Results 5,001-5,020 of 7,278 for speaker:Dick Roche

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: To do otherwise would have been irresponsible.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: A revised strategy must continue to support economic growth in a sustainable manner while at the same time preparing Ireland for more ambitious commitments that are likely to be required after 2012.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: While the European Council has provided a signal on what these targets might be, this is as far as we can go at this time. Certainly, by the time I publish a revised climate change strategy, the way forward may be clarified, though this process is likely to take considerable time. Existing measures in the strategy, together with any additional measures that might be put in place, form only...

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: In summary, the Government is actively committed to reaching its existing international targets and is committed to working proactively with our European and international partners to developing a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol. The Government will reach its Kyoto Protocol target through a combination of measures, including the emissions trading, measures set out in the national...

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: While I appreciate——

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: Not as frequently as the Deputy misses his targets.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: While I appreciate the motives for introducing this Bill, I am not convinced that legislation is the appropriate way to proceed in this case — it is highly inappropriate. I would prefer to engage with all interested parties, including the parties in this House, in the context of the review of the national climate strategy, in developing appropriate policies to ensure the achievement of...

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: I look forward to the beginning of debate in Montreal on the way forward from the Kyoto Protocol, which I am sure colleagues in this House will follow with interest. I am very disappointed in the contributions that were made. I had expected more than the usual shibboleths.

Climate Change Targets Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: I listened very carefully, in particular to the drivel about tax, and that is utterly disappointing.

Local Government Funding. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: The new arrangements for financing local government, based around the local government fund which the Government introduced in 1999 have had a major positive effect on the finances of local authorities. The fund provides a buoyant and dedicated source of funding for local authorities to supplement the income they derive from other specific Government grants and from local sources such as...

Local Government Funding. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: "No" is the answer to those three supplementary questions. I do not agree with the Deputy that there has been anything improper or delayed about the publication of the Indecon report. The Deputy's fourth point was whether another report was needed. That is a good question and it could be the subject for a debate. On the issue of the publication of the Indecon report, lest anybody thinks I am...

Local Government Funding. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy obviously knows the answers as well as the questions.

Local Government Funding. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: First, the Deputy should read in depth what I stated.

Local Government Funding. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: No, he clearly did not.

Local Government Funding. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: If the Deputy knows the answers as well as the questions, it is pointless coming in here asking questions. If he wants to hear the answers, what he should do is let me answer.

Local Government Funding. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy should hold on a second, that is ráiméis. Deputy McCormack knows as well as I know that since planning and development was a reality in this country there have been development charges. What I do not agree with is excessive development charges. What I do not agree with is councillors cutting — as Deputy McCormack's colleagues in Wicklow did last year before the local elections——

Local Government Funding. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: Deputy McCormack has colleagues in the Wicklow council. Before the Fine Gael members on the council went before the people of Wicklow, they made a big brouhaha of reducing the charges and last week they increased them. That is a local issue.

Local Government Funding. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: The answer to Deputy McCormack's question is development charges are part and parcel of all this, and what I do not agree with is the kind of gouging out that has happened, particularly in one-off housing because of the activities of the Deputy's colleagues.

Recycling Policy. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: Ireland has enjoyed considerable success in recent years in meeting targets for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste. Data from the Environmental Protection Agency show that we met the 25% target for 2001 set under the packaging waste directive and that we are on course to meet the 50% recovery target for 2005. The comparable figure for 1998 was approximately 14%. The practical...

Recycling Policy. (29 Nov 2005)

Dick Roche: Between 2000 and 2005, Repak spent €66 million on direct recycling costs. In that period, Ireland has consistently achieved the EU packaging waste recycling targets. The Deputy was very selective in his reference to the EU and to the EPA. If I was sitting over there, I would probably be equally selective, so I will not fault him for that. Repak expenditure on direct recycling activity has...