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Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: Yes.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: I thank Deputy Durkan for his contribution and congratulate him on his effective use of the time available. I agree with him that if the answer to the question was nuclear, it must be a very foolish question. I am reminded of a placard held up by a young schoolgirl in Navan during the course of an election campaign a number of years ago which read, "If the answer was Fine Gael, it must have...

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: Not in this regard. International relations and government to government relations and government to government messages were excluded from the Deputy's original draft and from every subsequent draft under the Freedom of Information Act. If the Deputy has any doubts about that, I refer him to the Act.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: The salient point is that if the Deputy believes the decision of the information officer in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government was wrong, he could have made an appeal to the Information Commissioner but he did not do so. If the Deputy was genuinely interested in the issue — I do not doubt his sincerity——

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: If the Deputy was genuinely interested in the issue rather than in hollow grandstanding, he would have asked the Information Commission to explain the position.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy also raised the question of communications regarding shipments. As he is well aware, government to government advice is never the subject of——

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: There was an indication to the Government that——

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: If the Deputy wants me to answer, he should show good manners, courtesy and forbearance. Advice received by the Government from another government is never made the issue of an advanced exchange. This was the case in this particular instance. When Government advice was given, it was not disseminated further.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: Did I draft a press release and not issue it? No. I will check the matter for the Deputy. On the other point the Deputy——

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: I do not know from where the Deputy obtains his information.

Nuclear Safety: Statements. (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: As the Deputy says, he would be very surprised if I suppressed any press release.

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: As stated in reply to Question No. 532 of 28 March 2006, peat extraction below ten hectares in area is exempted development except where it could have significant effects on the environment. The threshold has been set at a level that ensures that the vast majority of sub-threshold peat extractions will not have a significant effect on the environment. If a person proposing to carry out peat...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: I will arrange to have details of all candidate special areas of conservation in Galway which are proposed for designation under the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1997 to 2005 sent to the Deputy.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: Ireland signed the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters on 25 June 1998. Progress towards ratification of the convention is closely aligned with work at European Union level. To date, the European Union has adopted two directives as part of the ratification process for the convention. These deal with...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: The Dromcollogher, Hospital, Pallasgreen and Bruff sewerage schemes, which are being advanced as a grouped project, have been approved to advance through planning in my Department's water services investment programme, 2005 to 2007. In June 2005, I approved Limerick County Council's brief for the appointment of consultants to prepare a preliminary report for the grouped project. The council's...

Written Answers — Local Authority Boundaries: Local Authority Boundaries (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: I have written today to Limerick City Council regarding its proposal for an extension of the city boundary with a view to building a strong consensus on a viable way forward. I considered that it was premature to pursue the proposal in its current format. However, I have stressed the need to develop the Limerick to Shannon gateway to its full potential, in line with the national spatial...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: Roscommon County Council's design review and water services pricing policy reports and implementation strategy for these water supply schemes are now being further examined in my Department following receipt, last week, of additional information requested from the council in September 2005. Following approval by the Department, the council will be in a position to prepare contract documents...

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (6 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: In law, the preparation of the register of electors is a matter for each local registration authority. It is their duty to ensure, as far as possible and with the co-operation of the public, the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the register. Their work in this area includes the carrying out of house-to-house inquiries, delivery of registration forms and running local awareness campaigns. I...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: Electoral law sets out a procedure for the nomination of candidates including a provision enabling a candidate to include, on his or her nomination paper, and which subsequently appears on the ballot paper, a reference to the registered political party of which he or she is a candidate. Persons who are not members of a political party may enter on the nomination paper the expression...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Apr 2006)

Dick Roche: The operation of public water supply services is the responsibility of the local authorities and I have no direct function in the matter. However, I understand that the source of supply for these areas of County Mayo is Sligo County Council's Lough Talt water supply scheme and that, as a result of ongoing improvements by Mayo County Council to the distribution network within its functional...