Results 4,421-4,440 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I am aware that the person named has been advised that he may not cut turf on some of his land. I regret that my Department does not have access to the LPIS database and therefore cannot comment definitively on the land parcel number mentioned.

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department wrote to the person named on 16 February 2006 giving details of the compensation scheme, including the criteria for eligibility and enclosing an application form.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001, producers, namely manufacturers and importers, of farm plastics such as silage bale wrap and sheeting are required to take steps to recover farm plastics waste which they placed on the market or alternatively to contribute to, and participate in, compliance schemes to recover the waste in question. The Irish farm film producers...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department is preparing draft guidelines for planning authorities on public safety zones at State airports and in this context is considering the ERM recommendations, including recommendations on "red zones". When the draft guidelines are completed they will be issued for public consultation.

Written Answers — Local Authorities: Local Authorities (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Local Government Act 2001 is designed to provide a modern legislative framework for all local authorities. Under the Act all town councils, including former town commissioners, may take action to promote the community interest; exercise a representational role with an office of mayor and structured linkage to the county council, through for example, membership of strategic policy...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: All Dublin based operations of my Department will be decentralised, with the exception of Met Éireann, ENFO, the Private Rented Tenancies Board and a small co-ordination section which it is proposed to retain in Dublin to assist with the Department's Dáil and other business. The programme involves the relocation of my Department's operations to four locations in the south east, Wexford,...

Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: A number of legislative measures are in place to address the issue of noise nuisance from private buildings. Section 107 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 provides local authorities with powers to require measures to be taken to prevent or limit noise. These powers are generally exercised in preventing and limiting noise from commercial and industrial premises within their...

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The procedures governing boundary alterations are set out in Part V of the Local Government Act 1991 and in the Local Government (Boundary Alteration) Regulations 1996. Under these provisions, it is open to a local authority to initiate a proposal for the alteration of its boundaries. This involves preparation of a formal boundary alteration proposal by the authority concerned including...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Total emissions of CO2 from sugar production installations in Ireland in 2003, the latest year for which figures are available, were 146,834 tonnes.

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Articles 3.3 and 3.4 of the Kyoto Protocol provide for parties to offset carbon sequestered by forests against their greenhouse gas emissions. Article 3.3 allows Kyoto Protocol parties to count net carbon sequestration from afforestation and deforestation since 1990, arising over the period covered by the protocol, 2008 to 2012. In order to calculate sequestration levels from forests, the...

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

Dick Roche: The extension of the Lough Mask regional water supply scheme from Shrah to Westport is approved to start construction in 2006 in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007. Further consideration will be given to Mayo County Council's contract documents for the scheme on receipt of additional information requested from the council last month.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: In 2006, I allocated general purpose grants to local authorities amounting to approximately €875 million; this represents an increase of 6.5% over the corresponding figure for 2005, more than twice the rate of inflation. The Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, set out provisions for the payment of fees for planning applications. Local authorities generated in excess of...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (21 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Under Part IX of the Planning and Development Act 2000, the Government may, by order, on foot of a proposal from the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, designate a site or sites as a strategic development zone, SDZ, to facilitate development considered, in the Government's opinion, to be of economic or social importance to the State. The proposed strategic...

Written Answers — Library Projects: Library Projects (16 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: In January 2004, Kildare County Council, along with all library authorities, was asked to review its capital programme for library development and to submit a prioritised list of library proposals which it wished to have considered by my Department in its review of the public library capital programme. The council listed five projects in the following order of priority: mobile library; school...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Monasterevin sewerage scheme, which was funded under my Department's water services investment programme, was completed at the end of 2005 at a cost of €7.2 million. The first phase of the scheme provided for the replacement of the existing waste water treatment plant. The sewerage network in the town and environs was extended and upgraded under the second phase. The capacity of the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (16 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 1515 of 25 January 2006. In light of Government policy on the regulation and control of numbers in the public service, including local authorities, and of the impact of economic and population growth in the functions and services of local authorities, I am keeping the overall employment position in the local government sector under regular review. My...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (16 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 250 of 1 December 2005.

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (16 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: A new management planning process is being put in place for all six national parks, including the Burren National Park, on a phased basis. Management plans have already been published for Wicklow Mountains National Park and Killarney National Park. Work on the Burren National Park management plan will begin this year and the question of improving visitor facilities for the national park will...

Written Answers — Public Service Staff: Public Service Staff (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Separate processes apply in the case of recruitment to posts in local authorities and the Civil Service. There are no formal arrangements at present for the direct transfer of staff between the sectors. However, a civil servant may apply for any post in the local authority service that is offered by open competition provided that he or she possesses the required qualifications. I understand...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The EPA is responsible for the collation and publication of inventories of greenhouse gas emissions, which are prepared on an annual basis pursuant to UN and EU obligations. Table 1 sets out the published figures for both carbon dioxide and total greenhouse gas emissions, excluding absorption of greenhouse gases from land-use and forestry, for each of the five most recent years for which...