Results 4,781-4,800 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: The Deputy has just said he does not have the information, yet he is asking me to contact the EPA. I have gone through a number of the documents dating back to 1995. My preliminary assessment at this stage is that a previous Government, which comprised Fine Gael and the Labour Party, did not cover itself in glory as regards this site.
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: I know the Deputy does not want to hear this.
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: I know he does not want to hear it, but I am just giving him the truth. As regards the White Young Green study carried out in 2005, an extensive, intrusive site investigation was undertaken at the time, which indicated no evidence of immediate threat to human health or the environment, and they are best suited in determining the best way forward in securing the site from an environmental and...
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: To suggest that I can give a clean bill of health to every single site in the country is ridiculous.
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: In the case of Haulbowline, I was able to get the analysis. I will not lead people up the garden path.
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: The environmental challenge presented by the former steelworks on Haulbowline did not manifest overnight. It is the legacy of an industrial past. For many years the steelworks were a significant employer in the Cork area and an important part of the local economy. The site has the potential once again to contribute to the economic and indeed social life of the area. First, however, the...
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: That is precisely what we are doing. That is what the Government is about. We are producing a strategy for a way forward, a plan. That is what the White Young Green analysis is about, namely, to get on the site and produce the data, which will be peer reviewed. I hope the residents will be happy with the analysis that has been carried out. I have said previously that I am about openness...
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: There is a plan in place.
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: I have said to the Deputy over and over again that we have put a plan in place, and more of a plan than existed previously. We have made more information available than ever before.
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: No, that is a plan.
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: That is a plan of action. I am glad the Deputy is not blaming me in this respect because there is a legacy issue here. As I said to Deputy Hogan, I have gone over the files and my preliminary analysis showsââ
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: I certainly will.
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: I would like to see the Deputy's response to them because his party did not produce any plan for this site.
- Waste Management. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: I will publish all the information and I will meet the Deputies any time they want regarding this.
- Planning Issues. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: There are two aspects to the judgment of the European Court of Justice delivered on 3 July. First, the compatibility with the requirements of Directive 85/337/EEC on Environmental Impact Assessment, as amended, of Irish legislation under which permission may be granted for the retention of unauthorised development and, second, whether appropriate environmental impact assessments were carried...
- Planning Issues. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: The Deputy is correct. The Commission challenged the enforcement measures put in place by Ireland to ensure genuine application of the EIA directive. According to the Commission, Irish legislation did not impose any clear obligation to bring unauthorised development to a stop. In particular, the Commission felt Ireland had not presented evidence of clear guidelines for local authorities to...
- Environmental Policy. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: In response to the programme for Government and the national climate change strategy commitments to introduce a carbon offsetting scheme for air travel on Government business, including flights by Ministers and civil servants, I have developed the principles of a scheme which will operate on an annual basis starting in 2008. I am currently finalising the necessary logistical and...
- Environmental Policy. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: It will be invested in countries in which we have projects.
- Environmental Policy. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: That was a wonderful question. I do not even know what the question was. The Deputy mentioned the "brunt". Friends of the Earth supports this scheme.
- Environmental Policy. (9 Jul 2008)
John Gormley: REEEP is a "gold standard" company. I met its representatives in Bali. It is sometimes difficult to understand what Deputy Tuffy says. What is the Labour Party's position on this? Her colleague, Deputy Burton, has raised this issue time and again on the Order of Business, asking the Government when it would introduce this scheme. I got the clear impression the Labour Party was waiting...