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Question· writtenPQ 418asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
525 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish from the National Driver File the number of drivers that currently stand disqualified; the procedures in place for relaying this information to the Gardaí; the manner in which this is done; and the frequency of same.
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Question· writtenPQ 417asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
530 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made to date to update the electoral register; when it is envisaged that this process will be complete; the measures in place to ensure that there are no erroneous deletions made which would result in a voter being disenfranchised in particular cases, for example, if a voter was in long-term hospital care or if a voter had literacy issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 416asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
524 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount which has been provided to each local authority for the purposes of updating the electoral register; the strategy for determining the needs of each authority which was deployed; when he expects the work will be complete; if there is an ongoing review of progress; if further funding requests will be considered; the mechanism which will be deployed to ensure the register is kept up to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 415asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
523 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made to date on the proposed sewerage scheme for the Gweedore area of County Donegal.
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Question· writtenPQ 414asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
522 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that corporations are buying houses within private estates for tenants as social housing; the number of houses which have been provided within estates in this way; the number of homes which have been provided in this way in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 413asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
521 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction a grant for the improvement of a road (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 412asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
520 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in Co. Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 411asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
519 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a refurbishment scheme proposal for an avenue (details supplied) in County Kerry from Tralee Town Council and if a decision has been taken on same.
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Question· writtenPQ 410asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
518 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is working on proposals in co-operation with Dublin City Council to replace senior citizen bed-sit accommodation by one-bedroom accommodation; and when he expects to introduce a programme of building and reconstruction to achieve same.
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Question· writtenPQ 409asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
517 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a sale scheme for tenants of local authority flats will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 408asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
516 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason no system is in place to collect plastic from farms, in view of the fact that farmers pay for the disposals of plastic when they purchase these products.
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Question· writtenPQ 407asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
515 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to update regulations on conditions and standards in landlord owned properties and on the general up keep and maintenance of such properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 406asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
514 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are grants available for a person to build a “granny” flat onto the family home to house an elderly family member; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 405asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
513 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if instructions were issued to local authorities to the effect that the allocation of existing local authority houses which already have solid fuel cookers but no central heating are required to retain such coolers in their present location within the house in the event of the new tenant wishing to avail of gas central heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 404asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
512 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the process which is being put in place for the inspection of properties to establish their efficiency rating; and the way in which it is envisaged that the inspection system will be monitored.
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Question· writtenPQ 403asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
511 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if EU funding has been applied for, including from the Leonardo Da Vinci fund, to ensure that Irish emergency personnel are adequately trained to fulfil Ireland’s commitment to the EU’s civil protection mechanism; and if he will report on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 402asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
510 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been made available to ensure meeting Ireland’s commitment to the EU civil protection mechanism; what the mechanism entails; and if he will report on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 401asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
509 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that he is considering a new scheme of letting priorities submitted to him by South Dublin County Council which would include an initiative in respect of older persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 400asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
508 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received proposals from Kildare County Council, for a social housing development at Coolaghknock Glebe, Kildare town; if he will approve the necessary funding to allow the project to commence as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 399asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
507 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the present situation with regard to the new sewerage treatment system for Kildare Town; if his Department has approved all stages of the proposed development; the expected timescale for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 398asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
506 Mr. Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria for the erection of mobile communications masts in the vicinity of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 124asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 October 2006
226 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 412 of 20 June 2006, the stage the planning procedures and assessment of environment and other related issues regarding the construction of a bridge to Spike Island are at; when a planning notice is expected to be lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill· SS. 4038 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006
Global Resources, Environment, and Security Commission Act of 2006 - Establishes the Commission on Global Resources, Environment, and Security, a bipartisan and independent commission that will make recommendations for a coordinated, comprehensive, and long-range national policy for new and existing strategies initiated by the United States to promote global environmental security. Requires the Commission to report to the President and Congress on its findings and conclusions. Authorizes the Commission to establish a multidisciplinary science, economic, and technical advisory panel. Requires the panel to ensure that the scientific information considered by the Commission is based on the best available data. Encourages the Commission, Congress, and federal agencies to continue the dialogue about global environmental security after the Commission is terminated (30 days after the submittal of its report to Congress) and to examine institutional needs, including the formation of a new office. Requires the President to submit to Congress and agencies a report containing a statement of proposals to carry out or respond to the Commission's recommendations.
