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Resolution· SRESS.Res. 284 (114th)referred

A resolution recognizing the importance of mental health globally and highlighting the contributions and value of mental health, psychosocial support, and human capacity, particularly in development contexts and humanitarian settings.

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2015

Recognizes the importance of World Mental Health Day. Affirms the continued support of the United States for making resources available to provide mental health services and build capacity, particularly in countries affected by conflict and crisis. Honors the importance of trained mental health workers as they enhance human well-being and mental health, restore functioning, and save lives through mental health and psychosocial support services. Calls on relevant agencies to integrate mental health and psychosocial support services into programs, funding opportunities, and budget allocations in order to improve quality of life for individuals living with mental health disorders. Commends the dedication of those who work to improve the mental health of all individuals, and the important contributions and bravery of individuals who live with or have overcome mental health disorders.

Bill· HRH.R. 3708 (114th)referred

Prevent a December Government Shutdown Act

United States · United States Congress · 8 October 2015

Prevent a December Government Shutdown Act of 2015 This bill requires the congressional leadership of both parties to appoint an equal number of individuals to negotiate legislation to: (1) increase the security and nonsecurity discretionary spending limits equally for FY2016, and (2) reduce the deficit by the amount deemed appropriate. If a majority of the appointees approve the measure, Congress must consider the legislation using expedited legislative procedures included in the Budget Control Act of 2011. If the legislation is not enacted prior to November 17, 2015, the bill amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase the FY2016 discretionary spending limits by specified amounts and eliminate the automatic spending cuts required in FY2016 by sequestration under current law.

Report· Ausschussbericht828 d.B.ausschussbericht

Abkommens zur Vermeidung der Doppelbesteuerung auf dem Gebiete der Steuern vom Einkommen und vom Vermögen

Austria · National Council · 7 October 2015

Bericht des Finanzausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (699 d.B.): Notenwechsel zwischen der Republik Österreich und dem Großherzogtum Luxemburg zur Änderung des am 18. Oktober 1962 in Luxemburg unterzeichneten Abkommens zur Vermeidung der Doppelbesteuerung auf dem Gebiete der Steuern vom Einkommen und vom Vermögen

Report· Ausschussbericht826 d.B.ausschussbericht

Asiatische Infrastruktur Investitionsbank

Austria · National Council · 7 October 2015

Bericht des Finanzausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (798 d.B.): Übereinkommen über die Asiatische Infrastruktur Investitionsbank

Question· writtenPQ 63asked

63. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he has received pre-budget submissions from the artisan cider production sector; his views that this sector could emulate the experience of the craft beer sector and grow from 1% of market to 10% of market; if so, if he will consider a single excise rate for the cider industry, similar to what exists for wine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34815/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2015

63. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he has received pre-budget submissions from the artisan cider production sector; his views that this sector could emulate the experience of the craft beer sector and grow from 1% of market to 10% of market; if so, if he will consider a single excise rate for the cider industry, similar to what exists for wine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34815/15]

Question· writtenPQ 50asked

50. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the full adult rate of social welfare to young persons engaged in education, training and work experience in the upcoming budget to support young persons in gaining the skills and qualifications they need to obtain employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34809/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2015

50. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will restore the full adult rate of social welfare to young persons engaged in education, training and work experience in the upcoming budget to support young persons in gaining the skills and qualifications they need to obtain employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34809/15]

Question· writtenPQ 49asked

49. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the budget for the delivery of the Youth Guarantee in 2015; the amount of funding to be provided by the European Social Fund and the European Youth Employment Initiative and by the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34808/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2015

49. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the budget for the delivery of the Youth Guarantee in 2015; the amount of funding to be provided by the European Social Fund and the European Youth Employment Initiative and by the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34808/15]

Question· writtenPQ 48asked

48. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the budget for the delivery of the Youth Guarantee in 2014; the amount of funding provided by the European Social Fund and the European Youth Employment Initiative and by the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34807/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2015

48. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the budget for the delivery of the Youth Guarantee in 2014; the amount of funding provided by the European Social Fund and the European Youth Employment Initiative and by the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34807/15]

Question· writtenPQ 13asked

13. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek an increase in the budget allocation for areas of natural constraint in order to reverse the cuts from previous budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34204/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2015

13. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek an increase in the budget allocation for areas of natural constraint in order to reverse the cuts from previous budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34204/15]

Question· writtenPQ 11asked

11. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to be in a position to reassure the farming community in regard to the various issues it has raised with him in its recent budget submission; if the various farm support payments are paid and up-to-date in line with expectations; if a means can be found to address the issue of fluctuating food prices, with a view to achieving a greater equilibrium; if he remains satisfied regarding the future prospects of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34188/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 October 2015

11. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he expects to be in a position to reassure the farming community in regard to the various issues it has raised with him in its recent budget submission; if the various farm support payments are paid and up-to-date in line with expectations; if a means can be found to address the issue of fluctuating food prices, with a view to achieving a greater equilibrium; if he remains satisfied regarding the future prospects of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34188/15]

Law· HRH.R. 3700 (114th)enacted

Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2015

Housing Opportunity Through Modernization Act of 2015 This bill amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to: authorize a public housing agency (PHA) to make section 8 low-income rental assistance (voucher) payments to a dwelling unit after an inspection reveals non-life-threatening conditions, but suspend the payments after 30 days if the conditions are not corrected; and prescribe further requirements for enforcement of housing quality standards. The bill also revises requirements to vary the frequency of otherwise annual reviews of family income for public housing and section 8 programs, depending on certain decreases or increases in annual adjusted income. A PHA may establish a payment standard under the section 8 program of up to 120% of the fair market rent as a reasonable accommodation for a person with a disability, without approval of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). A PHA must charge monthly rent according to a specified formula to a family whose income has exceeded 120% of the area's median income for two years, or terminate the family's tenancy. The bill also prescribes limitations, prohibitions, and related requirements with respect to: a family's eligibility for assistance based on assets, units owned by PHAs, PHA project-based assistance, the establishment of fair market rent, denial of utility reimbursements, public housing Capital and Operating Funds, and expansion of the family unification program. The Housing Act of 1949 is amended to authorize HUD to delegate to certain preferred lenders its authority to approve and execute binding Rural Housing Service loan guarantees. HUD may establish a Multifamily Housing Revitalization Program to preserve and revitalize multifamily housing projects funded with certain loans to ensure that they have sufficient resources to provide safe and affordable housing for low-income residents and farm laborers. The National Housing Act is amended to require HUD to: streamline the project certification requirements applicable to mortgage insurance on condominium projects to make recertifications substantially less burdensome than certifications, and allow either the direct endorsement lender review and approval process or the HUD review and approval process when excepting a condominium property from the mortgage insurance requirement regarding the percentage of its floor space that may be used for nonresidential or commercial purposes. Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to allow (in addition to a state, local government, or public housing agency) a private nonprofit organization to administer permanent housing rental assistance provided through the Continuum of Care Program. Requires HUD, at least once (currently, twice) during each fiscal year, to reallocate any housing assistance provided from the Emergency Solutions Grants Program that is unused or returned or that becomes available after minimum allocation requirements are met. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to transfer from the HUD Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs to the Office of the HUD Secretary a Special Assistant for Veterans Affairs to coordinate all HUD programs and activities relating to veterans. Directs HUD and the VA to report annually to Congress about veterans homelessness and housing assistance. Fraud and abuse prevention requirements and measures of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments Act of 1988 shall apply to the HUD Disaster Housing Assistance Program. The Low-Income Housing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act of 1990 (LIHPRHA) is amended to prescribe requirements for a property owner's annual distribution of surplus cash generated by the property which is subject to a plan of action or use agreement HUD may approve for extension of the low-income affordability restrictions on any eligible low-income housing. Neither LIHPRHA, nor any plan of action or use agreement implementing it, shall restrict an owner from obtaining a new loan or refinancing an existing loan secured by a low-income housing project, or from distributing the proceeds of such a loan. Such an owner, however, must comply with specified requirements. HUD shall establish a demonstration program for executing budget-neutral, performance-based agreements with appropriate entities in FY2016-FY2019 (for up to 12 years each) that result in cost reductions in projects for energy or water conservation improvements at up to 20,000 residential units in multifamily buildings participating in Section 8 project-based rental assistance programs, supportive housing for the elderly programs, or supportive housing for persons with disabilities programs. The Housing Opportunity Program Extension Act of 1996 is amended, with respect to grants to national and regional organizations and consortia with experience in providing or facilitating self-help housing homeownership opportunities, to prohibit HUD from requiring any dwelling developed using such grant amounts to meet any energy efficiency standards other than those specified by the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act. The United States Housing Act of 1937 is amended to direct HUD to designate data exchange standards to govern: necessary categories of information that state agencies operating related programs must exchange electronically with another state agency, and federal reporting and data exchange required under applicable law.

