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- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Mobile Phone Radiation Warning Bill 2010 to which the Deputy Question refers was a Private Members Bill introduced in Seanad Ãireann and did not proceed beyond that stage. I have no plans at present to bring forward legislation in this regard. An Expert Group Report on the health effects of electromagnetic fields, including those generated by mobile phones, was commissioned by the...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352 and 354 together. In October 2009, the European Court of Justice ruled that Ireland failed to adopt the necessary legislation to comply with Articles 4 and 8 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC, known as the Waste Directive, regarding domestic waste waters disposed of in the countryside through septic tanks and other individual waste water treatment systems....
- Written Answers — Household Utility Charge: Household Utility Charge (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 32 on today's order paper.
- Written Answers — Sustainable Development: Sustainable Development (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) is responsible for reviewing progress in the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development as well as providing policy guidance to follow up the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) at the local, national, regional and international levels. The JPOI reaffirmed that the CSD is the high-level forum for...
- Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act, 2009, which sets out the detail of the â¬200 charge on non-principal private residences, is structured with a starting position of a universal liability for residential property in respect of the charge. The Act exempts certain buildings and individuals from this liability, the most important exemption being where a property is occupied by an owner as his...
- Written Answers — Commercial Rates: Commercial Rates (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Office of Public Works is the lead Government agency for implementing the National Flood Policy in matters of flood risk and mitigation. Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Act...
- Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: The Water Services Investment Programme is a multi-annual investment plan for the provision of major water and sewerage schemes. The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 â 2012 is the current such plan. The programme includes details of the contracts to commence over the period 2010 to 2012, as well as schemes to advance through planning in this period. A copy of the Programme is...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: There is no water supply infrastructural proposal for Kildare County Council in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2012 that would facilitate the Ballyna Group Water Scheme. However, under the first annual review of the Programme currently underway, Kildare County Council has submitted a number of applications to my Department to have new proposals included in the...
- Social and Affordable Housing (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan was well looked after by Fine Gael in Roscommon in the past when it suited him.
- Social and Affordable Housing (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: Deputy Ellis had to make way for the Queen.
- Proposed Legislation (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: Enhancing equality and social development is central to the work of my Department, including, for instance, in the areas of housing and community development. The Department has a strong commitment to evidence-based policy formulation and uses the full range of tools and techniques to assess the impacts of policies and programmes at all stages of decision-making and legislative development....
- Proposed Legislation (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: My Department, together with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Department of Health and Children, is taking part in a pilot to test guidelines for proofing proposals regarding disability prepared by the Department of Justice and Equality, which is the lead Department in regard to equality issues. We will await the outcome of this pilot programme which involves...
- Household Utility Charge (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: The EU-IMF programme of financial support for Ireland commits to the introduction of a property tax for 2012 and 2013 under its fiscal consolidation measures. 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...
- Household Utility Charge (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: There is no confusion on this side of the House. The schizophrenic confusion is due to the fact that the then Government, of which Deputy Collins's party was a member, negotiated with the EU-IMF programme-----
- Household Utility Charge (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: -----and with Mr. Chopra to introduce a household charge.
- Household Utility Charge (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: We are introducing what Deputy Collins's party negotiated. It is disingenuous of him to try to infer that there is a new charge. It is the same charge his party negotiated in Government.
- Household Utility Charge (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: We will come forward with details on the implementation of the scheme. Water metering will have to be paid for. The roll-out of metering will start in 2012. It is a water conservation measure. A lot of water is wasted. The lack of water conservation is now coming home to roost. Following the past two winters people now appreciate more than ever the importance of having good quality and...
- Fire Stations (17 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 section 10 of the Fire Services Act 1981 and 2003. Offaly County Council has adopted fire cover standards as part of its statutorily required fire...
- Fire Stations (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: Responsibility for the provision of fire services is a matter for the local authority. That there are eight fire stations in Laois and only five in Offaly does not mean they cannot co-operate with each other to deal effectively with fires. Nor does it mean that counties cannot have a plan to ensure that every possible area is covered in the event of an emergency. The Department's role is...
- Fire Stations (17 May 2011)
Phil Hogan: I agree. However, Deputy Stanley, more than anybody, should understand that boundaries should not interfere with an effect response from fire and emergency services.