Environment

102. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the make-up of the special working group which is auditing the delivery and implementation of local authorities' Traveller accommodation plans; when this audit will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21800/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

102. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the make-up of the special working group which is auditing the delivery and implementation of local authorities' Traveller accommodation plans; when this audit will conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21800/16]

101. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the national Traveller accommodation consultative committee has submitted its suggested composition and terms of reference for the Housing Agency's independent review of Traveller accommodation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21799/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

101. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the national Traveller accommodation consultative committee has submitted its suggested composition and terms of reference for the Housing Agency's independent review of Traveller accommodation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21799/16]

100. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application by persons (details supplied) who wish Kerry County Council to take over their estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21784/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

100. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of an application by persons (details supplied) who wish Kerry County Council to take over their estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21784/16]

99. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the next tranche of funding will be approved for specific schemes (details supplied). [21752/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

99. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the next tranche of funding will be approved for specific schemes (details supplied). [21752/16]

98. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of statutory undertakers under the Water Services Acts 2007 and 2013, the Planning and Development Act 2000, the Local Government Act 2001 and any statutory instruments subsequent to the stated enactments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21743/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

98. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide a list of statutory undertakers under the Water Services Acts 2007 and 2013, the Planning and Development Act 2000, the Local Government Act 2001 and any statutory instruments subsequent to the stated enactments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21743/16]

97. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of the Allenwood south sewerage extension in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21739/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

97. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of the Allenwood south sewerage extension in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21739/16]

96. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken about a "Do Not Swim" notice which was issued on 4 July 2016 at Clogherhead Beach, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21717/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

96. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he has taken about a "Do Not Swim" notice which was issued on 4 July 2016 at Clogherhead Beach, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21717/16]

95. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of quarries in local areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21701/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

95. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of quarries in local areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21701/16]

93. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons housed via the housing assistance payment from the homeless list in the Dublin region and each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21750/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

93. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons housed via the housing assistance payment from the homeless list in the Dublin region and each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21750/16]

92. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons receiving the housing assistance payment, HAP, in each local authority; the average amount being paid to HAP recipients in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21749/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

92. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons receiving the housing assistance payment, HAP, in each local authority; the average amount being paid to HAP recipients in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21749/16]

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number and nature of his modules his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment intends to cover; the timeframe in which each one is scheduled to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21662/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

65. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number and nature of his modules his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment intends to cover; the timeframe in which each one is scheduled to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21662/16]

64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he received a first report from his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment focusing on the compensation issue; and when he will publish the report. [21661/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he received a first report from his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment focusing on the compensation issue; and when he will publish the report. [21661/16]

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the membership of his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment; the number of times it has met; and the attendance at each meeting. [21660/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

63. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the membership of his Department's task force reviewing the insurance environment; the number of times it has met; and the attendance at each meeting. [21660/16]

Spearfish Canyon and Bismarck Lake Land Exchange Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Spearfish Canyon and Bismarck Lake Land Exchange Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if South Dakota conveys to it four parcels of specified nonfederal lands, comprising 1,954 acres, to convey to South Dakota in exchange 1,468 acres known as the "Spearfish Canyon Area" and 524 acres known as the "Bismarck Lake Area" in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged shall be equal. USDA shall complete any environmental analyses required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 regarding the land exchange carried out under this bill. The nonfederal lands acquired by USDA shall be added to and administered as part of the forest. The federal lands acquired by South Dakota shall be managed by it for public recreation uses and the conservation of natural resources.

Emergency Forest Restoration Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Emergency Forest Restoration Act This bill allows the Department of Agriculture (USDA), regarding National Forest System lands, or the Department of the Interior, regarding public lands, to develop and carry out a forest management activity on lands of the department concerned in a state when the activity's primary purpose is to address an insect or disease infestation that has been declared an emergency by the state governor. With specified exceptions, a categorical exclusion shall be available to USDA or Interior for these purposes. A "categorical exclusion" is an exception to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for a project or activity relating to the management of National Forest System lands or public lands that would otherwise be considered a major federal action. Beginning in FY2018, USDA shall identify the amount of funds, if any, appropriated in the previous fiscal year pursuant to the authorization of appropriations specified in this bill. Within five years of the end of the fiscal year in which an identification is made, USDA shall sell an amount of timber the sale of which is sufficient to recoup the identified amount and any associated costs. The bill prescribes requirements for the deposit of sales proceeds.

Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2016 This bill sets forth a regulatory process for preventing the introduction and establishment in the United States of certain injurious wildlife that is likely to cause harm to: (1) humans; (2) interests in agriculture, horticulture, or forestry; or (3) wildlife or wildlife resources. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) may: (1) designate certain wildlife as injurious, and (2) make immediate and temporary emergency designations if the injurious wildlife poses an imminent threat. Interested persons may petition the USFWS to designate wildlife as injurious. The bill: (1) gives the Department of the Interior the primary authority to prevent the importation and sale of wildlife pathogens and harmful parasites, and (2) establishes requirements that address those pathogens and parasites. The bill prohibits: (1) importing into the United States, or transporting between states, injurious wildlife or wildlife not in trade; and (2) possessing or releasing into the wild such wildlife. The USFWS may issue permits that authorize the importation or transport of injurious wildlife for scientific, zoological, medical research, or educational purposes. The USFWS must establish user fees for live wildlife imports. The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations. Interior must establish a grant program for supporting states and Indian tribes in: (1) inspecting and monitoring interstate transport of wildlife, and (2) assessing risks associated with the intentional importation of wildlife. The bill establishes the Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund to carry out this bill. Revenues generated by user fees and penalties must be deposited into the fund.

To prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using funds to carry out the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

This bill prohibits the Environmental Protection Agency from using funds to carry out the Environmental Justice Small Grants Program, which helps communities understand and address exposure to multiple environmental harms and risks.

Spearfish Canyon and Bismarck Lake Land Exchange Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Spearfish Canyon and Bismarck Lake Land Exchange Act This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA), if South Dakota conveys to it four parcels of specified nonfederal lands, comprising 1,954 acres, to convey to South Dakota in exchange 1,468 acres known as the "Spearfish Canyon Area" and 524 acres known as the "Bismarck Lake Area" in the Black Hills National Forest in South Dakota. The values of the federal and nonfederal lands to be exchanged shall be equal. USDA shall complete any environmental analyses required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 regarding the land exchange carried out under this bill. The nonfederal lands acquired by USDA shall be added to and administered as part of the forest. The federal lands acquired by South Dakota shall be managed by it for public recreation uses and the conservation of natural resources.

National Strategy for School Security Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

National Strategy for School Security Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department Homeland Security, in order to assist in the domestic preparedness for and response to acts of terrorism and other emergencies and to coordinate federal efforts to secure elementary and secondary schools, to develop and submit to Congress a national school security strategy and updates to such strategy. The strategy shall: describe all federal programs, projects, and activities to secure elementary and secondary schools from acts of terrorism and other emergencies; identify specific school security vulnerabilities to acts of terrorism or other emergencies within the United States and delineate goals for closing such vulnerabilities; describe actions to be taken and means needed to achieve such goals, including steps to reform, improve, and streamline existing efforts to align the current threat environment to schools; and identify new authorities or changes in existing authorities required to address school security. The requirement to transmit updated national strategies shall terminate seven years after this bill's enactment.

Federal Partnership for Clean Water Land Acquisition Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Federal Partnership for Clean Water Land Acquisition Act of 2016 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program that assists states in acquiring private lands, if the acquisition of the land will substantially improve water quality for an area (including by means of water storage, water treatment, estuary restoration, or ecosystem restoration).

Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2016 This bill sets forth a regulatory process for preventing the introduction and establishment in the United States of certain injurious wildlife that is likely to cause harm to: (1) humans; (2) interests in agriculture, horticulture, or forestry; or (3) wildlife or wildlife resources. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) may: (1) designate certain wildlife as injurious, and (2) make immediate and temporary emergency designations if the injurious wildlife poses an imminent threat. Interested persons may petition the USFWS to designate wildlife as injurious. The bill: (1) gives the Department of the Interior the primary authority to prevent the importation and sale of wildlife pathogens and harmful parasites, and (2) establishes requirements that address those pathogens and parasites. The bill prohibits: (1) importing into the United States, or transporting between states, injurious wildlife or wildlife not in trade; and (2) possessing or releasing into the wild such wildlife. USFWS may issue permits that authorize the importation or transport of injurious wildlife for scientific, zoological, medical research, or educational purposes. USFWS must establish user fees for live wildlife imports. The bill establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations. Interior must establish a grant program for supporting states and Indian tribes in: (1) inspecting and monitoring interstate transport of wildlife, and (2) assessing risks associated with the intentional importation of wildlife. The bill establishes the Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund to carry out this bill. Revenues generated by user fees and penalties must be deposited into the fund.

Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act of 2016 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow energy tax credits through 2020 for investments in: (1) qualified biogas property, or (2) qualified manure resource recovery property. The bill also permits new clean renewable energy bonds to be used for such properties. "Qualified biogas property" comprises a system that: (1) uses anaerobic digesters or other specified processes to convert biomass into a gas which is at least 52% methane, and (2) captures the gas for use as a fuel. The term includes property that cleans and conditions the gas for use as a fuel. "Qualified manure resource recovery property" comprises a system that uses specified processes to recover the nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus from a non-treated digestate or animal manure by reducing or separating at least 50% of the nutrients, excluding any reductions during the incineration, storage, composting, or field application of the non-treated digestate or animal manure. The term also includes certain processing equipment. The Department of the Treasury must enter into an agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for a study of biogas and report to Congress on the study.

Senior Home Modification Assistance Initiative Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Senior Home Modification Assistance Initiative Act This bill amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Administration on Aging to: carry out an initiative to coordinate federal resources to provide home modifications for older individuals to support enabling them to live independently and safely in a home environment; and identify and publish an educational brochure on home modifications and repairs for use by older individuals attempting to live independently and safely in their homes and by their caregivers.

Assessing Coastal Areas to Assist States Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Assessing Coastal Areas to Assist States Act This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a study to identify the risks and vulnerabilities of the coastal areas located within the geographic boundaries of the South Atlantic Division of the Corps of Engineers to increased hurricane and storm damage as a result of sea level rise. In carrying out the study, the Corps of Engineers shall: (1) conduct necessary analyses, with special emphasis on regional sediment management as a method to sustainably maintain or enhance current levels of storm protection to produce a comprehensive understanding of coastal vulnerabilities in the affected areas and to identify initial measures to address such vulnerabilities; and (2) develop a long-term strategy for addressing such increased damage and for identifying opportunities to enhance resiliency, increase sustainability, and lower risks in population centers, areas of concentrated economic development, and areas with vulnerable environmental resources.

Combating Sexual Harassment in Housing Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Combating Sexual Harassment in Housing Act This bill amends the Fair Housing Act to identify certain unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature in or around a dwelling that is sufficiently severe or pervasive as to constitute a discriminatory housing practice based on hostile environment sexual harassment. Such conduct consists of: (1) an unwelcome sexual advance, including groping or touching; (2) an unwelcome request for sexual favors; or (3) any other unwelcome verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that is intended to be coercive, threatening, or intimidating.

A resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the American Tree Farm System.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Recognizes the 75th anniversary of the American Tree Farm System. Encourages the public to participate in activities that celebrate the anniversary and highlight the importance of this program, working family-owned forests, and the clean water, wildlife habitats, and wood supply that forests provide for all people in the United States. Supports conservation and management of the nation's trees and forests through landowner participation in the Conservation Reserve Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the Conservation Stewardship Program, the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, and the Forest Stewardship Program.

To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide assistance to schools to replace drinking water fountains that may contain lead, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a grant program that assists local educational agencies in replacing drinking water fountains manufactured prior to 1988 and located in schools. Grant recipients may also use funding for monitoring and reporting lead levels in the drinking water of schools.

ADVISE Now Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Agriculture Delivering Vastly Improved Science at the EPA Now Act or the ADVISE Now Act This bill amends the Environmental Research, Development, and Demonstration Authorization Act of 1978 to require the Environmental Protection Agency and its Science Advisory Board to establish a standing agriculture-related committee (as the Act currently requires without a deadline) within 30 days of enactment of this bill. If an agriculture committee is not established by this deadline, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) shall establish and appoint members to such a committee within 15 days. If such a contingent establishment occurs, USDA shall have the continuing authority to appoint members to it.