Bill· SS. 4010 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006
Environmental Protection for Children Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) ensure that environmental and public health standards for environmental pollutants protect children and vulnerable subpopulations from exposure; and (2) create lists of pollutants posing health risks to children as well as safer-for-children substances and products. Requires the EPA Administrator, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support research into the health effects and toxicity of pesticides and pollutants on children. Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) to require the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (Agency) and the EPA Administrator to jointly: (1) develop a hazardous substance list; and (2) revise guidelines for the preparation of toxicological profiles of substances. Requires the Agency to prepare and revise such profiles every five years. Directs the Agency develop an environmental health education program focusing on the hazardous substance exposure of fetuses and children. Requires the Agency, in cooperation with states, to establish a registry of children exposed to significant levels of hazardous substances released at facilities on CERCLA's National Priorities List. Children's Environmental Protection and Right to Know Act - Amends the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 to require EPA to establish toxic chemical release form reporting thresholds for toxic chemicals that may present a significant risk to children's health or the environment. Amends the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA) to require EPA, acting jointly with the Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), to publish a list of substances toxic to children because of their carcinogenic, neurotoxic, or reproductive toxic effects. Requires EPA to implement strategies for chemical testing and risk assessment. Requires manufacturers and importers of such substances to report to the CPSC on such substances. Authorizes private citizens to bring a civil action in the U.S. district court for specified violations of FHSA or this Act. Establishes a penalty fund. Requires EPA, in collaboration with HHS, to establish a block grant program for state testing and removal of pollutants from schools and day care centers.
Bill· SS. 4008 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial and technical assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority to assist in planning, designing, conducting preconstruction activities for, and constructing the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System. Limits the federal share of the cost of any activity to 75%. Provides that the total cost of the System shall include any costs incurred by the Authority on or after October 1, 2003, for System development. Makes the Authority responsible for annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. Directs the Authority to develop an operation, maintenance, and replacement plan that establishes rates and fees necessary to ensure that the System is properly maintained and capable of delivering approximately 16,500 acre-feet of water per year. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act until such plan is developed and until the Secretary and the Authority have complied with applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Directs the Secretary to consult with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the Authority in preparing any required biological assessment under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Bill· SS. 4006 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006
Imagery, Mapping, and Geospatial Enhancement Act of 2006 - Amends the Technology Administration Act of 1998 to include among the functions of the Office of Space Commercialization promoting growth and advancement in U.S. space and airborne remote sensing technologies and related value-added services by: (1) examining the role of, and federal agency use of, commercial remote sensing firms, facilitating a reduction in the use of government remote sensing products and services, and increasing the use of commercial remote sensing firms; (2) promoting the objectives of the U.S. Commercial Remote Sensing Space Policy, particularly provisions on relying on U.S. capabilities and developing a long-term relationship between the government and the U.S. commercial remote sensing community; (3) creating an environment in which all such firms have the opportunity to compete and expand; (4) evaluating federal and private sector efforts to assist such firms and making recommendations to promote their establishment and growth; (5) serving as the focal point for complaints and suggestions concerning federal activities that affect such firms; (6) counseling such firms on government relations; (7) proposing needed changes in federal policies; (8) representing such firms before government agencies; (9) involving such firms in developing federal procurement strategies; (10) disseminating information about the use of remote sensing and the capabilities of such firms; (11) making recommendations to assist the development and strengthening of such firms.
Bill· SS. 4023 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006
McGee Creek Project Pipeline and Associated Facilities Conveyance Act - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the McGee Creek Authority all U.S. rights to the pipeline and any associated facilities described in the Agreement Between the United States and McGee Creek Authority for the Purpose of Defining Responsibilities Related to and Implementing the Title Transfer of Certain Facilities at the McGee Creek Project, Oklahoma. Excludes the mineral estate from the conveyance. Provides that any rights and obligations under a specified contract between the Authority and the United States for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the McGee Creek Project shall remain in force. Requires the Secretary to complete any actions required under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the National Historic Preservation Act before such conveyance.
