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- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: My Department has prepared a Screening Regulatory Impact Analysis of the options for transposing the Environmental Liability Directive. This document is available on my Department's website (www.environ.ie), and the views of interested parties have been sought on it. Preparatory work on drafting the legal instrument for transposing the Directive is underway and will be informed, inter alia,...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66, 231, 233, 234, 235, 238 and 240 together. Each local authority was asked by my Department in 2006 to carry out a detailed assessment of the needs for capital water services infrastructure in their area and to prioritise their assessments, taking account, inter alia, of: national and EU environmental and public health requirements and standards, including...
- Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 67 and 80 together. In accordance with the Programme for Government, my Department will be publishing a Green Paper on local government reform in the coming months. The Green Paper will examine a number of issues with the objective of making local government more transparent and responsive, and will set out options for reform in advance of a subsequent White...
- Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question No. 226 of 24 October, 2007.
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: Details, including current approved costs, of water services schemes in County Donegal that are approved for funding by my Department are set out in the Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 which is available in the Oireachtas Library. The level of Departmental funding in each case will be determined in consultation with the local authority in accordance with the final approved cost...
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71, 89, 92 and 99 together. The total cost incurred to date in the development and roll-out of the electronic voting and counting system is â¬51.3 million (including â¬2.6 million in respect of awareness and education initiatives). In addition, information provided by returning officers to my Department indicates that the total annual storage costs incurred...
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 151 of 10 October and 1102 of 26 September 2007. The position is unchanged.
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: On 25 October 2007 my Department launched a public consultation process on proposed amendments to the exempted development provisions of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to provide exemptions for certain renewable energy technologies for use in the industrial, commercial, public and agricultural sectors. The overall aim is to ensure that the planning system supports the use of...
- Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: Under the Building Control Act 1990, enforcement of the building regulations, including Part L, is the responsibility of the 37 local building control authorities. Each of the authorities has a designated Building Control Officer with appropriate staff to carry out building control functions. While staffing requirements in local authorities are a matter for the County/City Manager...
- Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: The Agreed Programme for Government contains a commitment to the establishment of an independent Electoral Commission which will take responsibility for a range of electoral matters including, inter alia, the functions currently exercised by the Standards in Public Office Commission relating to election spending; the Electoral Commission will also examine the issue of financing of the...
- Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: Arising from previous research completed by the Institute of Public Administration on behalf of the Department in 2004, my Department commissioned further research by a Trinity College / Dublin City University joint team to establish a clear profile of formal systems for regulating lobbyists in public life in certain jurisdictions, thereby facilitating an assessment of their relevance to...
- Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: My Department has established a Disability Act Sectoral Plan Advisory Committee and its first meeting was held in June 2007. Membership of the Committee is comprised of representatives of organisations representing people with disabilities, local authorities, the Library Council and my Department. The second meeting of the Committee is scheduled to take place in December 2007. I understand...
- Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to the introduction of mechanical biological treatment (MBT) facilities as one of a range of technologies to meet targets for diverting biodegradable waste from landfill required under the Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC). High quality mechanical and biological treatment of residual municipal waste generates a number of outputs and will...
- Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 592 and 593 of 23 October 2007. The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has initiated a public consultation process on a proposed amendment to SR 21 â Guidance on the use of I.S. EN 13242:2002 â Aggregates for unbound and hydraulically bound materials for use in civil engineering work and road construction. The proposed amendment...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: The financial provisions for the bodies in question and other provisions for my Department are, at this stage, Pre Budget Estimates in accordance with new procedural arrangements for public service estimates introduced by the Minister for Finance. Following the determination of expenditure levels for next year to be outlined in Budget 2008 by the Minister for Finance, the financial...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: Section 59 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 provides for the making of regulations by the Minister providing for the grant of an authorisation to a sanitary authority by the EPA in respect of the discharge of effluents generally, effluents in designated areas or classes of areas or specified plants, sewers or drainage pipes or effluents discharged to designated waters or...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: Part 10 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 as amended implements the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive, 85/337/EEC, as amended. The prescribed classes of development that require EIS are listed in Schedule 5 of the regulations. Incinerators are included in these classes of development. The regulations set out the information to be contained in the EIS and the...
- Written Answers — Local Government Elections: Local Government Elections (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 and 229 together. Unlike for Dáil and European Parliament constituencies, there are no legal requirements in relation to the frequency of local electoral area reviews. The last review of local electoral areas was carried out in 1998; the next local elections are due to take place in 2009. I am at present considering the issues around a review of local...
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: The National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012, published in April of this year, recognises that Ireland will experience significant impacts on its natural and physical environments as a result of climate change and that many of these impacts are now unavoidable. The Strategy therefore commits to the development of a national adaptation strategy within two years to provide a framework for...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 Nov 2007)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 218 together. The Ennis Town Water Supply Augmentation Scheme is approved for construction under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 at an estimated cost of â¬6.3m. My Department approved Clare County Council's proposals to lay the pipework for the scheme in conjunction with the Ennis Road By-Pass in 2005. The advancement...