Results 9,161-9,180 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: There is no additional cost to the householder.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: On amendment No. 7, to which the Senator referred, any other information required will be specified before the Bill is passed, which is what he wanted me to do. I was not prepared to do that.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: No.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: No.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: It might inform the fact we will not have to inspect them at all. It might help local authorities. They, with the guidance of the EPA, will pick the places to be inspected on a risk-based assessment, something they already know and are doing under the Water Services Act 2007. The basic information supplied in this case about the type of system to be registered may inform a local authority...
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: That is what we are doing.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: It will be used for the purpose of informing local authorities of how best to draw up the national inspection plan, no more and no less.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: I would not misuse legislation.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: We will not know what is out there until the inspections take place. That is the point.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: For whom will it involve costs? There is a standard registration fee of â¬50.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: What hoops?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: If the system is working, there is no problem.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: In which case it will have to be fixed.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: I agree that local authorities are responsible for pollution. We are trying to do something about that. The Senator's party had 14 years in which to take action but failed to do so.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: I will have â¬400 million under the capital programme for 2012 and I intend to secure great value for that money.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: We will look after the sewerage treatment systems in Glenmore, Ballyhale and all the other places his crowd neglected.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: There is not much activity there, so it is not needed.
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: Are those houses connected to public sewers?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: Are they are connected to public sewers?
- Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Senator is not sure what he is talking about.