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Austria · National Council · 30 September 2011
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Rainer Widmann, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Umsetzung der Rechnungshof-Empfehlungen zur Klimastrategie
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2011
180 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health in the absence of a funding stream under the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government for tenancy sustainment support, if he will ensure that rehabilitation and recovery teams are adequately resourced to provide ongoing support to persons with a mental health problem to enable them to live independently in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26677/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2011
140 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who hold multiple or more than one State agency board position; their total remuneration; the number of board memberships said persons hold and their names in tabular form. [27203/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2011
139 Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when approval will be given to Galway County Council to proceed with the preparation of contract documents for the Oughterard sewerage scheme; if he has received the design review report requested from Galway County Council four months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26842/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2011
138 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will publish the documentation that is acceptable proof for taxing a vehicle for commercial use. [26838/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2011
137 Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will allocate additional funds to County Kerry for the housing aid for older people scheme, to allow for essential repairs and improvement works to be carried out to the homes of the elderly. [26786/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2011
136 Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to overturn the local needs legislation to allow landowners in rural areas to sell land to buyers outside their immediate family circle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26784/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2011
135 Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the tender documents have been received for the Donegal Bay waste water management scheme group B waste water treatment plants; and if not, when he expects to receive same. [26782/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2011
132 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo Borough Council in its application for funding for the Cranmore regeneration project for 2011 sought funding in respect of improvement works to facilitate the pedestrianisation of O’Connell Street, Sligo; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the former Minister of State with responsibility for housing approved funding of €500,000 for said improvement works; if he has recently received correspondence form Sligo Borough Council indicating that the improvement works will not proceed in the current year and, rather than return the €500,000 to his Department if Sligo Borough Council may use the €500,000 for alternative remedial works on local authority and private housing in the Cranmore estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26719/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2011
134 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the personnel that participated in the meeting in Ballymote, County Sligo on 20 May 2011, at which he discussed the financial position and funding challenges facing Sligo County Council; if minutes or notes were taken at the meeting; if he or his Department have any record, report or documentation in respect of this meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26755/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2011
131 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Sligo County Council has had the highest overall deficit balance of all county and city councils, as outlined in their respective annual financial statements for the financial years ending 31 December 2008, 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2010, that Sligo County Council had a deficit of €2,815,649 for the year ending 31 December 2008, a deficit of €3,232,961 for the year ending 31 December 2009 and a deficit of €2,463,505 for the year ending 31 December 2010 and on the 31 December 2010 Sligo County Council had a total closing overall deficit balance of €9,981,616; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the council increased its overdraft facility from €5 million to €7.5 million in March 2011 and is now seeking approval from him to further increase its overdraft from €7.5 million to €11 million; if he intends to continue approving increased overdraft facilities for Sligo County Council; if he is satisfied that the council’s finances are being managed in a sustainable manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26694/11]
European Union · European Parliament · 29 September 2011
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 29 September 2011
Kabinetsreactie op het onderzoeksrapport van Blonk Milieu Advies
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2011
116 Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the supports provided by him towards the implementation of the Julianstown village design statement pilot project, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26560/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2011
115 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of promotions from age 63 years to retirement that were given to senior civil servants from higher executive officer grade to secretary general grade over the past ten years; if he will provide a breakdown by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26538/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2011
114 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the regulations governing funfairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26531/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2011
113 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork City Council and Sligo Borough Council have received funding from the sustainable communities fund for the employment of community wardens; and his plans to continue funding the employment of the community wardens through urban renewal schemes and regeneration schemes when the sustaining communities fund is discontinued. [26523/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2011
112 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding persons who have fled the family home being included on local authority waiting lists; if he is insisting that spouses or partners who have left the family home on foot of violence, abuse or intimidation must produce evidence to a local authority that they have commenced proceedings for a legal separation prior to being included on a housing waiting list; the regulations that apply in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26490/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2011
111 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the restrictions placed on Leader funding companies involved in food preparation, production or processing; if his further attention has been drawn to the damage that this is causing to small companies seeking funding in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26487/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2011
110 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewage scheme for Glenties, County Donegal; if this scheme will be funded through the water capital project 2010-13; the estimated commencement date for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26463/11]
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 28 September 2011
Brief van de vaste cie voor ELI bij de openbaarmaking van het onderzoeksrapport 'Economische verduurzaming voedselproductie" in het kader van het Toekomstonderzoek, uitgevoerd door Blonk Milieu Advies in samenwerking met het Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken en Van Latensteijn Consultancy
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
453 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when payment of the 2010 agri-environment option scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26301/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
367 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has submitted a strategy statement to him, as specified under the 1997 Public Service Management Act and if so, will he publish the statement. [26396/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
366 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has compiled information on the level of rent arrears owed by tenants to local authorities around the country; and if he will make this information available. [26341/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
