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Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (29 Sep 2005)

Dick Roche: As part of an overall response to Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for the purposes of the Kyoto Protocol, the Government has signalled an intent to purchase carbon allowances up to a total of 18.5 million allowances over the protocol commitment period 2008-12, or 3.7 million per annum. The cost of these allowances would be met by the Exchequer and would depend on a number...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (29 Sep 2005)

Dick Roche: The wastewater treatment plant in Ringsend was procured by Dublin City Council under a design-build-operate contract. As the Deputy is aware, the management of public water services infrastructure is a local authority function and, consequently, any issues affecting the operation of the Ringsend plant are matters for the Dublin City Council and the contractor the council has appointed to run...

Written Answers — Retail Sector Developments: Retail Sector Developments (29 Sep 2005)

Dick Roche: I have not received representations from the company referred to in this specific matter and when I was considering the issue of the retail planning guidelines last year, I made it clear that I did not meet representatives of any company which had expressed interest in the matter. The company did, however, make a submission to my Department in the course of the review of the retail planning...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (29 Sep 2005)

Dick Roche: The greater Dublin strategic drainage study was undertaken by Dublin City Council on behalf of the Dublin area local authorities and funded by my Department under the water services investment programme 2004-06. The study report has been submitted to, and is currently being examined by, my Department in light of its relevance to future strategic investment requirements under the water...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (29 Sep 2005)

Dick Roche: Any person who undertakes development on foot of a planning permission must complete the entire development. There are extensive enforcement powers available to a planning authority under Part VIII of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to require the works to be executed in conformity with the planning permission granted. In addition to requiring the provision of a wide range of facilities...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Based on data supplied to my Department by local authorities, income from commercial rates is estimated to amount to approximately €1 billion in 2005.

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The condition of the Turoe stone, which was moved to its present location in 1854, has been a matter of concern for a number of years. A report in 1996 found that the stone was undergoing adverse weathering. A further report undertaken in May 2005 found that the condition of the stone had worsened since 1996 with a reduction in the clarity of the carved detail. In response, and to provide...

Written Answers — Development Levies: Development Levies (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 528 and 534 together. Charging development contributions is of long standing. Under section 26(2) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1963, local authorities were empowered to require payment of a development contribution as a condition of a planning permission. The system has therefore been in operation for some 40 years. In order to...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Under section 102 of the Local Government Act 2001 each local authority is required to prepare a draft budget setting out for the next local financial year the expenditure estimated to be necessary to carry out its functions and the income estimated to accrue to it. The draft budget is required to be prepared under the direction of the manager in the format prescribed by regulations. In...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 531 and 533 together. The EU directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment, WEEE, required each member state to introduce regulations providing for a producer funded take-back scheme for consumers of end-of-life equipment from 13 August 2005. This directive covers a wide range of equipment from large business equipment, such as large refrigeration...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 532 and 538 together. The final draft of the wind energy guidelines, which will replace the existing guidelines published in 1996, are at an advanced stage and will be published shortly. It is normal practice, and in line with the principles of better regulation, to issue ministerial planning guidelines in draft form and to take into account any submissions...

Written Answers — National Heritage Week: National Heritage Week (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: During Heritage Week 2005, organised by my Department, the underwater archaeology unit presented talks on the work of the unit within the national monuments service to the following interested groups: 5 September, a public lecture on shipwrecks off the Irish coast in the Helen Roe theatre of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin; and 7 September, a public lecture on the maritime...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: An application was made to my Department in December 2004 for funding for the project in question under the conservation grants scheme. The project was not recommended for grant assistance by the expert panel which assesses applications under this scheme and consequently it did not receive funding in 2005. It would be open to the project promoters to make a further application for funding...

Written Answers — Wildlife Protection: Wildlife Protection (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, is implemented at EU level principally by Council Regulation (EC) 338/97, with further aspects being covered by Commission Regulation (EC) 1808/2001. This regulatory regime is stricter than CITES in that it requires permits for the bulk of the species whose trade is regulated by the convention rather...

Written Answers — Sustainable Development Strategy: Sustainable Development Strategy (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 540 and 541 together. Ireland's national sustainable development strategy was published in 1997 and reviewed in the context of the world summit on sustainable development in 2002. It provides the framework for Ireland's response to Agenda 21, the world agenda for sustainable development agreed at the earth summit in Rio in 1992. A core objective in the...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The Department of Finance has responsibility for public procurement policy. The website www.etenders.gov.ie, maintained by the national public procurement policy unit of the Department of Finance, contains comprehensive information on all aspects of public procurement, including guidance and clarification for public bodies on how environmental considerations may be taken into account and...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Each planning authority is required under the provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to make a development plan every six years. Section 15 of the Act provides that it is the duty of a planning authority to take such steps within its powers as may be necessary for securing the objectives of the development plan. It also provides that, no more than two years after the making of a...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The Green Government Guide — Promoting Environmental Management in Practice was published and issued to all Departments in August 1996. The guide encourages Departments to promote good environmental practice and to integrate environmental considerations into their operations. The action at work programme, launched in February 2005 as part of the Race Against Waste campaign, aims to improve...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 545 and 546 together. Section 25 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997 — the Act — requires the authority before preparing a planning scheme to consult with Dublin City Council, DCC, and such other statutory bodies as appear to the authority to have an interest in the area to which the planning scheme relates, and arrange for the making of...

Written Answers — Asbestos Remediation: Asbestos Remediation (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The details of this case might be more appropriately raised with Dublin City Council. As a general rule, my Department understands that water supply service connections to individual dwellings do not use asbestos cement pipes, which are of large diameter. An information leaflet entitled Asbestos in your Home, AP6, is available from ENFO, my Department's public information service on...