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Written Answers — Electoral Management System: Electoral Management System (24 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: Under the Electoral Act 1992, the selection of buildings to be used as polling stations at an election or referendum is a matter for the returning officer. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1996 provides that local authorities, in making polling schemes, shall endeavour to appoint polling places which allow the returning officer to provide at each place at least one polling station that is...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: The Local Government Computer Services Board (LGCSB), a body under the aegis of my Department, is scheduled to move to Drogheda under the decentralisation programme. Progress in relation to that relocation, which is a matter for the body itself, is reported on to the Decentralisation Implementation Group.

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (25 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: Scientific assessment of this site dates back to the early 1970s when it was surveyed by An Foras Forbatha. The site was then surveyed in detail in 1984 as part of The National Raised Bog Survey (NPWS). The site features in the report The Raised Bogs of Ireland (1990), where it is compared to a number of other raised bog sites in Co. Galway. In 1995 the site was considered for selection as...

Written Answers — Water Pollution: Water Pollution (25 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 and 242 together. Lagarosiphon major, also known as the curly-leaved pondweed, is a native of southern Africa. It has been widely sold for many years as an oxygenating plant for garden ponds and aquaria. However, it is viewed as a major threat to Irish lakes and their associated wildlife since it became established in Lough Corrib in 2005. A...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (25 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: The information sought is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. Some 200 items of EU environmental legislation, including more than 140 Directives, have now been transposed in this country. The four Directives listed in the table below are outstanding for transposition and my Department is working hard to ensure they are...

Written Answers — Outdoor Events: Outdoor Events (26 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: Section 230 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that a licence is required in respect of the holding of a prescribed event or class of event. Part 16 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 provides for the licensing of outdoor events. Article 183 of the Regulations provides that a prescribed event for the purposes of Section 230 is an event at which the audience...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (26 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to determine the extent of cross-party agreement on the recommendations of the April 2004 Report on Seanad Reform by the Seanad Sub-Committee on Seanad Reform, and to advance proposals for implementation. The Report on Seanad Reform sets out comprehensive recommendations for further consideration and action concerning the composition,...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (26 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: My Department's Vote does not include any Grant in Aid provisions.

Written Answers — Special Protection Areas: Special Protection Areas (26 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: Some 804 objections were received to the proposals to designate 6 Hen Harrier sites as Special Protection Areas (SPAs). Of these, 60 were deemed to be invalid. My Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is currently in the process of assessing the 744 valid objections. Approximately three-quarters of these relate to requests to have land removed from the SPA, with the...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (26 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: The net amount remitted to my Department in 2007 in respect of the plastic bag levy was €22,211,727. Copies of the Environment Fund's Annual Accounts up to and including 2006 are available in the Oireachtas library and detail the amount received in respect of the plastic beg levy for years prior to 2007. The 2007 Annual Accounts will be lodged in the Oireachtas library in due course after...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (26 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: On behalf of Rentokil, Arthur Cox Solicitors made my Department aware of the existence of seven cylinders of hydrogen cyanide in April 2007 at the Rentokil premises at Ballymount. This followed a series of meetings held by Rentokil with South Dublin County Council, the Defence Forces, the Fire Services and An Garda Síochána to develop a solution for the disposal of the cylinders. South...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (26 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: The senior administrative and technical posts in the Fire Services and Emergency Planning Section are all fully staffed. In addition, the technical posts in the Section have in recent years being augmented by senior staff seconded from Fire Authorities.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (26 Jun 2008)

John Gormley: In line with the commitment given in the Programme for Government my Department is continuing to provide grants to support the development of waste recycling facilities such as civic amenity sites. This year alone my Department has provided capital grants towards the development of 22 specific civic amenity sites and has paid €8.274 million in grant assistance to Local Authorities under...

Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

John Gormley: We do not take corporate donations.

Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

John Gormley: I have not met them yet; I am meeting them later.

Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

John Gormley: I am here.

Order of Business (1 Jul 2008)

John Gormley: I inherited the problem from the Labour Party.

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (1 Jul 2008)

John Gormley: The preparation of reports by the Controller & Auditor General is a matter solely for that office and I have no function in the matter.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (1 Jul 2008)

John Gormley: I understand that the person concerned is in the process of joining my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service Farm Plan Scheme. His farm planner is at present drawing up the plan and, subject to its approval, a de-stocking payment for 2008 will issue.

Written Answers — Compliance Costs: Compliance Costs (1 Jul 2008)

John Gormley: Data which would enable regulatory or compliance costs for the business sector, as referred to in the question, to be established are not currently available. My Department, however, is represented on the cross-Departmental High Level Group on Business Regulation, chaired by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment which is tasked with taking concrete measures to reduce...