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Question· writtenPQ 302asked

302 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the service grant initiative including the criteria for qualification; the actual uptake of the initiative in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31118/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2005

302 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the service grant initiative including the criteria for qualification; the actual uptake of the initiative in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31118/05]

Question· writtenPQ 301asked

301 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of grant assistance from his Department provided to Sligo County Council for the development of the Tubbercurry recycling centre; the cost of the centre; the details of commitment of additional grant aid from his Department for the annual operation of the recycling centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31117/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2005

301 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of grant assistance from his Department provided to Sligo County Council for the development of the Tubbercurry recycling centre; the cost of the centre; the details of commitment of additional grant aid from his Department for the annual operation of the recycling centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31117/05]

Question· writtenPQ 300asked

300 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations and guidelines set down by his Department for all local authorities in respect of hedge cutting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31102/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2005

300 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations and guidelines set down by his Department for all local authorities in respect of hedge cutting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31102/05]

Question· writtenPQ 299asked

299 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to the local authorities in Sligo and Leitrim under the local authority playground grant scheme in respect of children’s playground for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31101/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2005

299 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding allocated to the local authorities in Sligo and Leitrim under the local authority playground grant scheme in respect of children’s playground for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31101/05]

Question· writtenPQ 298asked

298 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to the EU Energy Performance of Building Directive all houses built, sold or rented must have a certificate to indicate the cost of heating buildings; when this will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31089/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2005

298 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to the EU Energy Performance of Building Directive all houses built, sold or rented must have a certificate to indicate the cost of heating buildings; when this will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31089/05]

Question· writtenPQ 297asked

297 Ms Cooper-Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the compensation package on designated bog lands will apply to farmers who sold their bog in 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31073/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2005

297 Ms Cooper-Flynn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the compensation package on designated bog lands will apply to farmers who sold their bog in 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31073/05]

Question· writtenPQ 296asked

296 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the supports given to local authorities and voluntary organisations for the maintenance and construction of dog pounds and the funding provided for such services in each of the past three years; the proposals he has to set down minimum standards for the operation of such pounds; his plans to set targets for the reduction in the percentage of dogs humanely destroyed at such facilities which currently run at a rate of 80% or over in 12 local authority areas; the policy initiatives he is taking at national level, including advertisement, public education or otherwise to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31269/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2005

296 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the supports given to local authorities and voluntary organisations for the maintenance and construction of dog pounds and the funding provided for such services in each of the past three years; the proposals he has to set down minimum standards for the operation of such pounds; his plans to set targets for the reduction in the percentage of dogs humanely destroyed at such facilities which currently run at a rate of 80% or over in 12 local authority areas; the policy initiatives he is taking at national level, including advertisement, public education or otherwise to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31269/05]

Question· writtenPQ 233asked

233 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the quantities of tropical timber imported by the State annually; the action she will take to limit these imports in view of the level of damage to the environment incurred by the felling of these trees in the tropical belt with only approximately 1% of the felled areas being replanted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31209/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 October 2005

233 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the quantities of tropical timber imported by the State annually; the action she will take to limit these imports in view of the level of damage to the environment incurred by the felling of these trees in the tropical belt with only approximately 1% of the felled areas being replanted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31209/05]

Law· SS. 1932 (109th)enacted

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 2005

Deficit Reduction Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 2005 - Provides for reconciliation of the budget for FY2006 pursuant to H.Con.Res. 95 (congressional budget resolution) by the Senate Committees on: (1) Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; (2) Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; (3) Commerce, Science, and Transportation; (4) Energy and Natural Resources; (5) Environment and Public Works; (6) Finance; (7) Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions; and (8) the Judiciary. Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 2005 - Provides for: (1) reduction of commodity program payments; (2) a forfeiture penalty for nonrecourse sugar loans; (3) cotton competitiveness; (4) national dairy market loss payments; (5) advance direct payments; (6) a conservation reserve program; (7) a conservation security program; (8) environmental quality incentives program; and (9) an initiative for future agriculture and food systems. Safe and Fair Deposit Insurance Act of 2005 - Provides for: (1) establishment of the Deposit Insurance Fund; and (2) a merger of the Bank Insurance Fund and the Savings Association Insurance Fund into it. Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 - Revises requirements for deposit insurance. FHA Asset Disposition Act of 2005 - Provides for Federal Housing Administration asset disposition. Digital Transition and Public Safety Act of 2005 - Provides for: (1) an extension of a television broadcast license that authorizes analog television service; (2) additional deadlines for the recovered analog spectrum; (3) supplemental license fees; (4) establishment of the Digital Transition and Public Safety Fund; and (5) additional funds for the essential air service program. Authorizes leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas in and from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1002 Coastal Plain Area (ANWR). Makes technical corrections to the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). Amends the Social Security Act regarding: (1) payment for prescription drugs under Medicaid; (2) long-term care under Medicaid; (3) eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicaid; (3) state financing under Medicaid; (4) revising the Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance (SCHIP) programs; and (5) an option for Hurricane Katrina disaster states to delay application. Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) with respect to student loans. Hurricane Katrina Higher Education Recovery Act - Requires waiver authority and modifications to certain HEA provisions with respect to certain students and institutions affected by Hurricane Katrina. Directs the Inspector General of the Department of Education to audit and investigate each program carried out by the Department that includes response and recovery activities related to Hurricane Katrina. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to revise Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums. Higher Education Amendments of 2005 - Amends HEA with respect to specified higher education programs. Amends: (1) the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986; (2) the United States Institute of Peace Act; (3) the Higher Education Amendments of 1998; and (4) the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978. Navajo Nation Higher Education Act of 2005 - Reauthorizes the Navajo Community College Act. Changes the name of the Navajo Community College to Dine College. Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to recapture unused employment-based immigrant visas and to impose fees for immigration services for intracompany transferees.

