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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Litter Pollution (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: The money is available to do this. It is given to the local authorities each year. It is a question of ensuring that the councillor's voice is a little louder with his colleagues on Dublin City Council to ensure that this issue is dealt with.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: My Department’s local and community development programme, LCDP, is the largest social inclusion intervention of its kind in the State. The current programme officially ended at the end of 2013, having operated for four years with funding of €281 million over that period. It is being implemented by the local development companies on a transitional basis for 2014 with a budget...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: As the Deputy knows, the alignment process between local authorities, my Department and the local community development groups has been ongoing for 18 months. It is not making as much progress as it should, because of the procrastination of certain people who do not want change. The local development companies decided two weeks ago to withdraw from the process. They changed their minds...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: I agree with Deputy Cowen that a huge level of investment is required throughout the country. Approximately 80 water and wastewater plants are in need of urgent remediation because they are subject to potential European Commission infringement proceedings. Approximately 1 million householders are at risk because water quality is not up to scratch, and there are people on boil water notices....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: Irish Water is engaged with the Commission for Energy Regulation regarding its submission. Regarding its costs structure, establishment costs and investment requirements in the future, that is part of the process the regulator will have to scrutinise carefully on behalf of the customer. That is going on at the moment. The final piece of the jigsaw to allow the open and transparent system...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: It has made its submission. It is a matter for the regulator to publish all these matters in due course.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: It is a commercial semi-State body. The board makes those decisions.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Water Charges Introduction (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Government is considering the proposals I have brought to the Cabinet on the funding model for Irish Water, including on the level of Government subvention. Proposals include measures on the affordability of water charges, in particular the provision of a free allowance in accordance with the commitment in the programme for Government. Full details will be announced following the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Waterford Grouped Towns and Villages Sewerage Scheme was included in the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013as a scheme to start construction during the life of the Programme. The Scheme provides for the construction of new or upgraded wastewater treatment and collection systems in Ardmore, Ballyduff/Kilmeaden, Cappoquin, Dunmore East, Kilmacthomas, Stradbally and Tallow. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Policy (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13 and 22 together. My colleague Minister Coveney and I established the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (CEDRA) in September 2012 to recommend ways to support the future economic development of rural Ireland . The Commission was charged with producing a report that would inform policies and strategies to support the economic...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: Under section 20 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, as amended, a local authority may, as a reserve d function, and subject to any regulations made under the section, resolve to vary the base rate of the Local Property Tax (LPT) within its functional area by a maximum of plus or minus 15%. This power will be available to local authorities effective from 2015, as the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Government has indicated an intention to move to 80% retention of all Local Property Tax receipts within the local authority area where the tax is raised. This year, the establishment of Irish Water presents local government with significant organisational and financial challenges. Service provision responsibilities are moving from the local authorities to Irish Water, infrastructure is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: I understand the question relates to grants payable by local authorities under the Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013. The Regulations provide that, subject to the applicant meeting all qualification criteria, a local authority may pay a grant to a person who is required, following an inspection, to have repairs or upgrades to, or replacement of,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 1 April 2014. The Dormant Accounts Disbursement Scheme 2013-2016 was prepared after consultation with various Ministers as appropriate, including the Minister for Health, the Minister for Education and Skills and the Minister for Social Protection. The scheme was approved by Government in December 2013 and was laid before the Houses of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: The statutory certificates of compliance prescribed under the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 must be signed by a registered professional i.e. a person who is included on the statutory registers of architects or building surveyors maintained by the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland (RIAI) and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI) respectively in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme by the Pyrite Resolution Board for certain dwellings affected by pyrite. The pyrite remediation scheme was formally adopted by the Board on 12 February 2014 in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act and, on 26 February 2014, the Board beg an to accept applications from homeowners affected by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Funding (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: My Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013built on the investment which had taken place on water conservation in previous programmes. In total, over €290 million was spent by my Department on water conservation measures between 2003 and 2013. Annual expenditure by my Department on water conservation for the past six years up to the end of 2013 under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seirbhísi trí Gaeilge (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: Ceanglófar ar aon eintiteas atá roghnaithe chun seachadadh a dhéanamh ar ghnéithe LEADER den Chlár Forbartha Tuaithe don tréimhse 2014-2020 cloí le ceanglais reachtúla náisiúnta, lena n-áirítear iad siúd a bhaineann leis an nGaeilge agus le ceantair Ghaeltachta. Caithfidh na Grúpaí Gníomhaíochta...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: Due to budgetary constraints it has not been possible to develop new walks under the existing Walks Scheme since December 2010. I appreciate there were a number of proposed routes at varying levels of completeness in late 2010 when the Walks Scheme was closed to new applications. Only those projects where contracts had been signed and the Scheme was operational could be allowed to progress. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (1 May 2014)

Phil Hogan: The LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 will be delivered using a Community Led Local Development approach through the design and implementation of the Local Development Strategies. The Programme will provide sufficient focus, including funding supports, to the Islands to ensure that the development needs of the Island communities are fully addressed. The Local and...