Results 1,521-1,540 of 14,706 for speaker:Phil Hogan
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: The underspend on what?
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: The Mountmellick scheme has been delayed because there was a difference of opinion between Laois County Council and Mountmellick Town Council with regard to the extent of the scheme.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: That was just resolved last October and the Deputy knows that. The scheme is now with Irish Water and I will make inquiries to see what we can do to advance that scheme, as will Deputy Stanley. My Department has had a limited amount of resources for the past few years and hopefully the model we are introducing now will give us additional resources to try to make sure that the legacy issues...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: I am sticking to the questions. The Minister for Finance has included rainwater harvesting and other conservation measures in the home renovation scheme. Work in this regard can be included in whatever work is done in order to draw down the grant, if one is interested in grant assistance. Irish Water will be publishing a water conservation plan with additional measures in order to ensure...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: The Deputy called on me to resign last week; one could not get worse than that.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: Gambler.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: The Deputy did.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: In last year's Voted expenditure, €5.7 million was set aside to set up a programme management office for this challenging project. Instead of 34 local authority offices handling water services separately, we will have just one office. It was a useful initiative. We have retained the expertise of local authorities alongside the expertise of Bord Gáis in building systems and...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: It recommended an independent utility starting from scratch, but the Government did not agree. The project management office cost €628,000. This related to project management costs incurred by Bord Gáis Éireann on behalf of the Department. Some €55,726 was spent on the ESRI's research on affordability issues and the impact of water charges. The water metering...
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: Yes.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: That was a loan.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: Yes. It is €87 million less than what it would be were we to-----
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: Yes, they are. What would the Deputy call them?
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: They are not consultants.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: We know what consultants were up to in the Deputy's time. Some €241 million was spent last year on water contracts. There is a carry-over.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: On the major water and sewerage schemes in 2013. As that was an underspend, we have a carry-over.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: It is a continuation of the existing schemes. Irish Water-----
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: No. We have €240 million-----
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: No, €270 million was committed last year. We had an underspend of approximately €45 million on water and sewerage schemes because county managers were sometimes slow in proposing projects and ran into difficulties.
- Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Phil Hogan: No.