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Written Answers — Building Controls: Building Controls (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The Building Control Bill 2005 assigns a limited role only to the registration body, RIAI. First, the basic registration eligibility criteria are specified in the Bill and will not be determined by the registration body. Second, key decisions on admission of individual applicants to the register of architects will not be made by the registration body, but by an admission board and technical...

Written Answers — Fire Regulations: Fire Regulations (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 903 and 904 together. The operation of fire services and fire safety in Ireland is governed by the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003 and by regulations made under those Acts. The legislation applies to all buildings except single domestic dwellings. The fire services legislation places a duty of care on persons in control of premises to take all reasonable...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 248 of 2 March 2006.

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department furnishes a quarterly staff return, including staff employed by local authorities, to the Department of Finance and any clarification necessary or matters requiring discussion are addressed between the Departments within this process.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 515 of 28 February 2006.

Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: Part 17 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that qualified electors of a town having a population of at least 7,500 as ascertained at the last preceding census and not having a town council may make a proposal for the establishment of such a council. Under the relevant provisions of the Act, a proposal to establish a town council, and the timing of any such proposal, is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Motor Vehicle Registration: Motor Vehicle Registration (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: While vehicle registration is a matter for the Revenue Commissioners, information on the number of imported used vehicles licensed for the first time for the years 2000 to 2004 inclusive is published by my Department as Table 19 of the annual Irish Bulletin of Vehicle and Driver Statistics 2004 which is available in the Oireachtas Library. The number for the year 2005 is 61,350 vehicles.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy has made a very specific allegation.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: There is a big difference between free speech and libel. Deputy Gormley would not have the courage to do this outside the House.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: Is the Deputy accusing the Tánaiste of some wrongdoing?

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: Is the Deputy accusing her of anything?

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: At least they were not robbing banks.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy should speak to her friends in the Greens about that.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy need not hold her breath.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I apologise for having laryngitis. My response will not be as robust as it would be otherwise.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "having established and resourced the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments: —notes the four interim reports of the Tribunal and awaits the findings of the Tribunal on matters currently under examination in public hearings, as well as any overarching recommendations for...

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I am pointing at Deputy Ó Caoláin and his colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh.

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: It was not just the type of political activity——

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: ——and the paramilitary activity and the criminal activity——

Political Donations and Planning: Motion. (21 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: ——that was supported by the Deputy.