Phil Hogan

...-- similar to a system used in the UK and Wales. Meanwhile, Mr Cowen refused to be drawn on demands by Fine Gael environment spokesman Phil Hogan for an independent inquiry into the precise cause of the flooding -- particularly in Cork where...

In this article: Brian Cowen, Cork, Fine Gael, and Taoiseach

...20 years' time if they are right about global warming?" With Fine Gael's environment spokesman Phil Hogan demanding an independent inquiry into the Cork flooding, the ESB and local authorities seem certain to have further questions to answer.

In this article: Hurricane Katrina, Climate change, Global warming, Fine Gael, John Gormley, and River Lee

...with The Week in Politics, Sean Sherlock stood the line. He waited until Brendan Smith of Fianna Fail and Phil Hogan of Fine Gael finished waffling around public-sector pay cuts. Then he laid it on the line: he was against public-sector...

In this article: Sean Sherlock, Labour Party, Sinn Fein, Newstalk, Brian Cowen, and Eamon Keane

...loss of EUR27m last year. The admission to Fine Gael deputy Phil Hogan came as the DDDA continues to sit on a report detailing the accounts for 2008 which was due to have been published over the summer. Those accounts, which political...

In this article: Anglo Irish Bank, John Gormley, Corporate governance, and Fine Gael

...a review of the electoral system. Fine Gael environment spokesman Phil Hogan is now tasked with finalising the package of reforms for the political system, which will be published in the coming weeks. The party is also looking at changes...

In this article: Fine Gael, Seanad, Enda Kenny, Freedom of Information Act, and Britain

...be above and free of day-to-day allegations," he told RTE radio. Fine Gael environment spokesman Phil Hogan criticised the spending on overseas travel by Mr O'Donoghue. "You cannot justify the type of lavish arrangements that were made.

In this article: Heathrow Airport, Allegation, Department of Finance, Sunday Tribune, Fine Gael, and Fianna Fail

...at least two other indirect approaches. Prior to entering negotiations with Fianna Fail in 2007, party leader John Gormley was approached by Fine Gael's Phil Hogan about seeking Sinn Fein support. "Phil said to me: 'Could you ring Sinn...

In this article: Fine Gael, Sinn Fein, Enda Kenny, Taoiseach, Fianna Fail, Trevor Sargent, Caoimhghin O Caolain, and John Gormley

...politically explosive. Labour and Fine Gael are also opposed to a property tax, with Fine Gael environment spokesman Phil Hogan warning that it would penalise people who had already paid thousands of euro in stamp duty. And Green Party...

In this article: Tax, Brian Cowen, Revenue, Carbon, Fine Gael, Taoiseach, Green Party, and Fianna Fail

...the Green Party membership if it is," he said. But Fine Gael environment spokesman Phil Hogan said: "The publication of the NAMA legislation is an acute embarrassment for the Green Party. "Most embarrassing for the Green leadership was...

In this article: Green Party, John Gormley, and Fine Gael