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Housing Management Companies. (25 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Management companies operate at present for the majority of apartment developments, for certain other higher density developments, particularly those with a mix of designs, but very rarely for a very small number of standard housing developments. Generally speaking, the role of management companies is to maintain the common property, including buildings, sewers, water pipes, public lighting,...

Housing Management Companies. (25 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I fully appreciate the Deputy's concerns about this matter and would share her concerns if the arrangements provided in the Act were being misinterpreted, misapplied or applied in a way that would provide an onerous responsibility on home owners. The provisions in the planning legislation are framework ones and individual planning authorities must make their own judgment based on local...

Social and Affordable Housing. (25 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Since the local authorities were taken over by the colleagues of the Opposition.

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (20 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 791 of 18 October 2005.

Written Answers — Housing Estates: Housing Estates (20 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Developers of housing estates have the primary responsibility for ensuring that these are completed. The Planning and Development Act 2000 contains significant provisions which enable planning authorities to require developers to complete housing estates: for example, a planning authority may require as a condition of a planning permission for the development of an estate that the development...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The Achill Sound sewerage scheme has been approved for construction under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2004-06. I have already cleared Mayo County Council's tender recommendations for the scheme and its further advancement is now a matter for the council. In common with all projects funded under the water services investment programme, the Achill Sound scheme is subject...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: My Department has not engaged these consultants in any year since 1997.

Written Answers — Hare Coursing: Hare Coursing (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: At the coursing meeting referred to, which was attended by officers of my Department, no hares were coursed more than once on the same day. While some of the stock of captured hares appeared to be weaker than others, most of these latter were not coursed. The club in question was not sanctioned or penalised in the context of the 2005-06 licence issued to the Irish Coursing Club.

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government does not provide direct funding for museums. The Maritime Museum is housed in the Mariners' Church towards which the Department made a grant of €20,000 in 2002 from the conservation grants scheme under the urban and village renewal operational programme. A further application for funding under the scheme was made in 2004....

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste is based on the concept of producer responsibility, which effectively requires producers to contribute to the waste management costs of products which they have placed on the market at end-of-life. Under the directive, Ireland was required to achieve a 25% recovery rate of packaging waste by 1...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Payment has issued in this case.

Written Answers — Health and Safety Issues: Health and Safety Issues (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: A code of practice for safety at indoor concerts was published by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in 1998, providing advice and guidance on the safe organisation and running of indoor concerts. The aim of the code is to help those involved in the organisation of indoor concerts to plan and manage such events safely. Under the Fire Services Act 1981, as...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (19 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The guidelines for planning authorities on sustainable rural housing came into effect on 13 April 2005. The guidelines provide that reasonable proposals on suitable sites in rural areas for persons who are part of, contribute to, or have links with the rural community must be accommodated. The guidelines, therefore, represent a presumption in favour of quality one-off housing for rural...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 782 and 823 together. The cap on local authority staffing levels arises from a Government decision of December 2002 to cap public service numbers at the existing authorised level and to reduce numbers by 5,000 across all sectors by the end of 2005. The number of local authority staff is to be reduced by 1,000 over that period. Local authorities were informed...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 783 and 820 together. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government paid the company concerned €5,929 in 2002, €16,284.58 in 2003, €8,939.87 in 2004 and €10,285 in 2005. The company provides a database of research material relating to information and communications technology and business. The contract with Gartner allows staff to...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The Youghal water supply scheme was eleventh in the list of water and sewerage schemes for the 2007-12 period that was submitted by Cork County Council for its southern division in response to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government's request to all local authorities to undertake fresh assessments of the need for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their...

Written Answers — Town Status: Town Status (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The Local Government Act 2001 modernises the legislative framework, supports community involvement with local authorities in a more participative local democracy and underpins the programme of local government renewal. The Act takes account of the recommendations of Towards Cohesive Local Government — Town and County, which is the 1996 report of the reorganisation commission on improved...

Written Answers — Local Authority By-Laws: Local Authority By-Laws (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I have no powers to make the by-laws proposed. The operational management of sites, including the provision of necessary security, is a matter for the Office of Public Works. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government will have discussions with the OPW with a view to proposing appropriate legislative provisions for the management of historic properties.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The plant in question is a waste to energy plant. It is being procured by Dublin City Council on behalf of the four Dublin local authorities in accordance with their joint waste management plan. The plan provides for energy recovery as part of an integrated approach to waste management in the region in which thermal treatment will deal with the residue after maximum prevention, recycling and...

Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (18 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The nuclear safety section of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has the important mandate, as when it operated previously from the Department of Public Enterprise, of leading the development of national policy, legislation and regulation in respect of nuclear safety; participating in international co-operation arrangements at EU and other international levels...