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Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (10 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: The 2007 grant allocations to local authorities under the Urban and Village Renewal Programme are set out in the following table. County 2007 Allocation € Carlow 618,422 Cavan 518,770 Clare 1,013,301 Cork City Funding Completed Cork County 1,028,113 Donegal 398,029 Dublin 4,668,841 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown 1,175,915 Fingal 1,663,556 Galway City Funding Completed Galway County...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (10 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: I am reviewing the overall employment position in the local government sector, having regard to the need to deliver front line services, and achieve value for money within the parameters of Government policy on public service employment generally. As part of my review, my Department is consulting the Department of Finance in relation to the current ceiling on local authority staff numbers,...

Written Answers — Noxious Weeds: Noxious Weeds (10 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: Lagarosiphon major, also known as the curly-leaved pondweed, is a native of southern Africa. It has been widely sold for many years as an oxygenating plant for garden ponds and aquaria. However, it is now viewed as a major threat to Irish lakes and their associated wildlife since it became established in Lough Corrib in 2005. Section 52(6)(a) of the Wildlife Act 1976 (as amended) provides for...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (10 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: Under the decentralisation programme, all Dublin based operations of my Department are being decentralised, with the exception of Met Éireann, ENFO, the Private Rented Tenancies Board and a small co-ordination section which it is proposed to retain in Dublin to assist with the Department's Dáil and other business. A total of 682 Dublin based posts will be transferred to four locations in...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (10 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: The provision of a new waste water treatment plant in Ballymore Eustace has been approved for funding under the Serviced Land Initiative measure of my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 at an estimated cost of €1.4 million. My Department is awaiting submission of a revised Design Review Report for the scheme by Kildare County Council. Following approval of the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (10 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: Sludge is a waste water treatment by-product and the generation of methane gas for use as a fuel is a potentially beneficial feature of sludge treatment, in particular anaerobic digestion. Sludge treatment facilities should not release methane into the environment in the course of normal operation, nor should methane gas be released from a well-operated and maintained waste water collection...

Written Answers — Archaeological Sites: Archaeological Sites (10 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: Excavations at sites listed on the statutory Record of Monuments and Places are licensed by my Department under section 26 of the National Monuments Act 1930, as amended, with the exception of excavations associated with approved road developments. In the latter case, archaeological excavation works are carried out in accordance with ministerial directions issued under section 14A of the...

Written Answers — Forestry Sector: Forestry Sector (11 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: A wildlife officer of my Department visited the site on 4 December 2006 and made a written report to the Felling Section of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on 18 December. This report did not note any grounds for refusing the felling licence. The site is not a designated conservation area. It is not normal practice to lay routine reports of this nature before the Houses of...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (11 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: The procedures for the appointment of ordinary members of An Bord Pleanála are set out in the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended by Sections 14-16 of the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006. In addition, Article 11 of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2006 amended the list of prescribed bodies for the purposes of making nominations to the Board and...

Written Answers — Wildlife Conservation: Wildlife Conservation (11 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: Section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976, as amended by Section 46 of the Wildlife Amendment Act, 2000, provides protection for vegetation on uncultivated land such as hedgerows by providing that "it shall be an offence for a person to cut, grub, burn or otherwise destroy, during the period beginning on the 1st day of March and ending on the 31st day of August in any year, any vegetation growing...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (11 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: My Department provided just over €2m this year to fund conservation works on Irish Medieval Walled Towns. The funding is being administered by the Heritage Council. The Council drew up a list of 18 walled towns to be assisted namely Athlone, Athenry, Carlingford, Cashel, Clonmel, Cork, Drogheda, Dublin, Fethard, Galway, Kilkenny, Kilmallock, Limerick, New Ross, Trim, Waterford, Wexford,...

Written Answers — Heritage Council: Heritage Council (11 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: As I indicated in the reply to Question No. 323 of 10 October 2007, for each of the years 2006 and 2007, my Department provided an annual subvention of €200,000 for archaeological research purposes disbursed through the Royal Irish Academy. In 2006, my Department requested the Heritage Council to prepare a report and recommendations on archaeological research needs. The Heritage Council...

Written Answers — Heritage Council: Heritage Council (11 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: Under the terms of the Heritage Act 1995 the Heritage Council, with the consent of the governing Minister and the Minister for Finance, is required to employ its own staff, to determine the grades of the staff of the Council and the number of staff in each grade. The Council may employ such consultants or advisers on contract for services as it considers necessary for the proper discharge of...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (11 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 to 174, inclusive, together. Information provided by returning officers to my Department indicates that the total annual storage costs incurred by them in respect of the electronic voting machines and ancillary equipment in 2006 amounted to some €706,000, with figures for 2005 and 2004 amounting to some €696,000 and €658,000 respectively. The...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (16 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: Part 3 of the Disability Act, 2005 requires public buildings — defined as a building, or that part of a building, to which members of the public generally have access and which is occupied, managed or controlled by a public body — to be brought into compliance with the provisions of Part M (Access for People with Disabilities) of the national Building Regulations before the end of 2015....

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 556 and 568 together. The Mayo Towns and Villages Sewerage Scheme, which includes Charlestown, Cross, The Neale, Ballyheane and Crossboyne is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as a scheme to start construction in 2008 at an estimated cost of €6.25m. An earlier wastewater proposal to service 80 houses in Charlestown...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: The Ballyvaughan, Corofin and Doolin Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as a scheme to start construction in 2008. I approved grant assistance of up to €6.025m for the project in August 2007 following examination of Clare County Council's Water Services Pricing Policy and Economic Review Reports for the project. It is now a matter...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: A comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure, estimated to cost in excess of €207m, has been approved for County Kildare in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 published in September 2007. The Programme, which includes details of each scheme for which funding is being provided, is available in the Oireachtas Library. The schemes included are...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question No. 177 of 27 September 2007.

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (16 Oct 2007)

John Gormley: I assume the question refers to general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. Some €948m in general purpose grants has been allocated to local authorities for 2007, an increase of 8% over the record amount provided in 2006 and an increase of 116% over the level of grant provided in 1999 when the Fund was established. These grants contribute towards meeting the cost to local...