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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 sets out Government decisions on local government reform, has affirmed, in paragraph 4 .3.1, that, with the exception of functions relating to water supply that will be assumed by Irish Water and certain functions relating to river basin management planning that will be transferred from local authorities to the EPA, the functions...

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

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 611 and 612 together. The overall strategy of investment in water services is to ensure that the timing and scale of investment facilitates economic and other development, achieves compliance with statutory requirements and promotes environmental sustainability objectives. The main vehicle for achieving these objectives for public domestic water supplies is...

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

Phil Hogan: The location of illegal waste activities comprehended by the European Court of Justice judgment in Case C 494/01 involve sites at Ardristan in County Carlow, Whitestown and Castleruddery in County Wicklow, and the illegal infill of wetlands in County Waterford. My Department, on behalf of the State, has been liaising with the European Commission to ensure that the requirements of the...

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

Phil Hogan: It is a matter for each local authority to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. The elected members of a local authority have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, which include adopting the annual budget and authorising borrowing, and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Grants (5 Feb 2013)

Phil Hogan: Allocations from the Dormant Accounts are focussed on programmes or projects to assist: the personal and social development of persons who are economically or socially disadvantaged; the educational development of persons who are educationally disadvantaged; or persons with a disability. Details of Dormant Accounts funded projects in County Waterford are summarised in the following table....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 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. Last month 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 or 75%...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Agencies (31 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is as follows: Agency Number of Vacancies Date Vacancy Arose Number of Vacancies Advertised Number of Applications Received to date An Bord Pleanála 2* 30 June 2010 and 1 January 2012 N/A N/A Housing Finance Agency 1** 1 March 2012 N/A N/A Housing Sustainable Communities Agency 3 1 August 2012 All Process being handled by Public...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service (31 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138 and 140 together. My Department’s National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management has developed a policy document, Keeping Communities Safe (KCS), which is intended to set the future direction of fire services in Ireland. It sets out a system of national processes and standards for fire service delivery in Ireland based on a risk management...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Deontais faoi Údarás na Gaeltachta (31 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: D'fhógair mé le déanaí go raibh sé ar intinn agam scéim deontais a chur ar fáil le cúnamh airgeadais a sholáthar do theaghlaigh lenar gá dóibh feabhsúchán nó ceartú a dheanamh ar a mhúnlaigh umair agus a gcórais chóireála fuíolluisce tar éis iniúchadh faoin Acht um...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Collection (31 Jan 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: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (31 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 requires that all owners of premises connected to domestic waste water treatment systems must register their system on or before 1 February 2013. This includes owners of premises which may for the time being be unoccupied, unless the treatment system serving the property has been emptied and de-commissioned. Septic tanks and other domestic waste water...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (31 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: The majority of CLÁR measures were closed to applications in 2008. While some measures accepted applications in 2009 and 2010, all were subsequently closed to new funding requests. All of the remaining commitments under the CLÁR Programme relate to already approved Sports Capital projects. The lead Department for these projects and the source of the majority of funding for the...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Reform (30 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: I thank Deputies McNamara and Broughan for raising this matter as it gives me an opportunity to deal with some of their concerns. I know the Deputies have read the documentation about the alignment of local government and community and this should have allayed some of their fears. Putting People First: An Action Programme for Effective Local Government sets out a range of reforms that will...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Reform (30 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: We can always rely on Deputy Broughan for the easy way out.

Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Reform (30 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: I have no intention of transferring a total of 1,968 staff to local authorities. I have no intention of doing that. I do not think the taxpayer has any intention of doing it either.

Topical Issue Debate: Local Government Reform (30 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: The document on local government which I published some time ago will position local government with the overall responsibility - not the dead hand as referred to by Deputy Broughan. Perhaps he had a bad experience with local authorities . The powers we envisage giving local authorities and the level of accountability we expect of them means we will not see any dead hand flourishing in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (30 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: On 26 June 2012, I signed the Water Services Acts 2007 and 2012 (Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems) Regulations 2012 which set out performance standards for on-site treatment systems, including requirements regarding the maintenance and de-sludging of such systems. With limited exceptions, they must be de-sludged by a permitted contractor. The regulations currently in force which are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Audit Service (30 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Audit Service provides a professional audit service to local authorities which are funded from a number of sources including central Government grants and the provision of goods and services. Section 116 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that local government auditors shall be independent in the exercise of their professional functions. While, in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nuclear Safety (30 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: In November 2012, I published a summary of a report prepared by an independent team of international experts, commissioned by Ireland, which assessed the probable risks to Ireland from incidents at the Sellafield nuclear site. The experts quantified the likelihood of incidents occurring at Sellafield, and as stated in the public summary, an incident at the Sellafield site resulting in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (30 Jan 2013)

Phil Hogan: Deposits held by town councils comprise cash balances and short term bank investments. The amount held on deposit by each town council at 31 December 20 10, the latest year for which audited information is available, is set out below. Town Councils Total Arklow €8,767,025 Athlone €4,064,175 Athy €2,411,038 Ballina €3,847,743 Ballinasloe ...