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- Written Answers — Capital Grant Schemes: Capital Grant Schemes (30 Jun 2009)
John Gormley: Allocations to Laois County Council under the Social and Community Facilities Capital Grants Schemes of 2006 and 2007 are outlined in the table below. There were no similar schemes in 2008 or 2009. 2006 Scheme â total allocation â¬240,000 Allocation Amount Paid Date Paid ⬠⬠Redevelopment of Durrow Courthouse, Co. Laois as a multi-purpose community centre 240,000 240,000...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (30 Jun 2009)
John Gormley: Section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that, on application, the duration of a planning permission (normally 5 years) shall be extended, subject to certain requirements being complied with, including that substantial works have been carried out before the expiration of the original permission. Section 23 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009, which was...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (30 Jun 2009)
John Gormley: Planning authorities are empowered under section 34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to attach conditions to a planning permission requiring the giving of adequate security for the satisfactory completion of the proposed development. There is no legal obligation on a planning authority to attach such conditions to a planning permission. However, as stated in the reply to Questions 60...
- Written Answers — Litter Pollution: Litter Pollution (30 Jun 2009)
John Gormley: The total level of funding made available to local authorities under the anti-litter and anti-graffiti awareness grant scheme over the last 5 years is as follows: 2009: â¬1.07 million; 2008: â¬1.245 million; 2007: â¬950,000; 2006: â¬673,000; and 2005: â¬510,000. The details of allocations and payments to local authorities are shown in the following table. The variance between allocation...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (30 Jun 2009)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 409 and 411 together. I recognise that significant regulatory issues have emerged as waste management services have rapidly evolved in recent years, including through the rapid growth in, and consolidation of, the private waste management sector. The existing regulatory framework requires modernisation and I am currently giving consideration to the broad...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (30 Jun 2009)
John Gormley: The Department has executed the contracts of sale and has issued a deposit in this case. The Chief State Solicitor's Office is in the process of arranging the closing of the sale and payment of the balance. The transaction is expected to be concluded shortly.
- Written Answers — Litter Pollution: Litter Pollution (30 Jun 2009)
John Gormley: Under the Litter Pollution Acts 1997 to 2009, the primary response to litter is a matter for local authorities. It is the responsibility of each local authority to enforce the litter laws and to determine the most appropriate course of action to tackle litter pollution within the relevant legislation including the engagement in local litter management activities involving community groups,...
- Written Answers — Rights of Way: Rights of Way (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: I note the judgment of the High Court in this specific case, including a summary of the current law relating to the evidentiary basis for establishing the existence of a public right of way, and the Court's concluding observations regarding a satisfactory resolution of the respective rights of property owners and walkers. Section 14 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides a...
- Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: The information requested is not collated by, or available in, my Department. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compiles the National Waste Report and the most recent report in respect of 2007, published earlier in 2009, is available on its website, www.epa.ie. According to the National Waste Report 2007, over 2.3 million tones of biodegradable municipal waste was generated in that...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: The Final Report on the performance of new infrastructure provided under the pilot programme to test a range of new, small-scale waste water collection and treatment systems is expected to be submitted to the National Rural Water Services Committee shortly. The Committee has been asked to report to me following its review of the outcome on the results obtained. I will review the future role...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 485 and 505 of 6 May 2009. The position is unchanged.
- Written Answers — Electronic Voting Machines: Electronic Voting Machines (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: Responsibility for the security and safe storage of manual voting electoral materials (such as ballot boxes, stamping instruments and stationery) is a matter for the Returning Officers, who are statutorily responsible for conducting the polls. Accordingly, similar responsibility was assigned to Returning Officers to make the necessary arrangements in relation to the storage of the electronic...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question No. 189 of 25 June 2009. The position is unchanged.
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: My Department does not have offices transferring to locations in Laois/Offaly or to Roscrea, Co. Tipperary under the decentralisation programme. Recent information provided by the Central Applications Facility indicates that five members of staff in my Department have registered an interest in decentralised locations in Laois/Offaly as follows: Location Number of Staff Department of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: Order for Second Stage. Bill entitled an Act to impose on the owners of certain residential properties liability for the payment of an annual charge in respect of each such property concerned to the local authority in whose area the residential property is situated, and to provide for related matters.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: Second Stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: I am pleased to open the debate in the Seanad on the Local Government (Charges) Bill 2009. The purpose of the Bill is to give effect to the Government's budgetary decision to introduce an annual charge on non-principal private residences. The Bill sets the charge at a level of â¬200 and it will be payable, in the main, by owners of rental, holiday and vacant properties. It represents a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: Committee Stage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: I thank the Labour Party for tabling amendment No. 2 and Senator Pearse Doherty for tabling amendment No. 2a. While I accept the principles behind amendments Nos. 2 and 2a, I am satisfied amendment No. 1 achieves the same purpose but in a more definitive manner. Both amendments seek to exclude mobile homes from the scope of the new change to which the Bill generally gives effect....
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Jul 2009)
John Gormley: This amendment provides certainty. We examined all the definitions. We examined the phrase "de-mountable" and other issues. The Senator is quite right. There are instances, which I referred to in my contribution, where there are so-called mobile homes where wheels, etc. have been removed. We are examining situations where mobile homes are in caravan parks and it is quite clear they are...