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Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (18 Apr 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. The household charge is framed on a self assessment basis and 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...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: Under its delegated sanction, as an exception to the recruitment moratorium in the Public Sector, my Department approved a six month extension to the Dublin City Council Cycling Officer's contract in December 2011 in order to provide time for the City Council to consult with the National Transport Authority, review the situation and report to my Department on how the promotion of cycling in...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (18 Apr 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 Kildare. Two contracts for the Kildare Sewerage Scheme are included in the Programme amongst the list of contracts in the county to start in the period 2010 – 2013. The Wastewater Treatment Plant Design/Build/Operate contract for the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 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. Application of the legislation in particular circumstances is a matter for the relevant local authority. Interpretation of the legislation is a matter for legal advice in individual cases and ultimately a matter for the Courts....

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 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. Application of the legislation in particular circumstances is a matter for the relevant local authority. Interpretation of the legislation is a matter for legal advice in individual cases and ultimately a matter for the Courts....

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 833 and 834 together. I understand that the Dormant Account Inspection Reports, which I have not seen, have been completed recently by the Central Bank of Ireland. I am advised that the Bank does not have plans to publish the reports, as it is not permitted to disclose confidential information concerning the banks that it supervises under Section 33AK of the...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: The list below identifies all financial institutions (and Life Assurance Companies) that have contributed to the Dormant Accounts Fund since the Fund's inception in 2003. Financial Institutions ABN AMRO; ACC Bank plc; Allied Irish Banks plc; AIB Group; AIB Finance Limited; AIB Financial and Leasing; Irish Bank Resolution Limited (formerly Anglo); IIB; NIB; Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc;...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Building Regulations 1997 to 2011 provide for the safety and wellbeing of persons in and around buildings. The legal requirements are set out in twelve parts (classified as A to M) in the Second Schedule to the Regulations. Technical Guidance Documents are published to accompany each part in order to outline how the legal requirements can be achieved in practice. Part M / TGD M deals...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: Section 9(1) of the Electoral Act 1997, as amended, requires a Constituency Commission to present its report to the Chairman of the Dáil no later than three months after the publication by the Central Statistics Office of the final results of the Census in respect of the total population of the State. The final results of the 2011 Census were published on 29 March 2012. Therefore the...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: Section 14 of the Building Control Act 1990 provides for the establishment of Building Regulations Advisory Body (BRAB) to advise me on matters relating to the Building Regulations. The BRAB provides expert advice on proposed changes to Building Regulations and has no other executive function. Building Regulations are subject to ongoing review by my Department, working in conjunction with...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 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. Application of the legislation in particular circumstances is a matter for the relevant local authority. Interpretation of the legislation is a matter for legal advice in individual cases and ultimately a matter for the Courts....

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: Day to day operations, including staffing levels and opening hours, in the public library service are a matter for each local authority in its capacity as a library authority under Section 78 of the Local Government Act 2001. The moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the public service was introduced in March 2009 in response to the financial crisis. My Department operates a delegated...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 provide the legislation underpinning the household charge. Section 2(2) of the Act 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 in a Minister of the Government, a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: The household charge is a local authority charge, the proceeds of which are being used to fund vital local services in our communities, including planning and development, fire and emergency services, public parks, open spaces and leisure amenities, and maintenance and cleaning of streets and street lighting. I have established an Inter-Departmental Group on Property Tax to consider the...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 848 and 875 to 877, inclusive, together. 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 public consultation designed to inform the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 849, 856 and 859 together. The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) is administering the household charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. The costs arising, including those in relation to advertising, printing and distribution are a matter for the LGMA and the county and city councils.

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 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. Section 2 of the Act sets out the meaning of "residential property" for the purposes of the Act. In particular, section 2(2)(d) of the Act provides that a building that is wholly used as a dwelling (other than a dwelling that...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the topical issue debate on this matter taken on 28 February 2012. Given that the nature of the current application is for site investigation purposes only and the drilling of an exploratory well, the fact that it has already been the subject of a public and prescribed bodies consultation process, and that the submissions received under this process and the responses of the...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: Under section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996, local authorities are not required to collect, or arrange for the collection, of household waste within their functional areas, if an adequate waste collection service is available, if the estimated costs of undertaking waste collection by the local authority would be unreasonably high, or if the local authority is satisfied that adequate...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (18 Apr 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) is administering the household charge system on a shared service/agency basis for all county and city councils. I understand, from data provided by the LGMA, that as of 16 April, 2012, a total of 675,252 property declarations have been processed by the household charge bureau. 660,597 registered for payment of the charge and 14,655 residential...