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- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: What does the Senator propose?
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: If the Senator wishes to table an amendment in this regard on Report Stage, I will consider it.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: The Senator stated the amendment is not drafted as he intended. A number of issues were raised about previous legislation. I suggest that he amends his own amendment and we can discuss it in greater detail on Report Stage.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I thought this section had been agreed to and now Members are going back over it.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I had thought this section had been agreed to.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: Very well. If the amendment has been withdrawn, the proposal I made to the Senator was that I would revert to him at that stage. I must consult my officials as he has raised a series of issues about the 1958 Act and so on. I propose to give Members my assessment when Senator Coffey tables his amendment on Report Stage. Is that all right?
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I cannot. The Senator is asking me to consider stuff that has not come in.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: Yes.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I can only speak in general terms. This issue arises because, as Members may know, the Hunting Association of Ireland sought exemptions from inspections and the licence fee requirements. In that instance, I proposed that while people could not be exempted from inspections, as the Hunting Association of Ireland operates on a not-for-profit basis, it was exempted from the fees. Therefore, I...
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I beg the Senator's pardon.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I did not quite get what the Senator said there.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: The Fine Gael Members were speaking while I was trying to let them know my thinking, which is the reason I tried to get their attention. I am going to try a similar approach but my point is that I do not believe one can make exemptions from inspections. Inspections are-----
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I am trying to tell Members that from the perspective of inspections, one cannot make such exemptions because everyone will be subject to them. That is my position in this regard.
- Seanad: Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: Inspections.
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (24 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: The EPA's new Code of Practice on waste water treatment and disposal systems serving Single Houses was published in October 2006 and refers to the suite of new European Standards for small wastewater treatment plans, EN 12566. The new Code of Practice updates previous guidance and sets out comprehensive requirements in relation to new on-site wastewater systems, including the methodology to...
- Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (24 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: Under the Waste Management (Farm Plastics) Regulations 2001, which revised and replaced previous regulations made in 1997, a wide range of obligations are imposed on producers - manufacturers and importers - and suppliers of farm plastics, such as silage bale wrap and sheeting, requiring them to collect and recover such plastics at end-of-life. As an alternative to operators self-complying...
- Written Answers — Town Status: Town Status (24 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: As set out in the reply to Question No. 522 of 16 February 2010, the matter of town local government is among a broad suite of issues which are being considered by Government in the context of current deliberations on the proposed white paper on local government.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (24 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: A total of â¬750,000 was paid by my Department to Meath County Council in 2003 in respect of the one-stop-shop in Ashbourne. No further funding is due from my Department in this respect. The other issues raised in the question, including future plans for the Ashbourne one-stop-shop, are matters for Meath County Council.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Boundaries: Local Authority Boundaries (24 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: The terms of reference of the Limerick local government committee are set out at the end of this reply. The committee has been tasked with the preparation of a report into the most appropriate arrangements for local government for the city and county of Limerick. One of the issues which it has been asked to consider is whether there should be an adjustment between the boundary of County...
- Written Answers — Archaeological Sites: Archaeological Sites (24 Feb 2010)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 to 214, inclusive together. I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 195 and 205 of 29 April 2009. The inspection carried out by my Department in May 2009 revealed that works involving ivy removal and re-pointing had been undertaken since the previous inspection in 2008. The required notification under the National Monuments Acts was not received by the...