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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
416 Ms Fox asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extend the Kilmacanogue sewerage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28283/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
415 Ms Fox asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding which has been provided by his Department to compulsory purchase order a property at Kilmacanogue, County Wicklow is being used to provide sub-standard housing without sanitation facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28282/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
414 Ms Fox asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the development contribution schemes system which is causing revenue difficulties for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28281/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
413 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding the attached submission (details supplied) his plans regarding same and the meetings he has had with Dublin Corporation and the owners of the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28280/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
412 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive their top-up payment for the purchase of bog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28202/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
411 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if turbary owned by persons (details supplied) in County Galway is classified as NHA; if such property will be purchased by Dúchas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28201/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
410 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a deal negotiated between his Department, the Department of Agriculture and Food and local farmers in the Shannon Callows area in County Galway was not proceeded with; his views on the fact that in order to preserve the corncrake farmers will not alone have to take a massive reduction in the profits of the area specified for the corncrake but as a consequence of this development will also stand to lose substantial income for the rest of their farmland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only about 6,000 hectares involved in this highly sensitive scientific area of conservation; his further views on whether farmers will be adequately compensated for managing and farming such important areas of conservation; and the deal he had on the table with the farmers concerned. [28200/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
409 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which Ireland will be in a position to meet Kyoto targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28125/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
408 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the possible updating of the voters register through An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28104/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
350 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a deal negotiated between her Department, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and local farmers in the Shannon Callows area in County Galway was not proceeded with; her views on the fact that in order to preserve the corncrake, farmers will not alone have to take a massive reduction in the profits of the area specified for the corncrake but as a consequence of this development will also stand to lose substantial income from the rest of their farmland; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only about 6,000 hectares involved in this highly sensitive scientific area of conservation; her further views on whether farmers will be adequately compensated for managing and farming such important areas of conservation; the deal she had on the table with the farmers concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28197/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
548 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses for which funding was approved in 2004 for each local authority; and the actual number of houses built by each local authority. [28004/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
547 Mr. Curran asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the figures available for houses built by each local authority in 2005; if the local authorities will have a higher output in 2005 than they had in 2004. [28003/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
544 Ms Enright asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be reached on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27904/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
546 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will implement the safeguard clause under EU Directive 2001/18/EC regrading the importation to this country of GT 73 oilseed rape seed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27933/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
543 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the importation of oilseed rape seed (details supplied) will make it difficult if not impossible to grow genetically modified free brassica crops including broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale kohlrabi, mustard, oilseed rape and turnip due to irreversible genetically modified contamination of farmland here. [27855/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
542 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will immediately implement a ban on the importation of oilseed rape seed (details supplied) under Directive 2001/18/EC and under the biosafety protocol to the convention on biodiversity to protect farming and biodiversity against live genetically modified organism seeds inevitably contaminating related crops through seed dispersal, transportation, processing, horizontal gene transfer and pollen. [27854/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
541 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has undertaken any study of the extent of lead piping connections to households in the Irish water network; if he has assessed the health hazards associated with these old lead connections; and if he plans initiatives to undertake or promote the replacement of such piping. [27806/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
540 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that more than 20 persons in Drogheda waiting for the disabled persons housing grant he will ensure that Louth County Council receives the funding necessary to enable Drogheda Borough Council to meet the needs of these persons. [27789/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
539 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authorities have fire fighting equipment adequate to deal with fires in high-rise buildings; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the equipment available and the heights attainable by fire fighters is in line with that available in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27771/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
538 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether it is inappropriate for local authority members to claim expenses for attendance at a conference (details supplied). [27769/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
537 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the water supply scheme will be upgraded at Adare, County Limerick. [27733/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
536 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of payments to all local authorities for the local improvement schemes for the years 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27732/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
545 Mr. Haughey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a submission to the nuclear decommissioning authority in the United Kingdom on its draft strategy as part of the official consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27905/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
535 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if contacts are being maintained with the British authorities in relation to Sellafield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27630/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
534 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his contacts with South Dublin County Council, regarding the authorities difficulties in respect of the affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27629/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
