Ray Harmer

Last week there was a positive meeting with representatives of ports, highways and commissioners looking at long term design options to deal with the silting of Peel harbour. These include a silt trap and a channel to divert the river. If costs are within budget, construction could start early next year.

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Corlett Bolton & Co – Peel Office

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Peel
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01624 676868

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Good meeting with FSA yesterday where we were encouraged by the progress made since incorporation and the final practicalities were discussed.  More information about the Manx Credit Union is published in its ‘Update’ Newsletter.

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Corlett Bolton & Co – Peel Office

32 Market Street
Peel
IM5 1AE

01624 676868

Opening Hours:

Monday 9am-8pm

Tuesday 9am-5.30pm

Wednesday 9am-1pm

Thursday 9am-5.30pm

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Following meetings with DOI/DEFA, and in reply to my supplementary question (in italics below) on the pollution from the Raggatt (Keys 28th June), the minister confirmed that progress is made towards identifying a solution to the discharge of leachate from the Raggart, possibly through Meary Veg.

Would the Minister agree with me that… we should not be putting this discharge at all into the Peel Bay and, in actual fact, if it was built now, it would not be allowed; it is only  permitted under the concept of grandfather rights? Would he consider re-looking at those grandfather rights?

 Would he also agree with me that we need an effective treatment of this, whether it be through the Peel sewerage system or otherwise, to actually eliminate this and we need stop putting these quite harmful contaminants into Peel Bay?

One thing I will support is that, to be in the situation we are now and not having a proper facility in place … I would support the Member for Peel saying that, but we are where we are,  and we have to find solutions to rectify the problems at the Raggatt and throughout the Isle of Man.…..

I can confidently say that we have had many discussions with our colleagues in the Department of Infrastructure to find a suitable way forward and identify a site. I know the Department of Infrastructure recently put out a news release for expressions of interest, and I would be very interested to know how that has gone on. I believe they are still out.

In regard to finding alternative solutions to this, as I say, the issue is not straightforward; as you know, the levels of contaminants coming from the facility are not consistent. Analysis of samples taken during the early, middle and end stages of a single tanker-filling operation show  that the level of PCBs, for example, vary significantly during the process, indicating that the levels of PCBs vary significantly from place to place.

The Member will be interested to know we are working with the Manx Utilities Authority at the moment, and the Department of Infrastructure on a trial, to identify if we can use the Meary Veg plant to substantially reduce the level of PCBs contaminants in the leachate….

The candidates are confirmed as:

Geoffrey Boot

Leslie Hanson

Raymond Harmer

The Isle of Man Financial Services Authority has agreed to the registration of the Island’s first credit union and accordingly Manx Credit Union Limited has been registered by the Government’s Central Registry, which issued a certificate of incorporation to Manx Credit Union Limited on 22^nd August 2016.

Manx Credit Union Limited will be supervised by the Authority under provisions in the Credit Unions Act 1993.

Following my question “What progress has been made towards a STEM block for QEII School?” in Tynwald 19th July the following was confirmed.

The Department is in the early stages of considering future development options for the Queen Elizabeth II High School to increase capacity to meet a roll which is expected to rise in the short to medium term, following the extensive residential development in the town and also addressing existing suitability issues across the school.

The Department is to make an initial provision for such future development as part of the forthcoming 2017-18 Budget process and will be looking at confirming the need and at developing a feasibility study over the balance of this financial year to support a business case.

…….. the development may well take the form of a new STEM block –which is a science, technology, engineering and maths block …..