Bill· SS. 4039 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006
Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) promulgate regulations necessary to reduce the aggregate net levels of global warming pollution emissions; and (2) establish a market-based emissions cap and global warming pollutants trading program. Establishes the Climate Reinvestment Fund. Requires EPA to: (1) establish, and revise every five years, standards for passenger vehicle emissions; and (2) research global climate change standards and processes. Sets forth requirements for retail electricity suppliers and EPA concerning: (1) energy efficiency and peak load reduction; (2) a related trading system; (3) renewable energy types and sources; and (4) a renewable energy credit program and related penalties. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to establish standards for accrediting certified reductions in carbon dioxide emission through biological sequestration activities. Requires major stationary sources to report annually to EPA about global warming pollutant emissions. Directs the National Academy of Sciences to report biennially to EPA and Congress about U.S. progress in avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Replaces specified volumes of renewable fuel required in gasoline for 2006-2012 with benchmarks for 2010, 2020, and 2030 and a requirement that EPA determine the volume for each year not specified annually. Requires the Secretary of Energy to ensure that major oil companies that sell gasoline in the United States through wholly-owned or branded stations provide pumps that dispense E-85 fuel at specified percentages. Creates a related trading program. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to double the new qualified fuel cell motor vehicle credit, the new advanced lean burn technology motor vehicle credit, and the conservation credit. Creates a new plug-in hybrid motor vehicle credit and an advanced technology motor vehicles manufacturing credit. Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to: (1) require securities issuers to inform investors of financial and economic risks relating to global warming; and (2) declare that U.S. commitments to reduce emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are considered to be a material effect and that global warming constitutes a known trend. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to establish a National Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience Program and an Office of Climate Change Vulnerability and Resilience Research.
Bill· SS. 4009 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006
Environmental Justice Enforcement Act of 2006 - Amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to declare that discrimination based on disparate impact under federally assisted programs (including exclusion from participation and denial of benefits) is established only if a person aggrieved by discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin demonstrates that: (1) a covered entity has a policy or practice causing a disparate impact on that basis and fails to demonstrate that the challenged policy or practice is related to and necessary to achieve the nondiscriminatory goals of the program or activity alleged to have been operated in a discriminatory manner; or (2) a less discriminatory alternative policy or practice exists, but the covered entity refuses to adopt it. Authorizes an aggrieved person to: (1) bring a civil action in federal or state court to enforce such person's rights; and (2) recover equitable relief, attorney's fees, and costs. Makes the effective date of this Act retroactive to April 24, 2001.
Bill· HRH.R. 6308 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006
Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial and technical assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority to assist in planning, designing, conducting preconstruction activities for, and constructing the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System. Limits the federal share of the cost of any activity to 75%. Provides that the total cost of the System shall include any costs incurred by the Authority on or after October 1, 2003, for System development. Makes the Authority responsible for annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. Directs the Authority to develop an operation, maintenance, and replacement plan that establishes rates and fees necessary to ensure that the System is properly maintained and capable of delivering approximately 16,500 acre-feet of water per year. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act until such plan is developed and until the Secretary and the Authority have complied with applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Directs the Secretary to consult with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the Authority in preparing any required biological assessment under the Endangered Species Act of 1973.
Bill· HRH.R. 6261 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006
Mercury Reclamation Act of 2006 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with the Secretary of Transportation, to: (1) review storage, transportation, tracking and packaging requirements as they pertain to mercury-bearing solid waste; and (2) promulgate regulations governing the tracking, storage, packaging, record keeping, and reporting on the shipments of mercury-bearing waste. Requires such regulations to ensure the ability to track the generation, treatment, and disposal of mercury wastes and require accountability for waste generators and treatment, storage, and disposal facilities to identify and document wastes and comply with treatment and disposal requirements. Requires the Administrator to promulgate packaging standards to prevent the release of mercury and mercury vapor during the transportation and storage of mercury-bearing wastes. Exempts from the standards wastes generated by households, until such wastes are received by a treatment, storage, or disposal facility. Provides for enforcement through compliance orders. Requires, with certain exemptions, that each person who generates any solid waste which consists of a device that contains mercury integral to its function: (1) take steps to insure that such waste is treated to reclaim the mercury; or (2) transfer such waste to another person who has accepted responsibility for such reclamation. Requires the Administrator to develop a voluntary compliance program to maximize the collection of mercury-containing exempted items. Requires the Administrator to re-evaluate the 100 kg/month exemption from hazardous waste standards for small quantity generators. Requires the treatment standards applicable to all hazardous waste containing mercury in concentrations of 260 mg/kg or more to require the recovery of mercury from such waste prior to land disposal using a technology approved by the Administrator. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) limit the organic content of such waste that may be subjected to mercury recovery technologies; (2) limit the use of such technologies for radioactive wastes; (3) issue variances and exceptions to the required use of such technologies, based on feasibility of mercury recovery; and (4) revise such treatment standards to incorporate the capabilities of the most advanced available mercury recovery technologies. Authorizes appropriations for mercury programs.
