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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Since 2004, the Capital Investment Framework Agreement between my Department and the Department of Finance sets out aggregate capital provisions for the Department for rolling five-year periods. The most recent envelope covering the period 2006 to 2010 was announced in Budget 2006 and is valued at €10.33 billion. Under the Agreement my Department can operate a carryover facility of up to 10...

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Under Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 my Department must be notified by a local authority where it appears that a proposed development by the authority would impact on such items as a protected structure, features of ecological or historical interest, a national monument, etc. or have significant effects in relation to nature conservation. My Department has been...

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 987 of 25 April 2006. The waters of Dublin Bay, along with the rivers that drain into it and the associated coastal waters and groundwaters, form part of the Eastern River Basin District for the purposes of the Water Framework Directive. Dublin City Council is the coordinating authority for the preparation of a single river basin management plan which must...

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

Dick Roche: The Dunlavin Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 as a scheme to advance through planning, at an estimated cost of €5.1m. My Department is awaiting a report from Wicklow County Council on the outcome of a review of the Preliminary Report for the scheme that the Council was asked to undertake in September 2005. Copies of the...

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Question Nos. 842 and 843 together. In accordance with Government decision S180/20/10/0839 of 2nd November 2005 on the Abridged Estimates Volume for 2006, I can confirm that I have reviewed the estimates for consultancy expenditure, including ICT expenditure, in my Department in 2006. All procurement will be undertaken in full compliance with the Department of Finance...

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 844 and 846 together. The detailed breakdown requested is not available in my Department, as information on the status of suppliers is not supplied by them in the format specified in the Question. The majority of my Department's information technology contracts would not be of an order of magnitude that would be likely to discourage interest from SMEs. Even in...

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Based on contracts for hardware and software supply and external support, as well as IT development contracts entered into by my Department over the last 12 months, the average size of information technology procurement contracts is €693,852; and the median is €60,751. All figures are inclusive of VAT. The large disparity between the median and the average is due to a small number of...

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I am advised that the Chief State Solicitor's Office, on behalf of my Department, is continuing to correspond with the landowner's solicitor and is hopeful of an early resolution to this case.

Written Answers — National Parks and Wildlife Service: National Parks and Wildlife Service (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I understand that there are no outstanding issues between the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department and the persons named. My Department is not primarily competent for issues which have been of concern to these persons.

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The making of a regional waste management plan, including in regard to the provision of waste management infrastructure, is a matter for the local authorities concerned. While the plan for the Limerick, Clare and Kerry region provides for thermal treatment with energy recovery as part of its waste management strategy, I understand that a proposal has yet to be developed in relation to the...

Written Answers — Local Government Elections: Local Government Elections (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The current local electoral areas and the number of members of each county council assigned to each such area derive from the Electoral Area Boundary Committee Reports of 1998. The 2004 local elections took place on the basis of the existing local electoral areas. The next local elections are due to take place in 2009. Consideration can be given to reviewing local electoral areas in the light...

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

Dick Roche: These schemes are part of a grouped project that also includes Leenane and are approved for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 under the Rural Towns and Villages Initiative at an estimated cost of €6.67m. I approved Galway County Council's Tender Documents for the treatment plants last month. Accordingly, it is now open to the Council to invite tenders...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 852 to 856, inclusive, together. The United Nations has labelled electrical and electronic waste as one of the world's fastest growing and most hazardous waste streams. The European Union has enacted the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive aimed at bringing the problem under control. On 13 August 2005, Ireland became one of only 3 EU Member...

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I welcome the conclusions adopted at the recent EU Environment Council which build on earlier conclusions adopted during the Irish Presidency in June 2004. The use of economic and market-based instruments such as landfill taxes, environmental levies and pay-by-use is widespread throughout Europe. Their use has been encouraged by the EU and OECD who see this as an important mechanism in...

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

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 858 and 859 together. The Castlepollard reservoir was twenty-seventh and the Castlepollard Sewerage Treatment Plant was nineteenth on the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by Westmeath County Council in response to my Department's request to all local authorities in 2003 to undertake assessments of needs for capital works in their areas and to...

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

Dick Roche: Lough Lene Water Supply Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005 -2007 as a scheme to advance through planning. My Department is awaiting submission by Westmeath County Council of a brief for the appointment of consultants to produce a Preliminary Report for the scheme.

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

Dick Roche: Delvin Sewerage Treatment Plant has been approved for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005 -2007 under the Serviced Land Initiative. I approved Westmeath County Council's Preliminary Report for the scheme in July 2005 and it is a matter for the Council to complete the preparation of Contract Documents.

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The general purpose grant from the Local Government Fund allocated to Meath County Council for 2006 is some €26 million. This is an increase of 9% over the corresponding grant for 2005 which is well ahead of inflation, is greater than the average increase nationally and is double the amount provided to the Council in 2000. In terms of its net effective valuation, Meath County Council has...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department administers a small number of grant schemes under which grant assistance is provided directly to applicants and information on these is set out in the table. My Department provides funding or partial funding for a number of other schemes which are operated directly by local authorities and other agencies under its aegis and to which the public have access. The approval of grants...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (4 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The determination of waste management infrastructure requirements is a matter for local authorities in the context of the preparation of the statutory waste management plans provided for in the Waste Management Acts. My Department operates a capital grants scheme in support of certain recycling infrastructure. It is a matter for the local authorities concerned to seek such funding in respect...