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- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: The table, based on returns made by all planning authorities, sets out the number of planning applications received by planning authorities for each of the 4 quarters of 2004 and 2005 and the first 3 quarters of 2006. Returns for the 4th quarter of 2006 are currently being received. Planning Applications Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 2004 20,380 22,585 21,302 24,076 2005...
- Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: The person involved was offering a specific type of turbary right which had originally been purchased from the Land Commission. It transpired that it was not possible to transfer this type of turbary right to the State, but only to extinguish the right. The complex issues involved in cases of this kind have now been resolved and they are being moved forward.
- Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: I am informed that the Chief State Solicitor's Office (CSSO) were in communication with the Solicitor acting for the person concerned in October last seeking to clarify the issue of ownership of the lands. The CSSO have yet to receive a response to this request.
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: The staffing composition of my constituency office and the grade and remuneration of each are set out in the table. Permanent Civil Servants Temporary Unestablished Civil Servants Full time Equivalents Grade Full time Equivalents Title 2 Executive Officer 1 Personal Assistant (HEO grade) 2.5 Clerical Officer 1 Personal Secretary (Secretarial Assistant grade) The salary scales for all...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: The staffing composition of my Department's Press Office and the grade and remuneration of each are set out in the table. Number Grade 1 Press Officer (Principal Officer grade) 1 Higher Executive Officer 1 Executive Officer 1.5 Clerical Officer The salary scales for all administrative grades are available on the Department of Finance website (www.finance.gov.ie): circular 41/2006 sets...
- Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: National waste statistics for all waste streams are published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), most recently in National Waste Report 2005. National Waste Reports do not provide separate data for plastic bottles but successive reports have shown increases in the recovery rate for plastic packaging; this is recovered both through segregated collections in some areas and through...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: Since the inception of the plastic bag levy, receipts remitted to my Department by the Revenue Commissioners amount to â¬69.7 million. Amounts raised by the plastic bag levy in respect of each year since its commencement are set out in the table. Year â¬m 2002 10.428 2003 12.883 2004 15.278 2005 17.485 2006 to Quarter ending 30 September 13.648 Total 69.722 A total of â¬194...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: There is no record of an application for compensation being received in my Department from this person. I understand from enquiries made by staff in my Department to the Department of Agriculture and Food, that the person named does not qualify for a de-stocking payment from my Department because he is a participant in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) for the last number of...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: The Breaffy Sewerage Scheme has been ranked as sixteenth priority by Mayo County Council in the list of water services schemes submitted by the Council in response to my Department's request to local authorities last year to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The priorities adopted by the...
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: The maintenance and improvement of non-national roads in County Mayo is a matter for Mayo County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. The 2007 non-national roads grant allocation of â¬27,274,625 to Mayo County Council represents a 12% increase on the initial 2006 allocation to the Council. In June 2005, local authorities were...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: I have approved Mayo County Council's Contract Documents for the extension of the Lough Mask Regional Water Supply Scheme from Shrah to Westport and for the upgrading of the Tourmakeady Treatment Plant under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005 â2007. The value of the local contribution toward the overall capital cost of the works will be determined when Mayo County...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: In August last year, I published a consultation paper on options for future regulation of the waste sector. Submissions were invited on whether there is a need for a regulator for the sector, if so on what model of regulator might be most appropriate and on what powers any such regulator should be given. Among the possible powers discussed in the paper is the power to impose a public service...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: The Achleam Sewerage Scheme has been ranked as fifteenth priority by Mayo County Council in the list of water services schemes submitted by the Council in response to my Department's request to local authorities last year to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The priorities adopted by the...
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: The improvement and maintenance of non-national roads in county Kerry is a matter for Kerry County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State Grants provided by my Department. The initial selection and prioritisation of projects to be funded from these grants is a matter for the Council. In 2007, the initial non-national roads grant allocation to Kerry County Council...
- Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: Article 4 of EU Council Directive 91/271/EEC requires secondary treatment of urban wastewater discharges arising after 31 December 2005 from agglomerations above a population equivalent of 2,000 in the case of fresh or estuarial waters and 10,000 in the case of coastal waters. All remaining infrastructural schemes required in this context are approved for funding in my Department's Water...
- Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: The operation and management of local authority landfill and wastewater infrastructure is a matter for the local authority concerned, in this instance Mayo County Council. Landfill operations are subject to compliance with the conditions in the relevant waste licence issued by the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: In general the Government welcomes the proposal of the EU Commission for a Directive establishing a framework for the protection of soil. We agree that it is appropriate to have an EU-wide initiative but, given the diverse nature and conditions of soils in Member States, policies need to be flexible and adaptable. This proposal for a directive is part of a package adopted by the Commission...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: The issue referred to in the Question will be considered in the context of amendments to the Natural Habitats Regulations which I intend to make later this year.
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: In April 2005 my Department conveyed approval to Westmeath County Council to proceed with the Castletown-Geoghegan Sewerage Scheme as an independent project. This scheme is being funded under my Department's devolved Rural Water Programme and it is, accordingly, a matter for the Council to arrange for the invitation of tenders and the commencement of work.
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2007)
Dick Roche: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, planning authorities may provide, in their development plans and local area plans, general planning standards to be met in the provision of neighbourhood facilities. When granting planning permission for a neighbourhood shop, planning authorities may impose conditions relating to the standard and upkeep of shop fronts and landings. Furthermore,...