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

Phil Hogan: The information requested in respect of legal advice to my Department from outside of the Office of the Attorney General in the period 20 11 to date in 2013 is set out in the following table ; this does not include matters associated with the Planning Tribunal. Year Name of Firm or Solicitor/Barrister Subject Matter/Nature of Work Cost of Legal Advice€ 2011 Margaret Gray BL The...

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

Phil Hogan: My Department provides the necessary statutory and policy framework within which individual development contribution schemes are adopted by each local authority. However, the adoption of development contribution schemes is a reserved function of the locally elected members of each planning authority. It is a matter for the members to determine the level of contribution and the types of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: There are 35 Local Action Groups contracted, on my Department’s behalf, to deliver the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) throughout the country and these groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Mayo North East Leader Partnership (MNELP) is the Local Action Group contracted by my Department to deliver...

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

Phil Hogan: The Riverstick Water Supply Scheme was included for funding under the Serviced Land Initiative measure of my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007- 2009. In April 2009, my Department, following a review of the Serviced Land Initiative in light of developments in the economy at large, and in the housing market in particular during 2008, and having regard to the oversupply of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The number of false alarm incidents attended by Fire Brigades within their area , broken down by malicious and good intent , for the years from 2007 to 2011, is set out in the following table. These data are based on fire statistics returns from each individual Local Authority Fire and Rescue Service. The statistical information for the year 2012 will not be available until later this year....

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

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 803 and 804 together. My Department is a public body responsible for a wide range of programmes, including in the areas of housing, water services, environmental protection, local government services, and community and rural development. As my Department is not a commercial enterprise involved in the sale of goods and services as part of its normal business...

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. That Act determines properties that can, and cannot, be considered for rating purposes. The Commissioner for Valuation has sole...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: As I indicated at a meeting with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht on 10 July 2013 , while, under EU law, Ireland faces a challenging greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2020, one of the priorities in initiating the policy development process in which we are now engaged was to identify and adopt the additional measures necessary to ensure...

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

Phil Hogan: My Department has not carried out an analysis of the benefit of adding dormant Credit Union accounts to the Dormant Accounts Fund. In practical terms, increasing the amount available in the Fund does not necessarily allow for the introduction of new dormant accounts measures or programmes. While applying the provisions of the dormant accounts legislation to credit union accounts could...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No 428 of 14 May 2013 which outlines the position in relation to group sewerage schemes in Kerry.

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

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 812 and 813 together. The Environmental Protection Agency is the statutory body responsible for the supervision of wastewater discharges from local authority wastewater treatment plants. The Agency is also the statutory body for investigating complaints of pollution and for the enforcement of environmental legislation in Ireland. Details of all...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: Section 16 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997 empowers local authorities to require the taking of special measures to prevent or limit the creation of litter by certain operations, including shopping centres. In addition, section 57 of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003, which amended section 21 of the Litter Pollution Act 1997, conferred powers on local authorities to make bye-laws...

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

Phil Hogan: The Agresso financial management system is currently in use in all local authorities except for Cork and Wexford County Councils and the town councils within these counties, and Dublin and Cork City Councils. I am satisfied that the financial management systems in use in the local government sector allow financial management and accountancy functions to be undertaken and operated in a...

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

Phil Hogan: Local authority borrowing is subject to the provisions of the Local Government Act 2001; borrowing is a reserved function under Section 106 and requires the sanction of the appropriate Minister. Borrowing proposals, including overdrafts, must be submitted to the relevant Minister together with a resolution of the local authority members approving the proposed borrowing. The extent to which...

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

Phil Hogan: Local authorities have identified total savings of €839m since 2008. In the period since the preparation of the Local Government Efficiency Report, from 2010 to end 2012, the savings achieved and projected are reported at €561m. The majority of the efficiency savings identified relate to staffing reductions and procurement. Shared services have been identified in the Local...

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

Phil Hogan: To ensure the efficient discharge of the business needs of my Department , four officials are in receipt of acting up allowances for the performance of higher duties. I am satisfied no significant savings would be achieved by the cessation of the very limited acting up arrangements currently in place .

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

Phil Hogan: Proposals for a new fire station for Waterford City were approved in principle under the 2006 fire service capital programme and my Department approved Waterford City Council to progress the project to final design stage in 2010. I understandthat the tender process for the fire station is at evaluation stage by Waterford City Council and the construction work is on target to commence during...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: I have no function in regard to the operation of the energy facilities in question. Overall responsibility for the energy sector rests with my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, while the Environmental Protection Agency compiles Ireland’s annual greenhouse gas emissions inventories and projections.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (16 Jul 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Control of Dogs Acts, 1986 and 1992, place statutory responsibility for dog control on local authorities. The tendering process referred to is a matter for each local authority.

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

Phil Hogan: The local government funding model will change considerably in 2014. Under the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, commencing in 2014 the Minister for Finance will pay into the Local Government Fund an amount equivalent to the Local Property Tax paid into the Central Fund during that year; this revenue will be allocated to local authorities from the Fund. In addition, the establishment...