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Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: I would have thought Fine Gael would have supported me.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: I am looking at that at the moment.

Confidence in the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government: Motion. (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: It is very difficult.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: My Department's examination of the revised contract documents for Lecarrow and a number of other related schemes is continuing and will be completed as quickly as possible.

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: I assume that the question refers to the architectural protection grants scheme which provides grants to owners of protected structures and which is administered by the local authorities. Funding for this scheme has been increased from €2.88 million in 2003 to €3.9 million this year; all local authorities were notified of their increased allocations on 5 March 2004.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: A total of €2,190,433.17 has been spent on the Race Against Waste campaign from July 2003 to date out of a total budget of €3.5 million to end June 2004. The campaign is being financed from the environment fund which is resourced from the plastic bags and landfill levies. Research on the impact of the campaign is being carried out at a number of stages in order to ensure that the...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: Engineering specifications for the depth of pavements to be used on rural non-national roads are set out in my Department's best practice document, entitled Guidelines on the Depth of Overlay to be used on Rural Non National Roads, dated May 1999. The National Roads Authority's publication, Specifications for Road Works, dated March 2000, as amended, deals with the type of materials to be...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: The Government's national water services pricing policy framework requires local authorities to recover the cost of providing water services from the users of these services, with the exception of households using the services for domestic purposes. It is a matter for each local authority to set the appropriate level of charges for non-domestic users of water services. At present local...

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: Section 107 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 provides local authorities with powers to require measures to be taken to prevent or limit noise. I am aware that Dublin City Council, for example, regularly uses these powers in relation to noise from intruder alarms. Intruder alarms gave rise to 7% of the noise complaints made to Dublin City Council in 2002, down from 11% in 2001....

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467 to 471, inclusive, together. The substantive reasons for continuing the prohibition of game-shooting on State lands used for conservation purposes have been set out fully in reply to Question No. 4 of 4 March 2004 and to Questions Nos. 264, 272 and 273 of the same date. As explained in those replies, these reasons extend beyond the considerations of...

Written Answers — Fire Safety: Fire Safety (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: My Department has published a number of codes of practice providing advice on fire safety in specific groups of premises. A guide entitled Fire Safety in Nursing Homes — A Guide to Fire Safety in Existing Nursing Homes and Similar Type Premises, published in 1996, provides comprehensive practical guidance to proprietors of such premises on the fire safety measures they should take. It...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: The Curragh, Brownstown, Cutbush and Suncroft sewerage system is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2003 — 2005 to commence construction this year. I approved Kildare County Council's contract documents for the scheme in November 2003. It is now a matter for the council to advance the tender process.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: One of the five high level goals set out in my Department's statement of strategy is to ensure that transport infrastructure and services are provided, managed and used in a manner that protects people from death and injury. Within that goal, the safety of public transport users is a very high priority for my Department. I can assure the Deputy that the transport agencies under the aegis of...

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: Operational priorities require that the allocation of seasonal staffing levels in all of my Department's national parks, including Glenveagh, will vary from year to year. As part of an ongoing management strategy to enhance the effective and efficient operation and delivery of a year-round quality service at Glenveagh National Park, seasonal posts have been consolidated into new permanent...

Written Answers — Control of Dogs: Control of Dogs (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: Provisions relating to nuisance by barking dogs are contained in section 25 of the Control of Dogs Act 1986. Under these provisions, the District Court may act on a complaint by any person where a nuisance has been created by excessive barking by a dog. On foot of such a complaint, the court may order the occupier of the premises in which the dog is kept to exercise control over the dog, make...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: In accordance with EU Directive 93/109, EU citizens, apart from Irish or UK citizens, who are resident in Ireland, and other than those who were registered at the 1994 or 1999 European elections, must complete an application form and a statutory declaration in order to be registered as European electors. Statutory declarations may be taken by notaries public or commissioners for oath both of...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: The Institute of Public Administration has run or is running three training courses for returning officers and staff in preparation for the nationwide rollout of the electronic voting and counting system in June 2004. The cost per attendant for the courses are as follows: initial election management training — one day course, €375; refresher election management course — half-day course,...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: The Buttevant sewerage scheme has been approved for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2003 — 2005 under the rural towns and villages initiative. Cork County Council submitted contract documents to my Department in February 2004 for the wastewater treatment element of the scheme which is being procured as part of a grouped design/build/operate contract that also...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 530, 558 and 564 of 23 March 2004.

Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (30 Mar 2004)

Martin Cullen: My Department approved the construction of a new fire station at Ardmore as part of the 2003 fire services capital programme. The project has now reached tender stage and a tender proposal submitted by Waterford County Council is under consideration by my Department at present. A decision will be made in the near future.