# Phil Hogan

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Government announces €10 million for pyrite repairs

The funding will be available for about 1,000 properties that require immediate repair but homeowners who have already paid for repairs will not be compensated.

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Oct 16th 2013, 2:17 PM

# Pyrite

Details of pyrite repair funding due tomorrow

It is hoped the pyrite remediation scheme will be approved by Christmas.

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Oct 15th 2013, 10:11 PM

# Priory Hall

Hogan hopes Priory Hall proposals will be seen as 'balanced, equitable and fair'

The government has put forward proposals to resolve the long-running plight of the former residents of the derelict and dilapidated Donaghmede apartment complex.

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Oct 8th 2013, 9:20 AM

# Priory Hall

“Breakthrough” as Priory Hall residents are offered a deal

The Environment Minister has said that a deal will reflect the circumstances of what he called “one of the worst examples of the failures of the Celtic Tiger”.

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Oct 7th 2013, 10:48 PM

# Priory Hall

Announcement on Priory Hall expected as 21 day deadline ends

Minister Phil Hogan’s self-imposed three week deadline to find a solution ends today. Talks with residents and other stakeholders have been ongoing.

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Oct 7th 2013, 10:24 AM

# Election 2014

Large constituencies mean European elections 'will become more presidential'

Phil Hogan believes candidates will need at least €100,000 if they want to be elected to the European Parliament next year.

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Oct 5th 2013, 8:15 AM

# Dublin Mayor

Hogan: No point having elected mayor for Dublin unless position is meaningful

The government intends to hold a referendum at the same time as the local elections next year to ask Dublin residents whether or not they want an elected mayor for the capital.

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Oct 3rd 2013, 6:00 AM

# Reform Alliance

RA claims Brian Walsh 'said he wouldn't run for FG as long as Enda Kenny is leader'

The Reform Alliance claims the Galway West TD was ‘gung-ho’ before later distancing himself from the group of expelled Fine Gael TDs. However, Walsh tells a different story…

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Oct 2nd 2013, 6:15 AM

# eu bound?

Could Education Minister Ruairí Quinn be off to Europe?

The Labour TD was coy when asked about the possibility he could become Ireland’s EU Commissioner next year.

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Sep 20th 2013, 6:45 AM

# stephanie meehan

Priory Hall resident whose partner died by suicide welcomes 21 day timeline for solution

Minister Phil Hogan has tasked Department of Environment officials with the job of talking to all the stakeholders at the Donaghmede complex and proposing a solution within the next three weeks.

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Sep 16th 2013, 11:02 PM

# Water Charges

'Domestic users will not be charged VAT' by Irish Water

Government sources said that the framework in Irish Water is still being set up but that the government does not want to see households pay extra taxes on their Irish Water bills.

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Sep 13th 2013, 12:10 PM

# Priory Hall

Taoiseach: ‘I don’t have any objection to meeting the Priory Hall residents’

Kenny was speaking at a press conference to launch Fine Gael’s referenda campaigns today when he was asked about the situation at the uninhabitable apartment complex in north Dublin.

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Sep 10th 2013, 10:39 AM

# Priory Hall

Hogan still expecting report on Priory Hall, despite reports mediation has collapsed

The former residents believe that the process has fallen apart, with bank bosses indicating last week they would seek their own solutions for mortgage-holders.

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Sep 9th 2013, 6:22 PM

# Supervalu

Ireland's tidiest town has been named, and it's...

The winners in the SuperValu TidyTowns competition were named today at a ceremony in The Helix.

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Sep 9th 2013, 2:12 PM

# Priory Hall

Explainer: What is happening with Priory Hall?

What’s it costing us? Why isn’t it sorted? Was there no insurance? Where is the builder? All your questions, answered.

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Sep 4th 2013, 6:15 AM

# Priory Hall

AIB promises to engage over Priory Hall as Minister says it may be demolished

The environment minister says that he cannot give a time frame on when action will be taken on Priory Hall, for fear of “giving false hope” to displaced residents.

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Sep 3rd 2013, 10:59 PM

# Water Water Everywhere

"The Irish people gave us a mandate to bring in water charges" - Phil Hogan

The Environment Minister says that the government “fundamentally believes” that user-related charges are the right way of raising more tax.

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Sep 3rd 2013, 9:00 PM

# Seanad referendum

TD uses Dáil questions to see how effective Seanad is, Ministers tell her to find out herself

The deputy director of Fine Gael’s Seanad abolition campaign, Regina Doherty, used the parliamentary questions to find out information about the Seanad, but ministers in her own party told her to find out herself.

