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Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations, 2001 require applicants for waste collection permits to publish notice of their intention to make a permit application in a newspaper circulating in the area or areas in which the activity concerned is or will be carried on. To ensure that the public are well informed regarding the nature of the application, the newspaper notice must...

Written Answers — Local Government Policy: Local Government Policy (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Local Government Act 2001 (Section 237A) Regulations 2003, provide, inter alia, for the supply of specified documentation to Oireachtas Members by the local authority such as local authority budget, draft development plan etc. In addition, equivalent systems, procedures and timeframes to those used in relation to correspondence from local authority members apply also in respect of...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The costs referred to in the Question are financed by the local authority from their revenue accounts and do not bear directly on the Exchequer. My Department does not have the detailed information requested in the Question, which may appropriately be sought from the individual local authorities concerned.

Written Answers — Protection of Animals: Protection of Animals (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The principal statutes governing animal welfare are the Protection of Animals Acts 1911 and 1965. Responsibility for that legislation, including any proposals for amendment, is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Agriculture and Food. My Department's functions relate to the provisions of the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 and 1992. The main focus of these Acts is the control of stray and...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department understands that copies of the assessment reports referred to have not yet been made available to member states by the European Commission. The forthcoming Environment Council of 27 June 2006 will provide for an exchange of views on GMOs, including specifically on the role of the precautionary principle in the authorisation and risk assessment of GMOs and GMO products. The...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: Moorehall, Claremorris, Co. Mayo is in the ownership of Coillte. Any proposals for works there would be a matter for Coillte as owners and any limited grant assistance by my Department would be dependent on discussions with Coillte on the costs involved and an assessment of the future use to which the property might be put.

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Government, in May 2005, agreed to a programme of further assessment, testing and validation of the electronic voting and counting system. This programme is intended to address issues raised by the Commission on Electronic Voting (CEV) and demonstrate that the system operates reliably, securely and accurately. The programme includes the commissioning of a security and risk assessment of...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 209 and 210 of 23 March 2006.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputies should stick around.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy must not have been listening.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: This is in all the Government's published literature. I will send some to the Deputy for reference purposes.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I could make statements about Deputy Boyle's rancid hypocrisy but I will not.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: —noting the very significant investment which has been made by the Government in developing modern integrated waste management infrastructure and services; —noting also the remarkable progress reflected in the municipal waste recycling rate of 34% in 2004 (compared to the national target of...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: It has one positive aspect, however, in that it offers the opportunity——

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputies should give me the same respect I gave them. It has one positive aspect in that, despite the attempts to shout me down, it shows that we have a very good story to tell in this country. We might have reasonably expected the Green Party, a party which claims copyright on environmental issues, to mount a well argued and well constructed case, but instead we got a sorry shopping list...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: Since coming to office in 1997, the Government and its immediate predecessor have been engaged in modernising Ireland's waste management policies with some considerable success. We have well and truly set out our stall in a suite of policy documents starting with the seminal document, Changing Our Ways, and culminating in the recently published national strategy on biodegradable waste, which...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The uncomfortable reality for the Green Party is that the policies are working——

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: ——and, as we saw tonight, the Green Party has no workable alternative. Turning first to waste prevention, the EPA is implementing a multi-faceted, multi-annual national programme led by a dedicated core prevention agency. That is the start to prevention. Second, we have established a market development group — the issue of how we deal with recyclables was raised — aimed at developing...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: It is typical of the tenor of this motion that the Green Party seeks to commend the public on recycling while at the same time pouring scorn on the efforts that have been made.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: If it is not too uncomfortable for the Members opposite, I will recall the facts. When Fianna Fáil got back into government in 1997, the general level of recycling here was a pathetic 9%. When parties opposite were in government it was 9%, with 166,000 tonnes recovered. They almost reached 34% by 2004. That is 920,000 tonnes.