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Written Answers — Air Pollution: Air Pollution (25 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: The monitoring, assessment and management of ambient air quality in Ireland is carried out according to the requirements of the EU Air Quality Framework Directive. This Directive was transposed into Irish law through the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (Ambient Air Quality Assessment and Management) Regulations 1999. Under further regulations made in 2002, 2004 and 2009, specific...

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

John Gormley: Exchequer investment in water services infrastructure is provided to local authorities under the water services investment programme, which is a rolling multi-annual programme for major public water and waste water schemes and the rural water programme. The details of expenditure on major water and sewerage schemes under the Water Services Investment Programme (WSIP) and the Rural Water...

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

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 207 and 208 together. My Department is responsible for policy, and associated legislation, in the housing, water, environmental/waste, local government, heritage and other areas and achievement of the relevant policy objectives may have financial or wider economic impacts. In addition, my Department is responsible for a wide range of capital and current...

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

John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 443 and 445 of 19 October 2010. The position is unchanged.

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

John Gormley: The Revised Estimates for Public Services 2010 provide a capital allocation to my Department for this year of €1,509.103m and a current allocation of €686.380m. Capital expenditure by my Department to 19 November 2010 is €805.664m and current expenditure is €550.469m. Details of the allocations and spend across the various programmes within my Department's remit are set out in the...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (25 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: Investment priorities in water services are set out under the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 which I published in April 2010 following a comprehensive assessment of needs by water services authorities and my Department. The scope and format of the Programme for 2010 to 2012 is designed better to reflect ongoing environmental and economic priorities, to maximise the return...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: The decision to support the EU IMF programme is remarkably difficult but we believe it to be absolutely necessary and unavoidable. In the first instance, there is no other realistic option. Ireland is funded into the middle of next year, but it will need to borrow more money. We will need that money to make the social welfare payments, the old age pension payments and the carers payments...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: I have no doubt Deputy Gilmore will sit in my place next year, looking up at the Sinn Féin Deputies who will be criticising him non-stop. All Deputy Gilmore will be able to say in reply, just as we have said, is that he has no choice but to act.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: There is nothing worse in a democracy when a politician must act in a way because his or her choices are limited. Deputy Gilmore will be faced with that lack of choice which will eat him up inside. I wish him well but there is much awaiting him.

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: For too long, we have engaged in auction politics and soft choices in this country. Fundamental reforms are required in our taxation and levy system to move it away from the boom-and-bust cycle of the past. Our economy must become more competitive so that we can export goods and services that will bring in the foreign earnings needed to restore the economy. Fundamental mistakes were made as...

EU-IMF Programme for Ireland and National Recovery Plan 2011-14: Statements (30 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: As well as grappling with the problems of the past, we have worked hard to create the economy of the future, one in which our goods will be digitally traded and the energy balance of payments deficit of €6 billion – mostly through the import of fossil fuels - will be rectified in our favour. Such an economy will be created by a baseline electricity and broadband infrastructure. They are...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (30 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: Mountjoy Square Park is a fine example of an 18th century Georgian urban park and is of significant architectural importance not least because it is the focal point of the only surviving Dublin square that is actually square being an equal length on each of its four sides. The square lies at the northern end of the eighteenth-century core of the city and was one of the great set-pieces in...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (30 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: There are currently thirty seven employees in Dublin City Council in receipt of salaries in excess of €100,000. Information regarding potential cost savings which could arise if these salaries were reduced is not available in my Department.

Written Answers — Local Government Elections: Local Government Elections (30 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: Under Regulations made by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, a gratuity is, subject to certain conditions, payable by a local authority to a councillor in the event of retirement (whether voluntarily or due to not being successful in an election), death or ill-health. The amount of gratuity payable is four-twentieths the amount of a councillor's Representational...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (30 Nov 2010)

John Gormley: A number of my Department's main offices are participating in the Optimising Power @ Work campaign. This campaign, run by the Office of Public Works (OPW), aims to reduce the level of carbon emissions in approximately 250 large buildings owner or leased by the OPW for use by Government Departments. In addition to a staff energy awareness campaign, it also monitors the energy usage in these...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (1 Dec 2010)

John Gormley: Section 96 of the Electoral Act 1992 allows for the taking of a poll at a Dáil Election on any day of the week. This flexibility allows all relevant factors to be taken into account at any given time in setting the polling day and I have no plans to amend the legislation.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Dec 2010)

John Gormley: The legal fees paid by my Department in the period concerned (excluding costs of the planning tribunal) are set out in the following table. Year Amount (€) 2010 (to 26 November) 1,007,252 2009 1,313,998 2008 1,240,284

Written Answers — Water Charges: Water Charges (1 Dec 2010)

John Gormley: As outlined in the Government's National Recovery Plan 2011-2014, it is intended that the roll-out of a national metering programme to install meters in all households connected to the public water supply will precede the application of water charges to domestic consumption. The overall cost of the programme, and cost per household, will be dependent on the types of water meters and...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Referral to Select Committee (2 Dec 2010)

John Gormley: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (2 Dec 2010)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 134 together. Most of the foreshore is State property within the meaning of the State Property Act and ownership is vested in the Minister for Finance on behalf of the State. Where a development is proposed on the foreshore, both the property element and the regulatory element are determined within the foreshore consent process. The regulatory element...