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Aug 28th 2013, 6:30 AM

# Seanad referendum

Fine Gael: There’s no ‘secret report’ which convinced Taoiseach to abolish Seanad

The party has said the proposal to abolish the Seanad came from a New Politics document published in March 2010, six months after Enda Kenny first called for the chamber to be scrapped.

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Aug 19th 2013, 3:30 PM

# Bag Tax

The plastic bag levy has raised over €200 million since 2002

Figures from the Department of the Environment show a fall in plastic bag usage and therefore the amount of tax taken in recent years.

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Aug 18th 2013, 8:00 AM

# Severance Pay

Outgoing Sligo county manager will receive €270,000 severance package

A Sligo county councillor says that there is “no justification” for the payment, given the “shambles” the council’s finances are in.

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Aug 17th 2013, 8:24 PM

# Shhhhhhhh

Eight Dublin areas to be protected from noise pollution

Parks and gardens across Dublin will allow only a regular conversation during the day and a whisper at night under new laws.

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Aug 8th 2013, 12:28 PM

# Not being silly

A councillor wants an all-Ireland ban on the sale of silly string

A Northern Ireland councillor is not happy about the sale of silly string which he said is “messy” and “unsightly”.

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Aug 1st 2013, 3:34 PM

# Jobswatch

Good news on the jobs front: Irish Water to create 1,600 jobs

The company has been tasked overseeing the metering of homes ahead of the introduction of water charges late next year.

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Jul 26th 2013, 9:07 PM

# Dublin City

Lord Mayor: Dublin needs a mayor with 'real powers', but role unlikely before 2019

Oisín Quinn has been sharing his thoughts on the future of the mayorship, following a poll that shows 61 per cent of Dubliners are in favour of a directly elected CEO for the city.

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Jul 24th 2013, 8:30 PM

# Water Charges

No water charge prices until at least the end of the year

The first water charge bills will be due in January 2015 but a decision on pricing won’t be taken before a report from the Commission for Energy Regulation.

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Jul 24th 2013, 6:12 PM

# Voting Day

Government confirms date for Seanad and Court of Appeal referenda

Voters will be asked to vote on the 32nd and 33rd amendments to the Constitution later this year.

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Jul 24th 2013, 5:45 PM

# Dublin councillors

Dublin’s 53 extra councillors will cost €1.5 million every year

The addition of more councillors in Dublin’s four local authorities will cost more but Phil Hogan insists there will be overall savings of over €3.6 million under his reforms.

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Jul 22nd 2013, 6:30 AM

# Restyled Councils

Local authorities have saved over €800 million since 2012

Payroll costs at county and city councils have been cut by €561 million since 2008.

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Jul 11th 2013, 8:00 PM

# Competition

Guess where Ireland's best kept village is...

Here’s a hint: It’s also the overall winner of Ireland’s Best Kept Town, announced earlier today.

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Jul 2nd 2013, 2:15 PM

# Litter

Local authorities given €900k to clean up graffiti and litter

Phil Hogan also published a report that showed the number of areas deemed to be litter-free in 2012 is at the highest levels ever achieved.

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Jun 24th 2013, 7:34 PM

# Water Charges

Confirmed: Troika agrees to delay water charges until 2015

The EU and IMF have agreed to a request from the Irish authorities to delay the first bills from early 2014 to early 2015.

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Jun 21st 2013, 6:15 AM

# popularity

Joan Burton is the most popular cabinet minister - new poll

An Ipsos MRBI poll for the Irish Times reveals a 41pc approval rating for Burton, but only 13pc for James Reilly.

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Jun 17th 2013, 8:57 AM

# Leaders' Questions

Phil Hogan 'has no role' in trying to stop €500m sewage plant

Enda Kenny says the decision to build a €500m sewage treatment plant in Clonshaugh lies with the local authorities.

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Jun 11th 2013, 4:33 PM

# dublin bay

Councillors concerned about impact of proposed Dublin Bay wind turbines

The councillors want to meet the Minister for the Environment to speak to him about their concerns around the proposed turbines.

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May 29th 2013, 6:30 AM

# Phil Hogan

Dublin city councillors at odds over increase in... Dublin councillors

Fianna Fáil are opposed to Minister Phil Hogan’s proposals, while Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and Labour support them.

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May 28th 2013, 9:15 AM

# Water

€400,000 in funding approved to tackle infectious organism in Roscommon water

A temporary water treatment plant will now be built to address the problem until four regional supply schemes are put in place.

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May 22nd 2013, 11:06 AM

# Priory Hall

Dublin City Council back in court over Priory Hall debacle

The local authority wants the Supreme Court to overturn an earlier decision which sees it pay for the temporary accommodation of the displaced residents.

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May 7th 2013, 11:48 AM