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Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: A reasoned opinion was received from the European Commission on 5 January 2005 regarding planning enforcement procedures in relation to unauthorised developments for which Environmental Impact Assessments, EIA, are required. A formal response issued to the Commission on 8 March 2005. My Department has not received any further formal communication from the Commission or from the European Court...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 198, 216 and 621 of 14 February 2006.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 630 of 14 February 2006.

Written Answers — Litter Wardens: Litter Wardens (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: Returns from local authorities indicate that, as at the end of June 2005, 399 litter wardens were employed. A total of 126 wardens were employed on a full-time basis.

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 216 of 2 February 2006. The adequacy of the powers available to the Garda Síochána would be a matter for my colleague the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I am satisfied that the €20 fee for third party submissions or objections to planning applications does not represent a major barrier to any person who wishes to participate in the planning process. In this regard, it should be noted that the Indecon report on the Review of Local Government Financing calls for a move towards a planning system which operates at full economic cost recovery. I...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I assume that the question refers to environmental management costs or EMCs that retailers display when selling electrical and electronic equipment. The EMCs currently applied show the costs of recycling based on data submitted by producers to the WEEE Register Society Limited, the industry-based national WEEE registration body, which has an independent committee of management. The WEEE...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I am aware of the importance of timely transposition of EU environmental legislation, some 200 items of which, including more than 140 directives, have by now been transposed in this country. There are nine directives in my Department's area of responsibility which are outstanding for transposition, details of which are set out in the following table. Directive Number and Title Date Due...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51, 76, 86 and 93 together. Ireland's national action programme under the nitrates directive was formally submitted to the European Commission on 29 July 2005 and I made the European Communities (Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters) Regulations 2005 on 11 December 2005. These regulations give legal effect to the action programme and respond...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department has implemented a number of the important recommendations of the report Review of Fire Safety and Fire Services in Ireland. These include in particular the enactment of the Licensing of Indoor Events Act 2003, which addressed several legislative changes called for in the review. In addition, the high level of capital investment in the fire service has been continued and now...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 7 on today's Order Paper.

Written Answers — Nuclear Plants: Nuclear Plants (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The Government's international legal proceedings against the United Kingdom under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea in respect of the Sellafield MOX plant were suspended in 2003 pending resolution of jurisdictional issues in the dispute raised by the European Commission. These issues were the subject of proceedings by the European Commission against Ireland before the...

Written Answers — Fire Services: Fire Services (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: As indicated in reply to Question No. 662 of 21 February 2006, arrangements for the transfer of the fire safety remit of the National Safety Council to my Department are being discussed with the Department of Transport. An exact date for the transfer has not been agreed but I expect that it will take place in the second quarter of this year.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The 15 cent levy on plastic bags, as provided for in the Waste Management (Environmental Levy) (Plastic Bag) Regulations 2001 — which took effect on 4 March 2002 — applies to all plastic bags supplied to customers at the point of sale for the conveyance of goods or products. Prior to the introduction of this levy, an estimated 1.2 billion plastic bags were given away free by retailers....

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59, 60, 67, 220 and 221 together. The total cost incurred to date in the development and rollout of the electronic voting and counting system is some €51.3 million, which includes €46 million in respect of capital investment in voting machines and ancillary equipment. My Department has spent €731,000 to date on assessment and testing and €273,000 on...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: In accordance with section 33 of the Waste Management Acts 1996-2005, local authorities are obliged to collect, or provide for the collection of, household waste. Section 33(3) provides exemptions whereby a local authority need not provide a collection in cases where an adequate waste collection service is available; the cost of providing a waste collection service by the local authority...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding. : Local Authority Funding. (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The following tables show the income for local authorities from commercial rates, charges for goods and services, and development contributions for the years 1996, 2000 and 2005. Inter-authority transfers are not included. In the case of rates and charges, the data for 1996 and 2000 are based on out-turns and data for 2005 are based on published local authority budgets. Information on...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: The Government's national water services pricing policy framework requires local authorities to recover the cost of providing water services from the users of these services, with the exception of households using the services for domestic purposes. There is no intention to reintroduce domestic water charges through the Water Services Bill or on any other basis.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: There is a distinction between environmental impact assessment, EIA, which applies to individual projects, and strategic environmental assessment, SEA, which applies to plans and programmes forming the framework for development consent for projects liable to EIA. Under part X of the Planning and Development Act 2000, major developments falling within project categories specified in Schedule 5...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (8 Mar 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department's files indicate that officials of the Department met two representatives of Indaver Ireland on 21 July 2003; that my predecessor, accompanied by officials, met representatives of Indaver Ireland on 28 January 2004 and that officials met representatives of Indaver Ireland on 8 June 2004. I understand a range of issues were discussed at these meetings, including inter-regional...