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Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 475 and 476 together. The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2013 provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Clare. Consideration was given, as part of review of this Programme in 2011, to any newly emerging priority contracts and schemes submitted by local authorities for addition to the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 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 Clare. Consideration was given, as part of review of this Programme in 2011, to any newly emerging priority contracts and schemes submitted by local authorities for addition to the Programme, in line with the original priorities set out...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (19 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: An independently chaired Inter-Departmental Expert Group has been established to consider the structures and modalities for an equitable valuation-based property tax. The Group has recently completed its work and has made recommendations to me on the implementation of a property tax. Following consideration of the Group's recommendations, I will bring proposals to Government as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (19 Jun 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 household charge is on a self-assessment basis and it is a matter for an owner of a residential...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (19 Jun 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 €100 household charge, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. The household charge is on a self-assessment basis and it is a matter for an owner of a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (19 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Government approved the drafting of a Bill to tighten the procedures around the making of off-the-road declarations on 22 May. Until such time as the legal drafting of the Bill has been completed and the Bill published, I do not propose to make specific comment on the provisions to be contained therein. However, I am aware of the particular concerns in relation to vintage vehicles in...

Written Answers — Clar Forbartha Tuaithe: Clar Forbartha Tuaithe (19 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: Chuaigh Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG), an grúpa atá conraithe ag mo Roinn chun seachadadh a dhéanamh ar Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) den Chlár Forbartha Tuaithe (CFT) sna ceantair Ghaeltachta, faoi leachtú ar 7 Meán Fómhair, 2011. Tá an próiseas ó thaobh dlí de maidir le 'imeachtaí foirceanta' ag dul ar aghaidh go fóill. Tá Grúpaí Gníomhaíochta Áitiúla atá ag feidhmiú...

Written Answers — Non-Principal Private Residence Charge: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge (19 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. As of 18 June 2012, 185,031 accounts have been registered for the charge for 2011 in respect of 328,802...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (14 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, under which service providers would bid to provide waste collection services in a given area, for a given period of time and to a guaranteed level of service, a system otherwise known as 'franchise-bidding.' A public consultation designed to inform the policy development...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (14 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 provides for the establishment of a register of domestic wastewater treatment systems. The Act also provides that I, as Minister, may make regulations setting out procedural provisions for registration, including the format of the register, the fee payable and the date by which registration should be completed. Arrangements are being put in place to...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (14 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 102 together. Contrary to the Deputy's assertion, I did not make any comment regarding Glór na Tuaithe. Earlier this year there were reports in the national and local media claiming that a politician (who was not named in the reports) had been informed by a constituent that the constituent had installed an old car as a septic tank when he built his...

Written Answers — Architectural Qualifications: Architectural Qualifications (14 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I have no plans to amend the registration arrangement currently provided for under Part 3 of the Building Control Act, 2007. A number of routes to registration are provided for in Sections 14, 15, 16 and 22 of the Act having regard to the differing approaches to gaining the requisite knowledge, skills and experience adopted by individual applicants. Section 22, in particular, includes a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (13 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 455 of 12 June 2012 which outlines the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (13 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143, 144 and 156 together. The programme for climate policy and legislation which I published on 23 January 2012 set out my approach to the development of national policy and legislation over an 18 month period. The principal milestones include: - a public consultation (which ran from 29 February to 1 April 2012); - in the second half of this year, the...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (13 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 and 146 together. As previously indicated, the Central Bank, acting on behalf of the Minister for Finance, engaged PwC to carry out inspections of dormant accounts over a two year period. I did not authorise the PwC inspections under the Dormant Accounts legislation and the Central Bank was, in the circumstances, acting on its own authority. I therefore...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (13 Jun 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 household charge is on a self-assessment basis and it is a matter for an owner of a residential...

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (13 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is set out in the table below. Gross Motor Tax Receipts by Licensing Authority 2011 – 31 May 2012 Licensing Authority 2011Gross Motor TaxReceipts € 01 January – 31 May 2012Gross Motor TaxReceipts € Carlow 9,584,134 4,144,012 Cavan 10,170,516 4,292,266 Clare 16,948,293 7,136,053 Cork 61,434,453 27,047,471 Donegal 25,373,331 10,836,225 Galway 32,489,805...

Written Answers — Environmental Regulations: Environmental Regulations (13 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Water Framework Directive requires the European Commission to review, every four years, the list of substances in the aquatic environment that require monitoring and control as potential pollutants. The Commission published a proposal in January to include an additional 15 chemicals including 17-alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2) and 2 other pharmaceutical substances to the list of 33 existing...

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (13 Jun 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Government's broad policy approach in this area was set out in the Programme for Government. In line with this, I intend to bring proposals to Government in the near future for an extensive programme of local government reform, with particular focus on strengthening structures generally at regional, county and sub-county levels and expanding the role of local government. The reform...

Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (13 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...