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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Protection Enforcement (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 485 and 546 together. Under section 60(3) of the Waste Management Act 1996, I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance by the Environmental Protection Agency or a local authority, in particular circumstances, of a statutory function vested in it, including enforcement functions. Issues concerning the enforcement of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Response (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: During the period from 13 December 2014 to 6 January 2014 Ireland was subjected to a series of severe storms, affecting the country roughly once every three days. In addition to the very strong winds, there were periods of extremely heavy rain and a lot of thunderstorm activity. These storms coincided with high spring tides and created severe and damaging conditions in a number of coastal...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Establishment (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Question Nos. 489 and 494 together. The local government funding model is changing considerably in 2014. Under the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, commencing this year, the Minister for Finance will pay into the Local Government Fund an amount equivalent to the Local Property Tax paid into the Central Fund during that year; this revenue will be allocated to local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 490 and 514 together. The Water Services Transition Office (WSTO) was established by the County and City Managers’ Association to assist with the implementation of the water sector reform process. The role of the WSTO is to support the delivery of the water sector reform programme on behalf of the local government sector, by co-ordinating the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: Under the Water Services Investment Programme 2010-2013 my Department provided funding to facilitate the provision of safe and efficient water services and related infrastructure. The awarding of individual contracts was a matter for the relevant Water Services Authority – Offaly County Council in this case. Since 1 January 2014 Irish Water has statutory responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 495, 496, 499, 534 and 543 together. The establishment of Irish Water is an integral component of the Government’s water sector reform strategy and involves major organisational change, an entirely new funding structure governed by economic regulation, the introduction of domestic water charges based on usage and the roll-out of a national domestic...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 497 and 510 together. Irish Water was established, following the passage of the Water Services Act, 2013 during 2013. The delivery of water services under a public utility model is expected to bring benefits in terms of access to new sources of revenue to fund greater investment in water services infrastructure and provide more efficient and better quality...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Act 2013 provide s for the establishment of Irish Water as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group , which conforms to the conditions set out in the Act and is registered under the Companies Acts. The Act provides that Irish Water will be required to submit an annual report on the performance of its functions each year to the Minister for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Water Services Act 2013 provides for the establishment of Irish Water as a subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group, conforming to the conditions contained in the Act and registered under the Companies Acts. Schedule 2 of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 sets out the bodies, including Bord Gáis Éireann, which are excluded from inspection by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The granting of refunds of motor tax is a matter for the licensing authority with whom the vehicle has been licensed , and I have no functions in relation to individual cases.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The current provisions, where a vehicle is being sent permanently out of the State, allow an owner to return the unexpired tax disc to the relevant licensing authority, notifying them that the vehicle is being exported permanently, and giving details of the registration number, the make and class of the vehicle and the name and address of the person to whom it is being transferred. An owner...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Internship Scheme Data (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: My Department does not have any offices in Co. Louth. No jobBridge interns from Co. Louth were taken on by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 broadened the revenue base of local authorities by introducing a charge on non-principal private residences. The self-assessed charge is set at €200 per annum and liability for it falls, in the main, on owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. Under the Act, it is a function of a local authority to collect Non-Principal Private...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: In line with the ‘bottom-up’ approach to rural development under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, there are 35 Local Action Groups (LAGs) contracted, on my Department’s behalf, to deliver the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) throughout the country. The LAG for the area referred to in the question is Mayo...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The Programme for Government sets out a commitment to the introduction of water charges based on usage above a free allowance. The Government considers that charging based on usage is the fairest way to charge for water and it has, therefore, decided that water meters should be installed in households connected to public water supplies. The Water Services Act 2013 provides for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: Under section 20 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, a local authority may as a reserved function resolve to vary the rate of the Local Property Tax within its functional area by a maximum of +/-15%. This power will be available to local authorities effective from 2015, as the relevant sections of the Act will come into operation on 1 July 2014. Section 20 of the Act requires...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 509 and 512 together. I assume that Question No. 509 refers to general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. General purpose grants are my Department’s contribution towards meeting the cost to local authorities of providing a reasonable level of services to their customers. €640,903,434 was paid to local authorities from the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Administration (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The local government funding model is changing considerably in 2014. Under the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012, commencing this year, the Minister for Finance will pay into the Local Government Fund an amount equivalent to the Local Property Tax paid into the Central Fund during that year; this revenue will be allocated to local authorities from the Fund, as General Purpose Grants. In...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: My Department has responsibility for the LEADER elements of the EU co-financed Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. Comhar na nOileán Teo is the Local Development Company contracted by my Department to deliver this Programme on the Islands and in the Galway Gaeltacht. Comhar na nOileán had an allocation of €7.2m under the Programme. Although the current Programme is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (28 Jan 2014)

Phil Hogan: The information requested is set out in the table below. Local Authority Manager for Date of Retirement Lump Sum Payment Special Severance Gratuity Payment South Tipperary 28/4/2011 €220,268 Nil Waterford County 19/9/2011 €204,872 €66,256 Limerick City 28/2/2012 €220,268 €91,223 South Dublin 02/4/2012 €227,699 €75,900 Limerick...