Results 1,981-2,000 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: I expect a decision to be conveyed to Roscommon County Council very shortly.

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The letter in question was first received in my Department on 8 November 2006 and acknowledged on that date. The subject matter of the query involved liaison between my Department and the Office of Public Works. A substantive reply to the letter issued on 12 December.

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The structure in question is in the ownership of Kildare County Council. As such, responsibility for the protection of the structure rests with the County Council to whom detailed queries should be addressed. However, I understand that the County Council has confirmed that while the lodge house alongside the structure named has been damaged (by the arson attempts which the Deputy refers to)...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The main income streams available to local authorities to finance loans raised for capital purposes are general-purpose grants from the Local Government Fund, commercial rates, and miscellaneous receipts from fees and local charges. Earlier this week, I announced record levels of general-purpose grants for local authorities for 2007. I allocated a total sum of €948m, representing an...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: Adherence to the grazing restrictions prescribed in a commonage framework plan is a requirement of Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition and therefore a condition for receipt of Single Farm Payments. In the Owenduff/Nephinbeg Special Protection Area (SPA), it is a condition of the Notifiable Actions for the SPA that farmers be in an approved agri-environmental plan. This is necessary...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The information requested is not available in my Department. Staffing returns received from local authorities do not contain the classification of employee referred to in the question.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 103 and 107 of 12 December 2006.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: A great deal has been said about the transport sector, which is a very heavy producer of emissions. A key point that is often overlooked in debates of this nature is that the UN's greenhouse gas accounting rules mean that fuel — petrol and diesel — that is purchased by motorists and hauliers in this State, but consumed elsewhere, must be recorded in Ireland's greenhouse gas inventory. I...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: Nobody is taking a negative view of it.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The notion that purchasing carbon credits is somehow dubious was further contradicted in a joint press release that was issued yesterday by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Investment Bank. Announcing the fund in which Ireland has invested, the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development stated: The region [in which the fund is to be...

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is right. If that happened, there would be a higher level of emissions.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: On a point of order——

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: In their SUVs.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: I do not order the business around here.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: If the Deputy does his sums he will find that is a grotesque exaggeration.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: As a courtesy he was on the official delegation.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: Just to be helpful to the Deputy, he is quite right in saying that the €20 million that is being spent is in eastern Europe.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: Just to correct the Deputy——

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy should send me the details. He should have gone to an SEI-registered contractor.

Carbon Fund Bill 2006: Second Stage (14 Dec 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy should send me the details.