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- Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)
John Gormley: I do not underestimate the difficulties involved but I am determined to create a new context in which the challenges I have mentioned can be met and our achievements built on. In this regard the Government is committed to carrying out a review of the regional waste management plans. This will be respectful of the statutory position of the local authorities and of the reviews of the existing...
- Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)
John Gormley: The Deputies opposite keep saying that we have agreed to incinerators and they want to know how many we have agreed to, but we have agreed to none.
- Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)
John Gormley: That is it. There is the answer. The Deputies do not like direct answers.
- Waste Management: Motion. (3 Jul 2007)
John Gormley: The Deputies do not like direct answers.
- Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: The Programme for Government sets a target of an annual average reduction of 3% in our greenhouse gas emissions. The achievement of this reduction through domestic measures would minimise the need for Government purchases of carbon credits in the future. The National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012 includes limited provision for the purchase of Kyoto Units by the State so as to assist...
- Written Answers — Public Service Charges: Public Service Charges (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: Guesthouses are commercial enterprises and, as non-domestic users of water supplies, are required, in accordance with the requirement of the Water Framework Directive and the polluter pays principle, to be charged for water services supplied to them. Where there is a mixture of domestic and non-domestic use in a premises, an allowance, based on the local authority's reasonable estimation of...
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: A grant of â¬6,350 was paid in this case on 19 April 2006.
- Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: In law, the preparation of the Register of Electors is a matter for each local registration authority. It is their duty to ensure, as far as possible and with the cooperation of the public, the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the Register. In April 2006, a package of measures was introduced to assist local authorities in their work on preparing the 2007/8 Register. These measures included...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: The provision of water treatment facilities through grouped or bundled DBO contracts was originally pilot tested in Monaghan. The DBO approach to the provision of water treatment for water quality deficient group water schemes has now been adopted by 216 group water schemes serving over 39,000 households. At that time of the introduction of the pilot Project, Operational & Maintenance...
- Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: In law, the preparation of the Register of Electors is a matter for each local registration authority. It is their duty to ensure, as far as possible and with the cooperation of the public, the accuracy and comprehensiveness of the Register. The Franchise Section in my Department is responsible for a range of matters relating to the electoral system, including the relevant legislative codes;...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: Section 33(2)(c) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 makes provision for persons, including elected representatives, to make submissions or observations on a planning application on payment of the prescribed fee and within the prescribed period. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 fixed this prescribed fee at â¬20 and the prescribed period at five weeks...
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: The programme of investment in housing over the next seven years is set out in the National Development Plan 2007-2013 under which some â¬21 billion in finance, including â¬3 billion in SWA Rent Supplement, is being provided. Some 27,000 new social homes will be commenced or acquired and 17,000 affordable units will be delivered in the initial 2007-2009 period. The resources being made...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: There are currently no large scale waste incinerators in Ireland. My Department is aware that a small number of incinerators at industrial plants have been licensed by the EPA. It is also the case that a private company has secured planning and licensing approval for a municipal and a hazardous waste incinerator and, in relation to the latter, has indicated that approval for the treatment...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 and 253 together. The waste management plans for which local authorities have statutory responsibility, generally operating in regional groupings, identify the landfill capacity which those authorities consider necessary to meet the needs of each region while meeting national and EU objectives and requirements. My Department does not compile details in...
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: The Programme for Government commits to the setting of new ambitious waste management targets for maximum prevention, re-use, recycling and modern waste treatment to ensure that we match the best performance in the EU for recycling with the objective that only 10% of waste or less is consigned to landfill (down from 66% now). The Programme also includes measures to broaden out our approach...
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (28 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: Phase 1 of the Kildare Water Strategy â Wellfield Contract â is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005 â 2007 at an estimated cost of â¬27.6 million and provides for the development of groundwater sources at Rathangan, Monasterevin (Hybla), Johnstownbridge and Robertstown. My Department has to date recouped â¬12.4 million to Kildare County Council in...
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (27 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: The National Climate Change Strategy 2007â2012 includes a commitment for an annual Implementation Status Report to be laid before the Oireachtas, followed by its presentation to the Oireachtas Committee on the Environment and Local Government. It is intended that the first report will be prepared in 2008 in respect of 2007. I am also currently examining the options for ensuring...
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (27 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, a development plan must set out an overall strategy for the proper planning and sustainable development of the area concerned. Development Plan Guidelines for Planning Authorities, published on 8 June 2007, provide that the development plan must offer clear guidance on sustainable development policies and objectives, both national and local, and...
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (27 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: I will be pursuing, with colleagues in Government, a range of commitments set out in the Programme for Government to utilise economic instruments, including taxation, in pursuit of environmental objectives. In addition, the new Commission on Taxation will be specifically charged with investigating fiscal measures to protect and enhance the environment, including a carbon tax. The proposals...
- Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (27 Jun 2007)
John Gormley: The National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012 undertakes to introduce a carbon offsetting scheme for all air travel on Government business, including flights by Ministers and by civil servants, from January 2008. It is intended that a contribution will be made to an appropriate fund to secure verified emissions reductions equivalent to the annual emissions associated with Government air...