Bill· HRH.R. 4166 (109th)referred

Family Asthma Act

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 2005

Family Asthma Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to award grants to eligible entities to conduct pilot projects to prevent and control asthma symptoms and to reduce asthma attacks in families. Requires the Secretary to give: (1) priority to entities that serve a medically underserved population; and (2) consideration to an adequate rural-urban distribution, so as to gain better information about asthma at the national level. Authorizes additional appropriations to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop a National Asthma Action Plan and to fund a report to Congress by the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to: (1) collaborate with state and local health departments to conduct activities to inform and educate the public regarding asthma; (2) conduct asthma surveillance activities to collect data on the prevalence and severity of asthma, the effectiveness of public heath asthma intervention, and the quality of asthma management; and (3) compile and annually publish asthma data. Requires the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to establish Dr. Irving J. Selikoff individual and institutional training grants for education and training of health care providers on the role of environmental factors in the development and prevention of asthma and recurrent asthma attacks.

Bill· HRH.R. 4155 (109th)referred

Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005

United States · United States Congress · 27 October 2005

Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to create a Gulf Opportunity Zone (GO Zone) as part of the Hurricane Katrina disaster area to provide tax benefits to businesses and individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina, including: (1) tax-exempt bond financing and additional advance refunding of existing bond obligations in the states of Alabama, Louisiana, or Mississippi; (2) increased depreciation and expensing allowances for GO Zone property; (3) expensing of GO Zone demolition and cleanup costs and environmental remediation costs; (4) increased expensing for GO Zone reforestation expenditures; and (5) carrybacks of net operating losses for certain GO Zone businesses and public utilities. Provides for federal guarantees of bonds issued in Alabama, Louisiana, or Mississippi for revenue and infrastructure purposes related to Hurricane Katrina. Establishes a Rita GO Zone as part of the Hurricane Rita disaster area and extends to businesses and individuals in such Zone tax benefits currently available in Hurricane Katrina disaster areas, including: (1) tax-free distributions and loans from retirement plans for disaster relief; (2) suspension of limitations on personal casualty losses; and (3) adjustments to earned income of Hurricane Rita victims in 2005 to preserve eligibility for certain tax benefits. Allows certain small employers a business tax credit for up to 40 percent of the wages paid to employees in a GO Zone between August 29 and December 31, 2005. Expresses the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury should designate Gulf Coast Recovery Bonds in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

Report· CCCELEX 62004CC0209decided

Opinion of Advocate General Kokott delivered on 27 October 2005.#Commission of the European Communities v Republic of Austria.#Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations - Directive 79/409/EEC - Conservation of wild birds - Corncrake - Special protection area in the Lauteracher Ried national nature reserve - Exclusion of the Soren and Gleggen-Köblern sites - Directive 92/43/EEC - Conservation of natural habitats - Wild fauna and flora - Procedure for a construction plan or project - Procedure for determining the road line of a dual carriageway - Procedure for environmental impact study - Procedural breaches relating to the project for the construction of the federal S 18 dual carriageway in Austria - Temporal application of Directive 92/43.#Case C-209/04.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 27 October 2005

Question· writtenPQ 212asked

286 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application to have a new sewage scheme constructed (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the ever increasing quantities of raw sewage that is going into the bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31013/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

286 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding an application to have a new sewage scheme constructed (details supplied) in County Galway; if his attention has been drawn to the ever increasing quantities of raw sewage that is going into the bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31013/05]

