Results 3,201-3,220 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The national target set for 2013 was 35%. We have effectively met the target eight years ahead of schedule. I challenge the Green Party Members to name any country that has done better than Ireland.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: They are not in a position to do so. Construction and demolition waste recycled in 2004 reached 84%, just short of the target for 2013.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: We are introducing a new system of waste management planning for individual construction projects that will push up that figure further. I was heavily criticised in this House for the electrical waste recycling scheme which was introduced. The Labour Party suggested we go back to the drawing board. To its credit, the Green Party supported me. It was the only party to do so. We were just one...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The script has been circulated.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: This is wasting time.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I have written some additional comments. Deputy Quinn accused me of not making specific comments but I have written them now.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: It will be interesting to see where the Green Party stands if and when a proposed planning permission for a paper mill in this country is sought. The suggestions made regarding the implementation of producer responsibility initiatives under the Waste Management Act are equally off the mark. Irish regulations require that packaging be designed and produced to permit reuse or recovery and to...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: It demonstrated how effective Irish based firms have been in this area in recent times.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I note that the Green Party motion makes typically uninformed reference to the recently published Forfás study on waste management. Deputy Harkin, who left the House immediately after making her contribution, made equally ill-informed commentary. The study is interesting because it is a culmination of months of research into international waste management services. The report acknowledges...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I have read some of the Deputy's motions, which he says are circulated on recycled paper. Will we have a test of the paper to determine if it is recycled? We shall come back to him on that. It would not be the first time. We shall check that out. If the Green Party is telling a fib in that regard, what is it telling elsewhere?

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: What exactly does the Forfás study, necessarily limited as it is, tell us? It confirms that although we are still lagging slightly behind other countries in some areas of water management, we have been making significant progress in catching up under the policies introduced by this Government. Deputy Harkin mentioned member states who do better than Ireland. She listed a number of member...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: All of them have CHP as part of their policy.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The Green Party does not want to accept the truth, but that is the reality.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: Forfás also found that Ireland has a high waste generation per capita. However, high waste generation can generally be expected in a country with a booming economy. The study also demonstrates that other countries are able to achieve higher recovery rates and lower waste treatment costs than is possible in Ireland because they use waste in energy plants to reduce their reliance on landfill....

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: The contributions from the Deputies opposite on this have been especially dishonest and disingenuous. In fact, it is interesting that a motion which the Green Party——

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: ——tabled in this House, purporting to tell us how to deal with waste, turned out to be a single focus issue. The alternative is to provide very significant additional landfill capacity for Dublin. This prompts an interesting question for the leader of the Green Party, because the issue has been mentioned about dumps in parts of County Dublin. How many more landfills do Green Party...

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: How much more agricultural land in the constituency Deputy Sargent represents does he wish to see turned into landfill?

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I shall answer Deputy Quinn later.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: Deputy Sargent should be honest with his constituents. If we do not have proper waste management infrastructure, we are going to impose landfill either on other parts of County Dublin or on the surrounding counties. Yes, I favour heat treatment and energy recovery.

Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)

Dick Roche: I am not going to deal with an individual planning case, but I will deal with the issue of incineration.