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- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: Followed by a three-letter word.
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: The Senator was doing well up to this point.
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: It is the No. 1 contributor.
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: I thank Senator Kitt for allowing me to contribute at this stage. I particularly want to participate in this debate but I am also obliged to go to the Lower House to deal with some business there. This is a timely debate. I wish to take up a point raised by Senator Ryan. There is a great denial that we face an extraordinary global challenge. Every logical and sound-thinking person accepts...
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: I hope the Senator cycled.
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: Poor man.
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: Was it mouth to mouth resuscitation?
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: Yes, they are on their return journey.
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: That is right.
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: A dump.
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: Good countries turn it into energy.
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: It is a source of huge energy.
- Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: On a point of information, the White Paper outlines an ambitious project to move from turf burning to cofiring. What the Deputy said is right.
- Written Answers — Vehicle Registration: Vehicle Registration (22 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: Section 60 of the Finance Act 1993 provides the legal basis for the records contained in the National Vehicle and Driver File database (NVDF). The NVDF contains the records of keepers of vehicles rather than titled owners and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government may determine the content of the records. In this regard it is the practice that a vehicle record is...
- Written Answers — Road Signage: Road Signage (22 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: My Department introduced a 5 year Regional Road Signposting Programme in 2003 with the aim of providing directional signposts on all significant junctions on all regional roads in county council areas. In 2007, a sum of â¬7 million has been provided for this programme of which â¬250,000 has been allocated to North Tipperary County Council. Before contracts may be placed by a local...
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (22 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: The provision and improvement of non-national roads, including bridges, in County Westmeath is a matter for Westmeath County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. In July last year, my Department sought applications from local authorities for funding under the 2007 Specific Improvements Grant Scheme. The initial selection of...
- Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (22 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: I understand that a number of landowners at Crosswood Bog met with an official from my Department last month concerning works carried out by Coillte Teoranta in adjoining lands. My Department has not requested the landowners to cease cutting turf for domestic use in the bog. The 1999 Agreement to allow turf cutting on designated bogs for a ten year period applies throughout the country....
- Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (22 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: The improvement and maintenance of non-national roads in County Kildare is a matter for Kildare County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. Details of total non-national road grants paid to Kildare County Council in 2005 and 2006 and the initial allocation for 2007 are set out in the table. Year Total GrantPayment ⬠2005...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (22 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: The information sought is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. Some 200 items of EU environmental legislation, including more than 140 Directives, have by now been transposed in this country. A wide range of penalties applies for offences under the relevant national legislation including fines of up to â¬15 million and terms of...
- Seanad: Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (22 Mar 2007)
Dick Roche: I am pleased to be back in the House for Second Stage of the Carbon Fund Bill. I am here so often I am more frequently before the House than I was when I was a Member. I hope it is not a portent of things to come. Second Stage of the Carbon Fund Bill will provide an opportunity to develop issues raised in yesterday's debate in Private Members' time. The Bill was amended on Committee Stage...