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Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Tax reliefs are available under the rural, urban and town renewal schemes, all of which expire on 31 July 2006. Under the 1999 urban renewal scheme, areas in Sligo town were designated for residential and commercial tax reliefs. For a project to avail of tax relief under this scheme, 15% of expenditure must have been incurred by 30 June 2003. Under the 2000 town renewal scheme, parts of...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Following receipt of instructions recently from the Department of Finance relating to pension rights of part-time public servants, detailed proposals to address the pension position of part-time employees of local authorities are being prepared by my Department. These proposals will be discussed with staff representatives as soon as possible and a circular letter will then issue to local...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 554 to 556, inclusive, together. The Ennis town water supply treatment scheme has been approved for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2004-2006 with a view to work commencing as soon as possible. I recently approved Clare County Council's tender documents for the scheme. Subject to some necessary amendments to the documents and the...

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

Dick Roche: Since 1998, my Department has allocated €31million to local authorities towards the development of one stop shops throughout the country. Of this amount, a total of €26.626 million has been paid to date. Details of the payments made to individual local authorities are at appendix 1 while a list of the one-stop-shop facilities involved is at appendix 2. Appendix 1 Local Authority...

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

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 559 and 560 together. Local authority officials who were serving immediately prior to 1 April 2004 are generally required to retire at the age of 65 in accordance with a range of statutory provisions. The Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 introduced new superannuation and retirement provisions for new entrants appointed to the...

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

Dick Roche: There is no grant assistance available for private sector recycling projects. When the capital grants scheme for waste management infrastructure projects was launched in 2002 it was intended that it be made available to both public and private sector applicants. However, private sector funding was conditional on obtaining the necessary State aid approval from the European Commission. In the...

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

Dick Roche: As indicated in the reply to Question No. 1410 of 28 September 2005, the position in this matter is as follows. The boundaries of this candidate special area of conservation, SAC, were re-examined by my Department, for two reasons. First, there was a revised national approach to the designation of marginal areas along rivers, introduced in August 2004, following an agreement with the farm...

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: We know Deputy Rabbitte's background.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: We remember the Veha factory.

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Local authorities' powers would permit them to acquire and-or manage properties of architectural or heritage interest, and a number of local authorities have done this. My Department has not provided direct grant assistance to local authorities for this purpose. In so far as local authorities may seek to finance this kind of property acquisition through borrowing, the Department's sanction...

Written Answers — Caomhnú na Gaeilge: Caomhnú na Gaeilge (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 325 agus 326 le chéile. Faoi Alt 10(2)(m) den Acht Pleanála agus Forbartha, 2000, ní mór aidhmeanna faoi chosaint oidhreacht teangeolaíochta agus cultúrtha na Gaeltachta, agus faoi chuir chun cinn na Gaeilge mar theanga pobail, a bheith i measc aidhmeanna an phlean fhorbartha —áit a bhfuil ceantar Gaeltachta i gceist. Caithfidh na húdaráis phleanála,...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 579 of 21 June 2005. The 1990 regulations banning the marketing, sale and distribution of bituminous coal were originally made to address the winter smog situation prevalent in the Dublin area at that time, and have since been extended to 15 other areas taking account of the analysis of air quality monitoring data and also of population size. On the basis...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: As the Deputy is aware, the level of local government charges is determined by individual councils. Local variations in expenditure, income and rates of charges in respect of various services are therefore an inherent feature of the local government system. Charges take account of local circumstances and priorities and represent decisions of democratically elected local bodies. It is also...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Last June, I approved tender recommendations for the provision of new waste water collection and treatment systems at seven locations in County Tipperary selected by the National Rural Water Monitoring Committee, as a pilot programme, to test a range of new, small-scale waste water collection and treatment systems under Irish conditions. The programme will also test a low cost and low...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 332 and 333 together. The Castledermot sewerage scheme was approved for construction under the 2004-06 water services investment programme of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, at an estimated cost of is €7.4 million. The first phase of the scheme, the construction of a waste water treatment plant to serve a population...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The total cost to date of the development of the electronic voting and counting system is €51.065 million. Information provided by returning officers to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government indicates that the total annual storage cost for the electronic voting machines and ancillary equipment is some €695,000. No maintenance costs have been incurred to date. As...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Details of the number of full-time and part-time veterinarians employed by each local authority at 31 December in each of the past five years have been provided by local authorities and are set out in the following table. The terms and conditions of the employment of veterinarians are matters for the Minister for Agriculture and Food. Local Authority Veterinarians 2000-2004 2000 2001...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 1370 to 1374, inclusive, and 1379 of 28 September 2005.

County Boundaries. (6 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I have just noticed the word "terminate" in the Deputy's submission.

County Boundaries. (6 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: At the behest of this Government.