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- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I cannot. The Senator is asking me to consider stuff that has not come in.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: Yes.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I can only speak in general terms. This issue arises because, as Members may know, the Hunting Association of Ireland sought exemptions from inspections and the licence fee requirements. In that instance, I proposed that while people could not be exempted from inspections, as the Hunting Association of Ireland operates on a not-for-profit basis, it was exempted from the fees. Therefore, I...
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I beg the Senator's pardon.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I did not quite get what the Senator said there.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: The Fine Gael Members were speaking while I was trying to let them know my thinking, which is the reason I tried to get their attention. I am going to try a similar approach but my point is that I do not believe one can make exemptions from inspections. Inspections are-----
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I am trying to tell Members that from the perspective of inspections, one cannot make such exemptions because everyone will be subject to them. That is my position in this regard.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: Inspections.
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: The Kildare Water Supply Scheme Phase 1 Wellfield Contract (Johnstownbridge/Robertstown) was included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 â 2009. My Department is awaiting further information from Kildare County Council in relation to the contract documents submitted for this scheme. Following receipt and examination of this information, a decision will be conveyed...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: The Programme for Government gives a clear commitment to the implementation of effective waste management policies based on the international waste hierarchy which places greatest emphasis on waste prevention, minimisation and reuse. We must continue to reduce our reliance on landfill and this requires an intensive focus on the upper tiers of the waste hierarchy. Policy and legislation on...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 394 and 411 together. The â¬200 non-principal private residence charge was introduced in the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, which came into force in July 2009. As an exceptional measure for the year of introduction, the liability date for the charge was fixed at 31 July 2009. The Act provides that the liability date for 2010 and future years is 31...
- Written Answers — Coastal Zone Management: Coastal Zone Management (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: The Dublin Regional Authority (DRA) established the Dublin Bay Task Force, at my request, to provide a forum for stakeholders to engage in order to prepare a Master Plan for the bay and to make recommendations on integrated coastal zone management. The DRA was chosen to lead the Task Force due to its co-ordinating and cross-cutting role and the fact that Dublin Bay falls within the...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: Following the enactment of the Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act 2009, my Department assumed responsibility on 15 January 2010 for a range of foreshore functions including all foreshore energy-related developments (including oil, gas, wind, wave and tidal energy). Work is under way in my Department to modernise the foreshore consent process and further integrate it with the...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 398 and 414 together. The Planning and Development Regulations 2001, define a shop as a structure used for, inter alia, the retail sale of goods where the sale, display or service is principally to visiting members of the public, but excluding, inter alia, any use associated with the provision of funeral services or as a funeral home, or as a hotel, a...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: On 10 December 2009 and following a decision by the Government, I informed the House that I would be bringing forward proposals to give effect to the commitment in the renewed Programme for Government to introduce charging for domestic water use in a way that is fair, significantly reduces waste and is easily applied. Legislation will be required to give effect to this commitment. In October...
- Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: I understand that ESB International has applied for a foreshore licence for the investigation of a site for wave energy development in Ballinskelligs Bay, Co. Kerry.
- Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question No. 337 of 3 February 2010. The position is unchanged.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: All City and County Managers, Dublin Assistant City Managers and other posts at that grade in Dublin City Council, and Directors of Service and other posts at that grade in all local authorities were free to participate in the Performance Awards Scheme on a voluntary basis. Those who chose to participate were eligible for consideration for performance related payments. At 31 December 2008...
- Written Answers — Nuclear Plants: Nuclear Plants (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: Ireland is a non-nuclear state. The Government does not believe that nuclear power is the answer to our energy needs, and would prefer instead to see greater emphasis on renewable energy sources. As a non-nuclear state, Ireland does not stand to receive any of the claimed benefits from the current wave of developments in nuclear energy, but must still bear any trans-boundary risks which...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (2 Mar 2010)
John Gormley: My Department has a delegated sanction from the Department of Finance for implementation of the general moratorium on the filling of public sector posts in the Local Authority Sector, on the condition that the overall staffing levels in the local authority sector are to be reduced significantly by the end of 2010 in adherence to the Government's Policy on Staffing and Numbers in the Public...