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Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Local authorities' powers would permit them to acquire and-or manage properties of architectural or heritage interest, and a number of local authorities have done this. My Department has not provided direct grant assistance to local authorities for this purpose. In so far as local authorities may seek to finance this kind of property acquisition through borrowing, the Department's sanction...

Written Answers — Caomhnú na Gaeilge: Caomhnú na Gaeilge (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 325 agus 326 le chéile. Faoi Alt 10(2)(m) den Acht Pleanála agus Forbartha, 2000, ní mór aidhmeanna faoi chosaint oidhreacht teangeolaíochta agus cultúrtha na Gaeltachta, agus faoi chuir chun cinn na Gaeilge mar theanga pobail, a bheith i measc aidhmeanna an phlean fhorbartha —áit a bhfuil ceantar Gaeltachta i gceist. Caithfidh na húdaráis phleanála,...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 579 of 21 June 2005. The 1990 regulations banning the marketing, sale and distribution of bituminous coal were originally made to address the winter smog situation prevalent in the Dublin area at that time, and have since been extended to 15 other areas taking account of the analysis of air quality monitoring data and also of population size. On the basis...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: As the Deputy is aware, the level of local government charges is determined by individual councils. Local variations in expenditure, income and rates of charges in respect of various services are therefore an inherent feature of the local government system. Charges take account of local circumstances and priorities and represent decisions of democratically elected local bodies. It is also...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Last June, I approved tender recommendations for the provision of new waste water collection and treatment systems at seven locations in County Tipperary selected by the National Rural Water Monitoring Committee, as a pilot programme, to test a range of new, small-scale waste water collection and treatment systems under Irish conditions. The programme will also test a low cost and low...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 332 and 333 together. The Castledermot sewerage scheme was approved for construction under the 2004-06 water services investment programme of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, at an estimated cost of is €7.4 million. The first phase of the scheme, the construction of a waste water treatment plant to serve a population...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The total cost to date of the development of the electronic voting and counting system is €51.065 million. Information provided by returning officers to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government indicates that the total annual storage cost for the electronic voting machines and ancillary equipment is some €695,000. No maintenance costs have been incurred to date. As...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Details of the number of full-time and part-time veterinarians employed by each local authority at 31 December in each of the past five years have been provided by local authorities and are set out in the following table. The terms and conditions of the employment of veterinarians are matters for the Minister for Agriculture and Food. Local Authority Veterinarians 2000-2004 2000 2001...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 1370 to 1374, inclusive, and 1379 of 28 September 2005.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: We know Deputy Rabbitte's background.

Leaders' Questions. (5 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: We remember the Veha factory.

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Based on data supplied to my Department by local authorities, income from commercial rates is estimated to amount to approximately €1 billion in 2005.

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The condition of the Turoe stone, which was moved to its present location in 1854, has been a matter of concern for a number of years. A report in 1996 found that the stone was undergoing adverse weathering. A further report undertaken in May 2005 found that the condition of the stone had worsened since 1996 with a reduction in the clarity of the carved detail. In response, and to provide...

Written Answers — Development Levies: Development Levies (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 528 and 534 together. Charging development contributions is of long standing. Under section 26(2) of the Local Government (Planning and Development) Act 1963, local authorities were empowered to require payment of a development contribution as a condition of a planning permission. The system has therefore been in operation for some 40 years. In order to...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: Under section 102 of the Local Government Act 2001 each local authority is required to prepare a draft budget setting out for the next local financial year the expenditure estimated to be necessary to carry out its functions and the income estimated to accrue to it. The draft budget is required to be prepared under the direction of the manager in the format prescribed by regulations. In...

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 531 and 533 together. The EU directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment, WEEE, required each member state to introduce regulations providing for a producer funded take-back scheme for consumers of end-of-life equipment from 13 August 2005. This directive covers a wide range of equipment from large business equipment, such as large refrigeration...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 532 and 538 together. The final draft of the wind energy guidelines, which will replace the existing guidelines published in 1996, are at an advanced stage and will be published shortly. It is normal practice, and in line with the principles of better regulation, to issue ministerial planning guidelines in draft form and to take into account any submissions...

Written Answers — National Heritage Week: National Heritage Week (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: During Heritage Week 2005, organised by my Department, the underwater archaeology unit presented talks on the work of the unit within the national monuments service to the following interested groups: 5 September, a public lecture on shipwrecks off the Irish coast in the Helen Roe theatre of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Dublin; and 7 September, a public lecture on the maritime...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: An application was made to my Department in December 2004 for funding for the project in question under the conservation grants scheme. The project was not recommended for grant assistance by the expert panel which assesses applications under this scheme and consequently it did not receive funding in 2005. It would be open to the project promoters to make a further application for funding...

Written Answers — Wildlife Protection: Wildlife Protection (4 Oct 2005)

Dick Roche: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, is implemented at EU level principally by Council Regulation (EC) 338/97, with further aspects being covered by Commission Regulation (EC) 1808/2001. This regulatory regime is stricter than CITES in that it requires permits for the bulk of the species whose trade is regulated by the convention rather...