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Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee. (15 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Environment and Local Government, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (15 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: Local authorities are required to recover the cost of providing water services from the users of these services, with the exception of householders. The cost of providing water services to the non-domestic sector should be fully recovered by local authorities by means of a meter based volumetric charge. While current arrangements for schools may, as with other non-domestic users, be based on...

Written Answers — Local Government Legislation: Local Government Legislation (15 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I intend to commence Part 19 of the Local Government Act 2001 shortly. The new provisions will replace the existing general powers of local authorities to make by-laws, and complement by-law making powers held by local authorities under other legislation.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (15 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The O'Brien's Bridge Sewerage Scheme, which is being advanced as part of a grouped project, is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 as a scheme to commence construction in 2007. My Department is awaiting the submission of Clare County Council's Preliminary Report for the scheme.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (15 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The company in question has sought a meeting with me to discuss new environmental technologies which it is developing and to ensure that these fit within Ireland's long-term waste management strategy. The company is being offered a meeting with officials of the Department to discuss the issues of concern to them and to clarify responsibilities in Ireland with regard to the provision of waste...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputies should stick around.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy must not have been listening.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: This is in all the Government's published literature. I will send some to the Deputy for reference purposes.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I could make statements about Deputy Boyle's rancid hypocrisy but I will not.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: —noting the very significant investment which has been made by the Government in developing modern integrated waste management infrastructure and services; —noting also the remarkable progress reflected in the municipal waste recycling rate of 34% in 2004 (compared to the national target of...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: It has one positive aspect, however, in that it offers the opportunity——

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputies should give me the same respect I gave them. It has one positive aspect in that, despite the attempts to shout me down, it shows that we have a very good story to tell in this country. We might have reasonably expected the Green Party, a party which claims copyright on environmental issues, to mount a well argued and well constructed case, but instead we got a sorry shopping list...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: Since coming to office in 1997, the Government and its immediate predecessor have been engaged in modernising Ireland's waste management policies with some considerable success. We have well and truly set out our stall in a suite of policy documents starting with the seminal document, Changing Our Ways, and culminating in the recently published national strategy on biodegradable waste, which...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The uncomfortable reality for the Green Party is that the policies are working——

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: ——and, as we saw tonight, the Green Party has no workable alternative. Turning first to waste prevention, the EPA is implementing a multi-faceted, multi-annual national programme led by a dedicated core prevention agency. That is the start to prevention. Second, we have established a market development group — the issue of how we deal with recyclables was raised — aimed at developing...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: It is typical of the tenor of this motion that the Green Party seeks to commend the public on recycling while at the same time pouring scorn on the efforts that have been made.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: If it is not too uncomfortable for the Members opposite, I will recall the facts. When Fianna Fáil got back into government in 1997, the general level of recycling here was a pathetic 9%. When parties opposite were in government it was 9%, with 166,000 tonnes recovered. They almost reached 34% by 2004. That is 920,000 tonnes.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The national target set for 2013 was 35%. We have effectively met the target eight years ahead of schedule. I challenge the Green Party Members to name any country that has done better than Ireland.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: They are not in a position to do so. Construction and demolition waste recycled in 2004 reached 84%, just short of the target for 2013.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: We are introducing a new system of waste management planning for individual construction projects that will push up that figure further. I was heavily criticised in this House for the electrical waste recycling scheme which was introduced. The Labour Party suggested we go back to the drawing board. To its credit, the Green Party supported me. It was the only party to do so. We were just one...