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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department recently completed a full review of expenditure under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP). As a first step I released €42 million worth of projects which had been approved by the Boards of the Local Development Company’s contracted to deliver the LEADER elements of the RDP. In the event, some €25.5 million in that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Divisions Report (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I established a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee on 15 November 2012, in accordance with sections 28, 32 and 33 of the Local Government Act 1991, to review and make recommendations on the division of each council area, other than Cork City, into local electoral areas, and to make recommendations on the number of members of each council to be assigned to each local electoral area. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Scheme Grants (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme, which includes group sewerage schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. In December 2012 I announced an increase in the grant for group sewerage schemes to €6,500 per house or 75% of the cost of the scheme, whichever is the lesser. The previous rate of grant available was €2,031.58 per house...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Refunds (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Management Agency is administering the Household Charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. The information requested is not available within my Department; Household Charge operational matters are a matter for the Agency or the relevant local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: As set out in the reply to Question No. 199 of 15 May 2013 the detail of the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2013 will be published when the text is approved by Government.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 466 and 468 together. Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007 sets out the statutory arrangements for the registration of architects.  A variety of routes to registration are provided for in the Act, including specific provision (under section 22) for the registration of practically trained persons who may have no academic qualifications or formal...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Carbon Budget (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I am not aware of any carbon credits held by local authorities. I am aware th at one local authority received a small allocation of EU carbon emission allowances in relation to an installation that fell within the scope of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme in the 2008-2012 trading period. Management of its responsibilities under the EU trading scheme, including any surplus allowances it may...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: There are 35 Local Development Companies contracted, on my Department’s behalf, to deliver Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) throughout the country and these groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions are made in the context of the local development strategy of the individual groups and in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Issues (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department operates a delegated sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for implementation of the moratorium in relation to local authorities. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each City and County Manager is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements in each Council. It is a matter for City and County Managers, in the first instance,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Expenditure (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG), the group contracted by my Department to deliver Axes 3 & 4 (the LEADER elements) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in the Gaeltacht areas, went into liquidation on 7 September 2011. Since then my Department has been working with the liquidators and other relevant stakeholders to ensure the winding up process was conducted in an efficient...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Collection (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provides the legislative basis for the Household Charge. Under the Act, an owner of a residential property on the liability date is liable to pay the Household Charge, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. It is a matter for an owner of a residential property to determine liability and pay the Charge. The Local Government...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Introduction (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 476 to 479, inclusive, and 490 together. The Government has decided that Irish Water, a new State-owned water company to be established as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group, will be responsible for the metering programme. The Water Services Act 2013 assigns the necessary powers to allow Irish Water to undertake the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Licence Applications (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The most recent increase in the change for a dog licence took effect from 1 January 2012, with the commencement of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act, 2010.  Dog licence charges are now at €20 for an annual Dog Licence and €140 for a Lifetime of Dog Licence. Prior to 1 January 2012 an annual Dog Licence had been €12.70 since 1998; the increase was in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: In February 2009, my Department set out details of the financial requirements for local authorities relating to their overall management of capital and current accounts. These requirements flow directly from the requirement for Government finances as a whole to be managed in accordance with the Stability and Growth Pact established under the Maastricht Treaty, and the associated limitation on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Donegal (Group B) Wastewater Treatment Plants contract, of which Bundoran is one element, is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2012 as a contract to start during the lifetime of the Programme. Donegal County Council's Tender Documents for the contract are under examination in my Department and a decision will be made as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the replies to Question Nos. 167 and 779 of 7 March 2013 and 16 April 2013 respectively, which addressed the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the replies to Question Nos. 161 and 162 of 21 November 2012 in which I indicated that sanction was conveyed to Sligo County Council on 8 November 2012, in accordance with Section 106 of the Local Government Act 2001, for the borrowing of €7.5 million by way of a term loan. The Council’s overdraft borrowing limit was revised to €4 million in conjunction with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Issues (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 487 and 488 together. The names of the persons that participated on the Local Authority National Partnership Advisory Group (LANPAG) in the period 2002 to 2008, together with the body each represented, is outlined in the table below. The maximum number of participants at any one time is eighteen (nine management representatives and nine union representatives)....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principle Private Residence Charge (28 May 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (28 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The self-assessed 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 the Non-Principal Private Residence...