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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

John Gormley: Details of expenditure estimates and outturns for the relevant years are set out in the following table. Year Estimate (Net) Outturn(Net) Deferred Surrender (Carryover) Surplus surrendered â'¬m * â'¬m * â'¬m * â'¬m * 2007 2,964m 2,950m 0m 14m 2008 3,184m 3,154m 6m 23m 2009 2,668m 2,652m 3m 13m 2010 2,174m * All figures rounded up Further information in this regard is...

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (25 May 2010)

John Gormley: In December 2009, following a decision by Government, I indicated that I would be bringing forward proposals for the installation of water meters in households served by public water supplies. These proposals, which my Department is now finalising, will give effect to the commitment in the renewed Programme for Government to introduce charging for domestic water in a way that is fair,...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (25 May 2010)

John Gormley: The National Waste Prevention Programme (NWPP) was established in April 2004 in accordance with the policy document Preventing and Recycling Waste – Delivering Change. Implementation of the Programme is a matter for the EPA. A National Waste Prevention Committee (NWPC), which includes a broad stakeholder group including governmental, non-governmental, business and sectoral interests, was...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (25 May 2010)

John Gormley: Ireland is making significant progress in ensuring that these directives are correctly implemented. Since coming into office, I have placed a high priority on addressing the implications of a number of adverse findings against Ireland by the European Court of Justice. My Department is at present preparing substantial legislative measures to deal with transposition deficiencies that have...

Written Answers — Pest Control: Pest Control (25 May 2010)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 and 370 together. Mink found in the wild in Ireland are descended from animals that escaped from fur farms. They have been breeding in the wild since the 1950s and are now found throughout the country. A report published by my Department in 2009 estimated that the potential population of wild mink in the State was between 20,500 and 33,500 individuals....

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (25 May 2010)

John Gormley: The Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, provides for the development of a comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure in County Clare. While the Programme includes contracts under construction and to commence to the value of some €38 million in the county during the period of the Programme, it was not...

Written Answers — Legal Costs: Legal Costs (25 May 2010)

John Gormley: The information requested is set out in the table below. No. Amount Liability Admitted (Yes/No) 1 â'¬14,391.35 No 2 â'¬1,800,000.00 (plus costs which have not yet been settled) No 3 â'¬0 No

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (26 May 2010)

John Gormley: The Programme for Government, agreed in June 2007, included a commitment to introduce a scheme of support for the replacement and upgrade of septic tanks older than 15 years with newer systems. The feasibility for introducing such a scheme will remain under ongoing review by my Department, in light of budgetary constraints. Under my Department's Rural Water Programme, grants are available to...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 May 2010)

John Gormley: My Department is awaiting receipt of confirmation from the applicant's farm planner of compliance by the applicant with the provisions of the farm plan. Payment can be made when this confirmation is received. The previous payment due to the applicant issued on 11 December 2009.

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (26 May 2010)

John Gormley: At present a local authority may only issue a licence for a vehicle which is in its own county area. The possibility of permitting a licensing authority to issue a licence without such restriction is being considered in the context of a revision and consolidation of motor tax law currently underway in my Department. In this regard, I intend to bring Heads of a Bill to Government as soon as...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (26 May 2010)

John Gormley: Watermains rehabilitation work in the Greater Dublin Region is being progressed by Dublin City Council as part of the Dublin Region Watermain Rehabilitation Project, which is being funded under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2012. While five contracts have been completed to date, further substantial contracts are due to go to construction during the lifetime of...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (26 May 2010)

John Gormley: My Department is currently reviewing the provisions of the local authority conservation grants scheme. This scheme is aimed at assisting owners and occupiers to carry out conservation works on structures which are listed in the Record of Protected Structures contained in local authority development plans. The provision of funding towards conservation works on structures in architectural...

Written Answers — Departmental Procedures: Departmental Procedures (26 May 2010)

John Gormley: As indicated in the reply of 6 May, the case concerned is complex. The Department has been considering legal and other expert advice received and will contact the person concerned next week.

Departmental Agencies (27 May 2010)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together. When the Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2009 was debated in the House in December 2009 to consider whether to bring the authority within the audit remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General, to allow the Comptroller and Auditor General to undertake special reports into the authority's operations, and to require its...

Departmental Agencies (27 May 2010)

John Gormley: I have discussed this matter with the Attorney General, who has advised that the authority can be brought within the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General by means of an order to be made by the Minister for Finance. This will move the authority from the second to the first Schedule of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993, alongside the other State bodies that are...

Departmental Agencies (27 May 2010)

John Gormley: Yesterday, we had the Brassil report and the King report, the former dealing with planning issues and the latter with financial accountability and corporate governance. The Deputy also referred to the Moylan report. That is an internal report which was forwarded to my Department as a matter of courtesy. I indicated yesterday when I was questioned by RTE that I have no difficulty with that...

Departmental Agencies (27 May 2010)

John Gormley: I already referred to that.

Departmental Agencies (27 May 2010)

John Gormley: That is not the advice I have received from the Attorney General and it would not make sense if it were so. I have been informed that the remit is to be extended so that the Comptroller and Auditor General can look at the issues that were raised in the two reports. I have already outlined the advice we received from the Attorney General, namely, that the authority can be brought within the...

Departmental Agencies (27 May 2010)

John Gormley: I have met briefly with the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts and he welcomed my decision on this matter. As the Minister with responsibility for the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, I am most anxious that we have total openness and transparency in these matters. The DDDA is getting on with the important work it is doing and has made a major contribution to the development...

Departmental Agencies (27 May 2010)

John Gormley: The Deputy knows the reason I did not; I had not received the reports at that time.