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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to strengthen the resources available for the development of UK policies towards the UN, the UN Security Council, UN operational agencies, and international financial institutions.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 July 2016
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance has been issued to the Courts and HM Prison Service to ensure that section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is fully embedded into their training.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
240. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has made a decision on a review of an application by a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20014/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
126. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding for a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20078/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
125. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20077/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
124. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of appointments he has made to State boards since the move to the Public Appointments Service two years ago to date; the names of those appointed and the relevant position on each board; the names of those persons on the shortlist; the date when the shortlist was provided to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20065/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
123. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the breakdown of the allocation of the €32 million to the regeneration of Dolphin House and St. Teresa's Gardens in Dublin 8 (details supplied). [20043/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
122. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to the request this Deputy made to provide a breakdown of 2016 commitments on regeneration projects which were €28 million for Limerick city, €11 million for Cork city, €5 million for Dublin city and €2 million each for Tralee, Dundalk and Sligo, which amounts to €50 million overall (details supplied), if the total allocation for regeneration in 2016 is €104 million. [20028/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
121. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his proposals to introduce improvements (details supplied) to building standards and if he will consider recommending these to the National Standards Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19936/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
120. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned over announced plans by a waste company (details supplied) to change the charges levied on pay-by-use customers following the price freeze announced by the Government and if he is concerned that companies may try to recoup some of the losses from the capping of fixed-charge accounts by massively increasing charges for pay-by-use customers. [19931/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
119. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide funding for an organisation (details supplied) under the support scheme for national organisations, given that it scored higher than the recommended level for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19923/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
118. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will introduce the tyre levy; the recycling targets he will introduce as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19918/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
117. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of the extra 420 local authority staff who have been appointed to work on the delivery of the social housing strategy, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19915/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
116. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he proposes to establish the Dáil Éireann constituencies boundaries commission in July 2016 following the provisional 2016 census returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19913/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
115. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if householders who are already serviced by a pay-by-weight collection system are protected from increases in charges under the agreement he has made with waste companies; if he is aware that letters have been sent indicating that such customers will have their charges raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19912/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
114. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has published the terms of the local authority infrastructure fund; and the full-year cost of its implementation in 2017. [20104/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2016
113. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to ensure that a person (details supplied) is given suitable accommodation for a family, given that the unreliability of the self-accommodation system is incredibly difficult for the family who are moving around. [19934/16]
United States · United States Congress · 6 July 2016
Recovering America's Wildlife Act of 2016 This bill amends the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to direct the Department of the Treasury to transfer, beginning in FY2016, revenues from energy and mineral development on federal lands totaling $1.3 billion to the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Subaccount of the Federal Aid to Wildlife Restoration Fund, to be available without further appropriation. The purpose of the subaccount is to fund state wildlife conservation and restoration programs for managing fish and wildlife species of the greatest conservation need as determined by a state fish and wildlife agency.
United States · United States Congress · 6 July 2016
California New River Restoration Act of 2016 This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a California New River restoration program for the river that starts in Mexicali, Mexico, flows north into the United States through Calexico, passes through the Imperial Valley, and drains into the Salton Sea. In carrying out the program, the EPA must: (1) adopt a New River-wide strategy, and (2) provide grants and technical assistance for coordinating restoration and protection activities.
United States · United States Congress · 6 July 2016
Made in America Water Infrastructure Act This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act by requiring all of the steel used in projects funded by the drinking water state revolving fund program to be produced in the United States, unless: (1) it would be inconsistent with the public interest, (2) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality, or (3) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall product by more than 25%.
United States · United States Congress · 6 July 2016
Safe and Accountable Federal Energy Review for Pipelines Act of 2016 or the Safer Pipelines Act of 2016 This bill amends the Natural Gas Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), before granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a proposed pipeline expansion project, to: conduct a full evidentiary hearing on the need for the expansion or a cumulative review of planned energy infrastructure projects in the region of the proposed expansion; and consider matters that include existing capacity, renewable energy goals, and the ability to otherwise meet energy needs. Additionally, FERC must: (1) consider, in the case of interstate pipeline projects, the cumulative environmental impacts of other interstate or regional projects; and (2) monitor approved pipeline projects for five years to ensure that environmental mitigation steps have been implemented.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 6 July 2016
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 6 July 2016
Brief van de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu over het bericht dat hogere snelheid op de snelweg tot meer doden leidt
Austria · National Council · 5 July 2016
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Mineralrohstoffgesetz geändert wird
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 July 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of which policy areas within her Department's remit will be affected by the outcome of the EU referendum.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
598. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the locally led agri-environment scheme will be re-initiated. [19531/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
581. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under tier 3 of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19147/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
347. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of progress made with establishing an institutional framework for implementation and reporting with regard to the sustainable development goals in conjunction with the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. [19658/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
279. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of additional public sector staff hired in his Department over and above those who had retired or left the service, that is, new positions only as and from 31 December, 2010, broken down for each of the years 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20142/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
278. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that users of the tag on the bag system of waste management who are not weekly users will not be required to pay a service charge along with the tag lift charge under new regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19781/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
277. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide the figures on increases under the housing assistance programme taking effect from 1 July 2016 by county in tabular form. [19778/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
276. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the efficiency of local government, including its financial and organisational remit, and best practice in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19777/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
275. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme in relation to recycling facilities for tin, aluminium, which pays the person based on the quantity recycled as an incentive to recycle said materials; if he is aware of issues raised on a television programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19682/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
274. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Lough Road in Cork city which should result in the creation of two housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19677/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
273. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at St John's Well in Cork city which should result in the creation of two housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19676/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
272. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Friar's Walk in Cork city which should result in the creation of four housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19675/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
271. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Boyces Street in Cork city which should result in the creation of 12 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19674/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
270. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Vincent Avenue, St. Mary's Road in Cork city which should result in the creation of 25 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19673/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
269. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Thomas Davis Street in Cork city which should result in the creation of 35 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19672/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Doonbeg, County Clare, which should result in the creation of 12 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19671/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
267. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Ennis, County Clare, which should result in the creation of seven housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19670/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
266. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Quilty, County Clare, which should result in the creation of ten housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19669/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
265. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the construction project at Shannon, County Clare, which should result in the creation of 15 housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19668/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
264. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an exemption for existing waste collection customers who pay by a tag system for their refuse collection but who are now being treated as first-time customers and are being subjected to a service charge and a pay-by-weight system despite the fact that the pay-by-weight charges have been frozen for 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19657/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
263. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he envisions an electoral commission in the lifetime of the Government or if he has a proposed timeline or target date for establishment of an electoral commission. [19651/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
262. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a referendum on lowering the voting age to 16 years of age, given no reference was made to it in the programme for Government. [19650/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
261. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed in his Department's archive unit in each of the years 2010 to 2015 and 2016 to date, in tabular form; his plans to expand this number; if there are protocol changes arising from changes to the National Archive Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19615/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
260. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when works on a building (details supplied) will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19588/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council is assessing payments under the disability allowance scheme and the family income supplement scheme for rent purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19582/16]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 July 2016
258. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the net income limits for social housing applicant households. [19568/16]