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Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: In answer to Deputy Murphy, my advice is that if I were to do something other than what I am doing, this would be subject to challenge. A matter can always be the subject of challenge as any individual with the ways and means can challenge any issue in the courts. It is certain that if I were to move in the direction which the Deputy is suggesting, it would be subject to a successful...

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (28 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: This issue has been well tested. The Deputy will be aware of the number of Supreme Court judgments on this issue. The Supreme Court has spoken with clarity and I do not wish to do anything that would violate a decision which is constitutional in its nature and which has been handed down by the Supreme Court. It would be criminally unwise for any Minister to do that. There is a long...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Is that also Fine Gael policy?

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Does Deputy Bruton agree?

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Sale or lease, we had that last week from Deputy Kenny.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Weasel words.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Sale or lease.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The Planning and Development Regulations 2001 provide that an event licence is required for events where the audience is expected to be in excess of 5,000 people. Small-scale events, attracting a smaller audience than this do not require an event license, and consequently do not require an exemption or any certificate of exemption.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Graiguecullen Water Supply Improvement Scheme was ranked as third priority by Laois County Council in the list of water and sewerage schemes submitted by the Council in response to my Department's request to local authorities last year to undertake fresh assessments of the need for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The priorities...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I am informed that contracts and title documentation in this case have been sent to the Chief State Solicitor's Office and will be executed once the site have been surveyed. Due to the large volume of applications received under the Bog Purchase Scheme, my Department has put a tender process in place to engage persons to survey sites on a contract basis in the Galway region. The tenders are...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The provision of water treatment facilities for privately sourced group water schemes through bundled Design/Build/Operate contracts was pilot tested in Monaghan on the basis of a recommendation by the National Rural Water Monitoring Committee. The pilot project initially involved 11 group water schemes, including Donaghmoyne, and three local authority public water supply schemes. My...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: In December 2005, my Department notified local authorities of revised pension arrangements for part-time employees. This arose from a recommendation of the Commission on Public Service Pensions that access to public service pension schemes should be granted to public servants in part-time work, subject to certain conditions. It is a matter for each local authority to ensure the revised...

Written Answers — Archaeological Sites: Archaeological Sites (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Archaeological works at Roestown, Co. Meath have been carried out in accordance with the Directions I issued, on 11 May 2005, under Section 14A of the National Monuments Act 2004 (as amended). No new national monuments were discovered at Roestown in the course of these archaeological works. An archaeologist from my Department inspected the site prior to the removal of a souterrain and...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The improvement and maintenance of non-national roads in County Cork is a matter for Cork County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. The 2007 grant allocation by my Department to Cork County Council for improvement and maintenance works on non-national roads is €58,360,882. This includes a discretionary maintenance grant of...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The specific matter referred to in the Question would be appropriate for consideration by the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

Written Answers — Archaeological Sites: Archaeological Sites (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Reports on the Ardfert Cathedral Excavations will provide a comprehensive account of the excavations and their significance and are expected to be of interest to those with a special interest in the subject and to the general public. Work on the final report is at an advanced stage but detailed analysis of a large number of skeletal remains found in the course of the excavations has yet to be...

Written Answers — Library Projects: Library Projects (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: In January 2004, local authorities were asked to review their capital programmes for library development and to submit a prioritised list of proposals which they wished to have considered by my Department in its review of the Programme. In its submission, Kerry County Council listed Shanakill/Rahoonane as its third priority. In October 2005, I announced funding for thirteen library...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The meeting referred to took place in the coffee shop of Centra in Crossmolina.

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The improvement and maintenance of non-national roads is a matter for the relevant local authority to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. The initial decisions regarding projects to be funded on foot of these grants, including the location of works, is primarily a matter for the relevant local authority. Local authorities may either submit...

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (27 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I intend that Ireland will be represented at the Seventh Meeting of the Parties to the UNECE Aarhus Convention next May by an appropriate official of my Department. Ireland's representative will monitor the business of the meeting, and will engage in the discussions on the different agenda items as appropriate.