Bill· SS. 2164 (114th)referred

A bill to extend the secure rural schools and community self-determination program and to make permanent the payment in lieu of taxes program and the land and water conservation fund.

United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2015

This bill extends the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Program through FY2025 at FY2011 funding levels. This Program provides payments to state jurisdictions to compensate for the cost of providing services in tax-exempt federal lands within such jurisdictions. Payments under such Act for FY2016 and each fiscal year thereafter shall be exempt from direct spending reductions under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. The bill eliminates the fiscal year limitation on funding for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program. This Program compensates local governments for tax revenue lost due to tax-exempt federal lands within their boundaries. The bill amends the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act to make permanent the authorization for the Land and and Water Conservation Fund. Amounts in such Funds remain available for expenditure to carry out such Act without further appropriation or fiscal year limitation. Not less than 1.5% the annual authorized funding amount under such Act shall be made available for projects that secure recreational public access to existing federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes.

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage6668/Jschriftliche anfrage

Einsparungspotenzial bei Biosimilars

Austria · National Council · 6 October 2015

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Gerald Loacker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit betreffend Einsparungspotenzial bei Biosimilars <i>(Nachahmerprodukte von biologischen Arzneimitteln)</i>

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage6657/Jschriftliche anfrage

Bildungsreform 2015 - "großer Wurf oder nächster Flop?"

Austria · National Council · 6 October 2015

Dringliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Bildung und Frauen betreffend Bildungsreform 2015 - "großer Wurf oder nächster Flop?"

Question· writtenPQ 752asked

752. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the upgrading of the Cork-to-Limerick N20 road will be facilitated in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34151/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

752. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the upgrading of the Cork-to-Limerick N20 road will be facilitated in the upcoming budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34151/15]

Question· writtenPQ 635asked

635. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will protect primary education in the October 2015 budget, particularly in regard to smaller class sizes, which is such a benefit to young children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34098/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

635. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will protect primary education in the October 2015 budget, particularly in regard to smaller class sizes, which is such a benefit to young children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34098/15]

Question· writtenPQ 634asked

634. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to support primary education; if she will continue to support and advance primary education through the allocation of additional resources, as part of budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34090/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

634. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to support primary education; if she will continue to support and advance primary education through the allocation of additional resources, as part of budget 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34090/15]

Question· writtenPQ 596asked

596. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide appropriate funding in budget 2016 to Muscular Dystrophy Ireland given its important work in the community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34667/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

596. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will provide appropriate funding in budget 2016 to Muscular Dystrophy Ireland given its important work in the community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34667/15]

Question· writtenPQ 582asked

582. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget that is devoted to mental health services; if this percentage is in line with the amount advocated in A Vision For Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34623/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

582. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Health the percentage of the overall health budget that is devoted to mental health services; if this percentage is in line with the amount advocated in A Vision For Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34623/15]