Bill· HRH.R. 6275 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 September 2006
Health Equity and Justice Act of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to provide for: (1) establishment of the Robert T. Matsui Center for Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Healthcare; (2) programs to improve language access to health care for individuals with limited English proficiency; and (3) programs to improve health care for patient populations that have low functional health literacy. Provides for the establishment of: (1) a national working group on workforce diversity; (2) a technical clearinghouse on health workforce diversity; (3) a health and healthcare disparities education program; and (4) an Advisory Committee on Health Professions Training for Diversity. Requires federal health-related programs to: (1) require the collection of data on the race, ethnicity, and primary language of each applicant for and recipient of health-related assistance; and (2) analyze such data to detect racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. Renames the Office of Minority Health as the Office of Minority Health Disparity Elimination. Requires the Indian Health Service (IHS) to be administered by an Assistant Secretary of Indian Health (in place of the Director of IHS), who shall report directly to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires four specified federal agencies to each establish an Office of Minority Health and Racial, Ethnic, and Primary Language Health Disparities Elimination. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) an Office of Minority Health within the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and (2) an Office of Minority Affairs within the Office of the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Establishes the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice and the Federal Environmental Justice Advisory Committee. Provides for grants to establish health empowerment zone programs in communities that disproportionately experience disparities in health status and health care.
Question· writtenPQ 320asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
320 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those qualifying for shared ownership loans, who opt to buy out the remaining equity in their property in any year subsequent to taking out the mortgage will automatically activate the claw back in full, whereas, those who can avail of a loan from a financial institution are not so penalised; the way this compares with the terms offered to the recipients of the various private sites or affordable housing schemes available to residents in the Dublin area; the way in which it transpires that some financial institutions are in a position to offer a mortgage at a repayment rate of up to €200.00 per month below that available through shared ownership loans involving approximately 50 percent of the equity, with the balance by way of rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 319asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
319 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason mobile phone companies have been allowed to place microwave transmitters on buildings in Huntstown west Dublin, metres from a primary school.
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Question· writtenPQ 318asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
318 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be issued with a top-up payment for the purchase of bog; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 317asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
317 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a rural cottage for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be approved by his Department.
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Question· writtenPQ 316asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
316 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps which are being taken by his Department to ensure a sewerage scheme is installed in the Achill Sound area of County Mayo which will service the full community and which will be affordable to the community and serve future generations; his views on whether these steps are necessary in view of the fact that it is on the cards for 15 years and that the polluter pays principle means that it is making the scheme economically impossible; if he will review this situation; if he will consider meeting with the group to outline the possibilities available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 315asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
315 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person who has been investigated by a county council for alleged dumping will find out who reported the concerns to the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 314asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
314 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application (details supplied); if he will approve the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 313asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
313 Mr. Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction an application for funding for a fire station (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if he will ensure that the project is included in the 2007 programme of works as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 312asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
312 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the moneys allocated to his Department in this year’s Estimates will be fully and appropriately spent during 2006; if he has identified any allocated moneys which are not needed by his Department; and if so the amount of such moneys.
