Results 1,061-1,080 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche
- Nuclear Waste. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: This is an important issue. The regrading of the leak from level 1 to level 3 is the end of the assessment process.
- Nuclear Waste. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: That is what has been happening for the past 20 days.
- Nuclear Waste. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: We knew on day one.
- Nuclear Waste. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: The idea that BNFL is manipulating me is ludicrous beyond belief.
- Waste Disposal. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: Odour incidents at Dublin City Council's Ringsend waste water treatment plant, which is operated on the city council's behalf under a public private partnership contract, have originated from the on-site sludge treatment facility. A programme of works has been implemented by the city council, which has greatly improved the overall situation since summer 2004. Regrettably, the odour problem...
- Waste Disposal. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: I accept the general point made by the Deputy. It is not good enough that people in Ringsend or Greystones should have to tolerate foul odours from the plant and it is fundamentally odd that a new plant should operate in this way. I have expressed this view on behalf of my constituents. I have visited Ringsend and experienced the odour at first hand and sympathy is due to the local community....
- Waste Disposal. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: It is regrettable that there has been a problem.
- Waste Disposal. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: I am not off on another soliloquy â the Deputy is being unfair â I am trying to answer his question in as comprehensive and open a way as possible and I will continue that practice unless I am advised otherwise. There has been a problem in the plant. There was a fire, which nobody had planned on, and that was a problem. There are issues relating to processing and questions arise about the...
- Waste Disposal. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: Yes, if the Deputy was willing to listenââ
- Waste Disposal. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: International engineering consultants have been appointed and they have commenced a comprehensive review of all aspects of the plant. I am as anxious as anybody that we should understand what happened, including in regard to the design and the ongoing operation and management performance. When the assessment is concluded, we will know where the fault lies. There is no point jumping the gun...
- Waste Disposal. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: I am grateful for the Deputy's comments.
- Waste Disposal. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: International experts are assessing where the problems were and where the breakdowns occurred. I am absolutely certain the odour was not confined to Ringsend because odours have a peculiar way of travelling. On the other hand, the waste water treatment plant has resulted in considerable benefits for residents on Dublin Bay, including residents in Clontarf and recreational users of the fine...
- Local Government Act. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: I compliment Deputy Murphy on her first oral question, which addresses an issue in which I am greatly interested. Part 17 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that qualified electors of a town having a population of at least 7,500 as ascertained at the last preceding census and not having a town council may make a proposal for the establishment of such a council. Under the relevant...
- Local Government Act. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: Regarding the last point, I am not sure of the exact numbers, but I agree with the general tenor of Deputy Murphy's comments. Town councils, and indeed the older town commissions, are a positive force in local democracy and I am interested in facilitating them wherever I can. There is an issue around the differentiation between town councils that were once town commissions and town councils...
- Local Government Act. (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: If Deputy Murphy wishes to discuss the matter of town councils further, I would be delighted to do so outside the House. To answer Deputy Cuffe's question, if one looks at comments I have made since becoming Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, one will see that I am anxious to stop the trend to which he referred, namely the movement of power away from local government...
- Public Expenditure: Motion (Resumed). (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: I wish to share time with the Ministers of State, Deputy Parlon and Deputy Browne, and Deputy McGuinness and Deputy Peter Power.
- Public Expenditure: Motion (Resumed). (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: I wish to support strongly the Government's amendment to this motion and will do so principally from the perspective of capital investment in local infrastructure and services. There have been significant and tangible outputs from the high levels of capital investment channelled through my Department. Good value has been obtained through new and innovative methods deployed to promote more...
- Public Expenditure: Motion (Resumed). (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: The objective of this programme is to demonstrate, both to the commission, the general publicââ
- Public Expenditure: Motion (Resumed). (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: ââand to the most obdurate Member of the House, that the electronic system is suitable to be used in Irish elections. We have made a large-scale commitment to our water services infrastructure in recent years. For example, compliance with the 2005 targets in the EU urban wastewater directive, which stood at 25% at the start of the NDP period, had risen to 90% at the end of December 2004....
- Written Answers — Quigley Report: Quigley Report (18 May 2005)
Dick Roche: Substantial progress has been made by my Department in implementing the recommendation regarding procurement contained in the Quigley report. Procurement guidelines and practices in the Department have been reviewed and a set of consolidated guidelines has been circulated to all staff. Revised procedures have been put in place to strengthen monitoring and control of procurement and a briefing...