Results 381-400 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche
- Departmental Procurement Policies. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: No, it is an entirely fatuous question. I have indicated my position on several occasions.
- Departmental Procurement Policies. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: I am not he.
- Departmental Procurement Policies. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: I will only resign if I do something that deserves resignation.
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: The requirement for a thermal treatment facility was formally identified in Dublin's regional waste management plan which was adopted by the four Dublin local authorities in the late 1990s. In the context of the southern and eastern regional operational programme of the national development plan, my Department has provided Cohesion Fund assistance towards the planning of the Dublin region...
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: As I said to the Deputy, the incinerator project needs to go through a planning process.
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: Obviously if it gets the green light in the planning process, it can proceed, but if it does not, then we will be back to the drawing board. I made this point in my reply to the Deputy. I cannot predict the decisions of various independent boards on this project and I am sure the Deputy is not asking me to put myself in a position where I could be seen to influence those views. However, those...
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: The Deputy can indeed take it. The planning process needs to be followed. I do not intend to intervene in or interfere with what is an independent planning process. I am sure the Deputy is not asking me to interfere with a decision which will be made by the local authorities in this city and county.
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: That is a very fair question. With regard to whether this project will be covered by the strategic infrastructure Bill, I understand that it is the intention of Dublin City Council, as the co-ordinator in the project, to submit it for processing under existing legislation. To save the Deputy asking a further supplementary question, it would be my wish that it should proceed under existing...
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: That does not arise. The strategic infrastructure Bill is complex legislation which will take some time to enact. I understand it is intended to proceed with this project under existing legislation. I have made it clear that would be my wish.
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: That would not be a fair assumption to make from the response I have given. I have been quite precise as to my wishes. With the help of the House I anticipate that the critical infrastructure Bill will get a relatively speedy passage. We accept that it will take time to process this particular project under existing legislation. However, if the project is in process, it is under the existing...
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: The Deputy has been around for a long time and he must know that he should not believe everything he reads, regardless of how good the newspapers in this country are.
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: There has been no insistence. I have given a number of interviews on this issue and made my view clear. It will take some time for the strategic infrastructure Bill to be passed. This project is in process at the moment. My view isââ
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: I am sure the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, will hold office for a long time.
- Waste Management. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: He certainly is deserving of such.
- EU Directives. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 128 together. The energy performance of buildings directive, Directive 2002/91/EC, was adopted on 16 December 2002. EU member states must legally transpose the directive by 4 January 2006. I plan to include the principal transposition provisions in the proposed building control Bill 2005, which is due to be published in mid-2005. The directive provides...
- EU Directives. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: I thank the Deputies for their contributions but they characterise the urgency of this matter very inaccurately. I am aware of this problem. Most EU member states find the implementation of this Bill very complex. I agree it is important to have the label as soon as possible. This is not the only country that will experience difficulties in this regard. Contrary to what the Deputies have...
- EU Directives. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: I am frankly surprised, given all that I have said about certain sectors of the industry over the years, that Deputy Cuffe should believe that any section of that industry can whisper in my ear.
- EU Directives. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: They have to do that to Deputy McCormack.
- EU Directives. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: The Deputies should be careful. I will not go down the avenue into which they are drawing me. Nobody has lobbied me on this issue.
- EU Directives. (9 Feb 2005)
Dick Roche: Deputy Cuffe's paranoia in this regard is misplaced. No one has whispered in my ear or otherwise lobbied me.