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Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: The Kinvara Sewerage Scheme has been approved for construction in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007. I approved Galway County Council's Preliminary Report for the scheme last month. Under new procedures I have introduced to speed up progress with the Programme, the Council is now free to advance all the elements of the scheme to construction without further...

Written Answers — Special Areas of Conservation: Special Areas of Conservation (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: Legal advice has been sought regarding the amount of compensation, if any, due to the applicant in this case. This advice is being considered and the applicant will be informed as soon as a decision is reached.

Written Answers — Archaeological Sites: Archaeological Sites (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: In 2006, my Department commissioned Oxford Archaeology Ltd to undertake a conservation study to inform future policy-making on the care, maintenance and conservation of the nationally important archaeological monuments in the Rathcroghan area. To date, site visits have been undertaken by the consultants and the required public consultation process has taken place. It is anticipated that the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: In general, planning permission must be sought for the erection of an antenna support structure or mast. The Planning and Development Regulations 2001 set out certain exemptions in this area. These include, subject to certain conditions, works carried out by a statutory undertaker authorised to provide a telecommunications service comprising: the attachment of additional antennae to an...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: These schemes are approved for funding in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 under the Rural Towns and Villages Initiative. I approved Galway County Council's Tender Documents for the treatment plants last year and my Department has also responded to certain technical issues the Council subsequently submitted for consideration. Further progress on the scheme is a...

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: The local authority sector as a whole has exceeded the Government's target of 3% for the employment of people with disabilities in the public sector each year since 2001. The information requested is set out in the following table for 2005, the latest year for which statistics are available. Total Workforce Total number of PWD employed % Workforce PWD Local Authority (County Councils,...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 126 of 12 December 2006. The Government is committed to meeting Ireland's commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and has recently established a Ministerial Taskforce on Climate Change to finalise the revised National Climate Change Strategy on foot of the related consultation process. I intend that the revised strategy will be published as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: I refer to the reply to Question No. 596 of 17 October 2006. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: The Moville/Greencastle Sewerage Scheme is included in my Department's Water Services Investment Programme 2005-2007 as a scheme to commence construction in 2007 at an estimated cost of €9 million. My Department is awaiting the submission by Donegal County Council of a Preliminary Report for the scheme.

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: The Inishowen Regional Water Supply Scheme was ranked as second priority by Donegal 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 needs for capital works in their areas and to prioritise their proposals on the basis of the assessments. The priorities...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: The table, based on returns made by all planning authorities, sets out the number of planning applications received by planning authorities for each of the 4 quarters of 2004 and 2005 and the first 3 quarters of 2006. Returns for the 4th quarter of 2006 are currently being received. Planning Applications Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 2004 20,380 22,585 21,302 24,076 2005...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: The person involved was offering a specific type of turbary right which had originally been purchased from the Land Commission. It transpired that it was not possible to transfer this type of turbary right to the State, but only to extinguish the right. The complex issues involved in cases of this kind have now been resolved and they are being moved forward.

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: I am informed that the Chief State Solicitor's Office (CSSO) were in communication with the Solicitor acting for the person concerned in October last seeking to clarify the issue of ownership of the lands. The CSSO have yet to receive a response to this request.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: The staffing composition of my constituency office and the grade and remuneration of each are set out in the table. Permanent Civil Servants Temporary Unestablished Civil Servants Full time Equivalents Grade Full time Equivalents Title 2 Executive Officer 1 Personal Assistant (HEO grade) 2.5 Clerical Officer 1 Personal Secretary (Secretarial Assistant grade) The salary scales for all...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: The staffing composition of my Department's Press Office and the grade and remuneration of each are set out in the table. Number Grade 1 Press Officer (Principal Officer grade) 1 Higher Executive Officer 1 Executive Officer 1.5 Clerical Officer The salary scales for all administrative grades are available on the Department of Finance website (www.finance.gov.ie): circular 41/2006 sets...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: National waste statistics for all waste streams are published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), most recently in National Waste Report 2005. National Waste Reports do not provide separate data for plastic bottles but successive reports have shown increases in the recovery rate for plastic packaging; this is recovered both through segregated collections in some areas and through...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: Since the inception of the plastic bag levy, receipts remitted to my Department by the Revenue Commissioners amount to €69.7 million. Amounts raised by the plastic bag levy in respect of each year since its commencement are set out in the table. Year €m 2002 10.428 2003 12.883 2004 15.278 2005 17.485 2006 to Quarter ending 30 September 13.648 Total 69.722 A total of €194...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: There is no record of an application for compensation being received in my Department from this person. I understand from enquiries made by staff in my Department to the Department of Agriculture and Food, that the person named does not qualify for a de-stocking payment from my Department because he is a participant in the Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) for the last number of...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: The Breaffy Sewerage Scheme has been ranked as sixteenth priority by Mayo County Council in the list of water services schemes submitted by the 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...

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (31 Jan 2007)

Dick Roche: The maintenance and improvement of non-national roads in County Mayo is a matter for Mayo County Council to be funded from its own resources supplemented by State grants provided by my Department. The 2007 non-national roads grant allocation of €27,274,625 to Mayo County Council represents a 12% increase on the initial 2006 allocation to the Council. In June 2005, local authorities were...