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- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: No.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Some honesty would do Deputy Niall Collins no harm.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I will get have chance to answer Deputy Michael Healy-Rae.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: It will be embarrassing for Deputy Stanley.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Misinformation.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The next group meetings-----
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Deputy Healy will look after it.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy is not a child.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: What about Kilgarvan?
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (25 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I gave a parliamentary reply to you yesterday on that. You should read what it stated.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each County and City Manager is responsible for the day to day staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he or she is responsible. My Department has a delegated sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for implementation of the general moratorium...
- Written Answers — Rialacháin Foirgníochta: Rialacháin Foirgníochta (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: NÃl an t-eolas faoi na h-uimhreacha árasáin crÃochnaithe i ngach limistéar údaráis áitiúil ó 2000 ar fáil i mo Roinn. CláraÃonn agus foilsÃonn mo Roinn staidrimh ar chrÃochnú tithe gach bhliain a mhionsonraÃtear de réir údaráis áitiúil agus de réir cineáil tithÃochta, lena n-áirÃtear árasáin. I gcás forbairtà árasáin, áfach, is é an uimhir aonad tithÃochta...
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Recognising that people with disabilities have particular needs, my Department endeavours to ensure that the voting process is as accessible and inclusive as possible. Currently there are two options available to assist voters with a visual impairment to vote at their local polling station; they may avail of companion voting or they may seek the assistance of the presiding officer. Other...
- Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Building Regulations 1997 to 2011 provide for the safety and well-being of persons in and around buildings (including dwellings). 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....
- Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425, 452 and 453 together. The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 provides for a number of exemptions and waivers from payment of the household charge. The exemptions from payment of the household charge are - · Residential properties that are part of the trading stock of a business and have not been sold or been the source of any income since...
- Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Under the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 owners of residential property are liable to pay the household charge. There are a number of exemptions and waivers from payment of the household charge. In particular, section 4 of the Act provides for an exemption where an owner of a residential property, which was that person's main or sole residence, is not residing in that property...
- Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: A fee is not payable for attending at the offices of a county/city council for the purposes of payment of a household charge. The Local Government Management Agency, which has been assigned responsibility for the operation of the household charge system on a shared service basis on behalf of county and city councils, has informed and has subsequently reminded councils that fees are not...
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Following the Government meeting of 11 January 2012, I announced plans for the disposal of the State's electronic voting and counting equipment. A Request for Tenders for the sale and/or the provision of recovery services for the equipment was published on 19 January 2012. Following the announcement of the cessation of the electronic voting and counting project in 2009 tentative enquiries...
- Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I have set up an independent Panel to examine the issue of pyrite in private housing and I have asked the Panel to report to me early this year. I have no function in relation to house insurance and the particular matter raised in the question would appear to be more appropriate to the remit of the Financial Services Ombudsman.