scheme for a Pyrite Remediation Bill, work is advancing , as a matter of urgency, on the development of the Bill and it remains...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Wide-ranging and detailed legislation is required to provide for the range of measures set out in the Action Programme for Effective Local Government. Work on drafting the Local Government Bill 2013 is proceeding satisfactorily and I am firmly committed to ensuring that the Bill will be published in good time to facilitate enactment well ahead of the 2014 local elections.

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

Phil Hogan: I have provided funding of €2 million for the RAPID Programme in 2013 . This will be used to meet my Department’s existing contractual commitments on RAPID projects throughout the country, mainly Sports Capital top-ups and CCTV systems; these are jointly funded with the Departments of Transport, Tourism and Sport and Justice and Equality, respectively.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I have allocated € 6.385m for Dormant Accounts m easures in 2013, which includes €2.835m to be used to support labour activation measures in local a uthorities, with the remainder to be used to meet existing contractual commitments, including a small residual spend on the RAPID additionality measure for the 5 new towns afforded RAPID status in recent years and a jointly-funded...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 42 and 44 of 18 September 2012. As the national climate policy and legislation development Programme matures, I look forward to sharing our experience and achievements with my counterparts in Northern Ireland, in the context of on-going bilateral engagement and exchanges on environment policy matters.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Quality (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The ban on the marketing, sale and distribution of bituminous fuel (or ‘smoky coal ban’ ) was first introduced in Dublin in 1990 in response to severe episodes of winter smog that resulted from the widespread use of smoky coal for residential heating with consequential health impacts, often on those in lower socio-economic areas where its use predominated and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The overall strategy of investment in water services is to ensure that the timing and scale of investment facilitates economic and other development, achieves compliance with statutory requirements and promotes environmental sustainability objectives. The main vehicle for achieving these objectives for public domestic water supplies is the multi-annual Water Services Investment Programme. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Priory Hall Development (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The resolution process in respect of the problems associated with the development at Priory Hall, which I understand is on-going, arose in the context of legal proceedings which were adjourned to afford relevant parties the opportunity to work together, under the chairmanship of Mr. Justice Finnegan (retired President of the High Court), to identify a way forward in relation to the complex...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Water Treatment Inspections (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 assigns responsibility to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a National Inspection Plan for domestic wastewater treatment systems. The National Inspection Plan 2013: Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems was adopted and published by the EPA in February 2013. The Plan provides for a minimum of 1,000 inspections to be carried out by the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Dormant Accounts Act 2001 together with the Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Act 2003, the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 and the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2012 provide a framework for the administration of unclaimed accounts in credit institutions (i.e. banks, building societies, An Post and insurance companies) and unclaimed life assurance policies in insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Application (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes, in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act 2001. With regard to the application of rates to childcare facilities, where childcare provision is within a community facility, operating in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Application (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Act 1946 provides that , where a property in a county council or urban area is unoccupied on the date of the making of the rate, the owner becomes liable for payment of rates. However, the owner is entitled to a 100% refund if the property is vacant for specified purposes. These are where the premises are unoccupied for the purpose of the execution of additions,...