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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The information requested in relation to my Department and non-commercial state sponsored bodies under its aegis is set out in the tables. Staffing in the commercial state sponsored bodies under the aegis of the Department is a matter for the body concerned. Grade Number of female staff in grade (expressed in whole time equivalents) Number of male staff in grade (expressed in whole time...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The Kilbehenny Sewerage Scheme was ranked as forty fourth priority in the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by Limerick County 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 — Carbon Taxes: Carbon Taxes (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The public consultation process which I announced on Budget day 2006, inviting interested parties to make submissions in relation to the rebalancing of annual motor tax charges to take account of CO2 emissions concluded on 1 March, 2007. A total of 34 submissions have been received and may be viewed on the Department's website www.environ.ie. The submissions are currently being examined and I...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (20 Mar 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. These special arrangements operated on a pilot basis in the first instance in counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Offaly and Waterford during June and July of last year....

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I am fully aware of the importance of timely transposition of EU environmental legislation, some 200 items of which, including more than 140 Directives, have by now been transposed in this country. There are currently seven Directives in my Department's area of responsibility which are outstanding for transposition. A further three Directives are due for transposition between April 2007 and...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Unlike the abstraction, treatment and distribution of water by a group water scheme, group sewerage scheme activity is confined to the provision of significantly less costly collection systems and this is reflected in the relative values of the grants currently available. My Department is funding a pilot programme, proposed by the National Rural Water Monitoring Committee, to test a range of...

Written Answers — Public Private Partnerships: Public Private Partnerships (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The State Authorities (Public Private Partnership Arrangements) Act 2002, makes provision in relation to the functions and powers of certain state authorities to enter into Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangements. All state authorities engaging in PPPs must comply with guidance issued by the Department of Finance and available on its website — www.ppp.gov.ie. As regards the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: There is no funding available in my Department in relation to the type of facility referred to in the Question. However, I recently announced details of an additional €5.1m in funding under the Social and Community Facilities Capital Scheme. In this context, the scout club may wish to make a submission to the relevant county council to have the project considered by it under the Scheme.

Written Answers — State Boards: State Boards (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I refer to my reply to Question Nos. 551 and 552 of 27 February in which I set out the procedures for the appointment of ordinary members to An Bord Pleanála and details of the panels from which each current member of the Board was selected. It should also be noted that appointees to An Bord Pleanála do not represent their nominating body, but are appointed to make independent assessments...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: My Department has had discussions with the Irish Tyre Industry Association (ITIA) with a view to establishing a Producer Responsibility Initiative (PRI). These discussions are continuing with the intention of concluding the necessary arrangements for such an initiative later this year. Draft Regulations which will provide a regulatory framework for this PRI have been developed and were...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The Askeaton Sewerage Scheme, which is being advanced as part of a grouped project that also involves Athea, Foynes, Glin and Shanagolden, is approved for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007. My Department is awaiting submission of Limerick County Council's Preliminary Report for the project.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: A proposal to provide wastewater facilities at a number of locations in south Donegal, including Killygordan, was ranked as sixth priority by Donegal County Council in the list of water and sewerage 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...

Written Answers — Water Supply: Water Supply (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I understand from Mayo County Council that the water supply to this consumer was previously provided by a group water scheme that the Council took over in early 2003. A meter was installed at that time as part of the Council's policy of metering all new connections to the public supply which in the case of domestic users is for the purpose of water conservation. I understand that the...

Written Answers — Local Government Management Services Board: Local Government Management Services Board (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 964 to 967, inclusive, together. The Local Government Management Services Board, formerly the Local Government Staff Negotiations Board, is a corporate body established under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971. The provisions relating to the establishment, functions, constitution and operation of the Board are set out in the Local...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Funding has been provided to Dublin City Council under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 for a study to assess the long-term water usage and supply needs of the Greater Dublin Area and to identify potential options for meeting those needs. Transferring a supply of water from the Shannon is one of the options identified by the study. Any decision to proceed with...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The additional information requested will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 970 and 971 together. The 101 local authorities which have adopted the Barcelona Declaration, as advised to my Department by the National Disability Authority, are listed in the table which follows this reply. Galway City Council and Galway County Council have each adopted the Declaration. Implementation measures are a matter for the individual local...

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: As the statutory three-month period for the submission of objections to designation of land as a Special Area of Conservation has passed, no further objections can now be accepted. I understand that a new mechanism for amending boundaries to special areas of conservation, post-adoption, is to be devised by the European Commission and at that stage the position will be reviewed.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 562 of 20 February 2007. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 975, 977, 979 and 984 together. The upgrading of the wastewater collection networks in these locations is being funded under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 as part of the €17.4 million Upper Liffey Valley Sewerage Scheme. Kildare County Council's Preliminary Report for the collection networks is under examination in my...