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Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (4 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Phase 1 of the Kildare Water Strategy — Wellfield Contract — is being funded under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 and provides for the development of groundwater sources at a number of locations, including Rathangan. My Department has to date recouped €12.4 million to Kildare County Council in respect of the works which I understand are substantially...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (4 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Following the recommendation of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Sector in its report of 25 September 2000 a scheme of Performance Related Awards was introduced in the local authority sector for Managers, Assistant Managers and Directors of Services commencing with the calendar year 2003. The Review Body recommended that a Committee for Performance Awards be established to...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (4 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Funding was provided to Dublin City Council under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 for a study to assess the long-term water usage and supply needs of the Greater Dublin Area and to identify potential options for meeting those needs. The study, which examined all potential solutions for meeting the region's future requirements, concluded that, allowing for the...

Written Answers — Road Signage: Road Signage (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Local authorities are responsible for the provision of road traffic signs on non-national roads. However, my Department introduced a 5 year Regional Road Signposting Programme in 2003 with the aim of upgrading directional signposts on all significant junctions on all regional roads in county council areas. In 2007, a sum of €7 million has been provided for this programme. Local...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: My Department is maintaining close contact with Galway City and County Councils to assist in resolving the current water supply difficulties. The immediate priority is to augment the city's supply from the Tuam Regional Water Supply Scheme to allow the old Terryland Plant, the source of the cryptosporidium outbreak, to be decommissioned as soon as possible. My Department has also made...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Kerry County Council's Preliminary Report for Stage 2 of the Castleisland Sewerage Scheme envisages the upgrading and extension of the sewer network to cater for existing unserviced development and future growth in the town environs for the next 25 years. Because of the scale of the provision for future development my Department requested the Council, in January 2007, to review, in...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268, 273 and 274 together. European Court of Justice case C-282/02 concerns Ireland's implementation of Council Directive 76/464/EEC on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community (now Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council). One aspect of the judgment in that case was...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Article 12(2) of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) requires Member States to transmit to the European Commission a report on the implementation of this Directive at three-year intervals within nine months of the end of each three year period covered by it. The first of these reports, which are to be based on...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: The political decision on the item referred to in the question was taken at the Agriculture Council on 12 June 2007 following the conclusion of the Council debate on it. It relates to the labelling of organic food, which comes under the remit of the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Under EU procedures, all political decisions are subject to further legal and other processes...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: I expect to be in a position shortly to make regulations in accordance with the European Communities Act 2007 to provide for increased penalties under the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2006. The making of the regulations will facilitate the formal grant by the European Commission of a derogation to Ireland to allow farmers in...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: The Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 140 of 2006) give effect in Ireland to EU Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. The Environmental Protection Agency is the national authority with overall responsibility for implementing the Regulations. Implementation at local level is a matter for local authorities concerned, Dublin Airport...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: The letter of formal notice received from the European Commission concerns a number of technical issues regarding the transposition of the EU Landfill Directive. These matters have been given consideration by my Department and a response has issued setting out Ireland's current position. There has been no further correspondence from the Commission.

Written Answers — Ethics Register: Ethics Register (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Under Part 15 of the Local Government Act 2001, each member of a local authority is required to make an annual written declaration of his or her interests to the authority's Ethics Registrar. Where the Ethics Registrar becomes aware of a possible contravention of any requirement of the local authority ethics framework, he or she is required to bring the matter to the attention of the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: The Burtonport, Gweedore (serving Bunbeg/ Derrybeg) and Laghey Sewerage Schemes are included for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-07. Further information has been requested from Donegal County Council to enable my Department to consider the council's preliminary reports for the Burtonport and Gweedore schemes. My Department approved the Council's Preliminary...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Under the local authority expenses allowances system, councillors are paid a composite annual allowance that is intended to defray costs actually incurred in attending council and committee meetings, including Joint Policing Committee meetings. Following a comprehensive review, substantial improvements were introduced in the range of financial supports for councillors with effect from 1...

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to publish a Green Paper on Local Government Reform, which will examine a number of issues in relation to Irish local government, within six months of the Government coming into office.

Written Answers — Heritage Funding: Heritage Funding (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: This Department administers a Civic Structures Conservation scheme of grants for the restoration and conservation of buildings of significant architectural heritage merit and which are in public ownership or open to the public generally. The deadline for completed applications for 2007 was 29 March 2007 and 186 applications for over €7 million in total were received. Having regard to the...

Written Answers — Turbary Agreements: Turbary Agreements (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Given the importance of Ireland's bogs in European terms and recent evidence that cutting for domestic purposes and related activities is damaging remaining bogs, I have no proposals to extend the derogation beyond 2008 for Special Areas of Conservation and 2014 for Natural Heritage Areas.

Written Answers — Turbary Agreements: Turbary Agreements (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: A letter of offer issued on 5 June 2007 and contracts have been received from the vendor's solicitors. The case is now with the Chief State Solicitor's Office and will be processed by that office as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (5 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: The person concerned was informed by letter from the Department dated 12 February 2007 that he is not entitled to any top up payment and the reasons for this. He was further advised that his case could be reviewed on the basis of any title documents, and an appropriately certified map, that he wished to produce in support of his application. No such documents have been received by the Department.