Results 11,721-11,740 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: I suggest that if there are efficiencies to be achieved, they should be achieved without reference to anything else that is happening. The four local authorities are doing the best they can in the current system - I have no difficulty with them. What the Minister is doing is seeking to put another layer of political bureaucracy on top of the four local authorities instead of reviewing the...

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: He did. He would not need a Cabinet sub-committee for something that was as straightforward as the Minister suggested. Does the Minister accept that this directly elected mayor of Dublin will have no power, effectively no budget, there will effectively be no Dublin Transport Authority and that he is engaging in, in the middle of a recession, is a waste of money?

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: I have read them.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: That is a long way from the Dublin mayoralty.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: We have a position.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: I am not the one criticising them. The Minister is criticising them.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: I am not.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: When will the Minister roll out the property tax? Will the money gathered under that taxation measure, which is supposed to fund local government, be ring-fenced for the mayor of Dublin in respect of every dwelling in Dublin, as would be appropriate.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: It concerns the financing of local government, a subject that was introduced by the Minister.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: Where did the Minister get that notion?

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: I asked the Minister when he will roll out the property tax?

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: I supported the legislation. What more does the Minister want? He should stop waffling.

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: What is the Minister's position on the property tax?

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: When?

Local Government Reform. (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: Excuse me, a Cheann Comhairle. When will the Minister, with his Cabinet colleagues, allow for the financing of local government through a property tax for all homes? When will it be rolled out?

Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: You are all a bit sensitive this morning.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government published a Bill to establish the post of Dublin mayor by direct election this year. The first draft has been circulated. There is no budget, no power, no role and no election date.

Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: It is a consultative process. Does the Tánaiste accept this is another toothless quango that is not necessary? Will the Tánaiste indicate when the Bill is likely to be discussed? Will the Tánaiste be seeking powers under the Arbitration Bill to bring together officials in the Dublin Airport Authority, Aer Lingus and Ryanair to try to thrash out an agreement on the creation of 300 jobs?...

Order of Business (25 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: We cannot wait.

State Visits. (24 Feb 2010)

Phil Hogan: Hear, hear.