Results 8,281-8,300 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I will have a bet with Deputy Ferris on it as well.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy just had the heads of it agreed and he did not-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: What happened? We have all the information.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I am not going to sign any black cheque.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Go back to Northern Ireland.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy went further than that.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I have evidence.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Wait and see.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: After almost two hours, I am entitled to respond to the amendment before us. I could respond to many things that are not in the amendment, but I will respond to the amendment first. The reason we are here with this Bill is to comply with a European Court of Justice ruling against Ireland which was lost in October 2009. My predecessors in government failed to win a case in the European Court...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Arising from this ruling, the then Government sought to do something about the matter; it promised the European Commission and the European Court of Justice that by the end of 2010 it would introduce a system to comply with the ruling. Otherwise we would be paying a fine of â¬26,000 a day or an annual fee of â¬9.7 million.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The commitment was given to do this before the end of 2010 by the previous Government.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The renewed programme for Government agreed on 10 October 2009, agreed to by Deputy Mattie McGrath and Deputy Michael Healy-Rae's father, included a commitment to introduce a scheme for the licensing and inspection of septic tanks and wastewater treatment systems. On 29 October 2009 the European Court of Justice ruled against Ireland and we had to introduce a system. The previous Government...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: According to the previous Government, without prejudging the final shape of the monitoring and inspection regime, it was likely to include a requirement for householders to allow access to their on-site wastewater systems to ensure they were being operated and maintained correctly; the frequency with which these assessments were to be carried out would also be detailed; households would be...
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: In addition, the previous Government had draft standards - I may be able to get them for the Deputies - which it proposed to introduce.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The previous Government also stated every septic tank had to be inspected. I am not doing this as I intend to use a risk-based approach. The Department is in consultations-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: No. I am adopting a risk-based approach.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Will the Deputy confirm that all tanks would have had to be inspected under the draft regulations to be introduced by the previous Government?
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Answer the question.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Absolutely.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: In response-----