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Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: In general, premises and sites occupied by my Department are rented or leased by the OPW, rather than directly by my Department. The location, costs and landlord of the premises and sites currently rented directly by my Department are set out below. Location Full Year Rental CostFor 2011 Landlord Office space - Met Éireann, Dublin Airport €73,629.12 Dublin Airport Authority Office...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, whereby 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. This system is known as franchise bidding. A public consultation designed to inform the policy development process...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Data in relation to local authority housing stock are available on my Department's website, www.environ.ie. Completion figures for the voluntary and cooperative housing programmes funded by my Department are also available on the website. Data for 2010 will be available shortly.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Table 1 below gives details of allocations notified earlier this year to local authorities under certain housing programmes namely, social housing capital, Traveller accommodation, regeneration/remedial works, energy efficiency and private housing grants. Funding so allocated may include the construction or acquisition of social housing within the overall funding now available. Table 2 below...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: A retired Secretary General is currently in receipt of a fee of €9,450 in respect of his Chairmanship of the Management Board of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management. No former Secretary General serves on the Board of any Agency under the Department's aegis. The Department is not aware of any former Secretary General being employed by any of its Agencies.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: There are 52 Local Development Companies contracted, on my Department's behalf, to deliver a number of programmes throughout the country, these companies are private limited companies. In this context my Department has no role in the staffing or HR structures of these companies and any decisions relating to their staffing structure are the sole responsibility of the individual development...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: As part of a rigorous appraisal of the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department, I announced, in October, 2011, further measures in relation to the rationalisation programme with the overall number of agencies being reduced from 21 to 12. The Agencies under the aegis of my Department, their location, the number of Whole Time Equivalent staff and details of exchequer funding as of end...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Data Protection Commissioner has indicated to my Department that actions taken by local authorities in publishing the names and addresses of persons fined or convicted as a result of littering or illegal dumping, whether by publication on their websites or by notices published in the local press and paid for by the local authority, would be in breach of the principles of data protection....

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The provision of fire services in local authority areas, including the establishment and maintenance of fire brigades, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of premises, is a statutory function of the individual fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Act 1981. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I have made the following appointments since I took office: Agency / Board Name of Appointee An Bord Pleanála Dr. Mary Kelly (Chairperson) Building Regulation Advisory Board (BRAB) Mr. Aidan O'Connor (Departmental Representative) BRAB Mr. Paul Kelly EPA Ms. Laura Burke (Director General) RPII Dr Maurice Fitzgerald, reappointed (nominee of the Dental council) The Boards of the...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, whereby 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. This system is known as franchise bidding. A public consultation designed to inform the policy development process...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 and 183 together. Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta (MFG) was contracted by my Department to deliver two programmes in Gaeltacht areas, the Rural Development Programme (RDP) Axes 3 and 4, and the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP). MFG also implemented other programmes on behalf of other Government Departments. I understand the difficulty...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Regulation 22 of Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 provides that an applicant household for long-term social housing support is ineligible for social housing support if a household member owns alternative accommodation that it could reasonably be expected to use to meet its housing need, either by occupying it or by selling it and using the proceeds to secure suitable accommodation....

Written Answers — Water Pollution: Water Pollution (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: The investigation of the incident referred to in the Question is a matter for the local authority, in this case, Longford County Council.

Written Answers — Private Housing Developments: Private Housing Developments (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Under Section 34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, planning authorities may attach conditions to planning permissions in relation to appropriate naming and numbering of, and the provision of appropriate signage for, proposed developments.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. Details of the expected social housing targets for 2012 will be provided as part of the announcement of budget allocations for housing authorities which will be made as early as possible in 2012. The Housing Needs Assessment carried out in March 2011 shows that the numbers of applicants on the lists for 4 years or longer has increased...

Care of the Elderly (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: No.

Private Rented Accommodation (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: Before I reply to Deputy Costello on the housing matter, I wish to take the opportunity to acknowledge the work of Deputy Willie Penrose as Minister of State with responsibility for housing and planning at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government since 9 March 2011. I thank him for his outstanding work and the interest and knowledge he had of housing matters in...

Private Rented Accommodation (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: I assure Deputy Costello that I am not happy at there being too many quangos. I have demonstrated this view in recent times. The Government is committed to solving this problem. The programme for Government, the statement on housing approved by the Government at the instigation of Deputy Penrose and the Government's recent housing policy statement which was published in July, all clearly...

Seanad: Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Nov 2011)

Phil Hogan: A number of matters have been raised in the course of the debate which I will address now. First, the Department has examined in detail the regulatory systems that are in place in other jurisdictions. There is no single consistent approach to regulating the use of on-site treatment systems although monitoring and inspection are common features in many of the countries reviewed....