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Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (8 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The main legislative provisions dealing with the provision, management, regulation and control of burial grounds by Local Authorities are contained, in the first instance, in Part III of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 as amended in Part VI of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948 and more recently, the Local Government Act, 1994, and also in the Rules & Regulations for the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No 185 of 19 January 2012 which sets out the position.

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (8 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 sets out the duties for owners of domestic wastewater treatment systems including septic tanks. The Act requires an owner of such a system to ensure that it does not constitute, or is not likely to constitute, a risk to human health or the environment and, in particular, that it does not create a risk to water, air or soil, or to plants and animals,...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (8 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. The Act places the household charge under the care and management of the local authorities, and application in particular circumstances is a matter for the relevant local authority. Interpretation of the legislation is a matter...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (8 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: 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 commitments, the Government intends initiating a universal water...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (8 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government provides for the establishment of a new State-owned national water authority, Irish Water, to take over responsibility for managing and supervising investment in water services infrastructure and to manage the domestic water metering programme. The Memorandum of Understanding between Ireland and the EU/IMF commits Ireland to undertaking an independent assessment...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (8 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011, launched by my Department in October 2011, local authorities provided details of all unfinished housing developments in their areas. Unfinished housing developments were divided into four categories as follows: Category one, where the development is still being actively completed by the developer, or where no...

Written Answers — Local Government Audit Service: Local Government Audit Service (8 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997 established, on a statutory basis, a Value for Money (VFM) Unit in Local Government Audit Service. The Unit carries out VFM studies on local authority operations, with a view to identifying best practice and recommending ways of improving existing procedures, practices and systems and, thereby, promoting efficiency and cost effectiveness....

Written Answers — Landowners Liability: Landowners Liability (7 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The liability of a landowner in relation to a person engaging in a recreational activity on their land, if an accident were to occur, is governed by the provisions of the Occupiers Liability Act, 1995. This Act provides definitions of recreational activity and outlines the duty of care of a landowner or occupier to entrants onto their land, including recreational users. The Occupiers...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (7 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The following table outlines administration expenditure for the period 2009 to end December 2011 for each Local Development Company contracted to deliver Axes 3 & 4 Rural Development Programme (RDP). Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG) went into liquidation on 7 September 2011. LAG Admin Spend to date Avondhu/ Blackwater Partnership Limited €627,452.92 Ballyhoura Development Limited...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (7 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305, 312, 322 and 349 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 Act provides for a number of exemptions and waivers from payment of the household charge. The exemptions from payment of the household charge are - · ...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (7 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: 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 commitments, the Government intends initiating a universal water...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (7 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The charge is set at €200 and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. The 2009 Act is structured from a starting position of a universal liability for the charge in respect of all...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (7 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government Audit Service is responsible for external audits of local authorities and gives an audit opinion on the annual financial statement as prepared by an authority. The auditor, who is independent in the exercise of professional functions, may also issue a separate report on any matter or matters arising from the statutory audit. Audited information in relation to the...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (7 Feb 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...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (7 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 316 and 344 together. I am aware of Dublin City Council's transfer of household waste collection services to a private sector partner and the issues arising for customers. However, the operational and legal implications of the transfer of waste collection services are a matter for the City Council itself. Queries on the matter should therefore be addressed...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (7 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, broadened the revenue base of local authorities through the introduction of the charge on non-principal private residences. The charge is set at €200 and is being levied and collected by local authorities. The Act places the onus on the owner of a residential property to assess his or her liability to the charge in the first instance. ...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (7 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 legislation, an owner of a residential property on the liability date of 1 January 2012 is liable to pay the household charge, unless otherwise exempted or entitled to claim a waiver. The household charge is on a...

Written Answers — Hazardous Waste: Hazardous Waste (7 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324 to 329, inclusive, together. There is an unauthorised hazardous waste site (known as the East Tip) within the site of the defunct steel works at Haulbowline, County Cork. Irish Ispat, the last company to operate the steel works, applied for, and was granted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licence....

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (7 Feb 2012)

Phil Hogan: In 1998, the then Government approved a Water Pricing Policy which required the local authorities to recover the cost of providing water services from non-domestic users of these services. Detailed guidance on the implementation of the policy was issued by my Department to local authorities between 1998 and 2004. The policy provides for cost recovery without profit, with charges based on...