365 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and nature of the prosecutions taken by local authorities or his Department regarding non-compliance by developers with Part L of the building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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364 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and nature of the prosecutions taken by local authorities or his Department regarding non-compliance by developers with Part M of the building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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363 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and nature of the prosecutions taken by local authorities or his Department regarding non-compliance by developers with Part B of the building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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362 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Ireland had applied prior to 13 August 2004 (details supplied) for an extension on the deadlines in the provisions of Article 5.2 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste pursuant to Article 17(4) of 2002/96/EC; and if he will provide a copy of the application and a copy of the notice from the Commission informing the other member states of this decision.
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361 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 1 November 2006 this Deputy asked him if Ireland had applied prior to 13 August 2004 for an extension to the deadlines in the provisions of Article 5.2 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC pursuant to Article 17(4) of 2002/96/EC (details supplied); and if he will provide a copy of the application and a copy of the notice from the Commission informing the other member states of this decision.
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360 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department made a submission to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council suggesting that the proposal (details supplied) to increase energy efficiency standards was onerous, and could add considerably to the average cost of a new dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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359 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views as to whether it might be more appropriate for environmental impact statements submitted by those seeking planning permission for development to be prepared by an independent third party body; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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358 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether a system of inspection could improve standards in the private rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will put in place a planning appeal system for offshore wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the assurances he has that the ESB will fulfil the conditions set out by the CER with regard to the licensing of the new Aghada combined cycle gas power plant; and when he expects the company to outline the particular power plants that will be subject to new leasing or other arrangements as part of the 1,300 MW divestment of plant the company will have to arrange in conjunction with the commissioning of the new plant.
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108 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is in the position to give further direction to the Broadcasting Commission on the need for tighter restrictions on advertising aimed at children following proposals by a company (details supplied) to voluntarily restrict advertising aimed at children under 12 and the reported proposals that Ofcom in the UK are considering restricting advertisements of food products high in sugar and salt in television programming which attracts an audience of children under 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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382 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children the stage the transitional arrangements for expanding mental health services to all aged zero to 18 are at, as outlined under section 10.13.2 of the report of the expert group on mental health policy A Vision for Change document; when will there be an end to the current practice of placing children in adult inpatient facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity, cost and type of fuel used by the Taoiseach and each Minister’s car since they were allocated with a view to determining the Taoiseach and each Minister’s carbon footprint; and the date that the car was allocated.
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106 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the agenda for his St. Patrick’s Day visit to the United States; the meetings he will be having concerning undocumented Irish in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made in the decentralisation of Irish Aid to Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if there will be individual timeframes published for the implementation of the various components of the National Development Plan.
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161 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the prioritisation of projects in the National Development Plan in the event of a change in economic conditions; and the way that would affect interdependencies between programmes and projects.
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597 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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564 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airline, the Government jet and helicopter in the last year for which figures are available and the distance for all Government Departments in relation to the Government jet and helicopter; and if he will make a statement on the matter
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542 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science the distance she travelled with a view to determining her carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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456 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the distance she travelled with a view to determining her carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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421 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines, in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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384 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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376 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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364 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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357 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children the distance she travelled with a view to determining her carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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279 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines, in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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238 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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237 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the quantity, cost and type of fuel used by his car with a view to determining his carbon footprint since it was allocated; and the date that the car was allocated.
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200 Mr. Cuffe asked the Taoiseach the distance he travelled with a view to determining his carbon footprint, by air using commercial airlines in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department’s input into the revised National Climate Change Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way her Department’s commitments under the National Development Plan will combat climate change; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence the number of Irish Defence Forces personnel operating in Afghanistan and their role; and if there is an intention of withdrawing them in view of the deterioration of the situation in that country.
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42 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence the reason his Department spent more on energy and fuel in 2005 than any other Government Department; the energy efficiencies he is putting in place to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1798 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he will take to protect natural flora and fauna in view of the European Court of Justice finding C-183/05.
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1789 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will finalise the guidelines for planning authorities on development plans which have been in draft form since April 2006.
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1788 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish guidelines on landscape and landscape assessment which have been in draft form since 2000.
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1030 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Canadian Government has stopped its closed door annual human rights dialogue with China because it was not seen to be making sufficient progress on human rights; his views on the positive results made to date in view of the fact that the EU-China human rights dialogue has been continuing for a number of years; and if it can be judged as a successful dialogue.
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1029 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is evidence that Chinese Embassy officials in Canada and Australia have been monitoring Falun Gong practitioners outside of China; if he will ask the Chinese Embassy here the degree to which it is watching Falun Gong practitioners here; the position he will take if it is found that Chinese Embassy officials have been breaking Irish laws; if he is willing to meet with the Irish Falun Gong Association to discuss this issue.
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584 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if a strategic environmental assessment of the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 was carried out in line with EU Directive 2001/42/EC; if this was not carried out, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the support his Department will provide to employers who may have employees awaiting approval of renewal of their permits under the IBC/05 administrative scheme when their original permits lapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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241 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provisions that will be made to ensure that parents whose renewals are due in the first quarter of 2007 under the IBC/05 administrative scheme will have sufficient time to gather the required documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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240 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the residency renewal process for the IBC/05 administrative scheme will be confirmed; the elements that will form the renewal criteria for these parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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190 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the projected cost of the refurbishment and refitting work that will be required in the transfer of Enterprise Ireland offices, laboratories and other facilities in the transfer from their current premises in Glasnevin to the proposed new premises in the East Wall area.
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52 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make a statement on the National Report for Ireland on Strategies for Social Protection and Social Inclusion 2006 to 2008.
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19 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when he expects the publication of the national action plan against poverty and social exclusion 2006 to 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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318 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Circular IPPP 12/2006 was circulated to county and city managers by his Department.
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