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Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: I propose to take Question Nos. 398 to 400, inclusive, together. The NSS Hub Cluster Sewerage Scheme, which will provide improved wastewater infrastructure to nine villages including Castlemaine, is included in the Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 - 2009 at an estimated cost of €18 million. Kerry County Council's Preliminary Report for the Castlemaine Scheme is under...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides that, where an estate is completed to the standard outlined in the planning permission, the planning authority must initiate taking in charge procedures as soon as possible following a request to do so by the developer or by the majority of the owners or occupiers. Similarly, where an estate has not been completed to the standard...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: I understand that the rights in question were transferred on 10 March 1997 by the Land Commission to the then Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands. The natural heritage functions of that Department are now vested in my Department. My Department is not aware of any outstanding issue relating to the matter raised in the Question.

Written Answers — Rental Accommodation Scheme: Rental Accommodation Scheme (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: The charge on all non-principal private residences is payable by the owners of private rented accommodation, holiday homes and any other residential property that is not the owner's sole or main residence. Landlords participating in the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) are exempt from the charge under section (2)(i)(f) of the Local Government (Charges) Act 2009 in order to encourage take-up...

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: The Green Party came into Government in entirely different circumstances in June 2007. The scale and speed of the economic crisis that has hit the Irish people since then is now well documented. To be honest, all of us in Government have struggled to come to terms with what is happening and put in place effective measures to deal with our major problems. However, we will persist. Above...

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: So far, I have only heard the Opposition's bogus claims that there is an easy fix for our problems.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: I have long believed the current crisis had its genesis in the election campaign giveaways of 1977. History recalls that this was a Fianna Fail giveaway. However, if we delve a little deeper into the same period of recent history, we will find that their opponents were offering comparable blandishments to voters in that fateful June 1977 election auction.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: Even when the economy was finally put to rights in the mid-1990s-----

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: -----there was no fundamental reform to the way we do things, and so the cycle is now repeating itself. We must all act now not only to get us out of this mess, but also to ensure that-----

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: -----we do not revert to the old cycle of boom and bust.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: We urgently need fundamental reforms not as an add-on luxury, but as a central aspect of our future economic well-being. The reforms we make now must enable us not just to weather the next few years, but to adjust to the long-term challenges we face as a species.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: I am glad the Opposition finds this so funny. Declining energy and resource availability, together with climate change and biodiversity loss, constitute a radical challenge to the basis of our economic system, a challenge which the Green Party came into existence to address. We must be solvent both financially and ecologically. It will not be easy but we must undergo a transition to a...

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: It is also why the forthcoming budget will contain a carbon levy among its provisions. We are now working on the details of these provisions.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: We need a carbon levy because we need to change our behaviour-----

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: -----by using less energy and using it more efficiently. We need to tackle the disastrous effects of climate change-----

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: -----and because it is a common sense policy which is now being adopted in many key Western economies. We will work to ensure that it is fairly applied. The proceeds will be ring-fenced to ensure that it does not add to fuel poverty and that energy-efficient projects are promoted. As set out in the programme for Government, we need to move to a site-value-based taxation system for land,...

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: However, we have now begun to master our difficulties. The road ahead is daunting and difficult, but if we act together we can resolve our difficulties much sooner than we think. I urge everyone in this Chamber to make common cause.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: I urge everybody in this Chamber to make common cause. I appeal to the social partners to intensify efforts to find a plan for common action.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: Let us not fight with one another at this crucial time in our history. Let us combine to conquer our difficulties.

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (12 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question No. 997 on 6 October 2009. My Department is finalising its consideration of the relevant issues and I will shortly decide whether to give a direction under section 202(2) of the Act regarding the making of a further special amenity area order or orders.