Results 8,401-8,420 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Building Regulations (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I thank Deputy Clare Daly for her usual legal advice to me, to step in while court proceedings are going ahead. I cannot do this. I say to Deputy Mick Wallace that trust has broken down between the State and the residents with regard to consumer protection. Professionals, developers and builders did not do the jobs they were trusted to do. I now have to intervene with new legislation to...
- Building Regulations (24 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Deputy is unique in that regard. What I announced last year will bring back into vogue the sentiments he expressed about how we needed to certify all these properties because professionals whom we had trusted to do the job on a devolved basis on behalf of the State had failed to do so. The residents of Priory Hall are the victims in this case. There are probably other cases which we do...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The current arrangements for charging motor tax on the basis of whole calendar months for periods of three, six or twelve months have applied since the 1960s, and in a more restricted form since the 1950s. These arrangements are intended to provide a stable source of funding to meet the costs of local services while giving reasonable flexibility to those taxing a vehicle. A tax period of...
- Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 189 together. Asbestos cement piping formerly used in local authority water mains was required to meet the specifications defined in Irish Standard 188 to include bitumen lining and coating. The main health risk associated with asbestos products relates to inhalation of airborne asbestos particles. The potential exposure to such risk has led to a...
- Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 168 together. Since its establishment in 1997, the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) has overseen the urban regeneration of the Docklands area into a vibrant city quarter, realising considerable achievements in the delivery of its statutory mandate to secure the social and economic regeneration of the Dublin Docklands area on a...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (19 Jan 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 (NPPR). The charge is set at â¬200 and is being levied and collected by local authorities. The charge is payable by the owners of private rented accommodation, holiday homes, self catering accommodation and other...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 and the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 set out the legislation underpinning the household charge and the charge on non-principal private residences respectively. Under the legislation, owners of residential property, including self-catering accommodation, are liable for the household charge. Owners of residential property that have a...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (19 Jan 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 (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Significant efforts will be made to ensure that property owners are aware of the household charge and the liability and payment dates. The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) and local authorities have commenced a national information campaign to advise people of the household charge and their responsibilities in relation to payment of the charge. A similar and successful advertising...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171, 174 to 177, inclusive, 177 and 180 together. I consider that the appeals procedures provided for in the Bill are adequate. Persons aggrieved by the requirements of an Advisory Notice issued by a water services authority can appeal that decision and seek a re-inspection by an authorised person of a water services authority and, following a re-inspection...
- Written Answers — Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta: Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 362 and 391 of 29 November 2011. Significant progress is being made; all relevant Rural Development Programme RDP (LEADER) project files have been released by the liquidator and are now with my Department. All project promoters will be contacted shortly. My Department has had discussions with the European Commission and the Department of Agriculture,...
- Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government provides for the introduction of a fair funding model to deliver clean and reliable water. The Programme for Government also committed to the establishment of Irish Water, a State company that will take over the water investment and maintenance programmes of the 34 county and city councils with the key aim of supervising and accelerating the significant...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I have no proposals to collect the household charge from homeowners by deduction from earnings. The Question may be referring to the proposals that my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality is developing, in line with a commitment in the Programme for Government, to allow for collection of unpaid court fines by attachment of earnings or deduction from social welfare benefits. These...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 â 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 Kerry. The Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of over â¬92 million in Kerry during the period of the Programme. However, the Kilgarvan...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 â 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 â¬231 million in the county during the period of the Programme. Contracts for both a...
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: I intend to bring proposals to Government shortly on the establishment, membership and terms of reference of an inter-Departmental expert group to be tasked with designing a property tax. It will then be a matter for the Government to decide on the structure and modalities of the property tax in due course.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: Audited information in relation to the collection of commercial rates in 2011 is not yet available in my Department. Local authorities are required to publish their 2011 Annual Financial Statements by 1 July 2012. The audit of the 2011 Annual Financial Statements is scheduled for completion by 31 March 2013.
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The calculation and revision of pensions for former local authority employees is a matter for local authorities under the provisions of the Local Government Superannuation Scheme. My Department issued a circular letter to all local authorities in August 2005 to advise them of the revised method of calculation of pension entitlement for public servants whose pensions are integrated with...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: The rate of grant available for Group Sewerage Schemes under my Department's Rural Water Programme is â¬2,031.58 per house or 75% of the cost of the scheme, whichever is the lesser. Responsibility for the administration of the Rural Water Programme has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection and approval of individual group scheme proposals for funding and advancement...
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (19 Jan 2012)
Phil Hogan: There are 35 Local Action Groups contracted, on my Department's behalf, to deliver Axes 3 & 4 of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) throughout the country and these groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions are made in the context of the local development strategy of the individual groups and in line with Departmental...