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Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 27: In page 81, to delete lines 3 to 5 and substitute the following: "(14) (a) The Minister may by regulations— (i) apply the requirements of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) to such class or classes of domestic waste water or storm water, or (ii) exempt from paragraph (a) of subsection (1) such class or classes of discharge, as he or she considers appropriate in the...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: Metering is a central element of every water conservation programme. I listened recently to the president of the National Federation of Group Water Schemes talking at length about the value of metering and the astonishing impact of putting in meters just to make sure water is not being wasted. Metering is a prudent provision because it helps to pin down leakage and stem wastage, and is an...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 32: In page 107, line 44, to delete "subsection (8)" and substitute "subsection (9)". This amendment is to correct a cross-referencing error.

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 33: In page 111, line 8, to delete "water service authority" and substitute "water services authority".

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 34: In page 114, line 31, to delete "subsection (1)" and substitute "subsection (2)". Both amendments are technical and correct cross-referencing errors.

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 35: In page 114, line 38, to delete "subsection (1)" and substitute "subsection (2)".

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 36: In page 115, line 37, to delete "section 36(10)" and substitute "section 36(18)". This is a technical drafting amendment to correct a cross-referencing error. Section 36 was significantly and very positively redrafted on Committee Stage to stipulate that the making of strategic water services plans should be a reserved function rather than an executive function. We...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 37: In page 119, line 27, to delete "hardship," and substitute "hardship or quality of water supplied,". This amendment inserts an additional provision into the existing text of section 105(4)(a) to enable a water charge, or part of a water charge, to be waived where there is a problem with the quality of water supplied. This is certainly very topical at present because...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 38: In page 122, to delete lines 30 to 39.

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 39: In page 128, to delete lines 1 to 11 and substitute the following: "(i) related ancillary and incidental matters.".".

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 40: In page 133, to delete lines 35 and 36 and substitute "Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1992 to 2007".

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 41: In page 134, to delete line 7 and substitute "Local Government Acts 1925 to 2007".

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 42: In page 134, to delete lines 15 and 16 and substitute "Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts 1977 to 2007".

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 43: In page 134, to delete line 18 and substitute "Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2007".

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 44: In page 136, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: " 48 and 49 Vic., c. 34 Water Rate Definition Act 1885 The whole Act ". This amendment repeals the Water Rates Definition Act 1885. The purpose of the 1885 Act is to provide clarification on the basis for assessment of water rates under the Waterworks Clauses Act 1847. As the 1847 Act is repealed in...

Water Services Bill 2003 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I thank Deputies for their constructive contributions. This is a significantly better Bill than the one that was introduced because I have listened to each and every one of the points made. It is radical because for the first time the Bill establishes the Minister as the national authority for regulating the water sector — incredibly there was no central authority until the enactment of...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I am not clear what type of monitoring group is envisaged by the Deputy. Section 48 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that each city and county council must establish strategic policy committees (SPCs), comprising elected members and sectoral interests, to consider the formulation, development, monitoring and review of policy relating to local authority functions, including planning,...

Written Answers — Traffic Calming Measures: Traffic Calming Measures (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: Improvements to non-national roads, including the provision of traffic calming measures, are matters for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. In 2007, the total grant allocation by my Department to Mayo County Council for non-national roads is €31,625,821. This includes a Discretionary Improvement grant...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (25 Apr 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 — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (25 Apr 2007)

Dick Roche: I recently approved Galway County Council's proposal to invite tenders for Stage 2 of the Tuam Town Drainage Scheme which is being funded under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007. The scheme, as approved, does not provide for the wastewater collection network being extended to the Bermingham Road. However, I understand that Galway County Council has such an...