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Atlantic Seismic Airgun Protection Act This bill amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit conducting geological or geophysical activities in support of oil or gas exploration and development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. The geological and geophysical activities are described in a final programmatic environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management entitled "Atlantic OCS Proposed Geological and Geophysical Activities, Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic Planning Areas."

Community Protection and Preparedness Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Community Protection and Preparedness Act of 2016 This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT), annually, to impose a $1,500 fee for each DOT-111 specification railroad tank car used to transport Class 3 flammable liquids during the previous fiscal year that did not meet DOT-117, DOT-117P, or DOT-117R specifications at the time it was used. Such fee shall be paid by each person who causes such liquids to be transported by such car in commerce and not by the railroad carrier that transports such liquids. Collected fees shall be deposited into a Rail Account established within the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and shall be available only for: (1) the payment of removal and remediation costs and other costs, expenses, claims, and damages related to an accident or incident involving the transportation of Class 3 flammable liquids by rail; and (2) DOT grants to states and Indian tribes to develop emergency plans and to train regional hazardous material emergency response teams and public employees responding to such an accident or incident. DOT shall issue such regulations as necessary to require each Class I railroad carrier to inspect all track where an accident or incident involving the transportation by rail of flammable liquids or material poisonous or toxic by inhalation could affect a "high consequence area" (a commercially navigable waterway, an area with a high or concentrated population, or an area that is unusually sensitive to environmental damage). The inspections shall be carried out on foot and by a gage restraint measurement system. An inspector who finds a deviation from requirements regarding track safety standards shall immediately initiate remedial action. Necessary amounts are authorized for the Federal Railroad Administration to hire at least two additional track safety specialists per region.

Brownfields Authorization Increase Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Brownfields Authorization Increase Act of 2016 This bill amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 by: (1) reauthorizing through FY2022 and revising the brownfield revitalization funding program, and (2) permanently reauthorizing a grant program for state and tribal response programs (programs responding to brownfields). (Brownfield sites are certain commercial properties that are hindered from reuse or redevelopment due to the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.) Certain nonprofit organizations and community development entities are made eligible for brownfields revitalization funding. The bill increases the cap on the amount that may be given in grants for direct remediation of brownfield sites. The brownfield site characterization and assessment grant program is revised by authorizing eligible entities to receive grants for property they acquired on or before January 11, 2002. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must establish a program to provide multipurpose grants to carry out inventory, characterization, assessment, planning, or remediation activities at brownfield sites. In addition, the EPA must establish a grant program for brownfield projects that reduce the brownfield's environmental impact, increase community livability, and encourage sustainability. The EPA must establish a grant program that provides training, research, and technical assistance to facilitate the inventory of brownfield sites, site assessments, remediation of brownfield sites, community involvement, or site preparation. (Currently, the EPA may provide funding for this purpose.) The bill authorizes the EPA to use up to a specified amount of the funding made available for the grant program on grants to assist small communities, Indian tribes, rural areas, or disadvantaged areas.

Get the Lead Out of Schools Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Get the Lead Out of Schools Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation that addresses lead in drinking water in schools and day care facilities. The EPA must also establish a grant program for: (1) testing such drinking water for lead contamination, and (2) replacing lead pipes and certain plumbing materials with lead-free material.

Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Improving Coal Combustion Residuals Regulation Act of 2016 This bill amends subtitle D (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish a permit program for coal combustion residuals (coal ash) that states may elect to administer. The program outlines the criteria that a state must use if it chooses to adopt and enforce a permit program regulating the management and disposal of coal ash generated by electric utilities and independent power producers. The program applies to the disposal of coal ash into landfills or surface impoundments, sand or gravel pits, quarries, or lateral expansions of the structures. The structural criteria concern: (1) design, location, and integrity; (2) financial assurance; (3) groundwater and surface water protections; (4) closure procedures; and (5) air quality with respect to fugitive dust. A state that chooses to adopt a coal ash program is given sole enforcement authority. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must implement a program for a state if: (1) a state's program fails to meet those criteria, or (2) a state does not implement a program. The bill revises implementation of the EPA rule governing the disposal of coal ash, entitled "Hazardous and Solid Waste Management System; Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities." The rule may be implemented only through the permit program established by the bill. The agency implementing the permit program must ensure that certain information concerning the program is publicly available.

