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

Dick Roche: The Carraroe Sewerage Scheme is approved for funding under my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-07. I approved Galway County Council's tender recommendation for the construction of the collection system last year. My Department is awaiting submission of the Council's Contract Documents for the treatment plant.

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

Dick Roche: I assume that the Question refers to the Spiddal Sewerage Scheme which is included as a scheme to advance through planning in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-07. My Department is awaiting submission of Galway County Council's Preliminary Report for the scheme.

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

Dick Roche: The Roundstone Sewerage Scheme was ranked ninth in the list of sewerage schemes submitted by Galway County Council in response to my Department's request to local authorities last year to undertake fresh assessments of the needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The priorities adopted by the members of Galway County Council...

Written Answers — Farm Waste Management: Farm Waste Management (6 Feb 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. This arrangement operated on a pilot basis in the first instance in counties Galway, Clare, Mayo, Offaly and Waterford during June and July of last year. This...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (6 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: Details of the journeys I undertook by commercial airline during the year 2006 are set out in the following table:

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 598 and 599 together. On 5 November 2006, I published a consultation paper containing proposals to revise the exempted development regulations so as to permit the installation of small wind turbines or solar panels without planning permission in certain circumstances. Following the responses to the consultation paper, I laid draft exempted development...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (6 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: My Department has engaged Indecon International Economic Consultants on four occasions since 2000. In all cases, the contracts were publicly advertised in accordance with national and EU regulations. The information requested is set out in the following table. Purpose of Contract Value â'¬ Review of Local Government Financing 291,000 Synthesis Review of County/City Development Board...

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

Dick Roche: The maintenance and improvement of non-national roads in County Carlow is a matter for Carlow County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. The Low Cost Safety Improvement Works scheme of grants for non-national roads was introduced by my Department in 2000 as an extension of the scheme operated on national roads under the auspices...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: The information requested is not yet available in my Department. Under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001, producers — i.e. manufacturers and importers — of farm plastics (silage bale wrap and sheeting) are required to take steps to recover farm plastics waste which they have placed on the market or alternatively to contribute to, and participate in, compliance schemes...

Written Answers — Control of Dogs: Control of Dogs (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: The Control of Dogs Regulations 1998 require the owner or other person in charge of a dog to ensure that the dog at all times wears a collar bearing the name and address of the owner on an attached plate, badge or disc. The regulations contain penalties for non-compliance with this requirement or for defacing or rendering illegible the above particulars. These requirements followed...

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

Dick Roche: Under electoral law, returning officers are responsible for all matters in connection with the conduct of elections in the constituencies concerned. The detailed arrangements for the counting of votes in Dáil elections are set out in Part 18 of the Electoral Act 1992, by the returning officers including in relation to the selection of count centres in accordance with section 112 of the Act.

Written Answers — Crop Irrigation: Crop Irrigation (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: Section 56 of the Water Services Bill 2003, which is awaiting Dail Report Stage, enables a water services authority (county or city council), where it is of the opinion that a serious shortage of water for distribution exists, or is likely to exist in its functional area, to place restrictions on the use of water supplies during a period of such water shortage, for the purposes of water...

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 and 289 together. The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: My Department has no function in the approval of standards applying to washing machines. However, the Waste Management (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2005 which transpose Directive 2002/95/EC prohibits electrical and electronic equipment, including washing machines, that contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium,...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: Waste management services have traditionally been provided at a local level, with individual arrangements being locally determined and tailored to local circumstances. The present legal framework, as determined by the Oireachtas, reflects this. In accordance with section 52 of the Protection of the Environment Act 2003, the determination of waste management charges, and any associated waiver...

Written Answers — Laundry Detergents: Laundry Detergents (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: The phasing-out of phosphate-based laundry detergents has been progressed principally in the context of a voluntary agreement made in 1999 between the then Minister for the Environment and Local Government and the Irish Cosmetics and Detergents Association (ICDA), which represents some 90% of the domestic laundry detergents market in Ireland, and by ongoing liaison between my Department and...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: Approximately 1,200 tonnes per annum of domestic recyclables are treated at the Kinsale Road civic amenity site each year. The cost to Cork City Council for the collection, transport and separation of these materials prior to recycling ranges from €35 to €300 per tonne depending on the types of material involved. While the setting of waste charges is a matter for individual local...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: There is no obligation on anyone in possession of a grant of planning permission to proceed with the development to which the permission relates. It is therefore not necessary to provide for the revocation or cancellation of a permission by a prospective developer. Development contributions are attached as conditions to grants of permission and are payable on or in advance of construction and...

Written Answers — Hunt Licences: Hunt Licences (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: Licences in respect of hunting activities are issued under section 26 of the Wildlife Act, 1976, as amended. In considering any application for a renewal of a licence for the following season, my Department takes account of the level of compliance with the licence's conditions that has been achieved during the term of the previous licence. Veterinary reports (prepared by the veterinary...

Written Answers — Statutory Instruments: Statutory Instruments (1 Feb 2007)

Dick Roche: All statutory instruments made by my Department in 2006 were published in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1947.