Question· writtenPQ 211asked

285 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is available to local authorities to upgrade children’s playground facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30986/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

285 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding is available to local authorities to upgrade children’s playground facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30986/05]

Question· writtenPQ 210asked

284 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the type of grant of funding available to community groups or local authorities for the provision of a skateboard arena; the number of applications from local authorities for such grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30985/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

284 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the type of grant of funding available to community groups or local authorities for the provision of a skateboard arena; the number of applications from local authorities for such grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30985/05]

Question· writtenPQ 209asked

283 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civic amenity sites in operation nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30907/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

283 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civic amenity sites in operation nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30907/05]

Question· writtenPQ 208asked

282 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civic amenity sites under consideration for funding by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30906/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

282 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of civic amenity sites under consideration for funding by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30906/05]

Question· writtenPQ 207asked

281 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is evidence that An Bord Pleanála is having proper regard to the sustainable rural housing guidelines in adjudicating on appeals on one-off rural houses. [30904/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

281 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is evidence that An Bord Pleanála is having proper regard to the sustainable rural housing guidelines in adjudicating on appeals on one-off rural houses. [30904/05]

Question· writtenPQ 206asked

280 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that each county council has adapted its county development plan to take into account the sustainable rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30903/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

280 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that each county council has adapted its county development plan to take into account the sustainable rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30903/05]

Question· writtenPQ 205asked

279 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authorities are having due regard to the sustainable rural housing guidelines when adjudicating one-off rural housing applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30902/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

279 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authorities are having due regard to the sustainable rural housing guidelines when adjudicating one-off rural housing applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30902/05]

Question· writtenPQ 204asked

278 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with regard to an approval given for planned refurbishment of council houses in the Belmullet electoral area, this approval was for rural houses only or if it was to include houses in housing schemes in the towns in north County Mayo. [30892/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

278 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, with regard to an approval given for planned refurbishment of council houses in the Belmullet electoral area, this approval was for rural houses only or if it was to include houses in housing schemes in the towns in north County Mayo. [30892/05]

Question· writtenPQ 203asked

277 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the Private Residential Tenancies Board has sufficient staff to carry out its official remit under legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30890/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

277 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the Private Residential Tenancies Board has sufficient staff to carry out its official remit under legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30890/05]

Question· writtenPQ 202asked

276 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application for rural renewal tax incentive scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30885/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

276 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when an application for rural renewal tax incentive scheme will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30885/05]

Question· writtenPQ 201asked

275 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available through the urban renewal scheme in Kilcock, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30828/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

275 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available through the urban renewal scheme in Kilcock, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30828/05]

Question· writtenPQ 200asked

274 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available through the urban renewal scheme in Clane, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30827/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

274 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding available through the urban renewal scheme in Clane, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30827/05]

Question· writtenPQ 199asked

273 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of bedsit units of accommodation in the various councils around the country; his plans to upgrade this bedsit accommodation to one bedroom status in line with modern standards of acceptable accommodation; and if Ireland has signed up to any international obligations in respect of the development of better standards of accommodation. [30823/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

273 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of bedsit units of accommodation in the various councils around the country; his plans to upgrade this bedsit accommodation to one bedroom status in line with modern standards of acceptable accommodation; and if Ireland has signed up to any international obligations in respect of the development of better standards of accommodation. [30823/05]

Question· writtenPQ 198asked

272 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the foreign conferences attended by him since June 2002; and the number of public servants and others included in the entourage for each such conference. [30820/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

272 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the foreign conferences attended by him since June 2002; and the number of public servants and others included in the entourage for each such conference. [30820/05]

Question· writtenPQ 197asked

271 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a detailed report of the way in which each local authority is performing in relation to recycling levels. [30790/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

271 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a detailed report of the way in which each local authority is performing in relation to recycling levels. [30790/05]

Question· writtenPQ 196asked

270 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be approved for Kerry County Council to upgrade a road (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31019/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

270 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be approved for Kerry County Council to upgrade a road (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31019/05]

Question· writtenPQ 96asked

170 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views regarding the proposed 52 acre in-fill in Dublin Bay especially in relation to serious damage to the local environment and the potential for flooding in the area. [31014/05]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2005

170 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views regarding the proposed 52 acre in-fill in Dublin Bay especially in relation to serious damage to the local environment and the potential for flooding in the area. [31014/05]

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 515 (109th)open

Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in his possession relating to the anticipated effects of climate change on the coastal regions of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2005

Requests the President to provide to the House of Representatives certain federal agency documents in his possession on the effects of climate change on the coastal regions of the United States.

Question· writtenPQ 610asked