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Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: Improvements to non-national roads, including the provision of traffic calming and other measures on such roads near schools, are matters for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by grants from my Department. The low-cost safety improvement works scheme of grants for non-national roads was introduced by my Department in 2000 as an extension of the...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: Information provided by returning officers to my Department indicates that the total annual storage cost for the electronic voting machines and ancillary equipment is some €696,000. The following table sets out annual storage costs for each of the 25 locations. The timing of the further use of the system is dependent on the progress made with the work being undertaken by my Department and...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The number of school wardens employed in each county and city, as returned to my Department in the 2004 annual staffing returns, is set out in the following table. As regards the recruitment of school wardens, this is a matter for each county and city manager, who is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority...

Written Answers — Litter Pollution: Litter Pollution (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The Protection of the Environment Act 2003 made provision for conviction on indictment for litter offences with a maximum fine of €130,000, and a maximum fine per day of €10,000 for continuing offences. The Litter Pollution Acts 1997-03 do not provide for minimum penalties as such and the courts have discretion in this regard. The on-the-spot-fine for alleged offences under the Litter...

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I understand the site in question, Commons of Carney, is a shallow, winter flooded basin in an undulating limestone topography supporting a typical Schoenus fen vegetation. While it is not proposed to designate the site as a special area of conservation, it is being considered for proposal as a natural heritage area. However, before the site can formally be proposed further survey work will...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 890, 897, 899 and 905 together. Ireland's national action programme under the nitrates directive was formally submitted to the European Commission on 29 July 2005 and I made the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters) Regulations 2005 on 11 December 2005. These regulations give legal effect to the action programme and...

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The national vehicle file does not record the date of birth of the registered owners of vehicles and consequently the information requested is not available.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: Section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the associated Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations Act 2001, sets out the legal requirements in relation to local authority own development which does not require environmental impact assessment. Proposals for developments to be carried out by local authorities are subject to review by the elected members. They can...

Written Answers — Local Authority Membership: Local Authority Membership (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: Section 142 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that a decision regarding representation by members of a local authority at a conference is a reserved function for the local elected members alone, subject to the council being satisfied that attendance is justified by reference to the benefits likely to accrue, the general interests of its administrative area and the local community, and...

Written Answers — Wildlife Protection: Wildlife Protection (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: No licences have been issued for the sale or possession of glue traps and my Department does not currently envisage circumstances in which such traps would be licensed for general sale and use. In a situation, for example, of a serious infestation of poison-resistant rats or mice, the licensing of the use of such traps by professionals under strict conditions might however have to be...

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: In order to be able to vote at elections and referenda in this jurisdiction, a person's name must be entered in the register of electors for a constituency in the State in which the person ordinarily resides. Postal voting is provided for in respect of certain categories of person as specified in electoral law. The Electoral Act 1992 provides for postal voting by wholetime members of the...

Written Answers — Library Projects: Library Projects (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: On 22 February 2006, my Department approved a proposal by Kerry County Council for the acceptance of a tender as regards the provision of a new branch library in Castleisland.

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: While the local government fund is predominantly allocated for current, as opposed to capital, purposes the following tables set out details of all funding to each local authority from the fund for the years in question under the headings of general purpose grants, non-national road grants and other grant payments. Local Government Fund: General Purpose Allocation 2000-2005 Local...

Written Answers — Building Controls: Building Controls (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The Building Control Bill 2005 assigns a limited role only to the registration body, RIAI. First, the basic registration eligibility criteria are specified in the Bill and will not be determined by the registration body. Second, key decisions on admission of individual applicants to the register of architects will not be made by the registration body, but by an admission board and technical...

Written Answers — Fire Regulations: Fire Regulations (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 903 and 904 together. The operation of fire services and fire safety in Ireland is governed by the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003 and by regulations made under those Acts. The legislation applies to all buildings except single domestic dwellings. The fire services legislation places a duty of care on persons in control of premises to take all reasonable...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 248 of 2 March 2006.

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department furnishes a quarterly staff return, including staff employed by local authorities, to the Department of Finance and any clarification necessary or matters requiring discussion are addressed between the Departments within this process.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 515 of 28 February 2006.

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: Part 17 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that qualified electors of a town having a population of at least 7,500 as ascertained at the last preceding census and not having a town council may make a proposal for the establishment of such a council. Under the relevant provisions of the Act, a proposal to establish a town council, and the timing of any such proposal, is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: While vehicle registration is a matter for the Revenue Commissioners, information on the number of imported used vehicles licensed for the first time for the years 2000 to 2004 inclusive is published by my Department as Table 19 of the annual Irish Bulletin of Vehicle and Driver Statistics 2004 which is available in the Oireachtas Library. The number for the year 2005 is 61,350 vehicles.