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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: 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 the multi-annual Water Services Investment Programme. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information requested in the question is as follows: Name of Agency Date of Establishment Number of Staff as of end of Quarter 3 2012 (WTE) Budget 2012 Local Government Management Agency 1 August 2012 101 €8,207,852 Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency 1 August 2012 39.97 €2,940,000 The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2012,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 402 and 405 to 408, inclusive, together. In September 2012 I announced extensions to the periods for the application of chemical fertiliser and organic manures produced on farms, in direct response to the challenges farmers were facing as a result of the very difficult weather conditions this summer.  I moved quickly to give certainty to farmers in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Taxation (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Motor tax receipts are paid into the Local Government Fund. The following table contains net income figures from motor tax to the Fund in 2010 and 2011. YEAR NET MOTOR TAX RECEIPTS € 2010 1,021,366,254 2011 1,011,640,768

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 409, 410 and 444 together. I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 56, 61, 64, 80, 91, 92 and 98 on today’s order paper, which sets out the position in relation to the Action Programme for Effective Local Government, which was published on 16 October 2012, including action proposed to strengthen the functions of local authorities and their members and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Funding of €314 m 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 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 are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Hazardous Waste Sites (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department continues to support the interim works at the facility. In 2011, I provided a total of €5.56m in funding, while to date in 2012, a further €1.60m from the Environment Fund has been provided in support of the costs arising in supporting the work of the Agency at this facility. The funding is supporting a detailed site investigation at the facility. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department operates a delegated sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for implementation of the moratorium in relation to local authorities, and any exceptions to the moratorium in local authorities require sanction from my Department. In this regard , my Department has not received a request to sanction posts at heritage and culture centres in the South-West Region.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415, 416 and 417 together. The Local Government Management Agency is administering the Household Charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. I understand, from data provided by the Agency, that as of 18 October 2012 the number of Household Charge waivers which have been registered is 21,140. As the Household Charge...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 419 and 420 together. Up to 30 September 2012, the latest date for which information is available, the position is as follows: Agency / Board Name of Appointee (Chairperson highlighted) Date of Appointment Remuneration Position advertised An Bord Pleanála Dr. Mary Kelly (Chairperson) 29/08/2011 PPC Rate €189,474 (non-PPC Rate...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voting Rights (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Dáil and Seanad passed resolutions in July approving the setting up of a Constitutional Convention. The issues to be considered by the Convention include reducing the voting age to 17. I will bring forward proposals for change to electoral law in light of any decision for change which may arise from that process.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge (23 Oct 2012)

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 of 1 January 2012 is liable to pay the household charge, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) is administering the household charge system on a shared...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Security of the Elderly (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department manages the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages and assists the community’s support for older people by means of a community-based grant scheme to improve the security of people over 65 years of age. The Scheme is administered by local community and voluntary groups with the support of my Department. The following table outlines the budget provision from 2008 to 2012....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy, and those data are available on my Department’s website . Data on the number of motions, concerning planning issues, made under section 140 of the Local Government Act 2001 where notice is given, the number of motions passed by the council and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Schemes (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department has no responsibility for, or role to play in, managing or dealing with the dredging of rivers.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: On 22 October I announced the membership and terms of reference of the Waterford Reorganisation Implementation Group, which will be chaired by Mr Sean Aylward, who chaired the Waterford Local Government Committee. The Group will complete its work by the end of June 2013 with the production of an Implementation Plan to set a clear agenda and guidance for the completion of the reorganisation...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 429, 431 and 432 together. An independently-chaired Inter-Departmental Expert Group was established to consider the structures and modalities for an equitable local property tax to replace the household charge. The Group has submitted its report to me and proposals will be brought to Government as soon as possible. It will then be a matter for the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I have no immediate plans to amend the legislation governing commercial rates. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 434 together. The Government decided, based on the recommendations of an independent assessment and in line with the commitment in the programme for Government, to establish a public water utility company, Irish Water, to take over the operational and capital delivery functions of local authorities in the water services area. The Government has...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (23 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Dungloe and Glenties Sewerage Schemes, which are to advance jointly, are included in the Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2013 among the list of contracts in Donegal to start in the 2010-13 period. My Department has approved the tender documents for the work, which involves the provision of new wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and sewers in Dungloe and Glenties. I...