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Question· oralPQ 16asked

40 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 239 illegal evictions were carried out against tenants in the private rented sector in 2006; if he plans to bring legal protection against eviction into line with international human rights standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28620/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2007

40 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 239 illegal evictions were carried out against tenants in the private rented sector in 2006; if he plans to bring legal protection against eviction into line with international human rights standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28620/07]

Question· oralPQ 15asked

39 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reform housing and local government legislation in order to provide more Part V social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28886/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2007

39 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to reform housing and local government legislation in order to provide more Part V social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28886/07]

Question· oralPQ 14asked

38 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to improve planning guidelines for planning authorities to address the phenomenon of the social segregation of immigrants in rapidly expanding new communities; if he will review the present planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28885/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2007

38 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to improve planning guidelines for planning authorities to address the phenomenon of the social segregation of immigrants in rapidly expanding new communities; if he will review the present planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28885/07]

Question· oralPQ 13asked

37 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will correlate the census to the electoral register at a future date; the way he will reconcile the major discrepancies between the draft register of electors and the census figures in advance of the forthcoming local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28712/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2007

37 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will correlate the census to the electoral register at a future date; the way he will reconcile the major discrepancies between the draft register of electors and the census figures in advance of the forthcoming local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28712/07]

Question· oralPQ 11asked

35 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring clarity and coherence to the national waste strategy by stating whether the number of incinerators to be built is two, four, eight or another number; if his preference for two incinerators stands up to his assessment that 1.3 million tonnes of waste can be treated by MBT, in view of the fact that he has not explained the way he intends to increase MBT to that capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28883/07]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2007

35 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring clarity and coherence to the national waste strategy by stating whether the number of incinerators to be built is two, four, eight or another number; if his preference for two incinerators stands up to his assessment that 1.3 million tonnes of waste can be treated by MBT, in view of the fact that he has not explained the way he intends to increase MBT to that capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28883/07]

Bill· SS. 2355 (110th)open

Climate Change Adaptation Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2007

Climate Change Adaptation Act - Amends the National Climate Program Act to: (1) eliminate the National Climate Program Office and the Climate Program Policy Board; (2) revise the elements of the National Climate Program to require a strategic plan to address the impacts of climate change in the United States and establish a National Climate Service within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); (3) require the President to provide to Congress a five-year national strategic plan to address the impacts of climate change in the United States; (4) require the Secretary of Commerce to conduct regional assessments of coastal and ocean vulnerability to climate change and submit to Congress a national coastal and ocean adaptation plan; (5) require the Secretary to provide technical planning assistance and products to assist coastal states and local governments in developing and implementing coastal and ocean adaptation or mitigation strategies and plans; and (6) require the Secretary to provide grants to coastal states for developing and implementing coastal and ocean adaptation plans.

Bill· HRH.R. 4189 (110th)referred

To direct the Secretary of Energy to provide for the re-enrichment of certain uranium tailings, and the sale of the product of such re-enrichment, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 November 2007

Directs the Secretary of Energy to contract with the operator of the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Facility for the transfer from the Department of Energy's enrichment facility at Piketon, Ohio, to the Paducah facility of cylinders of uranium tailings with an assay of such value as the Secretary finds economically suitable for re-enrichment. Requires such contract to provide for re-enrichment at the Paducah facility of the materials in the cylinders and in similar cylinders of comparable value. Requires the Secretary to sell or contract for the sale of the product of such re-enrichment, whose net proceeds shall be deposited into the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund (UEDD Fund) and disbursed by appropriation for environmental remediation at the Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, uranium enrichment facilities. Amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to reauthorize the UEDD Fund for an additional three years.

Report· DCCELEX 52007DC0707open