Results 3,701-3,720 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: I will not mention the figure, which will run to millions of euro, because I do not know the precise cost. We do not know what the staffing requirements in each local authority will be. I have told the local authorities that I will make money available. I will discuss this issue with the Deputy, other spokespersons and the committee as required. Regarding the proposition to transfer names and...
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: I will address the last point first because some confusion arose from comments made by an official in a newspaper during the week. I have made it clear that I want every possible database examined. Deputy Broughan is right, as the suggestions that it would cause an outcry are not valid. I have asked that all databases be examined. Every possible option to cross-check the information should be...
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: I do not accept that the Deputy is correct regarding local authorities not having the will.
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: Some local authorities do the job very well. If Deputy McCormack believes that a local authority does not have the will, he should let me know. I will deal with the authority's manager because I take this matter quite seriously.
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: Regarding Deputy McCormack's point about staff, it was for this reason that I have proposed to give local authorities the funding and authority to take on enumerators. Deputy O'Dowd raised the issue of whether we should engage new personnel. This is unwise for the following reasons. The enumerators have been around the country, are very familiar with the space and have established a lot of...
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: Historically, responsibility for the security and safe storage of voting equipment such as ballot boxes, stamping instruments etc. has been a matter for returning officers who are statutorily responsible for conducting the polls. Accordingly, similar responsibility was assigned to returning officers for the storage of the electronic voting equipment. It is important to ensure that all...
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: The figure for the storage of the machines in Waterford was announced in a reply to a parliamentary question some time ago. The Deputy is correct that the figure was significantly higher than it was in other cases. For example, the cost of storing the machines in Waterford in 2005 was â¬52,888, whereas in other counties it was significantly lower. The cost in Louth was the lowest.
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: The cost in Wicklow was â¬42,000, which was very high also.
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: I do not have the cost for each machine, but if the Deputy wishes, I will get it for him.
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: That is fine. However, if the Deputy knows the figure, I am surprised he asked the question.
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: The Deputy knows the answer, yet he asks the question. He would make a good barrister. He would make a better barrister than he did a Deputy. On whether it would be better to sell off the machines, I remind the Deputy that the Oireachtas charged the Commission on Electronic Voting to carry out an analysis of the system. Therefore, it would make no sense to decide to make that decision in...
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: To answer Deputy Cuffe's last questionââ
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: The Deputy knows that I will not know the final cost of the ongoing analysis until it is concluded.
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: The Deputy should have a little bit of logic in the way he approaches life. The Commission on Electronic Voting was set up by the Oireachtas to do a job. It is an independent body and we all expect it will do its job without interference from the Deputy or me. On Deputy Cuffe's question about depreciation, it is not normally applied to equipment like this. He is correct that equipment...
- Election Management System. (4 May 2006)
Dick Roche: The Deputy asked about storage in a centralised location owned by the State. I presume there would be some cost involved, because the Department of Defence might have other use for that space. The Deputy will agree that in the circumstances it makes much more sense to bring them back to a central location and store them there, though normally the electoral equipment is distributed among the...
- Written Answers — Library Projects: Library Projects (3 May 2006)
Dick Roche: The development of the public library service is, in the first instance, a matter for each library authority. The selection of library projects for capital funding takes account of competing demands for resources countrywide and the library authorities' order of priority for such projects. In January 2004, local authorities were asked to review their capital programmes for library development...
- Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (3 May 2006)
Dick Roche: Ireland signed the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters on 25 June 1998. Progress towards ratification of the Convention is closely aligned with work at EU level. To date, the European Union has adopted two directives as part of the ratification process for the Convention. These deal with public...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (3 May 2006)
Dick Roche: The Thurles Regional Water Supply Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 as a scheme to start construction in 2007, at an estimated cost of â¬35.7 million. I understand that North Tipperary County Council is reviewing its contract documents for the distribution network and the revised documents will be examined as quickly as possible on receipt in...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (3 May 2006)
Dick Roche: The Thurles Sewerage Scheme has been approved for construction in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007, at an estimated cost of â¬2.42 million. My Department had previously approved a tender recommendation by North Tipperary County Council in respect of the civil works element of the scheme. However, the Council now proposes to incorporate both the civil and the...
- Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (3 May 2006)
Dick Roche: The Natura 2000 suite comprises Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) proposed for designation under the EU Habitats Directive and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) designated under the EU Birds Directive. To date, 420 areas have been advertised as SACs and 128 as SPAs. In addition, there are 5 Statutory Nature Reserves and 2 Refuges for Fauna which are designated under the Wildlife Act 1976 for...