365 Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangement made to issue grant payments approved by Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta to an applicant (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26333/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
364 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to reports that certain landlords who have multiple units in houses are reported to be registering fewer tenancies than the actual number of units rented; if the Private Residential Tenancies Board has any means of investigating these reports; if the PRTB is proactive in determining the number of units in houses which are subdivided; and if the PRTB has established liaison or information sharing procedures with the local authorities to ensure payment of non principle private residence tax. [26311/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
363 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government arising from the increase in the landfill levy from €30 to €50 per tonne, whom he envisages paying the additional charge, the customers or waste collection firms. [26302/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
362 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that commercial waste collectors have, from the 1 September 2011, increased the charge to domestic customers for the collection of 240 litre general waste bins by approximately 15%; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that commercial waste collectors are claiming the increase is due to the increase in the landfill levy; his plans to alleviate the costs for families and persons on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26296/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
361 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the year in which the current contract for each of the 34 city and county managers will expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26295/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
360 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the severance lump sum paid to county managers when they retire; the amount of added years of service included when calculating the retirement package for county managers; if other local authority employees are treated in the same manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26294/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
359 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount, in euro, of the public contracts agreed for 2009 and 2010 that went to small Irish companies ten employees or less, medium 10-50 employees and large Irish companies; and the amount, in euro, that went to non Irish companies. [26293/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
358 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount in euro local government contracts were worth to private companies in the years from 2007 to 2011. [26292/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
357 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Home Bond is refusing to carry out remedial works at a project (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the reason commitment of 13 October 2010 to carry out these works is not being honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26249/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
356 Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government notwithstanding the Civil Service circular No. 28, if he will provide a list of the current pay of each senior civil servant from higher executive officer to Secretary General in his Department broken down by grade; the pension entitlements of each and any other emoluments they are entitled to receive upon reaching retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26235/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
355 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend or review the Building Control Act 2007 to take account of persons who have long practised as architects but who do not meet the requirements of the Act; his plans to provide for an independent investigation into the appropriateness and fairness of the Act as it applies to such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26220/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
354 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the system of employing presiding officers and polling clerks for polling stations along the lines of recruitment for census enumerators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26189/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
353 Deputy Willie O’Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received proposals from Limerick City Council concerning alterations to the regeneration master plan; when he expects to be in a position to revert to the council on this matter; and if he is treating this as urgent. [26163/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
352 Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that planning applications continue to be adjudicated and decided on since the European Court of Justice ruling, Judgement C/50/09, about Ireland’s transposition and implementation of the environmental impact assessment directive. [26156/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
351 Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Arklow main drainage and sewerage scheme now that the Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26142/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
350 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to date on advancing the proposed fire station for Bundoran, County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26140/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
349 Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to encourage and stimulate the production and use of Irish produced bio-fuels in place of imported petroleum products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26102/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
348 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 20 September 2011, when funding will be handed over to Kerry County Council to start work on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26022/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
347 Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty that businesses are experiencing in reletting premises that have rates arrears attached from previous tenants which automatically transfer; if the county manager has any discretion in such cases when the arrears are clearly preventing a new tenant from leasing a premises which ultimately leads to an increasing number of vacant units and decreasing revenue streams for the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25977/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
346 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that Cavan County Council complied with the European Court of Justice ruling under the waste directive on septic tanks, if he will confirm that persons in County Cavan will be free from the registration and inspections charges; and if persons in County Cavan will be subject to the monitoring scheme. [25962/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
344 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will propose a review of the 2009 Environmental Protection Agency septic tank code of practice and ensure that a standard is proposed that allows rural people in counties Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo, Kerry, Galway, Mayo and Limerick to live in their own community. [25960/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
345 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will introduce a retrofit scheme for septic tanks to assist households with grant aid; and if he has any proposals for such a scheme. [25961/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
343 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the overall cost of the septic tank charge on rural Ireland. [25959/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
342 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if there will be a re-registration of septic tanks after the initial registration; and will there be a charge to households for this re-registration. [25958/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
341 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason persons who have received outline planning permission for which they carried out a test for waste water treatment are now being forced to carry out another water waste treatment test before they can receive full planning permission for their property. [25917/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2011
339 Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of employees in his Department who have expressed an interest in retiring ahead of the changes to the public sector pension schemes that are to come into force in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25784/11]