Results 6,641-6,660 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: It runs in the family.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: Deputy Dooley should read it again.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: He is going well.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: It does not suit the Deputy now. Sinn Féin needs a conspiracy.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: They were not terminated.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: They were not terminated.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: Perhaps we should have a totalitarian regime like the Deputy's.
- Independent Inquiries into Planning Irregularities: Motion (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: Or from the lies you are telling.
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: Issues concerning the enforcement of waste management legislation are a matter for the appropriate regulatory authority and should therefore be pursued with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the relevant local authority, as appropriate. The Office of Environmental Enforcement within the EPA also has a mandate to deliver enhanced environmental compliance through enforcement of...
- Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (12 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 — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: I recently announced a total allocation of â¬440,000 in Dormant Accounts Funding for the five new RAPID Towns under the RAPID Addtionality Measure. These are: Ballina, Co. Mayo, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath and Rathkeale, Co. Limerick. The allocation amounts to â¬88,000 for each of the five towns. RAPID (Revitalising Areas by Planning...
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 413, 418 and 450 together. The Electoral Acts allow for the taking of a poll on any day of the week and this flexibility allows all relevant factors to be taken into account at any given time in setting the polling day. Guidance issued to Returning Officers by my Department in advance of electoral events advises that when schools are used as polling stations,...
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 414 and 427 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 selection,...
- Written Answers — Postal Voting: Postal Voting (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: In order to be able to vote at elections and referendums in this jurisdiction, a person's name must be entered in the register of electors for a constituency in the State in which the person ordinarily resides. Postal voting is provided for in electoral law in respect of certain categories of person who are entered in the register of electors. The Electoral Act 1992 provides for postal...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: The information requested is set out in the following table: Office Special Adviser Annual Salary Minister Hogan Claire Langton â¬83,337 Sean McKeown â¬92,672 Minister of State O'Sullivan* Aidan Culhane â¬80,051 * Under the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil, Ministers of State who regularly attend Cabinet may appoint a maximum of two Special Advisers. In...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: Issues concerning the enforcement of waste management legislation are a matter for the appropriate regulatory authority and should therefore be pursued with the Environmental Protection Agency or the relevant local authority, as appropriate. Under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996 the Minister is precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance by the...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 424 to 426, inclusive, together. The number of persons employed in Kerry County Council in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 to date, is set out in the table below on a whole time equivalent basis (WTE). Kerry County Council Permanent WTE Temporary WTE Total December 2008 1157 191 1,348 December 2009 1141 84 1,225 December 2010 1146 49 1,195 December 2011...
- Written Answers — Cultural Trusts: Cultural Trusts (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Temple Bar Cultural Trust organisation is a private limited company with the Dublin City Manager as the sole shareholder. Therefore, in the first instance, governance arrangements and financial management of the Trust are a matter for Dublin City Council. I understand that the current staffing level in Temple Bar Cultural Trust is 15. The Board Members are listed below. The fees for...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (12 Jun 2012)
Phil Hogan: Given the imperative to reduce costs and to increase efficiencies across local authority operations, local authorities are reducing the costs of goods and services to the sector by using the most advanced methods of procurement available through appropriate national and regional frameworks supported by ICT reporting systems. In this regard, local authorities reported savings in terms of...
- Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (12 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 entitled to claim a waiver or otherwise exempt. The household charge is on a self-assessment basis and it is a matter for an owner of a residential...