Results 7,161-7,180 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: The Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that planning authorities may zone and reserve lands as open space in their development plans and also facilitate the provision and siting of open space within their areas. Furthermore, the First Schedule to the Act provides that planning authorities may restrict, control and regulate the use and development of open space. The...
- Written Answers — Local Government Services: Local Government Services (13 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: Under the Local Government Act 2001, responsibility for dealing with possible contraventions under the ethical framework for the local government service rests with local authorities. I have no function as Minister in this regard, and the information requested is not available in my Department.
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (13 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: The publication of the manual to which the Question refers is a matter for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I understand that the EPA expects to publish the manual at an early date.
- Written Answers — Ministerial Correspondence: Ministerial Correspondence (13 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: As the economic advice referred to in the question was sought to inform the provision of pending legal advice by the Attorney General it would not be appropriate to make it available.
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415 and 416 together. I understand that the Annual Accounts of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) for 2008 are now being finalised within the Authority and will be submitted to my Department in the coming days, following which I will arrange for them to be considered by Government and laid before both Houses. In accordance with Section 25 of the...
- Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (13 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: I recently arranged for environmental consultants to prepare an Environmental Report, according to Strategic Environmental Assessment requirements, to inform the policy making process for waste management in respect of a proposed policy direction under section 60 of the Waste Management Act intended to achieve a number of objectives. One such objective is to seek to ensure that incineration...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: I have not issued any direction to the Dublin Docklands Development Authority on this or any other matter. Recognising the current difficulties in securing an appropriate and realistic valuation of property assets under the present extraordinary market conditions, my Department and the Department of Finance met with representatives of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority in July. It...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: I am not aware of the position of other agencies but I will address the question of whether I favour current market value. If the Deputy is referring to the NAMA way of doing business, it is current market value plus a premium. I understand, and I believe it already has been in the public domain, that the site we are referring to has been written down by approximately 85%, if one is to...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: I am not at all concerned. I understand these valuations have been carried out by the reputable valuers Lisneys, who have said that the valuation of this particular site has gone down by as much as 85%. Listening to what some people have said about NAMA, one might think the decrease is 50% but in this case it is not; the figure is 85%, which is unprecedented but the truth of the matter and...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: I have not received a valuation.
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: I have heard from my officials and I will say, for the third time, that as I understand it, the value of this site has depreciated by up to 85%. That is my information and it is accurate. It reflects what I have seen in newspaper coverage as well.
- Local Authority Funding. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: Local authorities have budgeted to spend some â¬11 billion in 2009 between current and capital expenditure. The capital income is funded mainly through grants, borrowing and other capital income sources. Current expenditure is funded from specific grants, commercial rates, income from goods and services and general purpose grants. I am providing some â¬905.2 million in general purpose...
- Local Authority Funding. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: The Deputy is aware that when I spoke about costing, it was in the context of a forthcoming budget. The budget provides the costings for a programme for Government. The programme is simply a series of political commitments but the budget puts a financial shape on those commitments. With regard to the programme for Government, we have considered a number of issues relating to the financing...
- Local Authority Funding. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: A two-pronged approach is required in this regard. In the first instance, we must consider a number of expenditure cuts. I am sure the Deputy will agree that it also will be necessary to reform the public service. It is common knowledge that, unlike the boom years, there is not a great deal of activity in planning departments at present. I am obliged to ask myself what these staff are...
- Local Authority Funding. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: I have asked my Department to prepare scoping documents in respect of both matters. The process relating to introducing water meters into people's houses would be both extensive and complex. It will be some time before I can make available to the Deputy a scoping paper on that matter. However, I will keep him well informed of progress. It will take a great deal of time to introduce a site...
- Election Management System. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: On 23 April 2009 I announced that the Government had decided not to proceed with implementation of electronic voting in Ireland. Since then, a process has been put in place to address the issues that arise from that decision. An interdepartmental task force, chaired by my Department, has been established to bring the project to an orderly conclusion and to oversee disposal of the equipment...
- Election Management System. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: As the Deputy will be aware, to date some â¬51.33 million has been spent on the development and roll-out of the system. In addition, there have been associated storage costs. For 2008 these amounted to â¬204,000 - lower than those for the previous years. Storage costs for the years 2004 to 2007, inclusive, were â¬658,000, â¬696,000, â¬706,000 and â¬489,000, respectively. Pending the...
- Election Management System. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: As for the storage arrangements and the costs involved, the original electronic voting machines were stored at 25 local premises. In 2007-----
- Election Management System. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: I already have given this information to the Deputy.
- Election Management System. (14 Oct 2009)
John Gormley: In most cases, these leases are of relatively short duration and will not involve negotiation of termination arrangements or the payment of a penalty to end the lease. The most widely publicised lease concerns the storage facility in Cavan-Monaghan, which was arranged by the former Monaghan county registrar. While the length of that lease - which has been publicised as being for 25 years -...