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Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (8 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: Article 78 of the Local Government (Superannuation) (Consolidation) Scheme 1998 deals with the pension entitlements of city and county managers. A manager may be entitled to added years of up to a maximum of 10 years based on length of service. Pension entitlements for managers are based on their final salary and length of service, including added years where appropriate, capped at 40 years....

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (8 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 provide the legislative basis for the household charge. Under the legislation, an owner of a residential property on the liability date of 1 January 2012 is liable to pay the household charge by 31 March 2012, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. Revenues from...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (8 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department gathers quarterly local authority Payroll and Superannuation information for IMF/EU reporting purposes. The Gross Cash Remuneration Cost for 2011 was €1,414,510,890. The Superannuation payments for 2011 amounted to €266,247,527. Information relating to the projected pay and pensions bill for 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 is not available in my Department.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (8 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: Funding of €314m is available under the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. There are 35 Local Action Groups contracted, on my Department's behalf, to deliver the RDP throughout the country and these groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions are made in the...

Written Answers — Forbairt Pobail: Forbairt Pobail (8 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289 and 291 together. 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) sa Ghaeltacht, faoi leachtú ar 7 Meán Fómhair, 2011. Tá dul chun cinn á dhéanamh ó thaobh dlí de maidir le ''imeachtaí foirceanta'' agus tá na comhaid...

Written Answers — Forbairt Pobail: Forbairt Pobail (8 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: Is féidir liom a dheimhniú go bhfuil an próiséas fógartha leis an imréiteach riachtanach cúnamh Stát chun cúnamh deontais de os cionn €200,000 a chur ar fáil faoi na beartanna Seirbhísí Bunúsacha agus Athnúchan Sráidbhaile den Clár Forbartha Tuaithe 2007-2013 críochnaithe. Tá imréiteach tugtha ag an gCoimisiún Eorpach and tá na hathruithe riachtanach teicniúla ar an...

Written Answers — State Banking Sector: State Banking Sector (8 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: My Department has no contracts with the company referred to in the Question. Contracts entered into by agencies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the agencies themselves. Contracts for goods and services are awarded by my Department either on the basis of the lowest priced tender or the most economic advantageous tender (specifying, in addition to price, various other...

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. The Government considers charging based on usage the fairest way to charge for water and has decided that water meters should be installed in households connected to public water supplies. International evidence has shown that where meters have been installed, significant reductions have been achieved in the level of consumption, and this is...

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: I know that.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: The number of households that would not be metered was looked at in the context of the census data, the same as it was by those others whom Deputy Niall Collins mentioned, including the executive manager of Dublin City Council. We all were looking at the same figures. We have done a detailed analysis in the Department on the number of properties that will cause problems in the initial phase...

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: That is what they used to do.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: I am surprised that Deputy Stanley would question a proposal to charge for any service considering that the average water charge per household in Northern Ireland equates to almost €1,000.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: Yes, it does.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: The exact figure is €971. I am aware this is a sensitive issue for the Deputy given that Sinn Féin purports to be all-island party.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: I am also surprised that the Deputy would take the word of an executive manager of one local authority above the very detailed analysis carried out by my Department on a nationwide basis. I have acknowledged there will be difficulties in respect of the installation of meters in a certain cohort of properties. I will not be out there installing them myself, no more than the Deputy will, but...

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: I am surprised at the Deputy's lack of confidence in a decision made by the Government to charge a semi-State company with what is the largest project since the establishment of the ESB, namely, to ensure the provision of water supplies in adequate quantities and quality for the people of this country. I would have expected him to support that objective.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: I expected his support given that scheme is in line with a decision made by the previous Government in 2009.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: There is no need for a plan B. We have made the decision to charge a semi-State body with carrying out this important work for the benefit of the people of this country. Let us give it an opportunity, through an implementation plan, to do so. Any talk of a plan B amounts to scaremongering. We are proceeding with plan A.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: They will have certainty.

Water Charges (3 May 2012)

Phil Hogan: Some €200 million has been spent in the past six or seven years on the rehabilitation of mains and pipe networks, with an additional €120 million allocated for this purpose this year and next. I am surprised the Deputy is not supporting this water conservation programme. I am in support of clean water, but one can only conclude, on the basis of his attitude to the septic tank...