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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Information and Communications Technology Issues (21 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 to 177, inclusive, together. My Department regularly review policies and procedures to reduce costs and achieve savings. My Department operates 1890 LoCall telephone numbers as well as standard geographic telephone numbers for access to its main offices. Where the 1890 LoCall number is advertised customers are informed that rates charged for calling...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Presidential Reports (21 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I am aware of the report in question and I commend its findings, in particular that young people strongly believe in active citizenship, volunteering and helping others, and that they see these values as a strong part of their understanding of being Irish. The young people consulted have a strong sense of the value of community and have expressed the view that this value was lost during the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (21 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department is engaging in preliminary discussions with a number of financial institutions facilitated by the Irish Banking Federation with a view to securing a loan facility which the not-for-profit entity (to be established by the construction stakeholders) would draw down to permit the earliest possible commencement of pyrite remediation works. The detailed negotiations with the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Article 7(a) of the Fuel Quality Directive 2009/30/EC introduced a requirement for fuel and energy suppliers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production and use of transport fuels by at least 6% (compared to 2010 emissions) by the end of 2020. Under Article 7(a), the European Commission issued a draft implementing directive , in 2011, on the methodology for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (20 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government and the Memorandum of Understanding with the EU, the IMF and the ECB provide for the introduction of domestic water charges. The Government considers that charging based on usage is the fairest way to charge for water and it has decided that water meters should be installed in households connected to public water supplies. The Government has also decided that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Road Network (20 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I have no function in relation to the matter raised in the Question and the information requested is not available in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (20 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: On foot of correspondence received in 2011 regarding a possible governance issue at Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Company, a comprehensive investigation into the issues outlined was instigated. This proved to be a very complex investigation and, on foot of its initial findings and in the context of my Department’s responsibility to ensure that Rural Development Programme (RDP)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Issues (20 Mar 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. The Commissioner for Valuation has sole responsibility for all valuation matters, including the most appropriate method of valuation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Administration (20 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The value of Leader funding and the detailed regulations for its implementation are yet to be agreed for the next programming round. My Department is now engaged with various stakeholders in considering the arrangements to pursue greater alignment between local government and local development in line with the decisions on reform set out in the Action Programme for Effective Local Government...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (14 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Malahide Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 as a scheme to advance through planning. Fingal County Council’s draft Brief for the appointment of a Consultant to prepare a Preliminary Report for the scheme is under examination in my Department at present and a decision will be made as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 132 and 140 together. I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 81 and 91 of 12 March 2013, which sets out the position on these matters.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Temple Bar Cultural Trust (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 134 together. The Temple Bar Cultural Trust organisation is a private limited company with the Dublin City Manager as the sole shareholder. Therefore, in the first instance, governance arrangements and financial management of the Trust are a matter for Dublin City Council. I have no role in relation to these matters. Accordingly, the information...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG) was the Local Development Company contracted by my Department to deliver Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in Gaeltacht Areas for the current 2007-2013 programming period. MFG went into liquidation on 7 September 2011. The delivery of RDP funding to the Gaeltacht areas previously served by MFG is now being facilitated by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: There is an existing mechanism whereby improvement works necessary to comply with water pollution concerns of a local authority can be considered as exempted development. Under Section 12 of the Local Government (Water Pollution) Act 1977, where it appears to a local authority that it is necessary to do so in order to prevent or control pollution of waters, the local authority may serve a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 147 together. My Department is responsible for a range of programmes and initiatives to support communities including the Local and Community Development Programme and the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. The Local and Community Development Programme aims to tackle poverty and social exclusion through partnership, and constructive engagement...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 177 of 28 February 2013 which sets out the measures now being put in place to prevent the recurrence of failures that have occurred in the construction sector in recent years. I am satisfied that the reforms proposed including the lodgement of drawings, inspection by registered professionals and statutory certification will result in the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme, which includes group water schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection, prioritisation and approval of individual scheme proposals for advancement and funding under the programme, within the overall priorities set by my Department and subject to the block grant allocations provided, is therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 346 and 355 of 5 March 2013 which sets out the position in relation to employment opportunities arising from the metering programme.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013 , a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, contains a comprehensive list of all proposed new wastewater services infrastructure throughout the country. As part of the development of the Programme, local authorities carried out assessments of needs in 2009, to review and prioritise their proposals for new capital works,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (13 Mar 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 219 of 27 February 2013, which sets out the position in relation to the tender criteria for the procurement process for the metering programme.