Written answers
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Departmental Reports
9:00 pm
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 987: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of experts' and consultants' reports his Department commissioned during 2008; the cost of each report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33900/09]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The information requested in the question is set out in the following table.
| Name of the Report | Cost |
| Independent Assessment of Proposed Acquisition by the Irish Heritage Trust Limited of Anne's Grove House, Garden and Home Farm, Castletownroche, Mallow, Co Cork. | €14,520 |
| Independent Assessment of Proposed Acquisition by the Irish Heritage Trust Limited of 14 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1 | €14,0001 |
| Consultancy to develop a plan for the development of ENFO's Library and Information Service | €13,500 |
| To provide a Communications Strategy for ENFO | €32,812 |
| To review some of Ireland potential World Heritage sites and provide a report on the viability of nominating such sites | €9,573 |
| Limiting Thermal Bridging & Air Infiltration | €19,011 |
| DEHLG review and Spot checks of Capital Projects & Associated Training | €130,548 |
| Quarterly construction Industry Indicators | €26,620 |
| Construction Industry Review and Outlook report | €117,954 |
| Gateway Innovation Fund Proposal Evaluation | €73,689 |
| National Litter Pollution Monitoring System | €101,203 |
| Assessment of Need for "Living over the Shop" Tax Incentives to Support Urban Regeneration in NSS Gateways | €32,186 |
| Knocknarea, Carrowmore and Carns Hill Conservation Study | €69,816 |
| Study on Meeting the Requirements of European Regulation 842 on Certain Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (F-gases). | €84,658 |
| Irish Battlefields Project | €290,542 |
| Monasterboice Conservation Study | €39,160 |
| Geotechnical Consultancy — Rath Lugh | €4,734 |
| Preliminary Study on the Establishment of an Electoral Commission in Ireland | €8,400 |
| Regulatory Impact Assessment Report (Waste Facilities & Plastic Bags) | €72,341 |
| Strategic Review of the Capital Funding Scheme for Voluntary & Cooperative Housing | €160,0002 |
| Development of implementation plan for Homeless Strategy | €4,981 |
| Waterford Youth Service — Research Project | €15,000 |
| Screening Regulatory Analysis Report on the draft European Communities Environmental Objectives (Freshwater Pearl Mussel) Regulations 2009 | €32,613 |
| Preparation report on the nomination of Clonmacnoise as World Heritage Site | €50,232 |
| National Archaeological Archive and Archaeological Object Resource Facility — scoping report | €54,407.003 |
| Former Irish Steel Plant Environmental Report (2008) | €394,949 |
| Peer Review of White Young Green Irish Steel Plant Environmental Report 2008 | €27,779 |
| International Review of Waste Management Policy | €195,110 |
| Regulatory Impact Analysis of a proposed Section 60 on a Ministerial Direction in relation to Volumetric Contractual Commitments | €22,216 |
| Strategic Review of the Capital Funding Schemes for Voluntary and Co-operative Housing. | €160,000 |
1No payment made to date
2€80,000 paid in 2008
350% of costs to be met by the National Museum. €9,000 paid to date.
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