Results 7,141-7,160 of 9,994 for speaker:John Gormley
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question No. 594 on 16 October 2007.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question No. 121 of 10 October 2007. The position is unchanged.
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: The issues of adult entertainment and the regulation of associated venues require consideration because of the recent growth of this sector. Given the relevance of a number of different statutory codes to this matter, it is not clear that planning regulation alone can adequately support a local control regime with regard to these activities, and the interaction of these various codes needs...
- Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: The Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 140 of 2006) give effect in Ireland to EU Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. The Environmental Protection Agency is the national authority with overall responsibility for implementing the Regulations. At local level, implementation of strategic mapping requirements is a matter for the...
- Written Answers — Noise Pollution: Noise Pollution (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: Under Article 12 of the Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 140 of 2006), noise mapping bodies are required to make strategic noise maps 'available to the public and disseminate them by any appropriate means, including through the use of available information technologies'. I expect the maps to be easily available from the websites of the noise mapping bodies.
- Written Answers — Industrial Pollution: Industrial Pollution (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 377 together. Under the Environmental Protection Agency Acts 1992 and 2003, activities that have potential for significant environmental pollution are regulated by means of integrated licensing by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control licensing is a function of the EPA and I am precluded from exercising...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: Phase 1 of the Athlone Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 to start construction in 2008, at an estimated cost of â¬15 million. The Council's Preliminary Report for the scheme, and a brief for the appointment of consultants for the design and construction stages, are being examined in my Department and a reply will issue to the...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: The Gort Regional Water Supply Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as a scheme to start construction in 2009. Galway County Council has now confirmed that an Environmental Impact Assessment is not required for the scheme and that a revised Preliminary Report will be submitted to my Department for approval by the end of the year.
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: The Government's decentralisation programme provides for the relocation of the Local Government Computer Services Board (91 posts) and the National Building Agency (48 posts) to Drogheda and Wexford respectively. The Local Government Computer Services Board has a total of 32 staff that have taken up posts to decentralise, of which 20 are moving with their current posts and 12 as new...
- Seanad: Institutes of Technology. (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: I thank the Senator for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I will outline the legislative and policy context in which Waterford Institute of Technology's application must be considered. As the Senator may be aware, the Government commissioned a major OECD review of higher education to support Ireland's strategic ambition of placing our higher education system at the front rank of the...
- Seanad: Waste Management Policy (17 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: I thank Senator Boyle for raising this issue. I am happy to have an opportunity to spell out the Government's position on waste management. I will also set out the progress already made in delivering the many commitments on waste management in the Government's policy programme. The objective underpinning all these initiatives is the creation of a world-class waste management system that...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (16 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: Part 3 of the Disability Act, 2005 requires public buildings â defined as a building, or that part of a building, to which members of the public generally have access and which is occupied, managed or controlled by a public body â to be brought into compliance with the provisions of Part M (Access for People with Disabilities) of the national Building Regulations before the end of 2015....
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 556 and 568 together. The Mayo Towns and Villages Sewerage Scheme, which includes Charlestown, Cross, The Neale, Ballyheane and Crossboyne is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as a scheme to start construction in 2008 at an estimated cost of â¬6.25m. An earlier wastewater proposal to service 80 houses in Charlestown...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: The Ballyvaughan, Corofin and Doolin Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as a scheme to start construction in 2008. I approved grant assistance of up to â¬6.025m for the project in August 2007 following examination of Clare County Council's Water Services Pricing Policy and Economic Review Reports for the project. It is now a matter...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: A comprehensive range of new water services infrastructure, estimated to cost in excess of â¬207m, has been approved for County Kildare in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 published in September 2007. The Programme, which includes details of each scheme for which funding is being provided, is available in the Oireachtas Library. The schemes included are...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question No. 177 of 27 September 2007.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (16 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: I assume the question refers to general purpose grants from the Local Government Fund. Some â¬948m in general purpose grants has been allocated to local authorities for 2007, an increase of 8% over the record amount provided in 2006 and an increase of 116% over the level of grant provided in 1999 when the Fund was established. These grants contribute towards meeting the cost to local...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (16 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: Under the Programme for Government, the Government has committed to undertaking an international review of waste management plans, practices and procedures and to acting on its conclusions. As I announced last week I have already directed my Department to commission such a review, to commence as soon as possible and to conclude within one year. This review will involve comprehensive research...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (16 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: As indicated in the reply to Question No. 518 of 2 October 2007, a transitional BER exemption applies to new dwellings for which planning permission was applied on or before 31 December 2006, where the new dwellings concerned are substantially completed on or before 30 June 2008. However, from 1 January 2009, if any of these dwellings are being offered for sale or letting, a BER Certificate...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (16 Oct 2007)
John Gormley: The Ballina Regional Water Supply Scheme (Treatment Plant Upgrade) is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007-2009 as a scheme to advance through planning, at an estimated cost of â¬6m. My Department is awaiting submission of Mayo County Council's brief for the appointment of consultants to prepare a Preliminary Report for the scheme.