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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: There are currently 33 City and County Managers in situ of which 4 or 12% are women.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Issues (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The position regarding change of voter registration details from English to Irish is as set out in the reply to Question No.162 of 1 May 2013. Voters are given the opportunity to register in either Irish or English. If they register in English and subsequently wish to change their registration details to Irish, the opportunity to do so is provided for in the context of the annual corrections...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Expenditure (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is set out in the following tables. The Ministerial appointees held the positions of Special Adviser, Press Officer, Personal Assistant, Personal Secretary or Civilian Driver during the tenure of the relevant Minister or Minister of State. In a number of instances, there were changes in individual personnel during the period of tenure, together with some...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Funding (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The EU INTERREG programme 2007-2013 is comprised of three strands: Strand A, which covers cross-border co-operation; Strand B, which covers transnational co-operation and Strand C, which covers interregional cooperation.  Each Strand has its own priorities and covers specific geographic regions.   Applications for funding under all strands of the INTERREG Programme are made...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constitutional Convention (9 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The First Report of the Convention on the Constitution, which was submitted to the Oireachtas on 26 March 2013, contained a recommendation that the voting age should be lowered to 16. The Government is considering this recommendation and will provide a response in the Oireachtas within 4 months – by 26 July 2013 – in accordance with the resolution of the Oireachtas establishing...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: National Dementia Strategy (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I thank Senator Deirdre Clune for raising this issue and giving the Minister for Health, for whom I am deputising this evening, an opportunity to outline progress to date towards developing a dementia strategy. I am aware of the Senator's personal interest in this subject. With increases in the older population in the future, and particularly among the oldest, the prevalence of dementia will...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I thank Senator Higgins for raising this important issue and for the opportunity to clarify many issues in the public domain in various communities. Groups have had many meetings in recent months to discuss this issue. Last October, the Government approved Putting People First - Action Programme for Effective Local Government, which included recommendations by an expert alignment steering...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I am glad to have the opportunity to clarify that the position regarding the 30 people in Athenry and in every other Leader partnership company around the country, including in County Mayo, in which I am sure the Cathaoirleach will have an interest------

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Local and Community Development Programme Project Funding (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: There have been many public meetings in recent times and a great deal of confusion has been generated. I am sure the Cathaoirleach will be in a good position to clarify these issues and give people the true position regarding the fact that the funding for the rural development programme, through which a small number of the total of 1,900 people are employed, is under the greatest pressure....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare Issues (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Control of Dogs Act, 1986 sets out the legislation regarding how dogs which are seized or detained by local authorities or surrendered to local authorities are dealt with. It is a matter for each local authority to establish and maintain shelters for their particular areas. The majority of local authorities, including Wicklow County Council, operate cooperatively with dog welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 176 of 28 February 2013. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Divisions Establishment (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government includes a range of political reform measures a number of which are in my area of responsibility as Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. Many of the measures have already been implemented through legislation enacted in the last two years. Legislation enacted in 2011 provides for a reduction in the number of TDs, reduced spending limits at...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency Governance (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Under section 50 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must submit its accounts annually to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit and the audited accounts must then be presented to the Minister to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. Section 51 stipulates that a report on the performance of the EPA’s functions during...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Management Agency (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: As part of my Department’s agency rationalisation programme the Local Government Management Services Board (LGMSB) and the Local Government Computer Services Board (LGCSB) were merged into the Local Government Management Agency which was formally established in August 2012. In addition, An Chomhairle Leabharlanna was dissolved and key residual functions were also subsumed into the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 and 146 together. The Environmental Protection Agency's study ' Dioxin Levels in the Irish Environment: Ninth Assessment (Summer 2011) ' is a follow-up survey to eight earlier studies carried out between 1995 and 2009. These studies, based on levels of dioxins found in cows' milk, have shown that concentrations of dioxins and other pollutants remain at...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department is currently working with all Local Development Companies (LDC) contracted to deliver the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in order to facilitate the speedy consideration of festival projects in the context of their contribution to The Gathering this year. My Department has spoken to the LDC in question, Cill Dara ar Aghaidh Teo , and was informed that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (8 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Report of the Local Government/Local Development Alignment Steering Group made a number of recommendations, which Government accepted, focused on improving the delivery of services for the citizen at a local level, achieving greater efficiency and effectiveness, and enhancing the role of local authorities in the delivery of local and community development programmes and functions. A...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee (7 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....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (7 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Leitrim. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €29 million in County Leitirm during the period of the Programme. The North Leitrim Regional Water Supply Scheme is included in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (7 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Leitrim. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €29 million in County Leitrim during the period of the Programme. The Programme aims to prioritise projects that target...