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Written Answers — Major Emergency Plan: Major Emergency Plan (2 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: The purpose of the Major Emergency Development Programme was to enable the Principal Response Agencies (the Garda Síochána, Health Service Executive and the main local authorities) to respond to a major emergency which occurs in, or affects, their functional areas in any part of the country. Under the Framework for Major Emergency Management, the Major Emergency Development Programme...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (2 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: I understand that this application was received on 4 November 2009. My Department will arrange a survey of the land in question and will be in touch with the vendor in due course. This land is on one of the 32 raised bog Special Areas of Conservation that was designated in 1997. Bog plots and turbary rights on these sites are being prioritised for purchase under the voluntary bog purchase scheme.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: There is a commitment to introduce comprehensive legislation on noise pollution within the lifetime of this Government. Earlier this year, following an extensive consultation process, the General Scheme of a Noise Nuisance Bill was prepared in my Department and approved by the Government. The Noise Nuisance Bill is included in the Government Legislation Programme published on 16 September,...

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 198, 207, 209, 210 and 211 together. Corry Mountain Bog Natural Heritage Area is of considerable conservation importance for its upland blanket bog habitat and also as a habitat of various notable flora and fauna, including Grouse. Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs) are protected under the Wildlife Acts, enforced by authorised officers of my Department's National...

Written Answers — Flood Relief: Flood Relief (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: My Department will shortly ask the local authorities for reports on the consequences of the flooding and an assessment of the remedial works required. I will circulate these reports to other Government Departments and Agencies for consideration and appropriate action. I have recently announced the provision of supplementary funding amounting to €10m to assist local authorities in meeting...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: Section 5 of the Electoral Act 1997 (as amended by section 9 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009), provides for the establishment of a Constituency Commission upon the publication by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) of a census report setting out the preliminary result of the Census in respect of the total population of the State. Section 9 of the Electoral Act 1997 (as amended by...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: Under the provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000, each planning authority is required, for the purpose of protecting structures or parts of structures which are of special architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social or technical interest, to include in its development plan a Record of Protected Structures and shall include in that record...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: The European Communities (Water Policy) Regulations 2003 require that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepare a programme of monitoring in order to provide an assessment of water quality status within each river basin district. An interim assessment of status will be included in the first River Basin Management Plans, and a final assessment will be published by the EPA by 22 June...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: In 2007, my Department established a task force to examine the planning land use implications of the siting and location of adult entertainment venues. The task force was chaired by my Department and comprised representatives from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, An Garda Síochána and Dublin City Council. The task force met on a...

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: There is a commitment to introduce comprehensive legislation on noise pollution within the lifetime of this Government. As part of the preparatory process extensive public consultation was undertaken in 2008 during which 235 submissions were received from the public and key stakeholders. The main issues of concern were noise from continuously sounding intruder alarms, barking dogs and other...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: I have received the correspondence in question and have referred it to my colleague the Minister for Transport for consideration.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: In considering an application under the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act, An Bord Pleanála is required to consider whether any of the area of the development is within a European site or whether the proposed development would have an effect on a European site. In either of these situations, the Board must have regard to the provisions of the EU Birds and Habitats...

Written Answers — Turf Cutting: Turf Cutting (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208, 214 and 215 together. Section 4 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that development consisting of the use of land for agriculture is exempted development within the meaning of the Act. However, the Act provides, notwithstanding this, that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in connection with the implementation...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (3 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 and 213 together. I have not received legal advice on the implications of the issuing of the commencement notice nor engaged in correspondence with Dublin City Council on the matter. As I have previously indicated, in terms of the capacity of the proposed facility, it is my understanding that the quantities of residual waste currently being collected by...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: The Bill that Deputy Hogan now proposes, the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009, has a number of objectives. They are to bring the authority within the audit remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General; to allow the Comptroller and Auditor General undertake special reports into the authority's operations; and to require its CEO to come before the Committee of...

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: Do I have to accept a point of order?

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: I was going to commend the Deputy on his scrutiny of this issue.

Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (8 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: The Deputy should always check against delivery. The committee should be commended on its questioning, which is extremely important. I will elaborate on that later. Any useful discussion of the performance of the authority has to benchmark what it has achieved when compared to the role assigned to it by its founding legislation. The authority was established in 1997 to secure the social...

Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (8 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: The total received in respect of the non-principal private residence charge under the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 was €51,780,220 on 7 December 2009. The following table shows the breakdown of this amount across each local authority. Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Amounts raised as at 7 December 2009 Amount Dublin City Council €9,428,140 Cork County Council...

Written Answers — Local Government Charges: Local Government Charges (8 Dec 2009)

John Gormley: The latest information available to me in relation to the number of persons who have paid for more than one property under the non-principal private residence charge is as of 18 November 2009 and is set out in the following table. Total number of persons who have paid the NPPR charge Number of persons who have paid for 1 unit Number of persons who have paid for 2 to 10 units Number of...