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Written Answers — Water Services Inspectorate: Water Services Inspectorate (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: On 3 November 2011, I published the Water Services Amendment Bill 2011 which will introduce a system of registration and inspection for septic tanks and other on-site waste water treatment systems. The appointment of inspectors is dealt with in Section 70E of the Bill. The Environmental Protection Agency will appoint inspectors for the purposes of the new system and specific criteria...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: There are 1,325 estates in total which fall into categories 3 and 4. I will arrange for a list of these estates to be emailed to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: As announced in the Government's Housing Policy Statement published on 16 June 2011, all affordable housing schemes, including shared ownership, have been stood down in the context of a full review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000. The review will commence in early 2012 and will encompass the issues raised. It should be noted that at present where a person is selling and...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: Data in relation to affordable housing activity to the end of 2009 are available on my Department's website, www.environ.ie . Data for 2010 will be available shortly.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: The committees and advisory groups established by me since my appointment in March 2011, and under the responsibility of my Department are as follows: Local Government/Local Development Alignment Steering Group; Local Government Efficiency Review Implementation Group; Independent Group to review staffing levels in Cork City Council; Limerick Reorganisation Implementation Group; Tipperary...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: Funding of €427 million is available under the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. There are 35 Local Action Groups (LAGs) contracted, on my Department's behalf, to deliver the RDP throughout the country and these groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2011 provides that any person or body, on payment of the prescribed fee, may make a submission or observation in writing to a planning authority in relation to a planning application within the period of 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt by the authority of the application. The submission is made in relation to a particular...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: The following table, as published by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in Part IV of Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012-14 in the context of Budget 2012, details the 2011 and 2012 Estimates for my Department across the various programmes: 2011 Estimate 2012 Estimate Change2012Over 2011 Current Capital Total Current Capital Total Programme Expenditure €000 €000 €000...

Written Answers — Local Authority Mortgageholders: Local Authority Mortgageholders (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Board of the Housing Finance Agency decided at its meeting on 9 December to pass on in full the rate cut of 0.25%, announced the previous day by the European Central Bank, to those local authority borrowers with variable interest rate mortgages. As a result of this latest decrease local authority borrowers will enjoy a differential of well over 1.5% below the average variable rate in the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: Data on Local Authority completions and acquisitions, broken down by county and city, are available on my Department's website, www.environ.ie and the most recent data published in this regard relate to 2009. Data for 2010 will be published shortly.

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: Neither my Department nor local authorities make funding available for preventative measures so that private homeowners can undertake works to allow them to leave their homes when flooding starts. However, through the distribution of sandbags and the efforts of the fire service, civil defence and other services, local authorities provide as much practical assistance as possible to homeowners...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: I assume the Question refers to General Purpose Grants paid to local authorities from the Local Government Fund. General Purpose Grants are my contribution to meeting the difference between the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of day to day services and the income available to them from local sources and from specific grants. The 2012 general purpose grant...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department approved an initial budget cost of €445,000 for the refurbishment of houses in the Cranmore estate. The detailed information relating to the current status of the refurbishment contract, final contract cost, the date the units will be available for letting and the precise location of houses for demolition is a matter for Sligo Borough Council and may be obtained from the Council.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: Funding of €163,350 was provided from the Sustainable Communities Fund for the Community Warden Scheme in the Cranmore Estate, Sligo, over the period 2008-2010. An application was received from Sligo Borough Council in November 2010 seeking approval to use regeneration funding to support the Tenancy Support and Resettlement Programme, Community Wardens Scheme and the Youth Active Citizens...

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Memorandum of Understanding between Ireland and the EU/IMF includes a commitment to introduce water charges for households. The Programme for Government provides for the introduction of a fair funding model to deliver clean and reliable water. The objective is to install water meters in households connected to public water supplies and move to a charging system based on usage above a...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (15 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: Revised proposals in respect of the phased implementation of the Mullaghmatt Remedial Works Scheme are awaited in my Department. Further consideration of the proposal must await receipt of this information from Monaghan Town Council.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 174 together. Funding of €427m is available under the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. One of the objectives of the RDP is to identify and provide appropriate amenity and leisure facilities to local communities in rural areas not otherwise available to them. Accordingly, it may...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: Regulation of the scrap metal industry is not a matter within my Department's remit. The regulation of waste activities is, of course, relevant to the industry. Such activities require authorisation in accordance with the Waste Management Act 1996; the terms of such authorisations are primarily derived from requirements of EU Directives on waste and specific waste streams such as end of life...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (14 Dec 2011)

Phil Hogan: I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. The body has operated on a self-financing basis since 2010 and I have no plans to restore Exchequer funding to it.