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Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (14 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The reduced registration fee of €5 will apply for the first three months of the registration period which will commence in mid-April. A registration fee of €50 will apply thereafter. The risk-based approach to inspections will mean that the new system will be less expensive to operate but will be equally as effective in protecting public health and the environment. I am satisfied that...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The site referred to in the question was cited in the European Court of Justice judgment in Case C 494/01 as an example of Ireland's failure to comply with the 1975 Waste Framework Directive. My Department, on behalf of the State, has been liaising with the European Commission to ensure that the requirements of the judgment are fully met. The Commission is concerned, as I am, to secure the...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Mar 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 public consultation designed to inform the policy development process concluded in September 2011. A large number of...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (14 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The household charge is on a self-assessment basis and it is a matter for an owner of a residential property on the liability date of 1 January, 2012 to determine if he/she has a liability and, if so, that person is required to declare that liability by completing the household charge declaration form and to pay the household charge by 31 March, 2012. Significant efforts are being made to...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (14 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 to 129, inclusive and 135 together. I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 378, 380, 381, 382, 386, 394, 405, 410, 417, 418 and 419 of 13 March 2012, which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (14 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: An Post is assisting in broadening the number of local outlets where the household charge declaration form is available. The declaration form will be available outside the counter in the network of 1,152 local post offices. Persons may complete the declaration and forward it to the central payment bureau at Household Charge, PO Box 12168, Dublin 1. An Post is not being paid for...

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (14 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The investigation of noise complaints is a matter for the relevant local authorities. The reported noise source determines how a complaint is investigated and addressed. My Department recently contacted Kerry County Council to enquire as to whether a complaint had been received concerning an alleged noise nuisance in the area of Glencuttane Lower. I understand that while a complaint...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (14 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: There are no premises or sites being leased or rented by my Department that are currently not in use. In general, premises and sites occupied by my Department are rented or leased by the OPW, rather than directly by my Department. The location, costs and landlord of the premises and sites currently rented directly by my Department are set out in the following table. Location Estimated...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (14 Mar 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. Interpretation of the legislation is a matter for legal advice in individual cases and ultimately a matter for the Courts. The household charge is on a self assessment basis and it is a matter for an owner of a residential...

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

Phil Hogan: The RAS exemption was included in the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 in order to encourage take-up of the then relatively new scheme. As RAS has now been in existence for a number of years, the Government decided to remove the exemption in the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 with effect from 2012. It is estimated that the cost of the RAS exemption from payment of the charge...

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

Phil Hogan: I intend to bring forward legislation this year to address the issue of off-the-road declarations. Currently, owners declare vehicles off the road for the purposes of motor tax after the fact, which is effectively unverifiable and open to abuse. I intend to provide that drivers will be able to declare their intention to keep their vehicle off-the-road in advance, so that if a vehicle is not...

Written Answers — Clár Forbartha Áitiúil: Clár Forbartha Áitiúil (13 Mar 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) sa Ghaeltacht, faoi leachtú ar an 7 Meán Fómhair, 2011. Tá dul chun cinn á dhéanamh ó thaobh dlí de maidir le ''imeachtaí foirceanta'' agus tá na comhaid ábhartha tionscadail ar fad curtha ar aghaidh ag an...

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

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 343, 345 and 365 together. The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012 provide the legislative basis for the household charge. The legislation places the charge under the care and management of the local authorities, and its application in particular circumstances is a matter for the relevant...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information requested covers a number of years and is not immediately available to my Department. The data will be forwarded to the Deputy in due course when compiled.

Written Answers — Fire Safety: Fire Safety (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: Local authorities have extensive powers of inspection and enforcement under current legislation and have used such powers on a number of occasions including the recent high profile case at Priory Hall. Problems at a number of developments are already in the public domain, and I have urged local authorities to continue to use all of the powers currently available to them to address issues of...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (13 Mar 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 on a self assessment basis and interpretation of the legislation is a matter for legal advice in individual cases and ultimately a matter for the Courts. Section 2 of the Act provides that residential...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Inter-Departmental Group on Property Tax, which is chaired by Dr. Don Thornhill, is considering the structures and modalities for an equitable valuation based property tax and will complete its work and make recommendations to me by end April 2012. Following consideration of the Group's recommendations, I will bring proposals to Government on the full property tax as soon as possible....

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

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 351 and 383 together. The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, set out the legislation underpinning the household charge and the charge on non-principal private residences respectively. Application of the legislation in particular circumstances is a matter for the relevant local authority....

Written Answers — Air Pollution: Air Pollution (13 Mar 2012)

Phil Hogan: Section 24(1) of the Air Pollution Act 1987 requires commercial premises to use the best practicable means to limit and, if possible, to prevent emissions from such premises. Section 24(2) of the Act stipulates that an occupier of any premises must not cause or permit an emission in such a quantity, or in such a manner, as to be a nuisance. As statutory responsibility for the enforcement of...

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (13 Mar 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...