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- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: More or less.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I support Senator Cullinane on that.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I am delighted that Senator Walsh accepted that he is in favour of increasing rates on businesses and that he is against this amendment tabled by the Government to make the necessary changes to harmonise rates to the lowest level in each county. I am surprised at him, but I suppose I have heard many surprises. I refer again to that non-document of Fianna Fáil which talked about charges.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: It states there should be a charge for water based on usage with suitable minimum allowances based on family size, that local authorities should be free to charge for all local services they provide such as refuse collection, the motor tax element of the Local Government Fund should be replaced with an Exchequer grant, new sources of finance should be identified at local level, the power to...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: He has. Senator Coghlan has good timing. The Valuation (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill will cover a number of Senator Cullinane's concerns. It is important to have a good debate on the valuation process because, as I stated earlier, it is not satisfactory at present. That is why the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, has had a lengthy consultation process for the past year...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I do not propose to accept amendment No. 20 even though I understand the spirit of the amendment in terms of where the Senators are coming from. How we levy the commercial rates will continue to be a reserved function of the local authorities and the elected members. Senator Crown was concerned that in the future that might not continue to be a reserved function of local authority members....
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: A reserved function.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Is the Senator opposing the section?
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: They are not big shots like the Senator.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Senator Walsh should produce his policy document.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: These amendments seek to deal with the issue of the ordinary day of retirement for outgoing elected members following the 2014 local elections in the context of the dissolution of the old and establishment of the new structures at county and sub-county level. Amendment No. 19 inserts a new subsection (3) in section 28 of the Bill which provides in paragraph (a)(i) that in the case of all...
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I hope the Senator will support it.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: To see the hypocrisy.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: The Senator knows that is nonsense.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: No, it represented party policy.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Was Senator Walsh part of that group? Did he write the report?
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: Show us the evidence.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I did not have the benefit of a town council.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: I do not intend to reflect on what the Senator is saying. I hope Christmas will be a more joyful occasion than that.
- Seanad: Local Government Reform Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Dec 2013)
Phil Hogan: That was formerly the policy of the Senator's party.