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Written Answers — Toxic Waste: Toxic Waste (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Between 2004 and 2010, my Department had an interim role in the management of the former Ispat site in a manner that is consistent with good practice and minimisation of risk to human health and the environment. In that context, my Department arranged for the decontamination and demolition of buildings on the site and, post-demolition, for the procurement of a contractor to carry out site...

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector: Voluntary Sector (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department funds a network of 22 Volunteer Centres nationally. It also funds Volunteer Centres Ireland (VCI) and Volunteering Ireland, which are the umbrella bodies responsible for developing best practice within the network. VCI and its member centres encourage all community and voluntary organisations that work with volunteers to have in place a suitable volunteer policy. The...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 207 and 222 together. The reply to Questions Nos. 62, 63 and 64 of 24 March last dealt comprehensively with the matters raised therein. I will be happy to respond to any additional concerns which Deputies may have in relation to those aspects of the pyrite problem for which my Department has responsibility. As I indicated in the reply to Question No. 133 of...

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The position regarding the taxation of goods vehicles has not changed. To be taxed as a goods vehicle, a vehicle must be constructed or adapted for that purpose and used solely in the course of trade or business. If a vehicle is adapted, it must have the same characteristics as a goods vehicle in relation to space and accommodation for carrying goods and it must have limited seating...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The Dodder Valley Partnership is responsible for delivering the Local Community Development Programme for the Knocklyon area of south Dublin. The company is based in Killinarden Enterprise Park, Tallaght, Dublin 24. It can be contacted by phone at (01) 4664200 and by e-mail at info@doddervalley.ie.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: There are 52 Integrated Local Development Partnerships (also known as Local Development Companies), 36 of which are known as Local Action Groups or LEADER companies. These not-for-profit companies were established to promote and facilitate the development of their own specific areas. Many of the group areas of activity coincide with county boundaries, others are based in urban areas and...

Written Answers — Litter Pollution: Litter Pollution (31 May 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 — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department has provided significant financial assistance to Cobh Town Council for stabilisation works, necessary to ensure public safety, since the early 1980s. My Department remains committed to the stabilisation programme in Cobh. In order to ensure the best use of available resources and to gain a long-term expert view of the required works, my Department requested that an independent...

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (31 May 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 local fire authorities through setting of general policy, providing...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Enforcement actions against illegal waste activity are matters for the local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE) within the Environmental Protection Agency. My role as Minister is, inter alia, to ensure the necessary legislative provisions are in place to enable the relevant authorities to discharge their enforcement functions effectively and that appropriate...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Our current economic circumstances mean that public expenditure has had to be substantially reduced across Departments, Agencies and programmes. As a result there are competing demands for very scarce resources from a wide range of genuine interests. The priority in these circumstances is to limit to the greatest extent possible the impact of expenditure reductions on essential services and...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: In accordance with the Instructions on Ministerial Appointments for the 31st Dáil, Ms Claire Langton was appointed as a special adviser to my office on 10 March 2011. Ms Langton has been placed on the first point of the Principal Officer (standard scale) in accordance with the instructions. My colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for Housing and Planning, Deputy Penrose, is...

Written Answers — Rural Development Programme: Rural Development Programme (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department is responsible for the delivery of Axes 3 and 4 of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP), for which overall funding of the order of €427 million is available. The main objectives of the Programme are to improve the quality of life in rural areas and facilitate the diversification of the rural economy. Some 36 Local Action Groups are contracted on my Department's...

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together. The previous Government proposed to introduce legislation to address noise pollution. However, a Bill had not been finalised for publication. The current Programme for Government includes a commitment to address noise pollution through the introduction of fixed payment notices (also known as on the spot fines) and provision for mediation...

Written Answers — An Taisce Funding: An Taisce Funding (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: My Department has since 2003 continued to provide funding to An Taisce in respect of a range of environmental activities which it has undertaken, including the National Spring Clean initiative; surveying in respect of the Irish Business Against Litter initiative; the Green Schools initiative; and the Blue Flag Awards. Details of the funding provided in the relevant years are set out in the...

Written Answers — Walks Scheme: Walks Scheme (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The walks scheme is operating on 40 trails that are managed by 14 Local Development Companies around the country. The scheme involves 1,804 participant landholders who are contracted to carry out maintenance work on the trails. In 2011, payments to the landholders will amount to some €1.9 million. The position in regard to new participants will be kept under review in light of the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 May 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 Cork. The West Cork Grouped DBO Scheme, which involves the construction of new waste water treatment plants at Skibbereen, Dunmanway, Baltimore and Schull, is included in the programme...

Written Answers — Housing Management Companies: Housing Management Companies (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: The recently enacted Multi-Unit Development Act 2011 requires an owners' management company to prepare and furnish to each member an annual report including, among other things, a statement of income and expenditure relating to the period covered by the report, a statement of the assets and liabilities of the owners' management company and, where applicable, details relating to the operation...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: Some 1190.43 staff were employed in my Department at 30 April 2011. Details are outlined in the table that follows this reply. Orders providing for the transfer of the heritage function from my Department to the new Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the transfer of community functions from the former Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs to my Department...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (31 May 2011)

Phil Hogan: I can confirm that my Department received the communication in question and that a comprehensive response was returned to the European Commission via the EUPILOT system on 10 March 2011.