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Written Answers — Air Pollution: Air Pollution (4 May 2006)

Dick Roche: Air quality assessment is the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency and air quality management a matter for local authorities informed by air quality measurement data. The EPA's Ambient Air Quality in Ireland Report 2004, published in January 2006 (available in the Oireachtas Library), contains details of the monitoring and assessment of national air quality, and incorporates...

Written Answers — Water Supply: Water Supply (4 May 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 219 of 8 March 2006.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 May 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 216 of 8 March 2006.

Written Answers — Departmental Committees: Departmental Committees (4 May 2006)

Dick Roche: This Department's Audit Committee was established in 2004 and comprises the following five members: Jerry Killeen (former Financial Controller and Company Secretary, Dublin Port Company), Chairman; Eric Embleton (former Assistant Secretary, CMOD, Department of Finance); Donal O'Donoghue (former County Manager, Galway County Council); Noel O'Connell (Director of Audit, Local Government Audit...

Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: In the event of a natural, technological or environmental disaster inside the European Union, the European Community Mechanism for Civil Protection provides for Member States to request assistance in the form of interventions from other Member States where domestic emergency services need support to cope with the particular disaster. The Mechanism is operated by an EU Civil Protection...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: The provision and improvement of non-national roads in County Galway is a matter for Galway County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. In August 2005, local authorities were invited to submit applications to my Department for consideration for funding under the 2006 EU Co-Financed Specific Improvements Grant Scheme. In 2006...

Written Answers — Communications Masts: Communications Masts (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 and 506 together. Under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and associated regulations communications masts require planning permission. The Regulations do, however, set out certain exemptions in this area including, subject to certain conditions, the attachment of additional antennae to an existing antenna support structure, the erection of an antenna...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 257 of 30 March 2006. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: The European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters) Regulations 2005 prescribe minimum storage capacities for livestock manure and other substances on farms. The storage capacity required for pig manure must be in place by 31 December 2006. The storage capacity required for other livestock manure must be in place by 31 December 2008. I have no proposals to amend...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 482 and 483 together. Consideration of the issues arising from recent scientific advice on the implementation of the Nitrates Action Programme is being advanced by my Department, the Department of Agriculture and Food and Teagasc with a view to developing a formal submission to the European Commission this month.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000 a person who has carried out unauthorised development is guilty of an offence: unauthorised development includes development which is not carried out in accordance with the terms of the planning permission. A planning authority may issue an enforcement notice in connection with an unauthorised development requiring such steps as it considers...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department does not directly provide financial assistance to community groups to draw up design plans for their localities. Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, a planning authority may prepare a local area plan for any particular area within its functional area. A local area plan must be made in respect of an area that is designated as a town in the most recent census of...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 240 of 26 April 2006.

Written Answers — Library Projects: Library Projects (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: On 14 February 2006, Monaghan County Council was authorised by my Department to proceed to invite tenders for the construction of a new County Library in Clones. Further progression of the project is now a matter for Monaghan County Council.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: Under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001, producers — i.e. manufacturers and importers — of farm plastics (silage bale wrap and sheeting) are required to take steps to recover farm plastics waste which they have placed on the market or alternatively to contribute to, and participate in, compliance schemes to recover the waste in question. The Irish Farm Film Producers...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: While the reply to Question No. 900 of 21 March 2006 detailed all funding to local authorities from the Local Government Fund in the years 2000 to 2005, the following table sets out the capital funding from the Local Government Fund to every local authority for the years in question. Local Government Fund — Capital Funding paid to Local Authorities 2000-2005 Local Authority Name 2000...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: The Directives in question are those on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and on the Restriction of the use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS). In common with various other products, the question of whether organ pipes fall within the scope of both Directives is under consideration at EU level. Ireland's position, as advised to the...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: Ireland has achieved a significantly improved performance in meeting EU targets for the recovery of packaging waste. Under Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, Ireland was required to achieve a 25% recovery rate of packaging waste by 1 July 2001, increasing to a 50% recovery rate by 31 December 2005 (with a minimum of 25% to be achieved by recycling, including a minimum 15%...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Question Nos. 494 and 495 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 514 of 11 October 2005. Clogrennane Castle is a national monument in private ownership and as such its upkeep and maintenance is a matter for the owner rather than the Office of Public Works. Clogrennane Castle was visited by an archaeologist of my Department who reported that there has not been any...

Written Answers — Control of Dogs: Control of Dogs (9 May 2006)

Dick Roche: The Control of Dogs Regulations 1998 require the owner or other person in charge of a dog to ensure that the dog at all times wears a collar bearing the name and address of the owner on an attached plate, badge or disc. The regulations contain penalties for non-compliance with this requirement or for defacing or rendering illegible the above particulars. These arrangements followed...