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Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: I am satisfied that my Department is meeting the 3% employment quota for people with disabilities. Arising from the most recent survey of staff in my Department 3.2% of respondents had a disability. It is intended to carry out a further survey of staff shortly. The Department's records indicate that, since 2002, one person with a disability was employed by my Department, from outside the...

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

John Gormley: The Killygordon/Crossroads Sewerage Scheme was one of a bundle of sewerage schemes ranked as sixth priority on the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by Donegal County Council in response to my Department's request to all local authorities in 2006 to undertake assessments of needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of these assessments....

Written Answers — Electricity Consumption: Electricity Consumption (30 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The total amount of electricity used in the Custom House over the past three years is set out in the table. While electricity consumption has increased between 2005 and 2007 by 5%, total energy consumption in the same period has decreased by 6%. In accordance with its Environmental Policy Statement, my Department is fully committed to the conservation and effective management of our...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: Kerry County Council is undertaking a strategic study with a view to optimising the delivery of wastewater infrastructure in up to 90 towns and villages in the county, including Tarbert. The Council's Preliminary Report for the Tarbert Sewerage Scheme will be further considered by my Department in light of the study recommendations.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The cost incurred to date in respect of the purchase and adaptation of the electronic voting machines is €43.9 million. In addition, 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 2007 is some €528,000, with figures for 2004, 2005 and 2006...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: Section 88(1) of the Electoral Act 1992 states that the ballot paper at a Dáil election shall be in the form set out in the Fourth Schedule to the Act, subject to any modifications provided for in regulations made under section 88(2)(cc) of that Act. Regulations made under this provision (S.I. No. 156 of 2007) provide for the modification of the ballot paper set out in the Fourth Schedule...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The Constituency Commission presented its report on Dáil and European Parliament constituencies on 23 October 2007. Work is now underway on the drafting of the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008 which will, inter alia, provide for revision of Dáil and European Parliament constituencies in accordance with the Commission's report. The Bill will be published as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Local Government Members: Local Government Members (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 to 265, inclusive, together. The following tables set out the number of councillors in each local authority area, the population of each local authority and the ratios of elected members to population by local authority, as per Census 2006. The number of elected members in each local authority is set out in section 21 and schedule 7 of the Local Government...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The WEEE Directive has been very successfully implemented in Ireland. During 2006, the first full year of operation, 31,500 tonnes of household WEEE was collected. This represents approximately 3.5 million electrical and electronic products or 7.4kg per inhabitant. This is almost double the 4 Kgs target the WEEE Directive requires Ireland to achieve by the end of 2008 and indicates...

Written Answers — Flood Risk Assessment: Flood Risk Assessment (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The First Schedule of the Planning and Development Act 2000 specifies, inter alia, that planning authorities may include in their development plans objectives regulating, restricting or controlling development in areas at risk of flooding. Where development is proposed in an area at risk of flooding, it is a matter for each planning authority to evaluate such risk, on the basis of a flood...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 66, 111 and 116 of 18 December 2007. I met with the Vice-President of the European Commission, Günter Verheugen, and the Commissioner for Environment, Stavros Dimas, in Brussels on 9 January 2008 to outline the Government's plans to introduce minimum energy efficiency standards for light bulbs. European Commission Directive 98/34/EC, which lays down...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The position set out in the reply to Question No. 97 of 18 December 2007 has not changed. The National Climate Change Strategy which was published in April 2007 contains a commitment to produce a national adaptation strategy within two years. The planned strategy will provide a framework for the integration of adaptation issues into decision-making at national and local level across all sectors.

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: A National Strategy Group on Packaging Waste Recycling — which is co-chaired by my Department and Repak and involves key public and private sector stakeholders — was established in late 2004 to monitor and further develop the regulatory packaging waste regime in Ireland in the context of the new recovery and recycling targets set for 2011 under the new Directive 2004/12/EC. The Strategy...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: The data sought in the Question are not available in my Department. Major producers i.e. those who have an annual turnover in excess of €1 million and who place more than 25 tonnes of packaging on the Irish market, have additional responsibilities with regard to the recovery of packaging waste from their customers, meeting targets, signage, reporting of specified data and registration with...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: On 13 December 2007, the European Court of Justice handed down its Judgment in case C 418/04. Ireland has two months to respond formally to the European Commission and to satisfy it that the necessary steps are being taken to meet the requirements of this lengthy Judgment. My Department will shortly meet with Commission officials to discuss the measures that will need to be taken to comply...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2008)

John Gormley: When a water or sewerage scheme is first proposed it may take some time to be approved for inclusion in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme, depending critically on the priority afforded to it by the elected members of the local authority and the resources available for the overall Programme. In the case of a scheme included in the Water Services Investment Programme, my...

Written Answers — Rural Environment Protection Scheme: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (5 Feb 2008)

John Gormley: 111 farmers in the REPs schemes 2 and 3 in the Owenduff/Nephinbeg Complex Special Area of Conservation in County Mayo have each received up to €2,000 to compensate them for losses incurred as a result of having to remove all sheep from this commonage land during the two off-wintering periods that run from 01 November to 31 December and from 14 February to 13 May. From February 2007 to...

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (5 Feb 2008)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 661, 663 and 700 together. I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 1307, 1308, 1319, 1326, 1342, 1343, 1351 and 1371 of 30 January 2008. Policy in relation to VRT is a matter for the Minister for Finance.

Written Answers — Land Sales: Land Sales (5 Feb 2008)

John Gormley: I understand that the Chief State Solicitor's Office raised a legal query which needs to be resolved before the sale can be completed in this case. The matter is now being considered by the solicitors for the parties.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (5 Feb 2008)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 664 and 665 together. I am conscious of pressures for clusters of commercial and other development to occur adjacent to motorways, particularly in the vicinity of motorway interchanges. In the case of the M3 motorway, measures are in place to address these concerns. Within the development plan process, appropriate objectives to protect the archaeology and...