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Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (26 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: A copy of the training specification for BER Assessors (New Dwellings) is available in the Oireachtas library. This specification is also available on the Sustainable Energy Ireland website: www.sei.ie/epbd.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (26 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: At this stage, a total of 224 staff have confirmed their availability to decentralise with my Department to Wexford, Kilkenny, Waterford, and New Ross. 118 of these are now working in the Department and the process of arranging for the transfer of the other staff to the Department is continuing. A total of 147 of my Department's staff indicated their intention to decentralise with other...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has not made a decision in this matter. Full statutory protection has been provided to species such as referred to in the Question by virtue of article 3 (12) of the European Communities (Natural Habitats) (Amendment) Regulations 2005. The EU Commission accepts that Irish law is now compliant with the Habitats Directive in this matter and has withdrawn...

Written Answers — Public Service Charges: Public Service Charges (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 599, 627 and 628 together. Water services providers are required to recover the cost of providing water services from all non-domestic users of these services in order to comply with the EU Water Framework Directive. This requirement of cost recovery from the non-domestic sector extends to the provision of meters, which are necessary to ensure that water...

Written Answers — Whaling Regulation: Whaling Regulation (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: Ireland acceded to the Convention for the Regulation of Whaling in 1985, and has consistently supported the international moratorium on commercial whaling. I am strongly opposed to Iceland's decision to resume commercial whaling and Ireland has been working closely with other Governments to agree a text which will demonstrate a concerted degree of international opposition to this action. This...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department funds a scheme of grants for the conservation of protected buildings, which is administered by the local authorities. It is a matter for each individual local authority to assess and prioritise applications and approve funding. The scheme is aimed at assisting owners and occupiers to carry out conservation works on structures of architectural significance in the Record of...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 602 and 609 together. As indicated in reply to Questions Nos. 1483, 1484, 1487, 1488, 1540, 1544 and 1545 of 27 September 2006, my Department is awaiting submission of Preliminary Report from Galway County Council in these cases.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: Article 17 (4) of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) allowed Ireland to extend the periods referred to in Articles 5(5) and 7(2) in the Directive by up to 24 months. In accordance with the provisions of Article 17(4), Ireland informed the Commission on 13 April 2005, prior to the transposition of the Directive...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The Castleblakney Sewerage Scheme has been ranked as a priority for the 2010 to 2014 period in the list of water services schemes submitted by Galway County Council in response to my Department's request to local authorities earlier this year to produce updated assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. These...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 579 of 17 October 2006 which sets out the position in relation to Patrickswell. My Department is awaiting submission by Limerick County Council of Contract Documents for the extension of the Limerick County Trunk Water Mains Scheme from Ballygeale to Croom.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The Bruff Sewerage Scheme, which is being advanced as part of a grouped project that also involves Dromcollogher, Hospital and Pallasgreen, is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-07 as a scheme to advance through planning. My Department is awaiting submission of Limerick County Council's Preliminary Report for the project.

Written Answers — Radon Gas Levels: Radon Gas Levels (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: Following the identification in July, 2003 of a house in Castleisland with radon concentration levels of approximately 49,000 Becquerels per cubic metre (Bq/m3), the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) undertook a survey of houses in the area. This involved the RPII writing to 2,500 householders in and adjacent to the town of Castleisland informing them of the very high...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The total amount spent by my Department on photographic services in the periods outlined above are as follows: €77,648 in 2004; €49,906 in 2005 and €66,074 in 2006. The further breakdown of this expenditure, sought in the Question, is not available in my Department.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 124 of 4 October 2006.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 612 and 613 together. My Department has already informed planning authorities that they should not attach planning conditions relating to management companies in the case of traditional housing estates, unless in very specific exceptional circumstances, e.g. holiday home developments, or to maintain a specific private shared facility. My Department has set up...

Written Answers — Planning Regulations: Planning Regulations (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: While planning legislation and regulations frequently refer to the publication or submission of maps and site plans, they do not stipulate any requirement to use Ordnance Survey maps. It is a matter for each local authority to ensure that they comply with the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 when handling copyrighted material, in the planning process or otherwise.

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The current scale of fees in relation to applications for integrated pollution prevention and control licences, including applications in respect of intensive poultry rearing operations, is prescribed under the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996. There is no proposal to reduce the prescribed fees.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 617 and 618 together. The May 2006 edition of Technical Guidance Document L includes two methods of demonstrating compliance with Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Energy) of the Building Regulations. The primary reason for allowing the two methods is to provide options for some flexibility in how heat loss through the building fabric is limited, via the...

Written Answers — Tax Yields: Tax Yields (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: Motor tax compliance surveys are undertaken on a periodic basis and the information from the last survey in 2001 indicated an evasion level of 4.6%, representing at the time an uncollected tax amount of some €25 million. The information requested is not available on an annual basis. A number of measures have been introduced by my Department to combat motor tax evasion, and other enforcement...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The provision and improvement of non-national roads in County Louth is a matter for Louth County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. In March 2005, Louth County Council submitted an outline proposal to my Department in relation to a Drogheda Northern Cross Port Access Route. That document identified a number of possible sources...