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Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: The following list contains the amount paid to each local authority in each of the four years 2003-6 and the allocations made in 2007 under the Local Authority administered Conservation Grants scheme. The scheme is aimed at assisting owners and occupiers to carry out conservation works on structures of architectural significance which the Local Authority has listed on the Record of Protected...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: The Burncourt Water Supply Scheme and Stage 2 of the Fethard Water Supply Scheme are being advanced by South Tipperary County Council as a grouped project that has been approved for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005 — 2007, under the Rural Towns and Villages Initiative, at a combined estimated cost of €14.05 million. A revised Preliminary Report for the...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 578 and 579 together. Statutory responsibility for protection and improvement of water quality is assigned primarily to local authorities acting under the general supervision of the EPA. Measures for the protection and improvement of water quality are being progressed on a systematic basis, particularly within the context of the Water Framework Directive, and...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 581 to 584, inclusive, together. I first became aware of my predecessor Minister Roche's recent determination of statutory directions in relation to works of an archaeological nature on the approved route of the M3 motorway when I received a text in the Dail chamber on the evening of Thursday the 14 June. Neither I nor any of my party colleagues had any prior...

Written Answers — Archaeological Sites: Archaeological Sites (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: During dredging operations undertaken by the Drogheda Port Company in the River Boyne the remains of the submerged wreck of a clinker-built vessel were discovered in November 2006. Preliminary carbon dating of wood samples taken from the wreck indicate that it dates it from the late medieval era. Further dendrochronological analysis of wood samples will more accurately pinpoint the vessel's...

Written Answers — Business Improvement Districts: Business Improvement Districts (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: The legislative provisions to enable Business Improvement District Schemes to operate in Ireland were commenced on 24 April 2007. Proposals to establish a business improvement district scheme in Dublin City have been submitted to the City Council by Dublin City Centre BID Company Ltd and these proposals are due to go on public display in early July 2007. I understand that preliminary...

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 588 and 590 together. The Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937, as amended, provides the procedure for the election of the 6 University Senators, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. Elections are held by secret postal ballot and all valid ballot papers must be accompanied by a signed and witnessed declaration...

Written Answers — Regulation of Lobbyists: Regulation of Lobbyists (3 Jul 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 public...

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: I do not have one.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: I appreciate it.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: I thank the Deputy.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: With Deputy McEntee's help.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Not at all.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "—noting the very significant investment which is provided for under the National Development Plan 2007-2013 in further developing modern integrated waste management infrastructure and services so as to meet national and EU policy objectives and targets; noting also the record levels of...

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: I have set out for Deputies the exact legal position. The Poolbeg project is the subject of an application by Dublin City Council to An Bord Pleanála for planning permission and an oral hearing in that regard has recently concluded. It is also the subject of an application by the council to the EPA for a waste licence and the legislation governing this process has a similar provision....

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: ——for which the four Dublin local authorities have statutory responsibility under the Waste Management Acts. As the procurement has been by way of a public private partnership, the role of my Department has been to certify that the procurement was conducted in accordance with public policy. The Department in a letter dated 14 September 2005 advised Dublin City Council which acts as lead...

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: All our current landfills are properly regulated and that is as it should be.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: However, a reliance on landfill is not the solution to our waste management problems.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: We face a major challenge in reaching our targets under the EU landfill directive. This directive, as a first step, will entail reducing our reliance on landfill by a further 700,000 tonnes. My ambition over time is to go even further than this and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill to no more than 10%. Once again this should be about ambition.

Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)

John Gormley: Meeting our EU obligations is important but our mission should be to take such objectives in our stride as we reach for the highest standards.