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Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 608 to 615, inclusive, together. These schemes are approved for funding, either individually or as part of grouped projects, in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005–2007. My Department is awaiting submission of Kilkenny County Council's Design Review Report for the Gowran / Goresbridge/ Paulstown Scheme, and of Preliminary Reports in the...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: To address the issue of accumulated backlogs of farm plastic, designated facilities are being provided on a temporary, once-off basis by local authorities where farmers may deposit stockpiled farm film plastic and silage wrap. This arrangement operated on a pilot basis in the first instance in counties Galway, Clare, Mayo, Offaly and Waterford during June and July of last year. This...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: The Air Navigation and Transport Act 1950 is a matter for the Department of Transport. In so far as my Department is concerned draft Planning Guidelines on public safety zones around Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports are being prepared and are almost complete. It is intended to issue the draft Guidelines for public consultation shortly under the Planning and Development Act 2000. All...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: The planning, design and location of public wastewater treatment infrastructure are matters for the relevant local authority, subject to relevant requirements in relation to public consultation and planning approval. Detailed provisions relating to buffer zones have been prescribed by my Department. However, the European Communities (Waste Water Treatment) (Prevention of Odours and Noise)...

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: Total voted expenditure by my Department for the period 2000-2006 amounted to €17.3 billion. The total EU funding allocated and eligible to be drawn down by the Exchequer from the EU on foot of expenditure which was to be undertaken by my Department under the NDP 2000-2006 amounted to €681 million, or approximately 3.9% of total voted expenditure by the Department in that period. The EU...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: My Department has implemented a number of the important recommendations of the report Review of Fire Safety and Fire Services in Ireland. These include in particular the enactment of the Licensing of Indoor Events Act 2003, which addressed a number of legislative changes called for in the Review. In addition, a new Framework for Major Emergency Management, on which local authority, Health...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: The contribution made by each sector to Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions is set out in a report on the implementation of the National Climate Change Strategy, Ireland's Pathway to Kyoto Compliance, published by my Department in July 2006. This report is available in the Oireachtas library. The table sets out the contribution made by each sector and sub-sector, where data is available. This...

Written Answers — Fire Safety: Fire Safety (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: Safety issues, including fire safety, within the home are a matter for the owner/occupier. My Department actively encourages fire safety in the home as part of its ongoing fire safety education and publicity campaigns. A Fire Safety in the Home leaflet available from my Department and through the local authorities outlines the importance of having fire safety equipment in the kitchen. I have...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: All sections of the Act have now been commenced. There were three commencement orders in total: S.I. 525 of 2006 commenced Sections 1, 2, 6(a), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 21, 24, 26, 28, 31, 43, 44, 45, 46 and 48, relating to the 'normal' planning process, on 17 October 2006; S.I. 553 of 2006 commenced Sections 14, 15 and 16, relating to An Bord Pleanála, on 5 November 2006; and S.I. 684 of 2006...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: Responsibility for the provision of non-national roads and bridges in its area is a matter for each individual local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. Accordingly, progress with the advancement of the proposed Macken Street bridge project is a matter for Dublin City Council. My Department has allocated a grant of €5 million...

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (13 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 627 and 628 together. As the National Development Plan is a high-level strategic document setting out a broad investment framework and investment priorities together with indicative financial allocations for the next seven years, it does not contain a definitive list of all projects with commencement dates scheduled for delivery or progression during the years...

Written Answers — Local Authority Services: Local Authority Services (14 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: Article 9.1 of the EU Water Framework Directive requires Member States to take account of the principle of water services cost recovery, including environmental and resource costs, in accordance with the polluter pays principle. In Ireland this requirement is implemented in relation to the non-domestic sector on the basis of recovery of all non-domestic water services costs, from...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (14 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: The provision and improvement of non-national roads is a matter for local authorities to be funded from their own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. There have been significant increases in recent years in the level of State funding provided to local authorities for the provision, improvement and maintenance of non-national roads. State funding in 2007 for...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: The Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (EIA Directive), 85/337/EEC as amended, requires that consent for projects should be granted only after prior assessment of the likely significant environmental effects have been assessed and that this assessment must be conducted on the basis of the appropriate information supplied by the developer. The transposition of the Directive is...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: In accordance with section 13 (2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and other prescribed bodies are consulted on proposed variations to city or county development plans. The submission from my Department referred to in the Question was in response to a consultation from Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council in relation...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (14 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 361 and 362 together. Article 5.2 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC provided that the quantity of biodegradable municipal waste going to landfill must be reduced to: 75% of biodegradable waste arising by 16 July 2006, 50% of biodegradable waste arising by 16 July 2009, and 35% of biodegradable waste arising by 16 July 2016. The above Directive on the landfill of...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (14 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 363 to 365, inclusive, together. Responsibility for enforcement of the building regulations is a matter for the 37 local building control authorities. Half-yearly statistics on enforcement of the regulations, furnished by local building control authorities to my Department, do not give a breakdown of the prosecutions initiated for non-compliance with the 12...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (14 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: My Department has not received a copy of the draft or final version of the Report referred to in the Question, although it has already had access to an extract from the executive summary to the Report. I understand that Sustainable Energy Ireland intend to publish the Report in the next eight weeks. My Department will not be commenting on the contents of the Report until the full version of...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (14 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: Discussions are ongoing with the newsprint industry with a view to developing a producer responsibility initiative (PRI) for the recovery and recycling of newspapers and magazines. Discussions have focussed on waste prevention and minimisation issues in the newsprint industry specifically the practice of "Boxing Out" i.e. oversupply of magazines; recovery and recycling of unsold newspapers...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (14 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: I intend to make regulations transposing Directive 2003/4/EC on access to information on the environment in the near future.