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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
441. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the Noise Nuisance Bill will be introduced. [46393/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
440. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements in place for members of the public to inspect managers' orders made under the Local Government Act 2001; his plans to make them more accessible to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46388/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
439. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount owed to each county council in development levies; if he will provide a breakdown by council; and if he will provide a list of developers who have moneys outstanding to county councils. [46353/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
438. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are plans to include the National Assets Management Agency properties for social housing in County Kildare in order to alleviate the current demand on housing; his policy in relation to using NAMA properties for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46349/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
437. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding persons who wish to register their objection to An Bord Pleanála in relation to the erection of wind farms in their geographical areas; if an Bord Pleanála will facilitate an oral hearing to such persons, in order to ensure they have an opportunity to be heard and express their concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46340/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
436. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that under a directive from his Department that both the public and disabled toilets in Tramore, County Waterford have been closed for the foreseeable future, the reason this directive was enforced; if he will reconsider the indefinite closure of this vital public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46273/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
435. Deputy Michael Conaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage schemes in respect of the Glenties and Dungloe areas of County Donegal. [46265/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
434. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the recruitment plans of Bord Gáis for Irish Water for the remainder of 2012; if these recruitment plans will include taking on the local authority staff currently working in the water area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43740/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
433. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the stated intentions of Bord Gáis, as set out in an interview (details supplied), to recruit their own staff to run Irish Water including setting up a call centre and hiring head office staff, the position of the 3,000 staff currently employed within the local authority sector in the water area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43739/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
432. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the advice he has received from the expert group on the property tax he intends to introduce in Budget 2013; if he will make the advice of this group public in advance of the Budget; if this group has raised any concerns regarding the property tax as was the case with the tax strategy groups concerns with the household charge in 2011. [42493/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
431. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the report of the expert group on property tax in advance of the publication of the Finance (Property tax) Bill 2012. [42258/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
430. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any proposals currently being developed by him to ensure that the commercial rates of a business reflect the ability of a business to pay. [41608/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
429. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the Thornhill Report; when he expects it to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40096/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
428. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the independently chaired Reorganisation Implementation Group will be established to produce an implementation plan for the reorganisation process and dual management arrangements of Waterford city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45999/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
427. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of complaints received by local authorities in 2010 and 2011 as a result of anti-social behaviour; the number of evictions that have been carried out by local authorities as a result of these complaints; the steps being taken to combat anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45938/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
426. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans for dredging works at Rathbarry river, West Cork; if he will provide a timeline for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45898/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
425. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the information that has been gathered by his Department in relation to the use by local authorities of Section 140 of the Local Government Act 2001 motions; the number of such motions that have been moved in each local authority in the past decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45878/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
424. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding being provided this year for the senior alerts scheme 2012; the amount of funding provided for the same or similar scheme in the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; his plans to provide further funding in 2012 for the senior alert scheme in view of the importance of this scheme to the security and well being of older persons; and the demand for the scheme. [45875/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
423. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow those on a low income to pay the household charge in smaller instalments by convenient methods, like by budget card/bill pay; if his attention has been drawn to the numbers willing to pay the charge by this method as they are unable to come up with the lump sum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45852/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
422. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to allow persons aged 16 and 17 years to vote in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45845/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
421. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps being taken to include more mortgage lenders, in particular sub-prime lenders, in the mortgage to rent scheme; and if he will list the mortgage providers operating here who are and are not participating in the scheme. [45829/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
420. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of chairs of State boards that have been appointed since the Government came into office; if there is a remuneration for the position and if so the amount of same; if the appointee was required to go before Oireachtas Committees to discuss what they have to offer to the particular Board or Committee to which they are being appointed. [45819/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
419. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form all appointments to State boards under his ambit since the Government took office; when the person was appointed; if the position entitles the holder to remuneration and if so the amount in each case; if the appointment was made in accordance with new procedures whereby Departments has to invite expressions of interest from the public in vacancies on the boards under their aegis. [45803/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
418. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the Private Residential Tenancy Board has received complaints of anti-social behaviour in an area (details supplied) relating to the recent and ongoing travellers feud in Ennis, County Clare; when a hearing relating to those complaints will be heard; and the action being taken to expedite the matter. [45765/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
417. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of accounts to which more than one unit has been registered for the household charge. [45724/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
416. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units that have been registered to multiple accounts for the household charge. [45723/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
415. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of waivers granted so far for the household charge. [45722/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
414. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of unfinished housing estates in County Carlow; the progress made to date in all categories; the amount of money spent in County Carlow so far on unfinished estates and the outstanding money available to finish those still unfinished. [45721/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
413. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there are any vacancies at present in heritage and culture centres in the south-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45712/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
412. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update with regard to the detailed site investigation underway at a location (details supplied); when he expects the detailed design of the full remediation works programme to be completed; if funding will be made available to implement the recommendations of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45686/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
411. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide information on an application for funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in County Tipperary, when a decision will issue on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45649/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
410. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the precise reserved functions of local councillors which are to be strengthened as part of his wider programme of reform; if he will outline the role that is envisaged for councillors in terms of fostering community engagement at the municipal level in the absence of town councils; if he will further confirm if the review process on councillors' representation payments will take into account the fact that payments under the current system when applied to a possible maximum of 40 members per council as is proposed, no significant savings in this area could be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46408/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
409. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the Putting People First document is primarily aspirational in a number of sections; if he will specify the additional functions that will be given to local authorities under Putting People First; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46305/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
408. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to extend the deadline for the spreading of slurry and fertilisers past the 31 of October, in view of the seriously wet weather that the country has experienced since he announced the extension of the deadline in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46649/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
407. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will introduce a more flexible system in relation to the farm slurry spreading period, having regard to the erratic weather over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46552/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
406. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the slurry spreading season by a further four weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46404/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
405. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider future extending the dates for slurry spreading in view of the fact that the ongoing wet weather in October has increased the risk of environmental damage from the run off as farmers try to get spreading completed by month end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46292/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
404. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of the construction of a road from Woodhazel Terrace to Ballymun via Coultry Road, Dublin 9; and the estimated penalty costs if the contract is cancelled. [45880/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
403. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue collected through road tax in the following years, 2010 and 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45774/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
402. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to apply a further extension to the deadline for slurry spreading in view of the fact that there has been no break in the bad weather for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45741/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
106. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total energy bill for his Department in the years 2010, 2011; and the expected cost for 2012. [46082/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
105. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regards to the recent Foreshore Licence granted to Providence Resources to drill an exploratory well just six kms from the Dublin coastline, if he has satisfied himself that there is no threat to the safety and welfare of the people of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46184/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
104. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he intends the proposed voluntary redundancy scheme outlined in his proposals for local government reform to be applied across local authorities; if this scheme will take into account existing per capita staffing level differences across local authorities; if the scheme will have regard to a need to maintain certain essential functions; if he has any proposal to redeploy remaining staff to balance out any service gaps which may emerge; if he intends to ultimately eliminate the existing wide variance in per capita staffing levels through this process of reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46125/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
103. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the savings that would be made if there was a cap of €100,000 on salaries in his Department. [46081/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
102. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a reduction in the contribution required from local authorities towards housing adaptation grants in view of the many schemes that are currently suspended around the country despite the great need from those who are ill or elderly from housing adaptation works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46189/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
101. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a timeframe and costing for the installation of domestic water meters. [46071/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
100. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the remedies available to the growing numbers of homeowners whose properties are a fire hazard and are in breach of fire regulations. [46127/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
99. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to publicise the waste water services registration programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46172/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
98. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the delegation of powers to local authorites in areas of environment, water, foreshore, local or community development, roads or traffic, housing and energy efficiency (details supplied) that will take place; the way this delegation will take place; and when it will take place. [46074/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 October 2012
97. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government with regards to the recent Foreshore Licence granted to Providence Resources to drill an exploratory well just six kms from the Dublin coastline, if he believes he compiled with the rules of the Aarthus Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46180/12]