Results 1,821-1,840 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: In the electrical and electronic goods area there has been a significant decrease in costs and that continues to be the case.
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: I am not waffling. If one takes an advertisementââ
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: The scheme which has been introduced and is now in operation is a remarkable success. It is extraordinary that the Deputy should make the allegation he made. All he need do is take any advertisement that has appeared in the last seven days and compare it with the prices for electrical and electronic goods six or seven months ago. What I have said consistently is that this is an area where...
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: There is an error in the directive in that it does not make any rule for the size of the item. I suggested to the WEEE register that it is difficult to explain, particularly when people are buying small electronic goods, why the cost should be â¬2, for example, for a small item. The industry explained to me that the cost of dismantling a small item can be as great as the cost of dismantling...
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: The Competition Authority did not note any significant variations in the amounts charged by private waste collectors throughout the country. However, it suggested that a competitive tendering process might offer better options to consumers by increasing competition in the market. I have already indicated that I am giving consideration to how the waste market might best be regulated in the...
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: The Deputy is correct that the Competition Authority recommended that the Department consider reforming the waste collection system as it appeared the current market was not working well for consumers. It also promotes a move towards competitive tendering in this market as preferable to the appointment of a regulator. I do not agree with that view for the reasons put forward by the Deputy,...
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: I am not sure what is the Deputy's last point. The issue of whether charges should be imposed for certain recycling collections arose recently. As a general principle, one would try to avoid that in so far as one possibly could.
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: I recall the Deputy suggesting on 13 or 14 August that the WEEE directive should be scrapped. Government policy has beenââ
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: That is not what the Deputy said. He stated the Minister should go back to square one and redraft the entire directive, which is not possible.
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: That is not what the Deputy said at the time. Thankfully, Deputy O'Dowd took a much more progressive view than Deputy Gilmore and he was more supportive.
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: As a result of the change we made, charges imposed by recycling centres areââ
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: Government policy is to encourage people to recycle and to discourage anything that would prohibitââ
- Waste Management. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: If the Deputy wants to ask a more detailed question, I suggests that he do so.
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: I wonder who controls the council.
- Housing Management Companies. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: Management companies operate at present for the majority of apartment developments, for certain other higher density developments, particularly those with a mix of designs, but very rarely for a very small number of standard housing developments. Generally speaking, the role of management companies is to maintain the common property, including buildings, sewers, water pipes, public lighting,...
- Housing Management Companies. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: I fully appreciate the Deputy's concerns about this matter and would share her concerns if the arrangements provided in the Act were being misinterpreted, misapplied or applied in a way that would provide an onerous responsibility on home owners. The provisions in the planning legislation are framework ones and individual planning authorities must make their own judgment based on local...
- Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: Since the local authorities were taken over by the colleagues of the Opposition.
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: The application of section 140 of the Local Government Act 2001 is wholly a matter for local authorities, and my Department does not compile comprehensive data in relation to resolutions by authorities under this section of the Act. However, information is obtained from planning authorities regarding the use of section 140 procedures in relation to planning applications and this information...
- Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: The main conclusion of the recently published EPA report, Water Quality in Ireland 2001-2003, is that the overall condition of Irish waters remains satisfactory and compares favourably with the position in other European countries. One important factor has been the dramatic improvement in the area of waste water discharges into fresh or estuarine waters since the mid-1990s. In 1997 when the...
- Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (25 Oct 2005)
Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 141 together. I have had no direct correspondence with Mr. Finn Uglevelt in relation to the level three incident at Sellafield. However, officials of my Department were in correspondence on this issue with Mr. Uglevelt, who is attached to the Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority. The incident at Sellafield was the subject of correspondence between...