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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1090 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his definition of sheltered housing. [19820/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1089 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allay the concerns of many people that asbestos water pipes are unsafe for the end user; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19810/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1088 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing a system of refundable deposits on beverage containers as part of the shift in priorities regarding waste management as outlined in the Programme for Government. [19783/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1087 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the powers at his disposal regarding the creation or amendment of a special amenity area order; if land subject to such an order must already be zoned high amenity or agricultural or if it can already be zoned residential with planning permission approved; if an SAAO amendment or creation requires new legislation on each occasion or other instrument; the special amenity areas created or amended over the past 15 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19780/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1086 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an offer of affordable housing has been withdrawn from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if same is in accordance with equality legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19743/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1085 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people seeking social and affordable housing in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19717/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1084 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number on the housing waiting list in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19716/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1163 Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received Kildare County Council’s contract documents for the expansion of the Osberstown waste treatment plant. [21033/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1083 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of an application by a local authority (details supplied) for funding to upgrade a waste water treatment system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21334/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1125 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which he will introduce legislation which will allow the sale of the local authority flats to sitting tenants. [20396/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1082 Deputy Catherine Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a decision has been made on the Dublin City Council tenant purchase scheme; when this decision will be made public; when tenants will be able to purchase the maisonettes in which they live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21198/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1145 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1534 of 27 September 2006, when the person will be issued with their top-up payment for the purchase of special area of conservation bog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20876/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1081 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 31 May 2006, when the person from County Mayo will be awarded the top-up payment; the reason for the ongoing delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21194/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1080 Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of on the spot litter fines that were handed out in Clondalkin and Lucan, County Dublin in 2006 and to date in 2007. [20939/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1079 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to implement a reporting system which would act as an indicator or early warning system of any potential slowdown or over pricing in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20252/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1170 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review or change electoral boundaries for the local elections in 2009. [21111/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1131 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the local authority electoral areas in view of the recent census.. [20441/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1078 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a review (details supplied) will take place. [20121/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1077 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a review (details supplied) will take place. [20120/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1076 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a review (details supplied) will take place. [20119/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1075 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20029/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1074 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which the new national building standards will be introduced as outlined in the June 2007 Programme for Government. [19937/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
1073 Deputy Áine Brady asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his policy on the requirements for planning permission for solar panels; if planning permission is required to install solar panels to private dwellings; if his Department has future proposals in relation to these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19852/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
763 Deputy Paul Connaughton asked the Minister for Education and Science the stage the proposed building of the new school at Aughim, Ballinasloe, County Galway is at; if her attention has been drawn to the poor state of the school, that the teachers and pupils operate in a very poor environment not conducive to learning, and that there is a very suitable site available for the new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20513/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
754 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education and Science if extra educational facilities such as one to one teaching will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare with a view to meeting the concerns of their parents and ensuring the best possible educational environment for the children; if she will ensure same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20480/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
660 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps farmers can take if they are unhappy with the advice or workings of their REP scheme planner; if REP scheme planners can be reported to her Department; if there is a form of redress for a REP scheme planner who did not work in the best interests of a farmer; her plans to regulate this market and the way complaints against REP scheme planners are handled. [20481/07]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2007
108 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has been in communication with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding a waiver system for refuse charges incurred by elderly people; the nature of that communication; the response received by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21089/07]
United States · United States Congress · 26 September 2007
Federal Emergency Meth Lab Cleanup Funding Act of 2007- Makes funding available from the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund for payment to designated State, local, or tribal law enforcement, environmental, or health entities for experts and consultants needed to clean up areas formerly used as methamphetamine laboratories. Allows payment of up to 90% of cleanup costs on private property if the property owner: (1) did not know of the existence or operation of the methamphetamine laboratory before law enforcement action to close it; or (2) notified law enforcement not later than 24 hours after discovering the existence of such laboratory.
Austria · National Council · 25 September 2007
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Vollziehung des Pflanzenschutzmittelgesetzes 1997 für das Jahr 2006
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2007
Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and with the involvement of other federal agencies, state and local health departments, and an advisory committee, to establish and operate a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, expand, and coordinate among existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; (2) provide for public access to an electronic national database that accepts data from the State Environmental Public Health Network (established by this Act), subject to privacy requirements; (3) prepare and periodically publish a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Status Report and a Coordinated Network Health and Environment Report; (4) operate and maintain National Environmental Health Rapid Response Services; (5) provide technical assistance; and (6) develop minimum standards and procedures for data collection and reporting. Authorizes: (1) states to apply for grants to implement pilot projects to develop State Environmental Public Health Network enhancements and programs; and (2) the Secretary to award grants to at least five accredited schools or programs of public health for Centers of Excellence. Directs the Secretary: (1) to award John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships to eligible students enrolled in accredited schools of public health or medicine; and (2) through the CDC Director, to enter into cooperative agreements to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in state and local health departments and to expand CDC biomonitoring data collection.
