Results 6,501-6,520 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (27 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department's Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines (April 2005) continue to support the concept of rural communities being able to meet their housing needs in ways that will protect the environment and the quality of ground and surface waters. As part of the planning process, applicants must submit evidence as to the suitability of their site for development and information regarding the...

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (27 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The full proceeds of motor tax are paid into the Local Government Fund. The net motor tax receipts paid into the Fund for 2011 are €1,011,640,768. The total amount of motor tax received into the Fund to date in 2012 (31 May 2012) is €462,735,431. This may not represent the final net figure, as reconciliation processes are ongoing.

Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (27 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department has spent the sums of €220,174, €130,946 and €168,083 on ministerial transport arrangements for 2009, 2010 and 2011 respectively. In line with Government policy, I do not use a state car. My Department has employed two civilian drivers since May 2011 for driving duties in my own car in line with approved arrangements, and their salary and subsistence costs, together...

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: A review of options for the improvement in Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) and motor tax revenues in future years was announced on Budget day, 6 December 2011. Interested parties were invited to make submissions regarding the proposed revision in the current system of VRT and motor tax to adjust CO2 bands and rates in line with technological advances in motor vehicles while maintaining a...

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 and 388 together. An independently-chaired Inter-Departmental Expert Group was established to consider the structures and modalities for an equitable valuation-based property tax. The Group has recently completed its work and submitted its report to me. The approach to the report will be considered by the Government in due course.

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Building Control Act 1990 clearly places responsibility for compliance with the Building Regulations on the owner of the building concerned and on the builder/developer who carries out the works. The Building Regulations set out the legally enforceable minimum standards which a new building must achieve. Enforcement of the Building Regulations is primarily the responsibility of the 37...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: For the purposes of the Kyoto Protocol, Ireland is committed to limiting greenhouse gas emissions to 13% above 1990 levels over the 2008-2012 period. In accordance with the National Climate Change Strategy, that target will be met on foot of domestic mitigation action supplemented by the purchase of carbon allowances or credits under the flexible mechanisms provided for in the Protocol....

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: On 21 July 2011, at my request, my special adviser wrote to Kildare County Council and requested that the already sanctioned waste permit for Cleary Composting be processed and posted to that company. I do not have a copy of that letter.

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 and 376 together. Premises involved in the treatment of animal by-products are subject to an approval process overseen by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The primary purpose of the waste facility permitting and registration system is to facilitate appropriate controls on waste facilities and activities so as to ensure good and...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: Galway County Council has written to my Department seeking consent to construct facilities related to the Clifden Sewerage Scheme on lands which were created by the reclamation of an area of foreshore. My Department has established that ownership of the lands in question was transferred from the Minister for Finance to the Minister for Communications in 1981. The Minister for Communications...

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (26 Jun 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 — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Cork. The programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €230 million in the county during the period of the Programme. The Castletownbere sewerage scheme is included in the programme as a scheme to...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: 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 Valuation Office is within the remit of my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The levying and collection of...

Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs, the provision of a premises and the making of such other provisions as it considers necessary or desirable, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1981. My Department supports...

Written Answers — Local Government Audit Service: Local Government Audit Service (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Audit Service / Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General Critical Review Group will hold its first meeting on Tuesday, 26 June 2012. The members of the Review Group are: Pat McLoughlin Chief Executive, Irish Payment Services Organisation. (Chairman) Des Dowling Department of Environment, Community & Local Government Noel O'Connell Local Government Audit...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information requested in the question in respect of appointments to the Executive Board of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) is as follows: Table 1: First Executive Board of DDDA (May 1997 – April 2002) Name Date of Appointment Date of Expiry of Appointment Appointing Minister Lar Bradshaw (Chair) May 1997 Apr 2002 Brendan Howlin Mary Bergin May 1997 Apr 2002...

Written Answers — Environment Fund: Environment Fund (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 382 to 384, inclusive, together. Income from the Environment Fund is used to support a range of environmental measures including within the area of waste management and the enforcement of waste management legislation. The 2011 and 2012 Environment Fund Accounts will be published in due course once they have been audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General....

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 125 of 9 May 2012, 115 of 17 May 2012 and 595 of 6 June 2012 which set out the position in this matter. As previously outlined, section 2(2) of the Local Government (Household Change) Act 2011 provides that certain buildings are not residential property for the purposes of the legislation. Section 2(2)(b), in particular, provides that a building vested...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 386, 390 and 402 together. There are nine persons in my Department available for redeployment. Six have already been redeployed to other Departments. The maximum time a person has been awaiting redeployment has been fifteen months and this arises due to the particular business specialty of the persons concerned. In relation to the state agencies under the...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (26 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: 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 selection, appointment and training of polling station and count staff...