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Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: Acts passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas sponsored by my Department in each year from 2003 to 2007 are listed in the table below. Details are also provided as to the extent of reference within these Acts to EU legislation/obligations and, in the case of Acts wholly or partly required by EU obligations, whether Ireland had significant discretion as to the manner in which these obligations...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The project in question is being funded by my Department under the Rural Water Programme and involves the provision of eleven new water treatment plants, and associated works, for twenty six group water schemes and two public water supplies in County Roscommon. Roscommon County Council's Tender Recommendation for the works is being examined in my Department and is being dealt with as quickly...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The Ring Helvic Water Supply Scheme has been approved for funding under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-09 at an estimate cost of €3.57m. My Department is awaiting submission of Waterford County Council's Preliminary Report for the scheme.

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The elected council and the county/city manager carry out their respective reserved and executive functions in accordance with the various legislative codes under which local authorities operate. The Local Government Act 2001 provides that it is the duty of every manager to carry into effect all lawful directions of the elected council of a local authority or a joint body for which he or she...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: There is no specific information available to my Department on the volume of plastic bottles sent to landfill. All beverage containers, including plastic bottles, are packaging. National waste statistics for all waste streams, including packaging, are published by the EPA with the most recent being the National Waste Report 2006, published yesterday. Directive 94/62/EC of the European...

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: 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 electoral law in respect of certain categories of person who are entered in the register of electors. The Electoral Act 1992 provides for postal voting...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: I am providing some €999.2m in general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund to local authorities for 2008. These grants are my contribution to local authorities to meet the difference between the cost to them of providing an acceptable level of day to day services and the income available to them from local sources and from specific grants. The amount being made available for...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: I intend to issue a public consultation draft of Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas in the very near future: the public consultation period will last 12 weeks. These draft guidelines will update and replace my Department's 1999 Residential Density Guidelines for Planning Authorities.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1340 and 1405 together. The Mountbellew Sewerage Scheme, which is being advanced as part of a grouped project, 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 €5.958m. Galway County Council's Preliminary Report for the scheme is being examined in my Department and...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The number of playgrounds awarded grant aid by my Department under the 2004, 2005 and 2006 playground schemes was 34, 38 and 89 respectively. As many local authorities experienced some delays in providing these playgrounds due to a variety of planning and technical issues, consideration of a scheme in 2007 was deferred to allow local authorities to make progress with their outstanding...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The projections for transport related greenhouse gas emissions in the 2008 to 2012 period in the carbon budget are those contained in the National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012. The projections in the Strategy are based on projections prepared for my Department and published in a report, Determining the Share of National Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Emissions Trading in Ireland...

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1346, 1347, 1353, 1367 and 1399 together. Following on from a commitment in the Programme for Government in relation to school water charges, the Government decided on 4 January 2008 to introduce transitional arrangements for charging schools for water services, pending schools being charged for water services on a full cost recovery and volumetric basis with...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: No Department owned computer desktops or memory keys have been reported lost, missing or stolen, during the period 2002 to 2007. During 2007, twelve Department owned laptops were stolen from the Custom House and one was stolen while in transit between Department offices. Ten of these were recovered almost immediately. Nine of these laptops were obsolete and had already been prepared for...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1352 and 1358 together. The Oughterard Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as a scheme to start construction in 2008. Galway County Council's brief for the appointment of consultants to prepare Contract Documents for the scheme was received in my Department in December 2007 and is being dealt with as...

Written Answers — Data Protection: Data Protection (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: My Department ensures that all relevant security measures, including the use of hardware firewalls, anti-virus, anti-spam and malware scanners are in place to protect its network against potential intrusion by hackers via the internet. All of my Department's computer security systems are subjected to ongoing independent security audits and any enhancements to the systems are installed as...

Written Answers — Special Amenity Areas: Special Amenity Areas (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The making, amending, review or revoking of a Special Amenity Area Order, including the making of such an order following a Ministerial direction, is governed by sections 202 and 203 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. Prior to the coming into force of the Planning and Development Act 2000, the relevant provisions in relation to special amenity area orders were contained in sections 42...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The Gweedore Sewerage Scheme 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 €26m. Additional information requested by my Department was received from Donegal County Council in December 2007 and is being considered as speedily as possible in conjunction with the Council's Tender Documents for the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The Killybegs Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as a scheme to start construction in 2008. The wastewater treatment plant is being grouped with Bundoran and my Department is awaiting Tender Documents from the Council for both plants. The Council's Contract Documents for certain elements of the collection system and for the sea...

Written Answers — End-of-Life Vehicles: End-of-Life Vehicles (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The Waste Management (End-of-Life Vehicles) Regulations 2006 provide the regulatory framework for the implementation in Ireland of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles. Under the Regulations, any facility which meets the required standards and holds a valid waste permit may become an authorised treatment facility. Local authorities are the designated competent authorities under the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question Nos 944, 946, 948, 953, 954 and 957 of 11 December 2007. As part of a range of functions undertaken by my Department's Press Office, a daily news cuttings service is made available to all staff. This service has been provided in- house by Press Office staff since 2002 and it is accessible to all staff via the Department's intranet. The Department has been...