Results 9,661-9,680 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan

Waste Management (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: It is a matter for Dublin City Council to decide the collection arrangements for households. It is working on the basis of existing policy, but it must also be mindful of the draft document issued for consultation. What we are trying to do is minimise the volumes of waste generated in the first instance, as we wish to divert waste away from landfill. We also wish to maximise the value from...

Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Government's new housing policy, launched in June, is predicated on a more integrated, choice-based and tenure-neutral approach to social housing provision. It will mean a much greater role for approved housing bodies in the voluntary and co-operative sector as providers of social housing. As such, I intend to develop an enabling regulatory framework for the sector that will provide...

Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: If Deputy Boyd Barrett was here earlier he would have had information about what we are doing.

Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I know he is busy. We have engaged with the over-supply in the housing market. We do not need to construct new homes because we already have them. We have to match supply with demand from people on the social housing lists. We have engaged with the National Asset Management Agency to assign the over-supply of housing it controls in major urban areas to local authority lists. We are...

Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: We have them already.

Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Deputy was not listening earlier.

Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I am surprised Deputy Boyd Barrett is against the involvement in the housing market of not-for-profit organisations like voluntary housing associations.

Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I am surprised that he is against not-for-profit.

Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: We are working with the resources available to us but because of the reckless policies pursued previously, we are where we are. We have an over-supply of housing which we are trying to marry with the lists of people who genuinely need social housing and we are doing this proactively with rent support, leasing arrangements and, ultimately, allowing people to purchase their own homes and live...

Local Authority Housing (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: We will not do that. We will not do everything the Deputy suggests. We are working with not-for-profit organisations as well as the public sector to deliver quality housing and accommodation through State supports administered by the Department of Social Protection and the local authorities.

North-South Ministerial Councils (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I met Mr. Alex Attwood, MLA, in his capacity as Minister of the Environment in Northern Ireland at a North-South Ministerial Council plenary meeting on 10 June 2011 and at a meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council, environment sector, in Armagh on 1 July 2011. A further meeting of the council is scheduled for tomorrow, 21 October 2011, and will be attended by Mr. Attwood. I also had...

North-South Ministerial Councils (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I have discussed the issue of Sellafield and we have made substantial progress between Ireland and the UK authorities. We have included the Sellafield projects in the stress tests carried out by the European Union in the aftermath of the recent problems in Fukushima in Japan. The International Atomic Energy Agency is helping Ireland to deal with the risks associated with Sellafield. I am...

Household Charge (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The EU-IMF programme of financial support commits the Government to introduce a property tax from 2012. The programme reflects the need, in the context of the State's overall financial position, to put the funding of locally delivered services on a sound financial footing, improve accountability and better align the cost of providing services with the demand for them. A property tax would...

Household Charge (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I am not surprised that so many people are attending meetings if they are being told by the Deputy and others that the charge will be €1,400.

Household Charge (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I do not know. He did not hear it from the Minister and neither did the Deputy.

Household Charge (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: We will introduce a charge of €100, or €2 a week, in 2012. I do not know from where the €1,400 figure came.

Household Charge (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: If Deputy Joan Collins wants to tell people at public meetings that is how much it will be, I am sure she will draw a crowd. I advise her to proceed on the basis of what is accurate.

Household Charge (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The list of exemptions and waivers from the household charge will include people in receipt of mortgage interest supplement. They will not have to pay it. People living in social housing will also not have to pay it. I am sure the Deputy is telling people at meetings about this. People living in voluntary and co-operative housing, residential property owned by a charity and who have had...

Household Charge (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I wish I did not have to introduce it, but I am being forced to do so by the circumstances in which the country finds itself.

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (20 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 19 together. A range of work relevant to the reform and development of local government in accordance with the Programme for Government is under way and significant progress is being made. In relation to structural reform of the local government system, I announced, on 28 June 2011, a Government decision to create a single local authority to replace...