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Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: In due course.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Briefly, I indicated to the Deputy that the road authority has the power to require the owner or occupier of the land to remove or trim the ditches on the side of the road as well. Consequently, it is not simply a matter for the local authority. However, the Deputy should use his good offices to make representations to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to support the scheme the...

Topical Issue Debate: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I thank Deputies Clare Daly and Ellis for raising this matter. As they aware, I have stated on many occasions that the State is not responsible for the pyrite problem or liable for the costs associated with the remediation of pyrite-damaged dwellings. However, I believe the State has a role and a duty to assist home owners to find a resolution to the problem. This was one of my key...

Topical Issue Debate: Election Management System (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I agree with Deputy Nash that this is a time national crisis and there are many competent people who are unemployed. I will get a report from returning officers after the referendum to establish if they made the necessary efforts under the departmental guidance and employed as many people as possible who are currently unemployed, particularly as poll clerks. I understand the presiding...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: The compliance rate with the household charge in Cork is not as good as in the local authorities in Deputy Ellis's and Deputy Clare Daly's constituencies. They are having much more success in those local authorities.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: The facts speak for themselves. Under the Roads and Road Vehicles (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2007 all remaining matters pertaining to the Roads Act 1993 were transferred to the Minister with responsibility for transport. Consequently, this matter is one which comes within the policy remit of my colleague the Minister for Transport, Tourism and...

Topical Issue Debate: Election Management System (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I thank Deputy Nash for raising this important issue. The primary role of my Department in electoral matters is to provide an appropriate policy and legislative framework for a modern and efficient electoral system. Within that framework, local returning officers are responsible for all matters in connection with the actual conduct of elections and referenda, including the selection,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I do not have any current plans to reform the laws governing rights of way. Section 14 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides for a process for the inclusion by planning authorities of public rights of way in development plans. The process allows for the referral to the Circuit Court, by the landowner affected, of a proposal to include a right of way and where the court is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I am aware of the Commissioner’s response to that question. In view of the exceptional weather conditions experienced in Ireland this summer, I decided to grant an extension to the period during which chemical fertiliser may be applied. The closed period for chemical fertiliser will now commence on 1 October 2012 instead of 15 September 2012. I also decided to extend the period for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: The setback distances for chemical fertilisers and exemptions from the larger buffer distances that apply when spreading organic fertiliser or soiled water adjacent to drinking water abstraction points are set out in Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme. This Programme is given effect by the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters) Regulations 2010....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Referendum Expenditure (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 359, 387 and 388 together. The primary role of my Department in electoral matters is to provide an appropriate policy and legislative framework for a modern and efficient electoral system. Within that framework, local returning officers are responsible for all matters in connection with the actual conduct of elections and referendums, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Government has decided that Irish Water, a new State-owned water company to be established as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group, will be responsible for the domestic water metering programme. The Government has recently approved the preparation of legislation to assign the necessary powers to allow Irish Water to undertake the metering programme. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Total gross motor tax receipts from 2006 to the end of August 2012 are set in a table. A breakdown of the receipts by band for each year is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. YEAR TOTAL GROSSMOTOR TAX RECEIPTS € 2007 956,731,400 2008 1,058,605,132 2009 1,057,822,734 2010 1,023,823,935 2011 1,010,419,164 ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Blanchardstown Sewerage Scheme, which comprises the duplication of the 9C Sewer, is included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013. Three advance contracts of the scheme are included to proceed to construction during the lifetime of the Programme, while the remainder of the scheme is at the planning stage. The Mulhuddart Bridge Works Contract...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Remuneration (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information sought in the question in respect of staff in my Department is set out in a table. In general these allowances are common to many Government Departments and Offices. Allowance Rate Comments No. of Beneficiaries on 31/12/11 Child Allowance €2.16 per week per child Payable to officers serving on 31 December 1978 in former marriage differentiated grades 28 Franking...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Prevention Measures (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Responsibility for maintenance and remedial works on urban drainage infrastructure, lies with the relevant local authority, in the first instance. However, the Rathmines and Pembroke Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 as a scheme to advance through planning. While I understand that the Swan River lies within the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 and 370 together. The contracts for Hacketstown Wastewater Treatment Plant and the Rathvilly Wastewater Treatment Plant are part of the Tullow/Rathvilly/Hacketstown Sewerage Scheme and are included in my Department’s Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 as contract s to start in the lifetime of the Programme. My Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution Legislation (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: Currently, a person experiencing noise nuisance may contact their local authority, which may initiate proceedings on grounds of noise nuisance under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992. This Act also provides for any person, or group of persons, to seek an order in the District Court to have noise giving reasonable cause for annoyance abated. The procedures involved have been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 and 380 together. I established a Local Government Committee in September 2011 to carry out a review of local government arrangements in Waterford and to submit a report containing recommendations on whether the County Council and City Council of Waterford should be unified. The report of the Committee has been submitted to my Department and its...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Divisions Report (2 Oct 2012)

Phil Hogan: I am not in a position to define timelines for the review of local electoral area boundaries, which will arise following decisions by Government on the reform of local government, but it will be completed in good time before the 2014 local elections.