# phil-hogan - Today’s News
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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# phil-hogan - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
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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# phil-hogan - Monday 6 May, 2013
Smoky coal is already banned in 27 towns and cities around the country, but now the Minister for the Environment says he wants to see it nationwide.
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# phil-hogan - Wednesday 1 May, 2013
Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller – who is about to take over as chairman of An Post – will also be in attendance today.
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# phil-hogan - Wednesday 24 April, 2013
Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin want Troika approval to start charging from October 2014, with the first bills in 2015.
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# phil-hogan - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
An Taisce also said that poor air quality is costing the country up to €6.3 billion per year in lost days at work and health costs.
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# phil-hogan - Monday 8 April, 2013
The Tánaiste says charges won’t be introduced before meters are installed, and that won’t be done in the next nine months.
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# phil-hogan - Saturday 6 April, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: Kim Jong-Un clings on to his place in the Dáil Technical Group, pointing Phil Hogan at North Korea and Ireland nominated by troika for fantasy government awards.
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# phil-hogan - Friday 5 April, 2013
New changes to the arrears system once again raise the question of whether tax should instead be included in fuel.
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A change to the motor tax laws, confirmed yesterday, will end a system which could allow some drivers to escape motor tax.
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# phil-hogan - Thursday 4 April, 2013
Phil Hogan has announced new regulations which will require professionals to sign off on the compliance of buildings as they are built.
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# phil-hogan - Monday 25 March, 2013
Labour chief whip Emmet Stagg has harshly criticised Phil Hogan over the property tax exemptions, saying the Environment Minister has made a ‘dog’s dinner’ of the way in which the tax is being administered.
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# phil-hogan - Sunday 24 March, 2013
Seán Sherlock said that the government “needs to do right by the people” in communicating the exemptions from the property tax.
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# phil-hogan - Saturday 23 March, 2013
Will you be turning off the lights at 8:30pm?
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The lights on Government Buildings, Leinster House and Customs House – among others – will be turned off at 8:30pm.
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# phil-hogan - Thursday 21 March, 2013
Priory Hall is the only development in Dublin which has been exempted from the tax.
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# phil-hogan - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
While 43,000 households were exempted from last year’s household charge, only 5,100 households have been exempted from the local property tax.
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# phil-hogan - Saturday 16 March, 2013
The Minister of State also spoke about Minister Hogan’s Traveller letter controversy, why gender quotas are a positive thing, and why she’s not in politics for a career.
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# phil-hogan - Friday 15 March, 2013
Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan also spoke of Ireland’s ghost estates, the pyrite crisis, and her plans to end homelessness.
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# phil-hogan - Wednesday 13 March, 2013
13 senior ministers, five junior ministers, and the attorney general are all jetting off next week to lead trade missions.
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# phil-hogan - Saturday 9 March, 2013
The government was appointed two years ago today – meaning senior ministers now have enough service for a pension.
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# phil-hogan - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Voting will take place in the constituency between 8am and 9pm on 27 March.
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# phil-hogan - Saturday 2 March, 2013
How many deputies own property abroad? And where do those who keep their eyes on Ireland’s finances invest themselves?
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# phil-hogan - Monday 25 February, 2013
A new deal on an extension to the Croke Park Agreement is said to be close to completion following overnight talks.
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Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan said the programme is an opportunity for skilled workers to re-enter the workforce.
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# phil-hogan - Monday 18 February, 2013
The form will need to be completed before the LPT comes into effect on 1 July.
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# phil-hogan - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
The company said the government in 1999 failed to transpose EU legislation into law which left it open to legal challenges.
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# phil-hogan - Friday 8 February, 2013
Phil Hogan says the draft heads of a Carbon Development Bill should be brought for cabinet approval next Tuesday.
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# phil-hogan - Monday 4 February, 2013
76.6 per cent of homes had registered their tank by this morning – with 113,957 homes risking a €5,000 fine.
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Minister Hogan urged the remainder of viable households to registers as soon as possible – noting inspections will begin in the coming months.
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# phil-hogan - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Breaking via The Mire wire: Irish phrases that could confuses visitors for The Gathering, Clare Daly’s ‘house’ measure, and disoriented man could be member of government…
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# phil-hogan - Friday 1 February, 2013
Those who do not register face a fine of up to €5,000.
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# phil-hogan - Tuesday 29 January, 2013
Sinn Féin has demanded an explanation as to why emergency wards in Kilkenny and Wexford had upgrades ‘fast-tracked’.
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# phil-hogan - Monday 28 January, 2013
Kerry county has the highest registration rate – but Dublin city residents have a lot of ground to make up.
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Those who don’t register by this Friday could face a fine of up to €5,000.
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# phil-hogan - Sunday 27 January, 2013
The opposition lashes out as RTÉ’s This Week obtains documents showing upgrades in Kilkenny and Wexford were fast-tracked.
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# phil-hogan - Thursday 24 January, 2013
The projects will provide new water mains, water and wastewater treatment facilities and reservoirs, as well as measures to improve water conservation.
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# phil-hogan - Wednesday 23 January, 2013
The Water Services Bill will begin its path through the Oireachtas in the Seanad chamber this afternoon.
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# phil-hogan - Tuesday 15 January, 2013
The Minister said that he became concerned about the number of attacks on elderly people over the Christmas period.
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The Minister said that councils would be given more powers – even though there would be fewer councillors.
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