Results 81-100 of 369 for long speaker:John Gormley

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: ...2) of the Act provides for an exemption from the charge in a situation where a person is moving home and acquires a second property within the 12 months prior to the liability date in each year, as long as within six months following the liability date, the second property becomes the person's sole or main residence and he or she ceases to be the owner of the first property.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: .... We must find economies. We must cut spending and we must all take our share. If we act swiftly and decisively, we can set things to rights in a relatively short period. I believe that as long as we tell the people the truth, they will see the wisdom of what we are trying to achieve. I have confidence in the intelligence, toughness and resilience of the people. The forthcoming budget...

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: I have long believed the current crisis had its genesis in the election campaign giveaways of 1977. History recalls that this was a Fianna Fail giveaway. However, if we delve a little deeper into the same period of recent history, we will find that their opponents were offering comparable blandishments to voters in that fateful June 1977 election auction.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: ...reforms not as an add-on luxury, but as a central aspect of our future economic well-being. The reforms we make now must enable us not just to weather the next few years, but to adjust to the long-term challenges we face as a species.

Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (17 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: ...fuel poverty and that energy-efficient projects are promoted. As set out in the programme for Government, we need to move to a site-value-based taxation system for land, which will provide a fair long-term tax base and encourage sustainable economic activity. We must learn the lesson the collapse of our transaction-based taxation system is teaching us. I admitted at the outset that the...

Written Answers — National Parks: National Parks (10 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: ...NPWS put in place an independent facilitator to facilitate the introduction of the dung catchers. In the event, however, the jarveys refused to engage with the person appointed. There has been a long process of consultations, over some two years, with the Jarveys. In addition, practical trialing of the devices has been carried out and repeated demonstrations of their use have been...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: ...are comprehensively linked to the city or development plan, which is reviewed every six years, the lifespan of local area plans is to be increased to ten years. Where the local area plan is no longer consistent with the city or county development plan, for example, where the development plan has been reviewed or varied, there is a requirement to vary or review the local area plan within...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: ..., are aimed at ensuring a more consistent, rigorous and systematic approach to incorporating flood risk identification, assessment and management in the planning system and building upon its long-standing acknowledgement in the legislation as an important planning issue. Submissions received on foot of the consultation process are being considered by my Department in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (3 Nov 2009)

John Gormley: The long-term health of Ireland's bogs may be affected by changes in temperature and precipitation patterns brought about by climate change. While research published by the EPA in 2008: Climate Change – Refining the Impacts for Ireland (NUIM) - and available on the EPA's website outlines a range of potential climate change impacts on Irish ecosystems including bogs, projected impacts on...

Local Authority Funding. (14 Oct 2009)

John Gormley: ...the financing of local government. As I have always stated, it is our intention to broaden the revenue base for local authorities. We operate a system which, in my view, is unsustainable in the long term. The difficulties relating to it date back to 1977 and we are still trying to recover from them. We have already begun the process of introducing reforms to broaden the revenue base....

Carbon Budget. (14 Oct 2009)

John Gormley: ...for Transport, that certainly is the intention. I hope the Deputy agrees this shift in ratio is essential and must be made as we were out of kilter with regard to sustainability for far too long. In other words, we were investing far too much in roads and not enough in our public transport system. Thankfully, the new programme for Government recognises for the first time that this must...

Proposed Legislation. (14 Oct 2009)

John Gormley: I do not know how long ago that was or the circumstances. We need, however, to rethink the structures of local government. What we have now is an inherited British model but is it suitable to our modern State and does it have the dynamism and flexibility to deal with the issues? The answer is probably "No". We must reinvent it. It may be a difficult transition but we need to be quite...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (14 Oct 2009)

John Gormley: ...occupied by the owner as his or her sole or main residence on the liability date. Section 4(6) of the Act includes an exemption for property in which a relative of the owner is living rent-free, as long as that residence is on the same property or within two kilometres of the owner's main residence. This provision was intended principally to cater for situations in which accommodation...

Written Answers — Air Quality: Air Quality (14 Oct 2009)

John Gormley: ...(2009). Where the indicative level for any pollutant is exceeded, the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2002 require the local authority concerned, following notification by the EPA, to develop a long-term air quality management plan to ensure compliance with the thresholds for the relevant pollutant or pollutants. The EPA reports the results of the air quality monitoring of the above...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (7 Oct 2009)

John Gormley: ...be made about planning, it is that planning is about people, not buildings. Good planning can bring enormous benefits to individuals and communities. It allows them to prosper and develop in the long term. It ensures good quality homes are provided as well as areas where industry can thrive. It ensures that facilities are in place, from shops to schools and public transport. It is...

Juvenile Offenders. (24 Sep 2009)

John Gormley: ...and would not address any gap in services. The working group does not see a continuing stand-alone role for residential assessments at the FCAC. The buildings on the FCAC site are not suitable for long-term use as children's detention facilities. They would require significant mechanical, electrical and structural work simply to be maintained, even in the short-term, for any purpose. The...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (23 Sep 2009)

John Gormley: ...under the Act is for a person's sole or main residence. However, any one individual can have only one such residence. Granny flats and principal private residences that have to be vacated due to long term illness are also exempt if certain criteria are fulfilled. These criteria are not fulfilled in the case of an individual who moves from their home to reside with a relative who is...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (22 Sep 2009)

John Gormley: ...a spouse or ex spouse has an interest in a property after a divorce or separation agreement but does not reside there. Granny flats and principal private residences that have to be vacated due to long term illness are also exempt if certain criteria are fulfilled. The fact that a house is not used or lived in does not of itself remove the liability of an owner to the charge. The...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Sep 2009)

John Gormley: ...to the Fine Gael Party's original plans for a good bank was an apparent threat to default on significant levels of bank debt. This far-reaching step would have had disastrous effects, causing long-term damage to Ireland's reputation and, ultimately, costing much more taxpayers' money to fix. The bonds issued by banks are largely part of the banks' own funding and are owned by pension...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Sep 2009)

John Gormley: ...rate of boom house building, this land would not be used up until 2032. In individual towns, matters are even worse. In many towns and cities councillors have zoned so much land that they will be long dead before it is used up. Waterford has enough zoned land to last it until 2072 at boom time building rates. In Dundalk the house building party could continue until 2073. Deputy Lynch...