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Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 612 and 613 together. My Department has already informed planning authorities that they should not attach planning conditions relating to management companies in the case of traditional housing estates, unless in very specific exceptional circumstances, e.g. holiday home developments, or to maintain a specific private shared facility. My Department has set up...

Written Answers — Planning Regulations: Planning Regulations (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: While planning legislation and regulations frequently refer to the publication or submission of maps and site plans, they do not stipulate any requirement to use Ordnance Survey maps. It is a matter for each local authority to ensure that they comply with the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 when handling copyrighted material, in the planning process or otherwise.

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The current scale of fees in relation to applications for integrated pollution prevention and control licences, including applications in respect of intensive poultry rearing operations, is prescribed under the Environmental Protection Agency (Licensing Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 1996. There is no proposal to reduce the prescribed fees.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 617 and 618 together. The May 2006 edition of Technical Guidance Document L includes two methods of demonstrating compliance with Part L (Conservation of Fuel and Energy) of the Building Regulations. The primary reason for allowing the two methods is to provide options for some flexibility in how heat loss through the building fabric is limited, via the...

Written Answers — Tax Yields: Tax Yields (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: Motor tax compliance surveys are undertaken on a periodic basis and the information from the last survey in 2001 indicated an evasion level of 4.6%, representing at the time an uncollected tax amount of some €25 million. The information requested is not available on an annual basis. A number of measures have been introduced by my Department to combat motor tax evasion, and other enforcement...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The provision and improvement of non-national roads in County Louth is a matter for Louth County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. In March 2005, Louth County Council submitted an outline proposal to my Department in relation to a Drogheda Northern Cross Port Access Route. That document identified a number of possible sources...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: A decision will be conveyed to Roscommon County Council later this month.

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 622 and 623 together. Some €150,995,463 was collected in development contributions by planning authorities in 2002. Based on information supplied by planning authorities to my Department for the Annual Planning Statistics, the provisional figure for 2005 is almost €520 million. Returns made to my Department do not distinguish between the various classes...

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: In its Second Report on the Secrecy, Accuracy and Testing of the Chosen Electronic Voting System, which was published on 4 July 2006, the Commission on Electronic Voting referred to an increased need for the establishment of a single independent statutory electoral commission for Ireland. In my response to the publication of the report, I indicated that I favour the establishment of an...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: Donegal County Council's application for funding for the Brookfield Sewerage Scheme under the Serviced Land Initiative is being examined in my Department and a decision will be conveyed to the Council as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: Septic tanks installed on or after 1 June 1992 must comply with Part H of the National Building Regulations. Technical Guidance Document H (Drainage and Waste Water Disposal) calls up the following standards: for septic tanks serving single houses, Irish Standard Recommendations SR6 of 1991 for Domestic Effluent Treatment and Disposal from Single Dwellings, issued by the National Standards...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The provision and improvement of non-national roads in County Waterford is a matter for Waterford County Council to be financed from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. Grants totalling €635,091 were provided by my Department for this proposal over the period 2003 to 2005. In 2006, a grant of €366,000 was allocated to the proposal under the new grants...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: Based on figures returned by planning authorities for the Annual Planning Statistics the total revenue in 2005 from planning fees, net of refunds, was approximately €50.2 million.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The Milltownpass Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 under the Rural Towns and Villages Initiative at an estimated cost of €4.37 million. My Department approved the Preliminary Report for this scheme in November 2003. Certain additional information is awaited from Westmeath County Council which will allow the scheme to progress to...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The procedures currently governing boundary alterations are set out in Part V of the Local Government Act 1991 and in the Local Government (Boundary Alteration) Regulations 1996. Part 8 of the Local Government Act 2001, which has yet to be commenced, provides that a local authority proposing to alter its boundary would follow similar procedures to those currently in force, but would make the...

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (1 Nov 2006)

Dick Roche: The following table sets out the number of changes of vehicle ownership notified to my Department for the period in question. While the data relate to all vehicle types, private cars make up approximately 78% of the national fleet. No. of Vehicle Ownership Changes Processed each year from 2000 to 2006. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (to 30 Sept.) 484,260 523,496 582,367 659,140...

Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (26 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: There are no such provisions in Building Regulations or Planning Regulations.

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (26 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: Under Section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996, it is a matter for each local authority to ensure that adequate arrangements for the collection of waste are available in its functional area, except where the cost of collection would be unreasonably high or where adequate arrangements can reasonably be made by the holder of the waste.

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (26 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: There is no such application before my Department.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (26 Oct 2006)

Dick Roche: A wide range of policies and measures have been put in place to ensure that the unprecedented rate of housing development in Ireland is planned for in a manner that supports the creation of sustainable communities within a high quality environment, as well as providing affordable options for those seeking housing. Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Residential Density were published in...