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Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Cork. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €230 million in the county during the period of the Programme. Contracts for both a...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Cork. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €230 million in the county during the period of the Programme. The Castletownbere...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 , a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Limerick. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €29 million in the county during the life of the Programme. The Kilmallock...

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

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 461 and 472 together. Currently, very few local authorities directly provide household waste collection services. In many areas, a number of private sector waste collectors offer competing services to householders, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation. Householders in such areas are free to choose from among...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (14 Feb 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 Act, it is a function of a local authority to collect household charges and late payment penalties due to it and all charges and late payment penalties imposed and payable to a local authority are under the care and...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Dublin City Council is the designated authority with powers to enforce the statutory requirements arising under the Fire Safety Act, the Building Control Acts and the Planning and Development Acts, all of which are at issue in relation to Priory Hall. I have no direct role in relation to enforcement activity, or in relation to the remedial works which have been undertaken to date in the...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The statutory process of filling a number of the current vacancies on the Board is now underway and I expect to be in a position to make appointments shortly. When appointing new Board members I will be taking account of the balance of skill sets and expertise required for the effective discharge of An Bord Pleanála's complex and wide ranging functions. Under section 108 of the Planning...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: No such payments are being made by my Department to any former public servant who has retired from my Department and no such payments are anticipated to be made to any officials due to retire in the near future. In 2010 eleven retired civil servants in receipt of civil service pensions were re-engaged by my Department on a fee basis at a total cost of €55,415. The abatement principle, which...

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

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467 and 468 together. The Programme for Government provides for the introduction of a fair funding model to deliver clean and reliable water. The Memorandum of Understanding with the EU, the IMF and the ECB also contains commitments for the reform of water services delivery and operation and the introduction of domestic water charges. To meet these...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (14 Feb 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. 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. I have no...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The information requested in relation to officers who have retired from my Department from 2008 to date is outlined in the table below. The details in respect of future retirements from my Department up to 2015 are not available. However, a further 26 staff members have applied to retire before 29 February 2012 and their applications are currently being processed. Figures in relation to the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (14 Feb 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. Citizens and residents of the State are bound by the laws of the State which are enacted by the Oireachtas. This is underscored by the Constitution of Ireland. There is no validity in the suggestion put forward that a person...

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Government is conscious that waste collection charges can be a significant cost for many households. While the polluter pays principle requires that households and businesses must pay for their waste collection, it is important, particularly in economically challenging times such as these, that efforts are made to provide flexible mechanisms to enable householders to meet costs such as...

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Why did the Deputy not say so in her introductory remarks?

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: In this case, the buck stops with Dublin City Council which made a democratic decision to exit from the public collection of household waste and gave it over to the private sector.

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The councillors voted to accept it.

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: Yes, but the councillors had an input into that decision. Under the Waste Management Acts, people have an obligation to deal with their household waste. Under these Acts and pollution legislation, Dublin City Council has options to ensure the type of scenario presented by Deputy McDonald about people not willing to engage with a collector and public health problems arising from their waste...

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: There are waivers available. Deputy McDonald chose not to refer to the waiver scheme earlier but then had to acknowledge it.

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: As I indicated in my earlier reply, there are facilities for people to engage with the collector to ensure their household waste is collected and they should use them. If they choose to go to a civic amenity centre, it will cost them more. The cost of collecting waste in Dublin city is lower than in any other local authority area. The people of Dublin city are getting good value for the...

Waste Collection Services (14 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I am not going to give any credence to Deputy McDonald's advocating I micromanage the business of local government.