Question· writtenPQ 516asked

516. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive budget for 2016 will include adequate funding to provide a high quality of service to persons with neuromuscular conditions and to their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34272/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

516. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the Health Service Executive budget for 2016 will include adequate funding to provide a high quality of service to persons with neuromuscular conditions and to their families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34272/15]

Question· writtenPQ 504asked

504. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health that provision be made in the forthcoming budget to offset significant additional costs that are incurred by an organisation (details supplied) following inspections so that it is able to continue its operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34132/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

504. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health that provision be made in the forthcoming budget to offset significant additional costs that are incurred by an organisation (details supplied) following inspections so that it is able to continue its operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34132/15]

Question· writtenPQ 490asked

490. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with section 39 funded organisations to discuss the opportunity of pay restoration, in light of the upcoming budget, as their members have experienced a decline in working conditions, after a continuous cycle of budget cuts, while demand for their services has increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33419/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

490. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with section 39 funded organisations to discuss the opportunity of pay restoration, in light of the upcoming budget, as their members have experienced a decline in working conditions, after a continuous cycle of budget cuts, while demand for their services has increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33419/15]

Question· writtenPQ 463asked

463. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the report he has commissioned on the school completion programme will be published; if he has received the report; if so, when; his plans to act on the recommendations in the report; in the meantime, his further plans to continue to ring-fence the funding for this programme in the budget granted to Tusla - Child and Family Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34399/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

463. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the report he has commissioned on the school completion programme will be published; if he has received the report; if so, when; his plans to act on the recommendations in the report; in the meantime, his further plans to continue to ring-fence the funding for this programme in the budget granted to Tusla - Child and Family Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34399/15]

Question· writtenPQ 369asked

369. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to simplify the rigid regulation in the beef data and genomics programme to make it more attractive and viable for small landowners to participate in; if he will provide increased targeted supports to the suckler cow herd in budget 2016 in order to support farming, and wider economic activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34237/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

369. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to simplify the rigid regulation in the beef data and genomics programme to make it more attractive and viable for small landowners to participate in; if he will provide increased targeted supports to the suckler cow herd in budget 2016 in order to support farming, and wider economic activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34237/15]

Question· writtenPQ 367asked

367. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a targeted payment for livestock to supplement income viability for farmers in upland and hill areas that have very limited alternative land use options; his views that €25 million would be the desired allocation in the 2016 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34196/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

367. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a targeted payment for livestock to supplement income viability for farmers in upland and hill areas that have very limited alternative land use options; his views that €25 million would be the desired allocation in the 2016 budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34196/15]

Question· writtenPQ 365asked

365. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to the pre-budget submission from the Irish Farmers Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34173/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

365. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will respond to the pre-budget submission from the Irish Farmers Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34173/15]

Question· writtenPQ 311asked

311. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the €750 million of fiscal space identified for 2016 that will be used up by public sector pay commitments relating to the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34735/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015

311. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of the €750 million of fiscal space identified for 2016 that will be used up by public sector pay commitments relating to the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34735/15]

Bill· SS. 2145 (114th)referred

Middle East Refugee Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2016

United States · United States Congress · 6 October 2015

Middle East Refugee Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2016 This bill provides $1 billion in FY2016 supplemental appropriations to the Department of State's Migration and Refugee Assistance account for expenses to respond to the refugee crisis resulting from conflict in the Middle East, including costs associated with the resettlement of refugees in the United States. The funds are designated as an emergency requirement, which exempts the funds from discretionary spending limits and other budget enforcement rules. Prior to using funds provided by this bill, the State Department must submit to Congress a report including specified details regarding the refugees who have fled Syria and Iraq, the costs associated with resettlement, and the proposed uses of funds provided by this bill. The State Department may transfer funds provided by this bill to other federal agencies for the purpose of assisting in the resettlement in the United States of refugees fleeing conflict in the Middle East, subject to congressional notification requirements.

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