Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 757: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities which have signed the Barcelona Declaration and which have action plans in place to implement the declaration in their administrative areas. [27482/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The 101 local authorities which have adopted the Barcelona Declaration, as advised to my Department by the National Disability Authority (NDA), are included in the table below. The NDA intends to write to each of the outstanding local authorities to determine whether further adoptions of the Declaration have taken place. Implementation measures are a matter for the individual local authorities.

As required under the Disability Act 2005, my Department's sectoral plan will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas no later than 28 July 2006. It will set out national objectives and guidelines for access to local authority public buildings, services, facilities, amenities, and information. Each local authority will be required to draw up an implementation plan within nine months of the statutory approval of the sectoral plans by the Houses of the Oireachtas, on the basis of a detailed accessibility audit. The implementation plans, drawn up in consultation with organisations representing people with disabilities, will set out a programme of actions to give effect to the commitments and objectives contained in the 2005 Act, in order to promote and pro-actively encourage equal opportunities for persons with disabilities to participate in the economic, social and cultural life of the community.

County Councils

Carlow

Cavan

Clare

Cork

Donegal

Dún Laoghaire

Rathdown

Fingal

Galway

Laois

Leitrim

Limerick

Longford

Louth

Kerry

Kildare

Kilkenny

Mayo

Meath

Monaghan

North Tipperary

Offaly

Roscommon

Sligo

South Dublin

South Tipperary

Waterford

Westmeath

Wexford

Wicklow

City Councils

Cork

Dublin

Galway

Limerick

Waterford

Borough Councils

Clonmel

Drogheda

Kilkenny

Sligo

Wexford

Town Councils

Ardee

Arklow

Athlone

Athy

Balbriggan

Ballina

Ballinasloe

Ballybay

Ballyshannon

Bandon

Bantry

Birr

Boyle

Bray

Buncrana

Bundoran

Carlow

Carrickmacross

Carrick on Suir

Castlebar

Castleblaney

Cavan

Clonakilty

Clones

Dundalk

Dungarvan

Edenderry

Ennis

Enniscorthy

Fermoy

Gorey

Granard

Killarney

Kilkee

Kilrush

Kinsale

Leixlip

Letterkenny

Lismore

Listowel

Longford

Macroom

Mallow

Mountmellick

Muinebheag

Mullingar

Naas

Nenagh

New Ross

Passage West

Portlaoise

Shannon

Tipperary

Tralee

Tramore

Trim

Tuam

Tullamore

Skibbereen

Westport

Wicklow