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Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (10 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: Based on its returns to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government at 31 December 2009, the present staffing level of Cork County Council is 2,364 whole time equivalent staff. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each County and City Manager is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (10 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: This case involves planning consent for the construction of a road through a Special Area of Conservation and concerns the proper interpretation of Article 6.3 of the Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC). In judicial review proceedings of the Board's decision, in which it was a co-respondent, the State took a position that An Bord Pleanála had erred in its interpretation of...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (10 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: The Kildare Water Supply Scheme Phase 1 (River Barrow Abstraction Scheme and Associated Pipelines) was included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 – 2009. Kildare County Council has submitted a tender recommendation to my Department for the Water Treatment Plant Design Build Operate Contract which is to be constructed at Srowland and this is currently under...

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (10 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 279 to 284, inclusive, together. Ireland is required to protect habitats of European importance under the Habitats Directive 1992, which was transposed into Irish law by the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations 1997, and the Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000. In accordance with the Directive, Ireland has nominated certain raised bog sites, which...

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (10 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: Approximately €5.4 million has been made available in 2010 for the Bog Purchase Scheme for domestic cutters and for the compensation of commercial turf cutters. Having regard to available resources, priority in the domestic scheme is being given to those wishing to sell their interest in the 32 raised bog sites which were nominated for designation as Special Areas of Conservation in 1999....

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 349, 350 and 364 together. In order to tackle the inadequacy of information on tyre flows and the management of waste tyres and put in place a proper regulatory framework, I made the Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2007. These Regulations facilitate the comparison of quantities of waste tyres arising with the amounts placed on the market...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: The Clifden Sewerage Scheme was included for funding under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 – 2009. Under the scheme, Galway County Council proposes to upgrade the collection network and build a new wastewater treatment plant. My Department is currently examining the Council's contract documents to procure the new wastewater treatment plant by means of a Design...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: Ireland, along with all other member states of the European Union, is obliged under the Habitats Directive to designate Special Areas of Conservation (SACs). These are sites containing habitats of European conservation importance listed in Annex I of the Directive. Ireland has nominated 423 sites for designation as SACs. Under article 6 of the Directive, any public authority, before...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: The Kildare Town Sewerage Scheme was included for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2007 – 2009. I recently approved funding to allow Kildare County Council to place the Wastewater Treatment Plant Design Build Operate Contract with its recommended contractor at a cost of €17.59 million. Further progress on this element of the scheme is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Building Control Act: Building Control Act (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: I refer to the reply to Question No. 270 of 10 February 2010. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Water Services: Water Services (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 358 and 359 together. My Department's block grant allocations to local authorities under the Rural Water Programme include funding for small public water supply schemes with an estimated cost of less than €1 million as well as for group water supply schemes. The programme also includes contingency funding for small scale improvements to water supply schemes...

Written Answers — Architectural Heritage: Architectural Heritage (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: My Department, in conjunction with the Office of Public Works (OPW), is close to finalising a programme in respect of essential repair works now necessary to the external and internal fabric of Killarney House and funding is being provided for these works in the current year. At the same time, and also in collaboration with OPW, my Department is looking at various options for the future use...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: Substantial funding towards local authorities' water conservation programmes, including the replacement of old pipe work in the public supply network, is provided under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme. The Programme does not extend to funding or providing grants for replacement of individual services connections or other measures relating to single households or premises....

Written Answers — Cycle Facilities: Cycle Facilities (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: The participation of local authorities in the Government's Cycle to Work Scheme is an administrative matter for the local authorities themselves and my Department does not collect information on the matter. I would actively encourage all public bodies to participate in the Scheme.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: The making of development plans has been a reserved function of the locally elected members of planning authorities since the introduction of planning legislation in 1963. In making a development plan under current and previous legislation, it has been a matter for the elected members to decide the allocation of specific development plan objectives for the use of land for specific purposes,...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: My Department is currently finalising its review of water services investment, arising from which I expect to publish the Water Services Investment Programme 2010 – 2012 shortly.

Written Answers — Departmental Transport: Departmental Transport (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: The information requested cannot currently be provided as a result of the industrial action.

Written Answers — Natural Heritage Areas: Natural Heritage Areas (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: A contract was placed late last year for the preparation of a management plan for the Burren National Park which is managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department. This plan, which will cover the 1,996 hectares of State-owned land, is currently being compiled. Tasks being carried out as part of the contract include facilitation of public information...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (9 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: During the years I spent with him on Dublin City Council in the early 1990s, I got to know Tomás Mac Giolla, a man of deep principles and of great faith in people and republicanism. Whether one agreed with him, one always knew he was a man of strong political convictions. From the outset he worked in politics to defend the interests of working class people and did so for many years in this...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Mar 2010)

John Gormley: A claim for compensation has been made in this case. The Department has recently received legal advice on the matter and will be communicating with the applicant's solicitors shortly.