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Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy has got his sums wrong again.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: This is the most pathetic speech the Deputy has made.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: Not true.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: What was the top rate when Deputy Bruton was in power?

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: That is statistical gobbledygook.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: The truth is he has not read it. He does not understand it.

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: Which of them would Fine Gael cut?

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: Remind us what child benefit amounted to in 1997.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: The staffing composition of my private and constituency offices is set out in the following tables. Private Office. Permanent Civil Servants Temporary Unestablished Civil Servants Full time Equivalent Grade Full time Equivalent Title 1 Executive Officer (Private Secretary) 0.8 Special Adviser (Principal Officer grade) 3 Executive Officer 3 Clerical Officer Annual...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 583 of 22 November 2005 and Question No. 292 of 30 November 2005. The qualifications declared for all local authority posts are kept under review in the light of experience of their operation. There are no proposals at present to amend the qualifications for the post of assistant staff officer.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (7 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has asked planning authorities for a report on their policies on attaching conditions relating to management companies to planning permissions for various types of residential developments. It is anticipated that all responses will be received and collated shortly. When all the responses from the planning authorities have been...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: I assume that the Question refers to the Donaghmoyne group water scheme, County Monaghan. The provision of water treatment facilities through grouped or bundled DBO contracts was originally pilot-tested in Monaghan on the basis of a recommendation by the national rural water monitoring committee. The pilot project initially involved 11 group water schemes, including Donaghmoyne, and three...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (8 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: Under the Local Government Act 2001 responsibility for the performance of local authority functions is shared between the elected council and the manager, with the council having the pre-eminent role through its determination of the policy and budgetary framework, and its powers of oversight and direction of the activities of the local authority. The local government modernisation programme...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: Fingal County Council's proposal to expand the Leixlip water treatment plant is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2004-06. Lands at Cooldrinagh have been acquired by the council for this purpose. I understand that Fingal County Council has an application for planning permission for the treatment plant with South Dublin County Council, in whose functional ambit it...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (13 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: I assume that the question relates to the assessment prepared by the Netherlands competent authority on the notification of the product concerned under Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. The Netherlands authority, following its assessment, indicated that it was satisfied that the importation of the product for the uses...

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (13 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: In order to avail of the goods — commercial — motor tax rates an estate car must be used commercially and adapted for the carriage of goods. The necessary adaptations are that all seats and seat belts to the rear of the driver's seat must be removed, seat belt holes and anchor points must be welded over and the goods carrying area must be greater than the seating area. Otherwise the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (13 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: Current accounting policies, as set out in my Department's code of accounting practice, require that all assets above specified threshold values are included in a local authority balance sheet. Accordingly, the proceeds from the disposal of assets such as land would normally be included as a reserve in the balance sheet; this reserve is then available to be applied for the replacement of the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: Section 261 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 introduced a once-off system of registration for all quarries except quarries which had received planning permission in the five years preceding the date the section commenced, 28 April 2004. This section is intended to ensure that planning authorities have basic information about quarrying operations in their areas. Planning permission may...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (13 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: Intermittent odour problems being experienced at the Kilkenny city wastewater treatment plant at Purcellsinch are related to inadequate treatment capacity in the plant. To resolve this problem, the upgrading and expansion of the plant has been approved for construction in my Department's water services investment programme 2004-06. My Department is awaiting submission of a preliminary report...

Written Answers — Departmental Appointments: Departmental Appointments (13 Dec 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 481 to 484, inclusive, together. In accordance with the arrangements then applying generally to the filling of senior professional posts in the Department, applications were invited on 10 July 2003 from grade 1 archaeologists in the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government for promotion to the post of chief archaeologist. The job specification...