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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: Funding of €314m is available under the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. There are 35 Local Action Groups (LAGs) contracted, on my Department’s behalf, to deliver the RDP throughout the country and these groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: In its report the independent Pyrite Panel recommended that only dwellings with significant damage due to pyritic heave (confirmed by testing) should be remediated. The report set out the basis for this recommendation. It also recommended that dwellings which have no significant damage but have reactive pyrite in the hardcore (confirmed by testing) should be monitored and only remediated if...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Priory Hall Development (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department understand s that the resolution process, which is seeking to identify a way forward in relation to the complex problems at Priory Hall, remains ongoing between the relevant parties under the chairmanship of Justice Finnegan. The resolution process arose in the context of the adjournment of an appeal brought by Dublin City Council against an order by the High Court to pay the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department provides funding for volunteering initiatives, including funding to support a network of twenty two Volunteer Centres nationally. 1% of funding under the Local and Community Development Programme is for volunteering activities. This funding is paid directly to Volunteer Centres which operate in LCDP areas. As well as funding the local Volunteer Centres, my Department also funds...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The most recent published figures for unaccounted for water for each of the local authority administrative areas are set out in the report Service Indicators in Local Authorities 2010. The report was published by the Local Government Management Services Board and a copy is available in the Oireachtas Library. The information in respect of unaccounted for water does not differentiate between...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Action Programme for Effective Local Government, which was published on 16 October 2012, sets out Government decisions for a range of measures in relation to local government structures, functions, funding, governance and operational matters. The Programme provides for additional local government functions with particular regard to three key areas: - the operation of the local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Nitrates Directive makes it mandatory in all Member States to put in place a Nitrates Action Programme. The Directive and Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme are given legal effect by the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2010. The Action Programme contains measures which are mandatory under the Nitrates Directive. Such measures...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: Local authority expenditure is funded from a variety of sources including specific State grants, commercial rates, housing rents, fees and charges for goods and services and general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. I have allocated a total of € 640m in general purpose grants to local authorities from the Local Government Fund for 2013. I am confident that this level of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the replies to Question No. 422 of 4 December 2012 and to Question Nos. 287 and 307 of 11 December 2012. Details of costs incurred in respect of attendance at the 18th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC by myself and nine officials from my Department are included in the table below: Flights €5,524.10 Accommodation €17,775 Subsistence (8 DECLG...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Question Nos. 550 and 570 together. The key objective of my Department’s Community Division is to facilitate integrated development at local level and foster vibrant, sustainable, inclusive communities, and to support the Community and Voluntary Sector in its contribution to an active, democratic and pluralist society. My Department continues to be responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Burial Grounds (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: This is a matter for Meath County Council. Section 177 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 places responsibility on the relevant local authority for the care and maintenance of burial grounds provided by them.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Expenditure (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Question Nos. 556, 557 and 562 together. My Department is responsible for a wide range of capital programmes, including in the areas of housing, water services, environmental protection, local government services, and community and rural development. The following table gives a breakdown of capital expenditure of some €308m across the relevant programme areas in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Architectural Qualifications (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: Section 22 of the Building Control Act 2007 currently provides a route towards registration for longstanding practitioners who had been providing architectural services in Ireland commensurate with those understood as being provided by Architects for the purposes of the Act for a period of ten years at the time the Act became law. This provision is transitional in nature and enables this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution Legislation (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to take further steps to address noise pollution, inter alia , through the introduction of fixed payment notices (also known as on-the-spot fines) and provision for mediation procedures between neighbours .  The development of new noise legislation by my Department will be considered in the context of this commitment; however, as...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: The design and installation of wastewater treatment systems for single houses is addressed in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Code of Practice in respect of Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems Serving Single Houses (2009). On foot of a comprehensive review and public consultation, Part H (Drainage and Wastewater Disposal) of the Building Regulations and its...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Risk Assessments (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: No studies or surveys in relation to flooding matters were carried out by my Department in County Cork in 2012. However, I am aware that Cork County Council , in conjunction with the Office of Public Works , is involved in a number of projects including flood risk assessment and management studies, flood relief schemes and flood mitigation works. Details of these projects are available from...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: In late 2011 the European Commission approved a change in co-funding rates for Rural Development Programmes (RDP) for countries that were part of the Financial Stabilisation Mechanism. This resulted in an increase in the EU co-financing rate from 55% to 85% for Ireland under Axes 3 and 4 elements of the RDP which came into effect on 1 January 2012. The change involves an increase in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department provides funding to the community and voluntary sector through its many community, housing and environment programmes and initiatives. The range of programmes and initiatives to support communities includes the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP), the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP), the Seniors Alert Scheme, RAPID  (Revitalising Areas by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department’s multi-annual Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2013 provides for the commencement of contracts nationwide with a value of over €800m in relation to water supply infrastructure. This includes contracts to address deficiencies in the quality of supply, to improve the overall capacity of the system and an accelerated programme of mains rehabilitation. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Official Engagements (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: My Department has a broad remit in relation to the Community and Voluntary Sector and therefore regular meetings are held with a variety of voluntary and community organisations and their representative bodies, for example in relation to housing policy, the environment, or local and community development issues. I have had meetings in recent weeks with Social Justice Ireland and the...