Results 5,401-5,420 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Written Answers — Building Inspections: Building Inspections (24 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: My Department does not employ Building Energy Rating Assessors. The Building Energy Rating (BER) Scheme was established under the European Communities (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2006. Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), which operates under the aegis of the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, has been designated as the Issuing Authority with...
- Written Answers — Designated Areas: Designated Areas (24 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: Under the Designated Bog Compensation Scheme an incentive bonus may be payable to a vendor who was, at 1 July 2004, the registered owner of the property in sale. The vendor in this case was not the registered owner at that date and is therefore not entitled to the bonus under the terms of the scheme.
- Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (24 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: One raised bog in Co. Kerry â Moanveanagh â was nominated for designation as a Special Area of Conservation in 2002. Details can be found on my Department's National Parks and Wildlife Service website at http://www.npws.ie/en/SAC/002351/.
- Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (24 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: In order to be able to vote at elections and referenda in this jurisdiction, a person's name must be entered in the register of electors for a constituency in the State in which the person ordinarily resides. Postal voting is provided for in electoral law in respect of certain categories of person who are entered in the register of electors. The Electoral Act 1992 provides for postal...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (24 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: Section 154(3)(a) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 confers a general power on planning authorities to serve an enforcement notice not only on the person carrying out the relevant development but, where the authority considers it necessary, on the owner or occupier of the land concerned or any other person who in the opinion of the authority may be concerned with the matters to which...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (24 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: Planning authorities may, when granting planning permission for quarries, attach appropriate conditions to such permissions. My Department's Guidelines to Planning Authorities on Quarrying and Ancillary Activities, issued in April 2004, offer guidance to planning authorities on planning for the quarrying industry, both in their development plans and in determining individual applications for...
- Written Answers — Purchase of Lands: Purchase of Lands (24 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: I understand that contracts were returned on 5 June in this matter and they are now being prepared for execution.
- Written Answers — Electoral Management System: Electoral Management System (24 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: Under the Electoral Act 1992, the selection of buildings to be used as polling stations at an election or referendum is a matter for the returning officer. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1996 provides that local authorities, in making polling schemes, shall endeavour to appoint polling places which allow the returning officer to provide at each place at least one polling station that is...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: The Local Government Computer Services Board (LGCSB), a body under the aegis of my Department, is scheduled to move to Drogheda under the decentralisation programme. Progress in relation to that relocation, which is a matter for the body itself, is reported on to the Decentralisation Implementation Group.
- Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: My Department compensates farmers for losses occurring where their farming activities are restricted as a result of designation of a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area or Natural Heritage Area. In terms of the cessation of peat extraction from designated bogs, the arrangements for compensation agreed with the farming representative organisations in 2004 continue in place.
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 to 190, inclusive, together. The Clonmel Town and Rural Water Supply Scheme and the Ardfinnan and Galtee Regional Water Supply Schemes have all been approved for funding under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 â 2009. South Tipperary County Council's Preliminary Reports for the three schemes, received last month, are being examined...
- Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: There are no plans to allow commercial turf cutting on designated bogs.
- Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: Statutory responsibility for the protection and improvement of bathing water quality is assigned primarily to local authorities acting under the general supervision of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The 2007 EPA Report on Bathing Water Quality indicated that Youghal strand failed to meet the required standard because of the presence of faecal coliforms in excess of the limit laid...
- Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: The Representational Payment (RP) for councillors was introduced with effect from 1 January 2002 and was the first ever such recognition of councillors' service and commitment to their communities. Under the Local Government (Representational Payment for Members) Regulations, 2001 (S.I. No. 552 of 2001), the RP for county and city councillors is specifically related to the basic amount of a...
- Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: The boundaries of the Special Areas of Conservation were transmitted to the European Commission in 2004 and are not now open to review by my Department. Prior to this, extensive discussions were held with representative farming organisations. My Department operates a bog purchase scheme where turf-cutters are required to cease cutting in such designated areas.
- Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: Some 14% of Ireland's land area is designated either as a Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area or Natural Heritage Area. I am not aware of the source or context of the 1% area referred to in the question.
- Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: There are no proposals to increase the rates paid under the present scheme.
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: A sewerage scheme to serve Binghamstown was forty-sixth on the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by Mayo County Council in response to my Department's request to all local authorities in 2006 to undertake assessments of needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of these assessments. These assessments were taken into account in preparing...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: The combined Belmullet and Foxford Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as a scheme to start construction in 2009 at an estimated cost of â¬21.42m. My Department has approved Mayo County Council's Preliminary Reports for the scheme. The Council's brief for the appointment of consultants to prepare Tender Documents for the waste water...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (19 Jun 2008)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 199 and 200 together. National waste statistics for all waste streams are published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the most recent National Waste Report being in respect of the year 2006. This report is available on the Agency's website: www.epa.ie The Programme for Government clearly sets out the approach to waste management that will be...