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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (5 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Many of the appointments in my Department arising from the normal recruitment process are made in an unestablished capacity. I assume that the Question relates to temporary unestablished civil servants appointed to provide support services to Ministers. The following are the total number of posts (based on whole time equivalents) occupied in my Department on the basis of appointments by...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (5 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 553 and 554 together. The staffing composition of my private and constituency offices (detailing permanent civil servants and temporary unestablished civil servants) are set out in the following tables. Private Office Permanent Civil Servants Temporary Unestablished Civil Servants Full time Equivalents Grade Full time Equivalents Title 1...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I expect a decision to issue in this case within the next few weeks.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (5 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Limerick City Council's contract documents for the civil works element of a pumping station being provided at Westbury under Contract 3.7 of the Limerick Main Drainage Scheme are being examined in my Department and are being dealt with as quickly as possible. The Council's contract documents for the mechanical and electrical element of the project and its proposals for the laying of a rising...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (5 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: In circular S.12/2005 of 5 August 2005, my Department issued comprehensive guidance to local authorities about a revised method of calculating pension entitlements for non-officer grades in local authorities whose pensions are integrated with social welfare benefits. Local authorities were requested to communicate with all persons who are in receipt of such integrated pensions from the local...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Local authorities are responsible for the provision of road traffic signs on non-national roads. However, in line with a commitment in the Programme for Government to put in place a new 5 year plan to ensure that non-national roads are properly signposted, my Department introduced a new Regional Roads Signposting Programme for non-national roads in 2003. It is proposed that directional...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The information requested is set out in the following table. 1 2 3 4 Number of housing estates to be taken in charge in 2006 Number of houses in estates in answer to Q.1 Number of housing estates not yet taken in charge for which planning permission expired more than 2 years ago Number of houses in estates in answer to Q.3 County Councils Carlow County Council 13 564...

Written Answers — Regional Road Network: Regional Road Network (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The Low Cost Safety Improvement Works scheme of grants for non-national roads was introduced by my Department in 2000 as an extension of the scheme operated on national roads under the auspices of the National Roads Authority (NRA). The NRA assesses applications for grant assistance under the non-national roads scheme on behalf of my Department. The criteria for grant approval are based on...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The following table details the funding by my Department to non-governmental agencies or organisations in 2004, 2005 and 2006. For 2005, the most recent full year, the total funding provided was €3,448,018, which comprised 0.45% of my Department's current budget for the year. The data does not include substantial capital and other funding provided by my Department under schemes which are...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 739, 746 and 753 together. The Lower Liffey Valley Sewerage Scheme has been approved for construction in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 at an estimated cost of €31 million. The scheme, which includes the expansion of the Leixlip waste water treatment plant and the upgrading and improvement of the wastewater collection systems...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 440 of 13 June 2006.

Written Answers — Town Councils: Town Councils (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I am considering the steps necessary to commence the provisions of the 2001 Act in respect of new town councils. The creation of new town councils and their prospective functional responsibilities under the Act also feature in my discussions with local government interests as the opportunity arises. I will continue to keep the position under review, in tandem with consolidating progress on...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: Under Section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, it is a matter for the manager of each local authority to make such staffing and organisational arrangements as may be necessary for the purposes of carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he/she is responsible. However, managers must have regard to Government policy on the control and regulation of numbers in the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 250 of 29 June 2006. My Department is in discussions with Mayo County Council in relation to the scheme and will consider urgently revised proposals which the Council has undertaken to submit within the next few weeks.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant Expansion Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 as a scheme to commence construction this year. Dublin City Council's tender recommendations for both the civil and mechanical and electrical contracts for the scheme are under examination in my Department and are being dealt with as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 747 to 752, inclusive, together. Management of public drinking water supplies is the responsibility of the local authorities, which have a range of instruments and measures available to them to produce and conserve sufficient stocks to meet anticipated needs. New infrastructure projects including water conservation works, are approved for funding under my...

Written Answers — Noise Regulations: Noise Regulations (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: In the case of a small airfield or aerodrome which is located in an agglomeration to which the provisions EU Directive 2002/49/EC (concerning assessment and management of environmental noise) apply, it is a matter for the local authority concerned to consider any noise issues in the context of its noise mapping functions under the Environmental Noise Regulations 2006.

Written Answers — Social Inclusion: Social Inclusion (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: The 101 local authorities which have adopted the Barcelona Declaration, as advised to my Department by the National Disability Authority (NDA), are included in the table below. The NDA intends to write to each of the outstanding local authorities to determine whether further adoptions of the Declaration have taken place. Implementation measures are a matter for the individual local...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 607 of 30 May 2006. Further documentation relating to this scheme has not been received from Galway County Council in the meantime.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No 557 of 16 May 2006. The information received from Galway County Council on 12 May, 2006, was incomplete in some respects and my Department is in touch with the Council regarding the outstanding information.