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Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (26 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: Since 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has profiled public water supplies to determine whether the supply needs to be replaced or upgraded, or operational practices improved to ensure that there are no risks to the supply of drinking water. Supplies which require such improvement are included in a list known as the Remedial Action List. Many of these supplies are small...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (26 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: There were 36 Local Action Groups contracted, on my Department's behalf, to deliver the LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) throughout the country. Each group was contracted to deliver the programme on the basis of a business plan submitted as part of the group selection process. These groups are private limited companies and as such my Department has no role...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (26 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to take further steps to address noise pollution, inter alia, through the introduction of fixed payment notices (also known as on-the-spot fines) and provision for mediation procedures between neighbours. The development of new noise legislation by my Department will be considered in the context of this commitment: however, as indicated in...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: Subject to age and residency requirements, a person's citizenship determines the polls at which he or she is entitled to to vote, as follows: all non-citizens are entitled to vote at local elections, non-citizens who are citizens of EU Member States are entitled, in addition, to vote at European Parliament elections, British citizens may vote in Dail, European Parliament and local...

Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 153 of 5 October 2011. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 349 to 351, inclusive, and 382 to 384, inclusive, together. My Department is liaising with local authorities in relation to significant building control issues that have arisen in other multi-unit developments across the country, including the Aras na Cluaine Complex, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 which has already been the subject of court proceedings brought by...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 354 and 380 together. The following is a list of the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department. None are considered to be commercial State Agencies. An Board Pleanala Building Regulations Advisory Board An Chomhairle Leabharlanna Comhar Dormant Accounts Board Dublin Docklands Development Authority Environmental Protection Agency Housing Finance Agency...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department will finalise its examination of the County Council's payment claims referred to in the question as soon as possible, in the light of additional information supplied by the Council.

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The capping of salaries of local authority employees would involve changes to their terms and conditions and is a policy matter for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The employees of the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department are funded from the income of the State Agencies in question rather than directly from the Exchequer. A variety of funding mechanisms of State Agencies are in place including core funding from my Department, levies on local authorities, and income generation from services supplied.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The table contains the information requested in relation to the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department. There are twenty one Agencies plus Pobal which is a limited company. Agency / Board WTE Total Number of Board Members Remuneration of Chair 2011 Remuneration of Board Members 2011 Total Annual Wage Bill 2010 Total Central Funding 2010 Affordable Homes Partnership 0.00 Nil Nil...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 and 373 together. 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 on the issues involved, designed to...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I understand that the Pyrite Panel has commenced its work and is meeting with various groups and individuals who can assist the Panel in completing its task.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The information requested in respect of payments made by my Department from 2006 to 2011 is set out in the table. This does not include costs associated with the Planning Tribunal; payments of this nature by agencies or bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the agency or body concerned. Year Name of Firm or Solicitor/Barrister Subject Matter/Nature of Work Fees Paid...

Written Answers — Fire Service Personnel: Fire Service Personnel (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The training of fire service personnel is the statutory duty of individual fire authorities under the Section 15.1 of the Fire Services Act 1981. Fire authorities provide initial recruit training, as well as training in the use of breathing apparatus to an agreed national syllabus, for all entrants to the fire service. My Department's National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The annual maintenance and support cost to my Department in respect of the Corepay payroll system in 2011 was €64,549.

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 368 and 369 together. 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...

Written Answers — Rural Development Programme: Rural Development Programme (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) represents a substantial investment in rural areas and plays a significant role in sustaining and creating rural employment. Axes 3 & 4 (LEADER) of the RDP, for which my Department has responsibility, continue to facilitate access to significant financial resources for rural communities. The main objectives of the RDP are to improve the quality...

Written Answers — Housing Developments: Housing Developments (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department's involvement with voluntary and co-operative housing schemes relates primarily to the provision of funds for individual projects. The detailed administration of the schemes, the processing of applications and the certification that projects comply with the terms and conditions of the funding schemes, are the responsibility of the local authority. Local authorities are...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (25 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I have received a copy of the motion passed by South Dublin County Council on 10 October 2011. General purpose grants from the Local Government Fund 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. These grants are allocated...