Results 3,001-3,020 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Written Answers — Recreational Facilities: Recreational Facilities (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Information on the total number of local authority playgrounds is not available in my Department. However, Service Indicators in Local Authorities 2004, published last year by the Local Government Management Services Board, reported on performance across 42 indicators covering the broad range of local authority activities. Two of the indicators relate to playgrounds and these enable...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Planning authorities currently require the provision of at least one childcare facility for each 75 dwellings in a new housing area, in accordance with the Childcare Guidelines for Planning Authorities published in April 2001. Under the Planning and Development Act 2000 planning authorities have extensive powers to provide or facilitate the provision of childcare facilities in their...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 767 and 775 together. During the period 1992 to 1999, the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) carried out a nationwide survey of radon gas in domestic dwellings. The survey involved the measurement of radon in some 11,000 houses nationwide. Based on the results of this survey, the RPII estimated that some 91,000 houses nationally, equivalent to...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 448 and 449 of 13 June, 2006.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: In accordance with section 52 of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003, the determination of waste management charges, and the provision of any waivers in respect of those charges, is a matter for the relevant local authority where it acts as the service provider. Similarly, where a private operator provides the collection service, it is a matter for that operator to determine charges....

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Based on the information supplied by local authorities, the numbers of staff, expressed in whole time equivalents, employed by each local authority (including town councils) for the years 2002 to 2005 and the categories are set out in the following tables: 2002 Local Authority Managerial/Admin./Clerical Professional/Technical Outdoor Overall Total County Councils 1 Carlow 114...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Policy as regards development on national roads has been consistent for many years; it was developed in consideration of the need to protect the safety of road users, as well as the substantial investment in national roads. The policy was restated recently in my Department's Draft Development Management Guidelines, which are expected to be issued in final form before the end of this year....

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 536 of 3 May, 2006, in relation to the Boolteens scheme. Milltown is part of Phase 1 of Kerry County Council's proposal to refurbish a number of village sewerage schemes which has been included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007. I understand that the Council is currently assessing tenders received for the sewage collection...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Outline proposals for the development of a golf course at Inch, Co Kerry were presented to my predecessor in 2003, against the background that this development would need ministerial consent under the Habitats Regulations 1997; the area in question forms part of a candidate Special Area of Conservation. On the basis of the outline proposals then submitted and of a detailed assessment of these...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: A key component of waste management policy in Ireland in recent years has been the development of producer responsibility initiatives (PRIs). Such initiatives are in line with EU and national policy on waste management which is firmly grounded on the internationally recognised waste management hierarchy which prioritises respectively waste prevention and minimisation: increased levels of...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: An effective basis for addressing our waste management responsibilities has been put in place through my Department's policy statements Changing Our Ways, Delivering Change (1998), and Taking Stock Moving Forward (2004); through statutory waste management plans (largely prepared on a regional basis), and the comprehensive regulatory framework now in place in relation to waste. The...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: All population centres over 1,000 either already have in place secondary wastewater treatment facilities or have schemes included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007.

Written Answers — Animal Breeding Regulations: Animal Breeding Regulations (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 795 and 796 together. The report of the Working Group which was established to review the management of dog breeding establishments was submitted to me on 7 September 2005. The report contained a number of recommendations, including in relation to the introduction of statutorily enforceable standards for the dog breeding industry in Ireland, and proposed the...

Written Answers — Animal Identification Scheme: Animal Identification Scheme (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The Control of Dogs Regulations 1998 require the owner or other person in charge of a dog to ensure that the dog at all times wears a collar bearing the name and address of the owner on an attached plate, badge or disc. The regulations contain penalties for non-compliance with this requirement or for defacing or rendering illegible the above particulars. These arrangements followed...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: As the inclusion of proposals in the National Development Plan 2007-2013 will be a matter for decision by Government immediately prior to publication it would not be appropriate to comment on any such proposals which have been made or which could be made in advance of the Government decision.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The Working Group which was established to review the management of dog breeding establishments comprised representatives from a cross section of relevant organisations. Regrettably, no woman was among the representatives nominated by these organisations, and in view of the urgency of advancing the work the group as constituted was mandated to proceed. There were two separate public...

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: In law, the preparation of the Register of Electors is a matter for each local registration authority. It is their duty to ensure, as far as possible and with the co-operation of the public, the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the Register. I recently announced a package of measures, to be implemented over the coming months, aimed at assisting local authorities to improve the Register. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The details requested in relation to the budgetary allocation in 2006 for the organisations operating under the aegis of my Department and which receive all or a significant part of their funding from the Exchequer are set out in the following table. Some further and more detailed information is contained in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2006 published by the Department of...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The increase in fees for non-executive chairpersons of State bodies approved by the Government on 20 June 2006 applies, with effect from 1 January 2006, to the chairpersons of eleven of the bodies which comes under the aegis of my Department.