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 14 July 2016.#Patrice D'Oultremont and Others v Région wallonne.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d'État (Belgium).#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment — Directive 2001/42/EC — Articles 2(a) and 3(2)(a) — Definition of ‘plans and programmes’ — Conditions concerning the installation of wind turbines laid down by a regulatory order — Provisions concerning, inter alia, safety, inspection, site restoration and financial collateral and permitted noise levels set having regard to area use.#Case C-290/15.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 July 2016

Judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 July 2016.#Republic of Latvia v European Commission.#EAGGF, EAGF and EAFRD — Expenditure excluded from financing –– Flat rate financial correction — Cross compliance — Minimum requirements for good agricultural and environmental conditions — Standards — Article 5(1) of and Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 — Article 6(1) of and Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 73/2009.#Case T-661/14.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 14 July 2016

Lebensmitteltransporte aus Übersee

Austria · National Council · 13 July 2016

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Leopold Steinbichler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Lebensmitteltransporte aus Übersee <i>(und die dadurch verursachten Kohlenstoffdioxid-Emissionen)</i>

proposition de loi portant adaptation des territoires littoraux au changement climatique

France · Senate · 13 July 2016

251. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will open up the locally led agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21614/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

251. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will open up the locally led agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21614/16]

249. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing outstanding payments for 2015 under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21612/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

249. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing outstanding payments for 2015 under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21612/16]

246. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the 50% cut to participants in respect of low input grassland pasture and the suspension of hedge planting under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme 2. [21609/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

246. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the 50% cut to participants in respect of low input grassland pasture and the suspension of hedge planting under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme 2. [21609/16]

226. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 14 June 2016 to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21383/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

226. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 14 June 2016 to set out the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21383/16]

131. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new recruits to the local government sector in each of the years 2011 to 2013; the number of whole-time equivalent recruits [21976/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

131. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of new recruits to the local government sector in each of the years 2011 to 2013; the number of whole-time equivalent recruits [21976/16]

130. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the research he conducted to measure the environmental cost of the domestic water metering programme including the carbon footprint of same against any potential environmental benefits arising from that programme. [21525/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

130. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the research he conducted to measure the environmental cost of the domestic water metering programme including the carbon footprint of same against any potential environmental benefits arising from that programme. [21525/16]

129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the research he conducted into the environmental cost of the domestic water metering programme since that programme began. [21524/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

129. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the research he conducted into the environmental cost of the domestic water metering programme since that programme began. [21524/16]

128. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the research he conducted into the environmental cost of the domestic water metering programme prior to that programme commencing. [21523/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

128. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the research he conducted into the environmental cost of the domestic water metering programme prior to that programme commencing. [21523/16]

127. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the policy on legacy development contributions, in particular contributions owed by persons on their principal primary residence whose contributions are in arrears for a period of seven years plus; if local authorities should enforce the conditions of planning relating to development contributions once they run over seven years; if they are in effect statute-barred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21463/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

127. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the policy on legacy development contributions, in particular contributions owed by persons on their principal primary residence whose contributions are in arrears for a period of seven years plus; if local authorities should enforce the conditions of planning relating to development contributions once they run over seven years; if they are in effect statute-barred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21463/16]

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the prices paid for social housing units in an estate (details supplied); if he achieved value for money in this instance.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21460/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

126. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the prices paid for social housing units in an estate (details supplied); if he achieved value for money in this instance.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21460/16]

125. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to make funding available through the Health Service Executive or Fingal Council to assist persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21457/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

125. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to make funding available through the Health Service Executive or Fingal Council to assist persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21457/16]

124. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who renewed their motor tax on a quarterly, bi-annual and annual basis in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21403/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

124. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who renewed their motor tax on a quarterly, bi-annual and annual basis in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21403/16]

123. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his immediate plans to renovate or demolish the flats at O'Devaney Gardens, Dublin 7; if he is aware of the level of anti-social behaviour in that area, including regular fires being started in abandoned flats; if he will consider allocating some funds to refurbish the flats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21388/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2016

123. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his immediate plans to renovate or demolish the flats at O'Devaney Gardens, Dublin 7; if he is aware of the level of anti-social behaviour in that area, including regular fires being started in abandoned flats; if he will consider allocating some funds to refurbish the flats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21388/16]