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Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: Monitoring of individual pilot schemes will commence as they are commissioned. I am asking the National Rural Water Monitoring Committee to report on results as soon as they become available.

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: I announced on 3 May this year as, part of a series of measures to build on the successful farm plastic collection scheme, that five local authorities — Clare, Galway, Mayo, Offaly and Waterford County Councils — would provide designated facilities on a temporary once-off basis where farmers could deposit waste silage/bale wrap free of charge. Funding was made available to these local...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: Expenditure under my Department's Built Heritage Capital Programme for 2006 has been reviewed in the normal way having regard to the progress of works to date. Recommendations have recently been made to me on the matter and I will shortly determine certain revised allocations. Funding for this programme for 2007 and subsequent years is also being examined at present as part of the Estimates...

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: I am advised that the survey has been carried out on the plot of land purchased from the person named. The question of entitlement to a top up payment is being examined in my Department and a response will issue to the person named within two weeks.

Written Answers — Provision of Allotments: Provision of Allotments (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: Local authorities have general powers to take such measures, engage in such activities or do such things (including the incurring of expenditure) as they consider necessary or desirable to promote the interests of the local community. Under these powers local authorities may decide at their discretion to make allotments available. The exercise of these discretionary powers is entirely a...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1541 and 1555 together. The WEEE scheme came into effect in August 2005 and has been a remarkable success. In the first 12 months of operation, 27,700 tonnes of household WEEE was collected. This represents approximately 2.3 million electrical and electronic products. This contrasts to the 5,510 tonnes of this waste type which was recovered in 2004 and...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) survey of South County Dublin, conducted by my Department in 2002, recognises this site as the remains of a former medieval tower and country house and as a structure of regional significance. This property is owned by South Dublin County Council and has been included by them since 1998 in their Record of Protected Structures the...

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: In law, the preparation of the Register of Electors is a matter for each local registration authority. It is their duty to ensure, as far as possible and with the cooperation of the public, the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the Register. In April 2006, I announced a package of measures to assist local authorities in their work on preparing the 2007/8 Register, which included the use of...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: Pursuant to Council Decision 2002/358/EC, Ireland is required to limit its emissions to 13% above 1990 levels during the period for assessing compliance with the Kyoto Protocol, 2008-2012. The Government is committed to meeting this requirement. The most recent projections of greenhouse gas emissions for the 2008-2012 period, which include the expected effects of all measures in place by...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Masts: Telecommunications Masts (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: Under the planning code, planning permission is normally required for telecommunications masts. Longstanding policy from my Department advises that only as a last resort should free standing masts be located in a residential area or besides schools. It is a matter for each local authority to ensure that developments permitted in their area conform to those standards. Following the...

Written Answers — Cúrsaí Pleanála: Cúrsaí Pleanála (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: Faoi alt 10(2)(m) den Acht Pleanála agus Forbartha 2000, ní mór aidhmeanna faoi chosaint oidhreacht teangeolaíochta agus cultúrtha na Gaeltachta, agus faoi chuir chun cinn na Gaeilge mar theanga phobail, a bheith i measc aidhmeanna an phlean fhorbartha – áit a bhfuil ceantar Gaeltachta i gceist. Caithfidh na h-údaráis phleanála, agus An Bord Pleanála, na h-aidhmeanna seo a...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: Additional information received from Kildare County Council is being examined in my Department and a decision on the revised Preliminary Report and the Water Services Pricing Policy Report for this scheme will be conveyed to the Council as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Local Government Act: Local Government Act (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 228 of 1 June 2006. The issue remains under review.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: Additional information received from Kildare County Council in respect of the contract documents for the lower Liffey Sewerage Scheme is being examined in my Department and a decision will be conveyed to the Council as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Driving Licences: Driving Licences (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: The number of drivers holding full and provisional licences on 30 June 2006 is 2,395,727. An Garda Síochána are supplied by my Department, on a weekly basis, with an electronic extract from the National Driver File which provides details in relation to each driving licence such as the licence number and the driver's name and address.

Written Answers — Fire Service: Fire Service (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: The provision of a fire service, including specialised equipment, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities and my Department has no direct role in this matter. My Department supports the local fire authorities through the setting of general policy, the provision of capital funding, the issue of guidance to fire authorities in relation to fire prevention and operational matters...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: I very much welcome the publication of the Third Report of the Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government on Recycling of Household Waste in Ireland. The percentages for recycling given in Table 1 of the Report are based on returns submitted by 19 out of 34 city and county councils surveyed. The average household diversion rate reported by Councils that made a return was...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department in conjunction with the EPA, local authorities and other agencies is also pursuing a comprehensive range of measures to protect and improve water quality generally in the context of implementation of the Water Framework Directive, the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, the Nitrates Directive and related EU legislation. Under the European Communities (Water Policy)...

Written Answers — Local Authority Boundaries: Local Authority Boundaries (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 1461 of 25 January 2006. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Sep 2006)

Dick Roche: Section 25 of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act, 1976 and the equivalent provision of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (section 45) relate to the acquisition of open spaces by planning authorities, in cases where, following a requirement by the local authority, the owner fails to maintain the land as open space. My Department does not have information on the use of...