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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (19 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 47, 50 and 76 of 18 September 2012. As of yesterday, applications in respect of the on-site waste water treatment systems of some 46,860 owners, who have registered on-line, by post or in person at their local authority offices, have been processed. I understand that  a further 29,500 owners have submitted registration applications which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Divisions Report (19 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: Thirteen pieces of legislation have been enacted since 1923 which define Dáil constituency boundaries. None of the Dáil constituencies specified in the relevant Electoral Acts comprise all or parts of four counties.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Issues (19 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Pyrite Panel considered the matter of how banks, mortgage providers and insurance companies were dealing with pyrite problems. Its report contains a number of carefully considered and well founded recommendations on how those bodies should now address pyrite issues. While my Department has no regulatory oversight for those areas it will, however, be working with the appropriate regulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes (19 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG), the group contracted by my Department to deliver Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in Gaeltacht Areas, went into liquidation on 7 September 2011. The legal process of winding up the company and the subsequent implications for the contractual arrangements between both my Department and MFG and between funding...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Staff (19 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is set out in the tables below: Year Minister’s Office Private Office Salary Costs Constituency Office Salary Costs 2009 J Gormley * €839,682.95 €259,863.39 2010 J Gormley * €825,877.86 €210,117.24 * Figure for Minister Gormley’s Private Office in 2009 and 2010 includes a Programme Manager who was...

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management Regulations (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: The difficulty is that we have a contractual obligation which provides legal obligations on the State. We have to be extremely careful in the manner in which we deal with these issues. Otherwise, we will expose the State even further in terms of infrastructure that was contracted but not delivered. All I can do at the moment as Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government...

Topical Issue Debate: Waste Management Regulations (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: I get worried when a Deputy says that I must intervene in something. The Poolbeg project, as Deputy Humphreys indicated, is provided for in the Dublin regional waste management plan, for which the four Dublin local authorities have statutory responsibility under the Waste Management Acts. The facility is being advanced by Dublin city Council, albeit with the caveats that the Deputy has...

Other Questions: Local Government Fund (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: As Deputy Higgins is aware, the Government is trying to broaden the tax base from a standing start with no database and it will do that.

Other Questions: Local Government Fund (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy must be the only socialist in the world who is against that-----

Other Questions: Local Government Fund (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: -----as one of the few so-called socialists in the place. However, the Government will broaden the tax base. Unlike Deputy Higgins, it does not wish to impose any more tax on workers.

Other Questions: Local Government Fund (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy should try the fracking.

Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47, 50 and 76 together. The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 provided for the establishment of a new system for the registration and inspection of septic tanks and other domestic waste water treatment systems. The 2012 Act augments the duty of care placed on the owners of on-site waste water treatment systems, under section 70 of the Water Services Act...

Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: The standards for septic tanks were agreed by the Oireachtas joint committee early last July and they are standard nationwide for each local authority. Consequently, they are well known by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht and I assume everyone is clear with regard to them. A total of 76,000 have registered to date with the Local Government Management...

Other Questions: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: No.

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: I will retain local knowledge and the involvement of the local government system in Irish Water, as I said earlier. I will devolve as many functions as I can with the agreement of my colleagues. The agreement of Cabinet colleagues and agencies is needed on such issues. I intend to ensure devolution as far as possible. In response to Deputy Daly, I am in favour of greater devolution. If...

Other Questions: Local Government Reform (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: I am anxious to ensure we have sufficient representation, greater democratic input and greater decision making at local level, as I said in reply to Deputy Wallace. I expect to bring forward a Boundary Commission report in March or April next year. With regard to Deputy Griffin's questions, local councillors make representations. As a former councillor, I made many representations on...

Other Questions: Water Meters (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: The programme for Government and the memorandum of understanding with the EU, IMF and ECB provide for the introduction of domestic water charges and the establishment of a new State-owned water utility. The Government considers that charging for water based on usage is the fairest way to charge for water and it has decided that water meters should be installed in households connected to...

Other Questions: Local Government Fund (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: I assume the question refers to general purpose grants from the local government fund. As indicated in the reply to Questions Nos. 37 and 41 , the two principal sources of revenue for the local government fund are the proceeds of motor tax and the income from the household charge. The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provides that income from the household charge be paid into...

Other Questions: Local Government Fund (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: The property tax report, or the Thornhill report as it is known, has been with me since June and I will bring it to Government in the context of the budgetary matters that will be under discussion over the next few weeks.

Other Questions: Local Government Fund (18 Sep 2012)

Phil Hogan: It is a budgetary matter.