Results 861-880 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (19 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 152 of 13 April 2005. In this I stated that I have asked for a copy of the relevant symposium papers to be sent to my Department so that its findings can be taken into account in the ongoing development of planning policies. This process already involves two broadly based working groups: an interdepartmental steering committee which oversees the...

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (19 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: It is estimated that the annual cost to my Department of the online motor tax system is some €2.17 million and the average cost per transaction is €3.80. The annual cost includes fixed charges and, as a result, the unit cost per transaction reduces as the volume increases.

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (19 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: Three tax incentive based regeneration initiatives, the urban and town renewal schemes and the living-over-the-shop scheme, are being examined by the Department of Finance and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners as part of a review of a wide range of tax incentive schemes and tax exemptions. Pending the outcome of this review and developments at EU level concerning regional aid guidelines...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (19 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: Information in relation to development contributions collected by planning authorities are published in my Department's annual planning statistics and the collection of the 2004 figures is under way. The total amount of development contributions collected by planning authorities in 2003 was €215,449,057.

Written Answers — Library Projects: Library Projects (19 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: Local authorities were asked in 2004 to review their capital programmes for library development and to submit a prioritised list of proposals which they wished to have considered by my Department in its current review of the programme. In its submission, Kildare County Council has listed five projects for consideration in the following order of priority: mobile library vehicle; school library...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (19 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: Statutory protection of the architectural heritage is primarily a matter for planning authorities to whom my Department provides advice in the exercise of their functions in that regard under the Planning and Development Act 2000. Under the provisions of the Act, each planning authority shall for the purpose of protecting structures or parts of structures which are of special architectural,...

Written Answers — Wildlife Acts: Wildlife Acts (20 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The following table gives details of the number of prosecutions instigated by my Department against game shooters for breaches of the Wildlife Acts since 2000 and the number of those prosecutions that were successful. No individual was prosecuted on more than one occasion for such offences; however, some prosecutions related to more than one provision of the Wildlife Acts. Year...

Written Answers — Wildlife Acts: Wildlife Acts (20 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: Under the terms of section 29 of the Wildlife Act 1976, as amended, where a person applies to a superintendent of the Garda Síochána for the grant of a firearm certificate and makes the requisite declaration under that section, the certificate shall, if endorsed in the terms specified in the section, be deemed to be a licence granted by the Minister to hunt and kill any protected wild bird,...

Written Answers — Seanad Reform: Seanad Reform (20 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The report on Seanad reform by the Seanad Sub-Committee on Seanad Reform, published in April 2004, sets out comprehensive recommendations for further consideration and action concerning the composition, functions and future role of Seanad Éireann. These include proposals to widen the electorate for the higher education constituency and ancillary matters such as nomination procedures,...

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (20 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: Sligo County Council's proposals for works in 2005 under the urban and village grant scheme were received by my Department earlier this month. They include an environmental improvement scheme at Strandhill, County Sligo. These proposals are currently being assessed and will shortly be decided upon.

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (20 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The names and functions of persons appointed to the posts of personal secretary, personal assistant and special adviser to the Minister at my Department are as set out in the following tabular statement: Minister Deputy Roche. Name Function Full time or Part time David Grant Special Adviser Work-sharing (4 day week ) Geraldine Cole Personal Assistant Full time Ciara Furlong...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (20 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The information requested is set out in the following tabular statement: Office of Minister Deputy Roche. Name Function Travel & Subsistence costs paid in 2004 (€) David Grant Special Adviser Nil Geraldine Cole Personal Assistant Nil Ciara Furlong Personal Secretary Nil Office of Minister of State Deputy Batt O'Keeffe. Name Function Travel & Subsistence...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for the preparation of annual greenhouse gas inventories in accordance with guidelines from the intergovernmental panel on climate change. The year 2003 is the latest for which inventory data is currently available. The agency compiles much of the information on the basis of national activities data, such as energy balances and agriculture...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (20 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The determination of waste management infrastructure requirements is primarily a matter for local authorities in the context of the relevant regional waste management plan. Facilities may be provided directly by the local authorities concerned or by private sector operators. Detailed information on such facilities is not maintained by my Department. My Department does, however, operate a...

Written Answers — Rights of Way: Rights of Way (20 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: As I stated in last November's Dáil debate on the Private Member's Bill on this subject, I do not consider it appropriate that it should be mandatory to include objectives for the preservation and listing of existing public rights of way in county development plans. I believe that the mandatory inclusion of all public rights of way could lead to much controversy in the preparation and...

Written Answers — Public Capital Programme: Public Capital Programme (21 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 265 and 266 together. Capital projects funded by my Department are, in the main, initiated by local authorities, save for a limited number of capital projects pertaining to the heritage programme. Generally, capital projects are funded by means of a grant for full costs or partly grant-funded, with the remaining costs funded from the sponsoring bodies' own...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (21 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: I, and my predecessors, would have had extensive contacts and interactions with, and would have received advice or representations from, many persons in the private sector regarding infrastructural issues over the period in question. The detailed information sought in the question is not, however, readily available in the Department, and its compilation would require a disproportionate amount...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (21 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 264 of 9 February 2005. The situation in respect of the waste management capital grants scheme remains unchanged and it is not proposed to extend the scheme to private sector providers.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (21 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The Rochfortbridge sewerage scheme was approved for funding under my Department's water services investment programme, 2004-06, under the serviced land initiative, at an estimated cost of €4.3 million. The Department approved Westmeath County Council's contract documents for the scheme in June 2004 and is awaiting the submission of the council's tender recommendation.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (21 Apr 2005)

Dick Roche: The Headford sewerage scheme has been approved for construction in my Department's water services investment programme, 2004-06. Galway County Council's tender recommendations for the civil works and the treatment element of the scheme, which is being procured as a design build operate contract, are being examined in the Department and will be dealt with as quickly as possible. The council...