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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 609 of 5 February 2013, which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (2 May 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 While...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management Issues (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Matters relating to the transfer of waste collection services by local authorities to private operators are in the first instance for the local authorities concerned. My Department's role is to provide a comprehensive legislative and waste policy framework through which the relevant regulatory bodies, such as local authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency, operate. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality Issues (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 to 164, inclusive, together. The identification of bathing waters is a matter for local authorities under the Bathing Water Quality Regulations 2008 which transposed the EU Bathing Water Directive 2006 into Irish law. Regulation 4 of the regulations places a requirement on local authorities, on or before 24 March each year, to identify bathing waters in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Management Costs Issues (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I assume that the question refers to the Environmental Management Costs (EMCs) that consumers have paid to producers when purchasing certain electrical items since the introduction of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations in Ireland; these EMCs were discontinued finally in February 2013. This system of EMCs was put in place to provide funds for the recovery and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Sector Pensions Expenditure (2 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The information is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Nationally, we expect the costs associated with providing support and services for local authority members to be reduced by €4 million.

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I do not have a figure for Dublin.

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: Yes, that will be the case. If one is intent on increasing the number of councillors, then there must be a corresponding increase in costs. We are quite clear on that fact but I cannot indicate what will be the precise cost until the exact numbers become apparent.

Other Questions: House Purchase Schemes (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: So the Deputy is now a property owner.

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Projects (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: As Deputy Ó Cuív correctly noted, Comhar na nOileán Teo delivered the programme for the Galway Gaeltacht. A bond is required under the regulations for the payment of advances under the Leader programme. However, it is only required by the Department for administration advances. The bond that was in place until February 2013 also covered project payments. In February 2013,...

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Projects (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I wish we did not have a problem with MFG as this is causing the delays. The liquidation process was far from satisfactory. The Department had to threaten to go to the High Court to extract files from MFG when it was in liquidation, which was highly regrettable.

Other Questions: Rural Development Programme Projects (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The problem of delays can be traced to those who were charged with responsibility and contracted, on behalf of the Department, to do the work for the Gaeltacht areas. I am sure Deputy Ó Cuív knows a significant number of the individuals in question. I assure him that I have done everything possible, notwithstanding the protracted nature of the process, to get the legal certainty...

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: The number of councillors for each Dublin local authority area currently is as follows: Dublin City – 52; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council – 28; Fingal County Council – 24; and South Dublin County Council - 26. I announced the establishment of an independent local electoral area boundary committee on 15 November 2012 to carry out a review of local electoral...

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: As Deputy Cowen will be aware, the terms of reference already provide for an increase from 52 to 63 in the number of councillors on Dublin City Council. The local boundary committee will make decisions on numbers based on its terms of reference and subject to the maximum and minimum number in each other local authority area, including the Dublin local authorities. If one takes a ratio of...

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: No, I do not interfere with boundary commissions as Fianna Fáil may have done in the past.

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I can tell the Deputy what the current ratios are. In Fingal County Council, South Dublin County Council, Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, the ratios of councillors to population are as follows: 1:11,416, 1:10,200, 1:10,146 and 1:7,366, respectively. If we were to apply the ratio of 1;4,830 that applies in the rest of the country, the number of councillors...

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: I do not know the outcome of the boundary committee's deliberations.

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: No.

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (1 May 2013)

Phil Hogan: If we were to apply the 1:4,830 ratio, the number of councillors in Dublin would increase to 264. That is not my intention.