Results 741-760 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: I am telling the Deputy that is not relevant.

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: When I got the request from the National Roads Authority it was submitted in the appropriate manner to the officials of my Department.

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: I will let the Deputy have the exact details.

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: Yes.

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: Yes, but that is not the issue.

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is being foolish as he always is.

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The reality is that the directions reached the director of the National Museum on 1 March. He gave me a comprehensive response and that is with the chief archaeologist. Those are the facts. Deputy Gilmore kindly quoted the National Monuments Act. The position is as stated in the Act. The Deputy has a copy of it and can consult it. Under the Act, where there is an approved scheme, any works of...

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: I have already said to the Deputy that the position I have in law is set out clearly in the National Monuments Act.

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: I have also said on numerous occasions that I will not use the powers I have under it to second-guess a planning process that has already been exhaustively pursued in that regard.

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: I made it very clear that I will operate on the advices I have received and they will be accommodated.

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is correct that the NRA submitted the material before Christmas. The material had to be examined in the Department.

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The Department had to produce its review and it was passed appropriately and as soon as possible to the National Museum. The director of National Museum gave me a comprehensive response and I would do less than justice to him if I were to say——

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: A number of misleading claims were made following a recent meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on the Environment and Local Government in regard to energy performance aspects of the Building Regulations. I am grateful to Deputy Cuffe for this opportunity to state that I reject absolutely the allegations that were made by an individual that energy conservation standards under Part L of the...

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: If the Deputy were to consult recent statistics published following surveys carried out in this and other countries, he would discover that his hypothesis that we are at the bottom of the league is simply wrong.

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: We are not at the bottom of the league.

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: I will take it that he did not say that.

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: He should know that if we are second from the top we could hardly be lagging behind.

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy cannot have it both ways. The Deputy stated that we were lagging behind when he knows that the recently published data shows that in some areas we are second from the top and in one area we are at the top. As he knows this to be the case, to mislead the House does no service to the debate. The Deputy referred to an internal memorandum on hollow block construction written several...

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: As the Deputy knows some very significant changes have occurred since then. We should confine ourselves to the facts. As the Deputy knows the European directive allows deferment of full implementation until January 2009. Article 7 deals with the certification of new buildings. Without going into too much turgid detail, we will not be found wanting and will not be behind.

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: We will not behave in a way different from any other country. The Deputy may have missed part of the detail of my reply.