Results 10,001-10,020 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: In general the Rural Development Programme (RDP) offers a 50% rate of aid for private promoters and a 75% rate of aid for community promoters. My Department keeps under review means of making the RDP more accessible and understandable for promoters. While increased rates of aid are being considered, any such change to the RDP would have implications for the overall impact of the Programme...
- Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: Part J of the Building Regulations, which deals with Heat Producing Appliances, and the accompanying Technical Guidance Document (TDG J), is currently being reviewed by my Department in conjunction with the Building Regulations Advisory Body (BRAB). When the review is completed, the BRAB will advise me of its recommendations in relation to amending the Part J requirement and the technical...
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: 63 organisations were funded under the 2008-2010 Scheme to Support National Organisations in the Community and Voluntary Sector. Details of these organisations are on my Department's website, www.environ.ie.
- Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: I am aware of the report referred to in the Question. Under the European Communities (Drinking Water) (No 2) Regulations 2007, drinking water must comply with a number of microbiological and chemical parameters. The Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for the supervision of drinking water supplies in Ireland. In February 2011 the EPA published The Provision and Quality of...
- Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: I am aware of the incidents reported in respect of the company referred to in the question. Major waste infrastructure is subject to stringent environmental standards set out in national and EU environmental and waste legislation. The Environmental Protection Agency and local authorities are tasked with implementation, and the Agency has significant oversight and enforcement powers in order...
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: 22 Volunteer Centres act as 'brokers' between potential volunteers and organisations seeking volunteers. The centres are linked by a common database and a common best practice approach, and they provide a valuable service in promoting and coordinating voluntary activities around Ireland. They also work with organisations to develop their volunteer management capacity as well as carrying out...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: Details of expenditure using Departmental credit cards for the period from January 2008 to August 2011 are set out as follows. The Table also sets out the amount spent on entertainment on those credit cards. Total annual expenditure Credit cardEntertainment expenditure 2008 â¬60,471.36 â¬8,843.96 2009 â¬26,774.00 â¬6,178.37 2010 â¬28,013.38 â¬2,936.39 2011 (to end August) â¬...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The information requested is set out in the table: Minister of State Private Office - Number of Staff * Private Office - Salary Costs Constituency Office -Number of Staff Constituency Office - Salary Costs 2009Pre 22 April M. Kitt 5 â¬94,440.44 5 â¬84,418.88 2009 M.Finneran 7 â¬332,610.18 5 â¬163,934.53 2010 M.Finneran 7 â¬309,210.63 4 â¬176,494.32 2011Pre 10 March M.Finneran 7...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The information requested is set out in the table: Year Minister No. of Special Advisors Salary Costing 2009 J. Gormley 4* â¬483,876.64 2010 J. Gormley 4* â¬478,518.37 2011(1 - 23 January) J. Gormley 4* â¬34,246.89 2011(24 January â 9 March) Ã. à CuÃv 0 0 2011(10 March to date) P. Hogan 1 â¬32,027.03 2011(10 March to date) W. Penrose 1 â¬24,556.37 * Includes a Programme...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The information requested is set out in the table: Minister Office Private Office - Salary Costs Constituency Office -Number of Staff # Constituency Office - Salary Costs 2009 J Gormley ** 10.85 â¬839,682.95 5.35 â¬259,863.39 2010 J Gormley ** 10.5 â¬825,877.86 5 â¬210,117.24 2011(1 - 23 January) J Gormley ** 10.5 â¬59,474.93 5 â¬18,772.76 2011(24 January â 9 March) à O CuÃv...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 â 2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides for the commencement of water conservation contracts to the value of â¬18.79 million during the programme period in County Kerry. Since the publication of the programme, Kerry County Council has completed its countywide watermains rehabilitation strategy required as part of...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Government has committed to the introduction of competitive tendering for household waste collection, under which service providers will 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 process has recently concluded on this matter, the purpose of which is to inform policy development. The...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The local authority sector as a whole has exceeded the Government's target of 3% for the employment of people with disabilities in the public sector each year since 2001. Based on information supplied by local authorities in the format required under the Disability Act 2005, the percentage of employees with a disability in each local authority for 2010 is set out in the table. Local...
- Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: Information regarding the ratio of Assistant Chief Fire Officers to Fire Service Personnel and staffing costs for Chief Fire Officers and Assistant Chief Fire Officers is not routinely compiled in my Department. My Department's National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management, however, conducted a Baseline Study of the fire and rescue services in Ireland in 2008/2009. Each local...
- Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The provision of a fire service, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs, the provision of premises and the making of such other provisions as it considers necessary or desirable is a statutory function of 37 statutorily designated fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003. Fire services are...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 â 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 Wicklow. Three contracts under the Arklow Sewerage Scheme are included in the Programme amongst the list of contracts in the county to start in the period 2010 â 2012. The major...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The IT budget for my Department was â¬4.291m in 2010 and is â¬4.533m in 2011. My Department constantly seeks to ensure that value for money and cost reductions are obtained. In this regard, my Department complies fully with appropriate national and EU procurement rules and also avails of centrally negotiated procurement framework agreements in areas such as telephony and desktop equipment....
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: Departmental submissions made in the context of the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure (CRE) are a central part of the overall pre-budget deliberations of the Government. As such, release of these documents could not be considered in advance of Government decisions on the forthcoming Budget. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has indicated that it is his intention to publish the...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 â 2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides for the commencement of water conservation contracts to the value of â¬10.2 million during the programme period in County Westmeath. I understand that the award of the contract to replace the watermain in Coosan, Athlone was delayed due to the withdrawal of the lowest...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Sep 2011)
Phil Hogan: The EU on Urban Waste Water Treatment recognises that it is not possible to construct collecting systems and treatment plants in a way such that all wastewater can be treated during situations such as unusually heavy rainfall. Member States therefore have to decide on measures to limit pollution from storm water overflows. In Ireland, the extent and impact of such discharges is regulated...