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Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 531 and 532 together. The process of transposing the Directives referred to is well advanced and will be completed as soon as possible. I intend to make regulations transposing Directive 2003/4/EC on access to information on the environment in the near future. Work is continuing on the transposition of Directive 2003/35/EC regarding public participation in...

Written Answers — Waste Treatment: Waste Treatment (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The Waste Management (End-of-Life Vehicles) Regulations 2006 provide the regulatory framework for the implementation in Ireland of Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles. Under the Regulations, any facility which meets the required standards and holds a valid waste permit may become an authorised treatment facility. Local authorities are the designated competent authorities under the...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: To address the issue of accumulated backlogs of farm plastic, designated facilities are being provided on a temporary, once-off basis by local authorities where farmers may deposit stockpiled farm film plastic and silage wrap. These special arrangements operated on a pilot basis in the first instance in counties Clare, Galway, Mayo, Offaly and Waterford during June and July of last year....

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 267 of 28 February 2007. This referred to elements of the Rural Water Programme under which responsibility for the prioritisation, approval and funding of individual schemes has been removed from local authorities. Wastewater services for the locations referred to in this Question are being provided under the Upper and Lower Liffey Valley and the...

Written Answers — Deer Population: Deer Population (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: While my Department does not have precise information on the number of wild deer in County Wicklow, estimates suggest a figure in excess of 40,000 animals. The National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department is planning a national deer survey in 2008, which should give a clearer picture of wild deer population density at regional and national level.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: It gives me great pleasure to address this House on the occasion of the Second Stage of the Building Control Bill 2005. The Bill was amended on both Committee Stage and Report Stage in the Dáil and has benefitted from a detailed examination in the other House. I believe it will be seen in years to come as one of the most progressive pieces of consumer law to be brought forward in recent...

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: It would be an interesting lunch.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Yes.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: They were both members of the RIAI.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: It struck me that Senator Norris must come to that lunch.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The Senator is using it in a Joycean sense.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The latter point is being dealt with.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I am taking down every word.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I listened with great interest to various valuable contributions. Senator Norris, my good friend, introduced a sense of levity to the situation. However, we are dealing with a serious issue and this legislation was long overdue. As Senator Bannon stated, the longest lobby in democratic history must have been the one to register the name architect. The Bill has three main objectives....

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: It would be improper for me to name somebody who is not in the House. The Senator's colleague has already done it.

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I will tell the Senator privately afterwards. However, the self-serving myth that has been put around is nonsense. It has been very well put around by a lobbyist who buys a lot of advertising space. If it were true, one would have a hard time explaining the wonderful penetration which has been made by the timber sector in building and construction. Some great work has been done there. I...

Seanad: Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (6 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Yes, vulgar too, that is right. I wish to thank Members of the House for their contributions, however. I have always believed — and I have said so in this House so many times that I have probably said it to the point of tedium — that wisdom does not reside in any one side of this House or of the other Chamber. I am always willing to listen to any amendments that are proposed.

Written Answers — Election Management System: Election Management System (1 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: Under the Electoral Act 1992, the selection of buildings to be used as polling stations at an election or referendum is a matter for the returning officer. The Electoral (Amendment) Act 1996 provides that local authorities, in making polling schemes, shall endeavour to appoint polling places which allow the returning officer to provide at each place at least one polling station that is...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (1 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217 to 221, inclusive, together. The improvement and maintenance of non-national roads in its area is a statutory function of each road authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act, 1993. A number of guidance documents have, however, issued to local authorities to assist them in carrying out their statutory functions, including...

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (1 Mar 2007)

Dick Roche: The study of key Irish battlefields is a new research project being undertaken by the National Monuments Service of my Department which will ultimately assist in identifying the appropriate statutory protection for relevant battlefield sites under the national monuments legislative code. The National Monuments Service will be assisted by a panel of recognised external experts in the fields...