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

Dick Roche: Ireland is committed, pursuant to the Kyoto Protocol, to limiting growth in greenhouse gas emissions to 13% above 1990 levels in the 2008 to 2012 commitment period. In 2003, the latest year for which published figures are available, Ireland's emissions were approximately 25% above the 1990 level. I also refer to the reply to Question No. 330 on today's Order Paper. The national climate change...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Last summer, I published the draft Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations and the draft Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations as part of a public consultation process. These draft regulations amend the Waste Management (Permit) Regulations 1998 and the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2001, respectively. Public advertisements invited...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The improvement and maintenance of non-national roads in its area is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. My Department has not received any request from Kildare County Council for funding towards the provision of sheep grids on non-national roads.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: My Department has no proposals from Kildare County Council regarding a sewerage scheme at Kilberry, Athy, County Kildare, nor was such a proposal included in the list of schemes submitted by Kildare County Council in November 2003 in response to my Department's request to all local authorities to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Details of non-national road grants paid by my Department to Kildare County Council and the council's own resources expenditure on non-national roads for each of the years 2001 to 2005 are set out in the following table. Own resources expenditure is based on returns received from Kildare County Council. Year Grant Payments Own Resources â'¬ â'¬ 2001 21,148,246 4,190,135 2002...

Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: We will reflect in the meantime.

Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Something marvellous must have happened on St. Valentine's Day.

Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I would be disappointed if it were otherwise.

Seanad: Planning and Related Issues: Statements (Resumed). (15 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I have good news for Senator Norris on both counts.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I have not met either of the companies referred to in the question regarding the movement of waste since I came into office in September 2004. My Department's records show that my predecessor met two private sector companies — Greenstar and Indaver — to discuss a range of waste management policy issues, including significant discussion of the interpretation of the regional waste...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 and 116 together. The WEEE scheme has now been operating for almost six months and the real benefits of this new system for consumers and the environment are becoming apparent. WEEE is now being collected from more than 180 collection points nationwide. Early indications are that significant quantities of this waste type are being returned for recycling....

Written Answers — Radon Gas: Radon Gas (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 151 together. As I have previously indicated, Government efforts and resources, together with those of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, RPII, are continuing to focus on highlighting public awareness of radon and on improving information to householders to enable and encourage them to address monitoring or remedial requirements...

Written Answers — Nuclear Plants: Nuclear Plants (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118, 135 and 184 together. Following Prime Minister Blair's recent announcement regarding a review of the United Kingdom's progress under the medium and long-term energy White Paper 2003 goals last November, a consultation document, entitled Our Energy Challenge: Securing Clean, Affordable Energy for the Long Term, was launched on 23 January by the UK...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Race Against Waste campaign funded by my Department is an extended national environmental awareness campaign to promote better waste management at home and in the workplace. The campaign, which was launched in November 2003, comprises a waste awareness media campaign and a communications strategy. The media campaign encourages people to prevent, reduce, re-use and recycle or compost their...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 194 together. The recent report referred to in the questions, comments on certain decisions by An Bord Pleanála to refuse permission for certain large apartment developments in Dublin and alleges that the board's decisions are contrary to Government policy on housing. An Bord Pleanála is an independent body, with statutory functions provided for...

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The rate of inflation in the price of building and construction materials continues to decline. The year on year inflation rate to November 2005, the latest month for which figures are available, was 3.3% compared to a corresponding figure of 11.7% at November 2004. As the Minister responsible for overseeing the delivery of a major share of economic and social infrastructure projects under...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 600 and 601 of 22 November 2005.

Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126, 145, 166 and 190 together. On 31 January, I had meetings with the EU Commissioner for Energy, with responsibility for nuclear energy and protection, Andris Piebalgs, and the Vice President and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security, Franco Frattini, to impress upon the European Commission the strength of Irish Government concerns about the...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: In August 2005, the Government approved the establishment of an independent Irish heritage trust to acquire, for public access, major important heritage properties where the State does not wish to acquire them directly and where there is imminent risk to their heritage value through neglect or where an appropriate use cannot be brought forward through sale to a private sector investor. In...

Written Answers — Climate Change: Climate Change (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Among the more significant impacts of climate change on Ireland will be a predicted rise in sea levels associated with thermal expansion as the oceans warm and the melting of ice caps and glaciers such as the Kangerdlugssuaq glacier in Greenland. A 2003 study, Climate Change Scenarios and Impacts for Ireland, conducted by NUI Maynooth under the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental...