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Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Feakle, Scariff and Quilty, including Mullagh, sewerage scheme is approved as a scheme for construction under my Department's water services investment programme for 2005 to 2007. Following consideration of Clare County Council's contract documents, water services pricing policy report and economic assessment, my Department requested the council in December 2005 to re-examine the scheme...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 325 and 326 together. I am forwarding details to the Deputy of the water and sewerage schemes identified by Galway County Council in response to my Department's request to local authorities in 2003 to produce updated assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The 2003 assessment...

Written Answers — Housing Schemes: Housing Schemes (1 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Planning authorities have extensive powers under the Planning and Development Act 2000 to take enforcement action against developers who fail to comply with planning permission. My Department issued Circular PD 1/06 on 25 January 2006 reminding local authorities of their obligations under section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 on the taking in charge of estates. Each local...

Written Answers — Electronic Management System: Electronic Management System (1 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: As part of a programme of further assessment, testing and validation of the electronic voting and counting system, my Department appointed consultants in July 2005, following an open tender competition, to undertake a security and risk assessment of all aspects of the chosen system and to devise a comprehensive programme of additional testing. This work is intended to address issues raised by...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 330 and 331 together. The Tubbercurry and Strandhill sewerage schemes have been approved for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme, 2005-2007, under the serviced land initiative. The schemes are being procured as a grouped project that also includes the Grange sewerage scheme. Sligo County Council's preliminary reports for these...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Loughrea regional water supply scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme, 2005-2007, as a scheme to commence construction in 2007. Galway County Council's revised preliminary report for the scheme, which would also serve Kilrickle, is being examined in my Department and is being dealt with as quickly as possible. Once the preliminary report has been...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (1 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The relevant communications contracts joined by my Department are set out in the following table. Consultancy Consultant Address Contract amount Date initiated Date completed € Race Against Waste awareness campaign — PR element Consortium led by Lyle Bailie International 31 Bruce Street, Belfast 810,216 July 2003 July 2006 National Inventory...

Order of Business. (2 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Opposition Deputies take it more seriously.

Water Services. (2 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I thank the Deputy for raising this interesting issue. Water metering has been widely abused by people who oppose logic. It is a positive thing. The national water services pricing policy framework provides for the recovery by sanitary authorities of the cost of providing water services from the users of those services, with the exception of householders, and the latter point raised by Deputy...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (2 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: A number of legislative measures are in place to address the issue of noise nuisance. Under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (Noise) Regulations 1994, a local authority or any person may seek an order in the District Court to have noise giving reasonable cause for annoyance abated. The procedures involved have been simplified to allow action to be taken without legal...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2005 have been designed to protect waters against pollution from agricultural sources. The regulations give effect to the EU nitrates directive of 1991 and a number of other directives relating to water quality. They provide for compliance by Ireland with the terms of the judgment of the European Court...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (2 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department has engaged consultancy assistance in relation to communications in seven cases in the period 2003 to 2005. In all but one case the contract was awarded on a fixed price basis. In one case where communications advice was part of a larger contract it was provided on a per diem rate. In all but one case the contractors had previous experience in working with Departments. Details...

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (7 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Total receipts from motor taxation, including driving licence duties, etc., amounted to €496 million in 2000, €747 million in 2004 and €802 million in 2005.

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (7 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The commonage referred to is situated in the Mweelrea/ Sheeffry/Erriff complex special area of conservation, SAC, and comprises blanket bog habitat. As it is within a SAC, consent must be sought from my Department to carry out certain activities, including cutting of turf. It is usually possible for consent to be given in blanket bog SACs for cutting of specified amounts of turf using means...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (7 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Details of the number of kilometres of non-national roads in each local authority area are set out in the following table. Non-National Roads kms County Council Carlow County Council 1,153 Cavan County Council 2,876.23 Clare County Council 3,940.30 Cork County Council 11,574.03 Donegal County Council 6,021.51 Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown County Council ...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (7 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 531 and 532 together. Details of non-national road grants paid by my Department to local authorities and local authorities' own resources expenditure on non-national roads for each of the past three years are set out in the following table. Own resources expenditure is based on returns received from local authorities.

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (7 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The surcharge on non-annual discs is designed to cover the higher administrative costs involved. Current surcharge levels are lower than those permitted under motor tax law, and were slightly reduced in 2001. My Department will continue to keep the level of surcharge under review in light of the expansion of e-motor tax arrangements.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Askeaton sewerage scheme, which is being advanced as part of a grouped project, is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 as a scheme to commence construction in 2007. On receipt of the information requested from the council by my Department in September 2005, further consideration will be given to Limerick County Council's fee proposals for the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 537 to 540, inclusive, together. Under the Building Control Act 1990, compliance with the building regulations, including Part M, access for people with disabilities, is primarily the responsibility of the builders and owners of buildings. Local building control authorities are responsible for enforcing the building regulations. Local authorities are empowered...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Limerick county trunk water mains — Patrickswell-Adare — scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 as a scheme to commence construction this year. On receipt of the additional information requested by my Department from the council in October 2005, further consideration will be given to Limerick County Council's contract documents and water...