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Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: It would be helpful if the Deputy read recommendation 54.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: Both sides are wrong.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy should accept that it is not the Minister's fault.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy should ask the Green Party about that.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: There must be unanimous agreement to bring a proposal in that way.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: That is nonsense. The Deputy should tell the truth to the House. He knows what he is saying is disingenuous and untruthful.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: I have heard some conspiracy theories, but that one certainly takes the biscuit. One can always depend on the Labour Party for a spot of mendacious misinterpretation.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy is being untruthful and I am disappointed in him.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: The Deputy can do better than that.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: I am reminded of Irish Shipping and the appalling record of the then Government.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: It applies to the nobility as well.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: The aristocracy believes the rules apply to the ordinary people.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following regulations in draft: Planning and Development Regulations 2005, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 16 June 2005. I am pleased to move this motion, the adoption of which by both Houses of the Oireachtas will pave the way for the planning and development regulations to be amended in three different ways: first, to...

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: Yes, it did.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: If the Deputy reads it, he will note that it was very specific.

Planning and Development Regulations: Motion. (29 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: The change will allow planning authorities to exercise control over the major increase in large-scale off-licences and address the genuine concerns of local communities. The change is a very positive step. It will give local communities a direct input into the development and establishment of off-licences in theirareas. This has been an area of genuine concern for communities in recent years...

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (28 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: I have already indicated that I believe my Department's website, www.environ.ie, is in need of some improvement in terms of content architecture and presentation. Design and development of a major reworking of the site is under way and an entirely new layout is planned. The Department is aiming to have the new site in place before the end of the year. In the meantime, interim revisions...

Written Answers — Nuclear Plants: Nuclear Plants (28 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32, 52, 103 and 108 together. The recent leakage at the THORP reprocessing plant in the Sellafield complex has underscored the legitimacy of Government policy that Sellafield should be closed in a safe and orderly manner because of the threat it poses to Ireland. While the leak was contained and did not constitute an immediate hazard to the local population or...

Written Answers — International Conferences: International Conferences (28 Jun 2005)

Dick Roche: The International Symposium on Uranium Production and Raw Materials for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency, took place in Vienna last week. My Department, in consultation with the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland and based on an evaluation of priorities, decided not to nominate an official representative to the uranium symposium. The...

Written Answers — Local Government Policy: Local Government Policy (28 Jun 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 generally the programme of local government renewal, including the position of county and city councils as the primary units of local government. Under the Act, there are five city councils and also five borough...