533 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an application has been received in his Department from Donegal County Council regarding the proposed remedial works for a local authority housing scheme (details supplied) in County Donegal; when he will be in a position to sanction funds and allow the council to proceed with this work. [27507/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
532 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Killybegs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27502/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
530 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social housing starts approved for each local authority for each of the past five years; and the number of completions for each of the local authorities for each of the past five years. [27500/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
529 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of new house starts approved for each local authority in each of the past five years; and the corresponding number of house completions for each of the local authorities for each of the past five years. [27499/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
528 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received an application for funding to provide a sewerage scheme at Glasson Village, Athlone, County Westmeath; if so the position in regard to this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27425/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
527 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the location of radioactive waste that has been stored on Rocky Island, near Ringaskiddy, County Cork; the cost of such removal and who has carried this cost. [27420/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
526 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department encourages a policy of transference of tenancy to sub-tenants of local authority housing, where such sub-tenants are family members of the original tenants; and if a record is kept of such transfers that might be kept in a given year. [27419/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
531 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the recent report by the Centre for Public Inquiry (details supplied). [27501/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
525 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the recent report by the Centre for Public Inquiry into Trim Castle. [27412/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
524 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if additional funds will be provided to facilitate the collection of farmyard plastics for which farmers have already paid a levy; the steps he will take to address the problem of plastic being imported from the UK and Northern Ireland without the payment of such a levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27411/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
523 Ms M. Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to the skateboard park grant which is due to local authorities in 2005; the timeframe upon which these grants will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27399/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
520 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation, primary and secondary including statutory instrument references, governing the shared ownership housing schemes operated by local authorities; and if a local authority is entitled to restrict the shared ownership scheme only to houses covered under its affordable housing scheme. [27364/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
519 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the requirements which are imposed on the producers of electronic goods to comply with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. [27354/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
518 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the requirements which are imposed on retailers to comply with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive. [27353/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
517 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs which are being imposed on consumers per electrical item in relation to the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive; the funds which will be generated by this directive; the way in which these funds will be collected; if there will be an audit each year of funds collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27352/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
515 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make available all circulars that have been sent to local authorities regarding the disabled persons housing grant in the past two years. [27790/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
514 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the authority which is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of Clogrennane Castle, a historical monument located between Carlow town and Graiguecullen, alongside the River Barrow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27597/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
522 Mr. Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if correspondence (details supplied) has been received by his Department; his views on the matter; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27366/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
521 Mr. Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if correspondence (details supplied) has been received by his Department; if he will meet with a delegation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27365/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
516 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Nenagh Town Council will receive full legal control over the Castle Field; if he will meet a deputation from Nenagh Town Council to discuss the matter of progressing Nenagh Castle Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28209/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
513 Mr. Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if correspondence (details supplied) has been received by his Department; his views on the matter; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27345/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
440 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider introducing legislation, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government that will ensure that housing developments over a certain number within a certain land bank will require land for schools to be provided as part of the planning process free of charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27738/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
439 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider introducing legislation, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government that will allow land for schools to be purchased at agricultural rates by means of a compulsory purchase order. [27737/05]
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2005
Affordable and Reliable Gas Act of 2005 - Amends the Clean Air Act (as amended by the Energy Policy Act of 2005) to: (1) require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in coordination with the Secretary of Energy, to identify and publish in the Federal Register a list of five gasolines and diesel fuels to be used in state implementation plans (SIPs) (Federal Fuels List); (2) require an analysis of the ability of such listed fuels to reduce ozone emissions; (3) restrict the authority of the Administrator to approve fuels proposed in an SIP but not included on the Federal Fuels List; (4) require the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary, to develop a federal-state fuel harmonization plan to be fully implemented by the states by December 31, 2008; and (5) revise requirements for the joint study of boutique fuels to require an analysis of the impact on ozone emissions and supply of a mandatory reduction to five in the number of approved fuel blends.
United States · United States Congress · 7 October 2005
Early Pest Detection and Surveillance Improvement Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a cooperative agreement with any state department of agriculture for assisting early pest (plant pest) detection and surveillance efforts by such department through an array of methods, including survey, pest trapping, sampling or surveillance of domestic shipments, specimen collection, and modeling and mapping of pest populations. Requires the Secretary, in determining whether to enter into such an agreement, to consider specified factors, including: (1) the potential economic risk to the state's people, plants, livestock, property, economy, and environment due to the introduction of a pest; and (2) the likelihood that the early pest detection and surveillance activity will prevent the introduction or facilitate the eradication of a pest.