Results 4,561-4,580 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

EU Directives. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I will be absolutely straight with the Deputy.

EU Directives. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: If everybody spoke with a single resolve on this issue it would be far better for farming. The green book from Teagasc, as the Deputy should be aware as he speaks on agriculture, has been published. It has been the standard and that is what is transposed——

EU Directives. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: If the Deputy as an agriculture spokesperson for a party that prides itself in this regard——

EU Directives. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: ——does not know that, God help us. The Deputy's second point relates to one of a series of statements made by Dr. Cross who did say everything in this directive was agronomically sound. The Deputy asked the length of time it would take for a derogation. I was absolutely confident we would be able to obtain this derogation within a rapid timescale until the latest issue arose. I will have...

EU Directives. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is correct. Water quality in this country has improved dramatically. It is also a fact that the highest preponderance of phosphate and nitrate contamination comes from agriculture.

EU Directives. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: That was the point to which Deputy Gilmore adverted. The Deputy is correct that farming alone should not be blamed for contamination of water. There have been other sources but there has been a huge amount of investment in addressing those other sources and we need to deal with the last outstanding source.

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108 and 122 together. At national level substantial progress is being made in implementing the national spatial strategy, which is having an increasing influence on policies and programmes across a range of Departments and agencies. At regional level, a key policy bridge between national development priorities and local planning has been put in place with the...

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Actually——

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Modesty prevented me from doing that but I will do it now.

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I apologise for the sound problem. I could hear that there was a difficulty. With regard to the gateways generally, the Department is working with Forfás on a report which will look at the infrastructure needs. The Deputy is correct. The whole purpose of the national spatial strategy is to produce a much better balance on the island. There was a noise when I was making that point. On the...

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Deputy, like me, represents a constituency very much affected by the spill-over from Dublin. Let me give a couple of examples of how the national spatial strategy links directly into that. The five-year capital investment envelopes which have been agreed reflect the strategy. It is particularly important to find out the infrastructural needs regarding the western corridor. The high...

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I disagree with the Deputy. There have been many cases in which the strategy——

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The first planning decision I made last year concerned the scale of retail units. We made a specific——

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: No.

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: A specific relationship was established between that and the hubs and gateways. There was a specific cross-reference——

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Yes, one can have that type of development——

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: ——in each of those areas.

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: I am sure the Deputy, like me, welcomes the prosperity that will come to Ballymun.

National Spatial Strategy. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: Each of the major investment decisions refers back to the national spatial strategy. Under Transport 21, many of the detailed planning issues are related specifically to the strategy.

Proposed Legislation. (14 Feb 2006)

Dick Roche: The Local Government Act 2001 provided for a new and comprehensive ethics framework for those involved in local government. This built on long-standing ethics requirements on local authority councillors and staff under planning legislation, which predated other legislation. Part 15 of the Act was brought into operation from January 2003 and the codes of conduct for councillors and employees...