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Question· writtenPQ 279asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
279 Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with reference to the proposed septic tank legislation being dealt with by the Department of the Environment Community and Local Government, if he will confirm that if an inspector goes out and forms the opinion that the septic tank in a farmer’s place is not up to the required standard that in no instances will that person’s farm payments be ceased immediately; if he will confirm that the new legislation will not affect direct payment to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 228asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
228 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when approval will issue to Monaghan County Council in respect of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 227asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
227 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to commence and complete the domestic water metering project; and when he plans to start charging households for water use.
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Question· writtenPQ 226asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
226 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding for the community warden scheme in Cranmore Estate, Sligo, was provided by him through the sustaining communities fund over the period 2008 to 2010; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that in February 2011 he invited local authorities to submit applications for a further tranche of funding under the sustaining communities fund; if it has been brought to his attention that Sligo Borough Council did not make an application for funding from the sustaining communities fund in response to the invitation; the amount of funding that was provided form regeneration project by him for the community warden scheme in Cranmore in the current year; if he has received an application from Sligo Borough Council for funding for the community warden scheme in 2012; in view of the significant benefit of the scheme to the residents of Cranmore, if it his intention to approve funding for the community warden scheme in the estate in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 225asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
225 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 30 November 2011, the date on which refurbishment works commenced on the 12 housing units in the Cranmore Estate, Sligo; the date the refurbishment works will be completed; the date on which the units will be available for re-letting; the funding provided by him for the refurbishment of the 12 houses; if he will identify the ten houses which have been identified for future demolition under the regeneration project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 224asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
224 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the Local Government Fund grant to each local authority for 2012; the percentage reduction in the local government fund grant to each local authority on the 2011 figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 223asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
223 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any funding available for preventative measures in order that private homeowners can undertake works to allow them to leave their homes when flooding starts; the funding available and the conditions attached to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 222asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
222 Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of houses built and purchased by Wexford County Council each year for November 2007 to November 2011.
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Question· writtenPQ 221asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
221 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the efforts he will make to ensure that the ECB cut will be passed on to local authority mortgage holders.
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Question· writtenPQ 220asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
220 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the full year reduction in funding for his Department; and if he will provide a detailed breakdown of where these reductions are planned.
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Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
219 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if two similar planning applications are put up on one site, and if an objection is lodged for one application, does it automatically apply as an objection for the second.
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Question· writtenPQ 218asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
218 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if funding will be approved through the partnership company in County Carlow for a project (details supplied) in conjunction with Carlow Town Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 217asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
217 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new committees, advisory groups or new positions in general that have been put in place since he was appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 216asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
216 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who availed of the various affordable housing options from local authorities for each year from 2001.
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Question· writtenPQ 215asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
215 Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the names of all external public relations and consultancy persons and organisations used by his Department for the years 2010 and 2011; the amount paid to each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 214asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
214 Deputy Alex White asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review section 99 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and section 10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 pertaining to the clawback provision for affordable housing in view of the property crisis and the effects of the provision on those who bought affordable homes between the years 2004 and 2008.
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Question· writtenPQ 213asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
213 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of ghost estates designated three and four; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 212asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
212 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the appropriate inspectors with the qualified experience will be appointed to inspect the state of septic tanks and if proper professional certification of fitness of the septic tanks will be granted to the residents upon inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 211asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2011
211 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total allocated budget for his Department in 2011 and the actual outturns in each of his Department subheads at the end of 2011.
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Question· writtenPQ 177asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
179 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that frontline services are being prioritised during the ongoing job loses, embargo in the 34 premier local authorities; the way he is achieving the prioritisation of frontline services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
178 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to make necessary funding for projects in the new RAPID towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 175asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
177 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with progress made on the implementation of the independent local government efficiency review group.
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Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
176 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Dog Breeding Establishment Act was passed by the Oireachtas; when was it signed into law by the President; the reasons for the delay in the implementation of same; when it is his intention to implement the sections dealing with puppy farms; if he will provide a definitive date for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 173asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
175 Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to an announcement of €240,000 for Waterford as part of the capital programme for libraries in July, the status of funding for Waterford; if this allocation of money has been delayed or stopped; the reasons for same; if the allocation will be re-instated in full; the date on which this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 172asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
173 Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent by him on advertising with international, national and local media for each year since 2006.
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Question· writtenPQ 171asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
172 Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent by him on public relations companies each year since 2006.
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Question· writtenPQ 170asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
171 Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cost or estimate of the cost of incremental payments to local authority personnel; the number of increments due for 2010, 2011 and 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 169asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
170 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make funding available to the Private Residential Tenancies Board in order that it can follow through on its decision to evict a tenant at an address (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
169 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered proposals to assist in the regulation of the scrap metal industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
174 Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding sources which may be available to develop a playground in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 166asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
168 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the grants that are available for organisations under any scheme for the purchasing of small items of equipment for outdoor activity with children who are from disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2011
53 Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is a delay for farmers awaiting payments under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 394asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
404 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the outstanding agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 392asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
402 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the outstanding agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 391asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
401 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the outstanding agri-environment options scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 385asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
395 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if REP scheme disadvantaged and single farm payments have been made in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will expedite the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 377asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
387 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Kerry that have not yet received their 2011 REPS payments; the total amount owed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 376asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
386 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in County Kerry that have received their 2011 REP scheme payments; the total amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 365asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
375 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a REP scheme payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason for the delay; the measures he will take to ensure this payment will be made before Christmas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 362asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
372 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the outstanding REP scheme 4 payment due in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 360asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
370 Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to farmers under the agri-environment options scheme.
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Question· writtenPQ 350asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
359 Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 540 of 22 November 2011, when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their agri-environment options scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 286asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
295 Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the process to be followed by local authorities in the sale of a local authority owned asset (details supplied) that is to be sold on the open market, sale by tender or to invite expressions of interest by placing an advertisement in a local paper only.
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Question· writtenPQ 285asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
294 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the planning fee for self catering holiday homes when applying for full planning permission to a local authority.
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Question· writtenPQ 284asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
293 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason none of the members of the high level steering group set up for streamlining the delivery of services for communities have direct experience of local or community development in Ireland other than institutional and theoretical knowledge on local government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 283asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
292 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding building regulations.
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Question· writtenPQ 282asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
291 Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding waste management (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 281asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
290 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals he has to re-structure the waste market here to restrict side by side competition; the reasons behind these proposals; when he expects to introduce such proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 280asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
289 Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has agreed with Dublin City Council to provide emergency funding to cover the accommodation costs of residents from Priory Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 279asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2011
288 Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will examine the non-principal private residency levy; if he will allow local authorities to enter into an arrears payment schedule when the home owner is in financial difficulty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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