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Question· writtenPQ 311asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
311 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reports that have been issued regarding poor water quality in Ireland’s waterways in the past year; if such reports refer to the dumping of excretion from cruise boats in Ireland’s waterways; if not, why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 310asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
310 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results of the review of the 5-year Action Plans on Social and Affordable Housing by county; if the original targets for these plans have been met; the areas these targets were not met; the strategy he proposes in response to the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 122asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
120 Mr. Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Garda recording of changed car ownership is several months in arrears and that as a result fixed penalty fine notices are being issued by Gardaí to former rather than current car owners where ownership has changed and that former owners receiving such notices are required to complete a ceased to be owner form for the Garda on each occasion when a fixed penalty fine is issued; his views on whether out of date Garda records could impede proper identification of victims in the event of road accidents involving cars with changed ownership; the reason the Garda does not access the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government’s up to date records of car ownership changes pending improvement in their own records; if he will discuss this waste of Garda resources, and inconvenience to the public, with Garda authorities with a view to remedying the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2006
110 Mr. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Ministers who have taken delivery of hybrid or clean energy cars; if he has requested or obtained such a vehicle; the plans he and the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government and the Minister for Transport are developing for public sector clean energy fleets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Bill· SS. 3991 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2006
Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for: (1) crop disaster assistance for qualifying quantity or quality losses for the 2005 or 2006 crop due to weather or related conditions (including disease, insects, and delayed harvest; (2) livestock assistance for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses; (3) livestock indemnity payments for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses (including wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and anthrax); (4) ewe lamb replacement and retention; (5) sugar beet disaster assistance for crop year 2005; (6) sugarcane growers in Hawaii through a payment to an agricultural transportation cooperative in Hawaii; (7) flooded crop and grazing land in the Devils Lake basin, the McHugh, Lake Laretta, and Rose Lake closed drainage areas, North Dakota; and (8) bovine tuberculosis indemnification. Directs the Secretary to make grants to state agriculture departments or comparable agencies in qualified states for direct economic loss payments to eligible small businesses. Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to carry out emergency measures under: (1) the emergency watershed protection program; (2) the emergency conservation program, including wildfire recovery efforts; and (3) the environmental quality incentives program, including wildfire recovery efforts. Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to hire additional state and county Farm Service Agency personnel to expedite the delivery of agricultural disaster and economic assistance.
Bill· SS. 3967 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2006
Trade Agreement Assessment Act - Directs the International Trade Commission (ITC) to report periodically to Congress on each free trade agreement in force with respect to the United States, including: (1) its effect on the U.S. economy and on specific U.S. industry sectors; (2) a summary of how each country that is party to such agreement has changed its labor and environmental laws; and (3) whether the agreement is making progress in achieving the objectives of the Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002.
Bill· SS. 3969 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2006
Lead Poisoning Reduction Act of 2006 - Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to establish a Select Group on Lead Exposure. Requires the Group to: (1) conduct a study of state, tribal, and local programs to protect children from exposure to lead at child-occupied facilities constructed before January 1, 1978; (2) develop baseline standards such programs must meet to receive a grant under this Act; and (3) develop a model program to protect children from exposure to lead at such facilities that can be adopted by state, local, and tribal governments. Requires the model program to meet or exceed standards that require facilities to be notified as soon as practicable after a child is diagnosed with lead poisoning and to be tested for the presence of lead upon receiving such notification. Directs the Administrator to: (1) establish a program to provide grants to assist such facilitites in carrying out activities to protect children from lead exposure; (2) promulgate regulations requiring such facilities to test applicable exposure pathways for lead, prohibiting states and Indian tribes from issuing a license to such facilities until the testing is complete and the exposure to lead is eliminated, and requiring all child-occupied facilities to eliminate the risk of exposure to lead through applicable exposure pathways; and (3) apply regulations governing lead-based paint activities to contractors and workers engaged in the renovation, remodeling, or painting of such facilitates and to establish a program to provide information and training about those activities to them.
Bill· HRH.R. 6251 (109th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2006
Requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to provide health care benefits for workers who: (1) have been employed by a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor to perform duties under a contract for environmental remediation, waste management, decontamination and decommissioning, maintenance, security, and administrative activities at the Fernald Closure Project (Harrison, Ohio), the Mound Closure Project (Miamisburg, Ohio), or the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Golden, Colorado); and (2) would have qualified for health care benefits available for retirees had the individual's employment not been terminated as a result of the accelerated closure of the site.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 1058 (109th)open
United States · United States Congress · 28 September 2006
Congratulates Dr. Edgar Wayburn on his 100th birthday and commends his lifelong dedication to preserving the environment.
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