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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Late in 2004 the Blackberry was selected as the standard PDA for use in my Department. There have been 17 Blackberry personal digital assistants provided to staff members since then at a cost of €4,028.30. The most expensive device purchased to date cost €249.01. Blackberry personal digital assistants are issued to staff on a case by case basis subject to a recommendation by the relevant...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: My Department does not operate a formal system of exemption from duties in relation to any of its staff. Its published human resources strategy seeks to promote a positive working environment based on the equal treatment of all staff while respecting their individual differences and needs. The strategy aims also to foster teamwork and collaboration and to support the achievement of work-life...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: My Department has not engaged these consultants in any year since 2000.

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Following an open procurement process, my Department appointed consultants in July 2005 as part of a programme of further assessment, testing and validation of the electronic voting and counting system. The brief is to undertake a security and risk assessment of all aspects of the system and to devise a programme of additional testing. This is intended to address issues raised by the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The current output of the water production plants in the greater Dublin area, including Kildare, Meath and Wicklow, is approximately 560 million litres per day. A range of projects to further expand capacity is being advanced under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2004-2006. These include Kildare Wellfield development, Leixlip water treatment plant extension, Navan water...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: My Department has not engaged these consultants in any year since 1997.

Written Answers — Hare Coursing: Hare Coursing (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: At the coursing meeting referred to, which was attended by officers of my Department, no hares were coursed more than once on the same day. While some of the stock of captured hares appeared to be weaker than others, most of these latter were not coursed. The club in question was not sanctioned or penalised in the context of the 2005-06 licence issued to the Irish Coursing Club.

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

Dick Roche: The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government does not provide direct funding for museums. The Maritime Museum is housed in the Mariners' Church towards which the Department made a grant of €20,000 in 2002 from the conservation grants scheme under the urban and village renewal operational programme. A further application for funding under the scheme was made in 2004....

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste is based on the concept of producer responsibility, which effectively requires producers to contribute to the waste management costs of products which they have placed on the market at end-of-life. Under the directive, Ireland was required to achieve a 25% recovery rate of packaging waste by 1...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Payment has issued in this case.

Written Answers — Health and Safety Issues: Health and Safety Issues (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: A code of practice for safety at indoor concerts was published by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in 1998, providing advice and guidance on the safe organisation and running of indoor concerts. The aim of the code is to help those involved in the organisation of indoor concerts to plan and manage such events safely. Under the Fire Services Act 1981, as...

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

Dick Roche: The guidelines for planning authorities on sustainable rural housing came into effect on 13 April 2005. The guidelines provide that reasonable proposals on suitable sites in rural areas for persons who are part of, contribute to, or have links with the rural community must be accommodated. The guidelines, therefore, represent a presumption in favour of quality one-off housing for rural...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (20 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 791 of 18 October 2005.

Written Answers — Housing Estates: Housing Estates (20 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Developers of housing estates have the primary responsibility for ensuring that these are completed. The Planning and Development Act 2000 contains significant provisions which enable planning authorities to require developers to complete housing estates: for example, a planning authority may require as a condition of a planning permission for the development of an estate that the development...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The Achill Sound sewerage scheme has been approved for construction under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2004-06. I have already cleared Mayo County Council's tender recommendations for the scheme and its further advancement is now a matter for the council. In common with all projects funded under the water services investment programme, the Achill Sound scheme is subject...

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Deputy Kenny's predecessor certainly believed in that.

Appointments to State Boards. (25 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: On this side more often.

Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Implementation of the EU Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment has required close co-operation between all stakeholders including producers, retailers and both central and local government. The process began with the establishment of a task force representative of all relevant sectors, including producers and retailers, in February 2003 to draw up proposals for implementing...

Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I suggest that Deputy O'Dowd pay attention to the advertisements which are carried daily in newspapers——

Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Those advertisements show that in the electrical and electronic goods——