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Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Electoral Act 1992 provides that Irish Citizens are entitled to be registered to vote in a constituency at national elections and referendums once they have reached the age of eighteen years and are ordinarily resident in that constituency.

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 has funding of €427m available to be allocated 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 not otherwise available to them and, in principle, it is possible that the facility referred to in the question could be...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 326 and 327 together. Integrating sustainable development principles into economic and social sectoral policies and programmes remains a core objective for me and the Government. This is evidenced by, inter alia, the commitment to publishing a renewed National Sustainable Development Strategy for public consultation later this year. Our unprecedented...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: Polling at the forthcoming Presidential election and referendums will take place on Thursday 27 October 2011. Section 6 of the Presidential Elections Act 1993 and section 10 of the Referendum Act 1994 allow, respectively, for the taking of a poll at a Presidential election or referendum on any day of the week. In deciding on a particular day, a wide range of considerations are taken into...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 and 331 together. Due to the severe economic downturn the Government introduced a moratorium on recruitment and promotion across the public sector in March 2009. Under the terms of the Government's decision no public service post, however arising, may be filled by recruitment, promotion, or payment of an allowance for the performance of duties at a higher...

Written Answers — Public Petitions: Public Petitions (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: My office receives significant volumes of correspondence on a wide range of matters on a daily basis and I respond to this as required. It is not the practice of my Department to categorise this correspondence according to whether or not it could be termed a "petition". Therefore the specific information requested in the question is not readily to hand.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: 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. There are complex legal and contractual issues in regard to MFG to be resolved and my...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: Much has been accomplished in the past decade to strengthen the fire services in Ireland. Substantial financial resources, provided to local authorities, have resulted in a quality fire and rescue infrastructure throughout the country. Most of our fire stations have full facilities, the appliance fleet is in very good shape and equipment is generally regarded as top class. Our emergency...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities through the introduction of the charge on non-principal private residences. The charge is set at €200 and is being levied and collected by local authorities. The Act places the onus on the owner of a residential property to assess his or her liability to the charge in the first instance. As the charge...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The provision of a fire service, including the provision of fire fighting appliances and emergency equipment, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities as set out in the Fire Services Act, 1981. My Department supports fire authorities through the setting of general policy and the provision of capital funding, including the recoupment (within the overall funding available) of...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: While the European Commission has decided to resubmit a number of infringement cases to the Court of Justice seeking the imposition of fines for failure by Ireland to take adequate and timely action to address previous Court rulings, no decision resulting in the actual imposition of fines in these cases has been made to date by the Court. Since coming into office, I have assigned the highest...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (11 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: As lead Government Department with responsibility for coordinating the emergency response to severe weather, my Department has finalised and published The Report on the Review of the Response to Exceptional Severe Weather Events of 2009-2010. The Report, which is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie , sets out the sequence of events as they occurred, draws various...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (6 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 and 119 together. Details of the numbers of households qualifying for waiver schemes and the annual cost of operating those schemes are not compiled by my Department; these are matters for the relevant local authority. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, under which service...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (6 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government provides for the establishment of a new State-owned national water authority to take over responsibility for managing and supervising investment in water services infrastructure and to manage the domestic water metering programme. The Memorandum of Understanding between Ireland and the EU/IMF commits Ireland to undertaking an independent assessment of the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Roscommon. The Four Roscommon Regional Water Supply Schemes – Arigna, Boyle/Ardcarne, Roscommon Central and South Roscommon Regional Water Supply Scheme are included in the Programme...

Written Answers — Public Toilet Facilities: Public Toilet Facilities (6 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: Section 67 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that a local authority may take such measures, engage in such activities or do such things (including the incurring of expenditure) as it considers necessary or desirable to promote the interests of the local community in relation to matters, including inter alia, the public use of amenities such as sanitary accommodation. It is a matter...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (6 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: Further to the reply to Question No. 524 of 14 September 2011, the legislation to underpin the household charge will contain the precise details of the charge and will be published and brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas shortly. It is intended that the legislation will provide that the household charge will be administered on a self assessment basis and it will be a matter for owners...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (6 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: On 7 June 2011, I signed the Air Pollution Act, 1987 (Marketing, Sale and Distribution of Fuels) (Amendment) Regulations 2011. These Regulations require that all bituminous coal placed on the market for residential use must have a sulphur content of no more than 0.7%. The Regulations also require all coal bagging operators and fuel suppliers to register with the Environmental Protection...

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (5 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: Earlier this year, I established the independent Local Government Efficiency Implementation Group to drive forward relevant recommendations of the Local Government Efficiency Review Report (July 2010) in areas including shared services, procurement, value for money and audit. The Group has been asked to focus on key recommendations that will remove costs and yield earliest financial gains...

Written Answers — Financial Governance: Financial Governance (5 Oct 2011)

Phil Hogan: I am aware of the Local Government Audit Service recommendation in this regard. Section 105 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that a local authority may, by resolution, require the preparation and submission to its members of statements of the financial position of the local authority. In the case of City and County Councils, where such a resolution has not been passed, the Council's...