United States · United States Congress · 24 September 2007
Superfund Reinvestment Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code by reinstating until January 1, 2018, the Hazardous Substance Superfund financing rate and the corporate environmental income tax.
Austria · National Council · 21 September 2007
Bericht des Umweltausschusses über den Antrag 276/A der Abgeordneten Karlheinz Kopf, Petra Bayr, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Immissionsschutzgesetz-Luft geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 21 September 2007
Bericht des Umweltausschusses über den Antrag 7/A der Abgeordneten Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Immissionsschutzgesetz-Luft geändert wird (IG-L-Novelle 2006)
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2007
Fresh Produce Safety Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to establish standards for good manufacturing practices for the minimal processing of produce, including standards related to sanitation and water. Requires the Secretary to provide for unannounced inspections of processing facilities to determine if produce processed in the facilities is in compliance with the requirements of this Act. Directs the Secretary to establish general standards for good agricultural practices for the production of raw agricultural commodities, including requirements related to manure, animals, water, and environmental conditions. Gives officers and employees duly designated by the Secretary the authority to inspect appropriate facilities to determine compliance with the standards for good agricultural practices. Directs the Commissioner of Food and Drugs to establish and maintain an active surveillance system to assess the frequency and sources of human illness in the United States associated with the consumption of fresh produce. Directs the Commissioner and the Secretary of Agriculture to design and implement a national public education program on food safety relating to produce. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct research to assist in the implementation of this Act and the requirements of the FFDCA that relate to produce. Requires the Secretary to establish procedures for equivalency with foreign countries that intend to export raw agricultural commodities and minimally processed produce to the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2007
Sewage Overflow Right-to-Know Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to direct owners or operators of publicly owned treatment works to: (1) institute an alert system for sewer overflows; (2) notify the public of such overflows in areas where human health is potentially affected within 24 hours; (3) immediately notify public health authorities and other affected entities; and (4) provide specified reports to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or the state. Makes the alert systems eligible for state water pollution control revolving fund assistance.
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2007
Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2007 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and with the involvement of other federal agencies, state and local health departments, and an advisory committee, to establish and operate a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network. Directs the Secretary to: (1) identify, expand, and coordinate among existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure; (2) provide for public access to an electronic national database that accepts data from the State Environmental Public Health Network (established by this Act), subject to privacy requirements; (3) prepare and periodically publish a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Status Report and a Coordinated Network Health and Environment Report; (4) operate and maintain National Environmental Health Rapid Response Services; (5) provide technical assistance; and (6) develop minimum standards and procedures for data collection and reporting. Authorizes: (1) states to apply for grants to implement pilot projects to develop State Environmental Public Health Network enhancements and programs; and (2) the Secretary to award grants to at least five accredited schools or programs of public health for Centers of Excellence. Directs the Secretary: (1) to award John H. Chafee Public Health Scholarships to eligible students enrolled in accredited schools of public health or medicine; and (2) through the CDC Director, to enter into cooperative agreements to train and place applied epidemiology fellows in state and local health departments and to expand CDC biomonitoring data collection.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 September 2007
Austria · National Council · 19 September 2007
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Ulrike Lunacek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten betreffend Konsequenzen der Vereinbarung über zivile nukleare Kooperation zwischen den Vereinigten Staaten und Indien auf das multilaterale Abrüstungs- und Rüstungskontrollvertragssystem sowie die diese Vereinbarung betreffende österreichische Position in der Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) und der Internationalen Atomenergieorganisation (IAEO)
Austria · National Council · 19 September 2007
Bericht des Rechnungshofausschusses betreffend den Bericht (III-50 d.B.) des Rechnungshofes, Reihe Bund 2007/4; Band 4 - WIEDERVORLAGE
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2007
Recreational Boating Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (popularly known as the Clean Water Act) to redefine the term "pollutant" to exclude any deck runoff from a recreational vessel, any engine cooling water, gray water, bilge water effluent from a properly functioning recreational marine engine, laundry, shower, and galley sink waste from a recreational vessel, or any other discharge incidental to the normal operation of a recreational vessel. Declares that such exclusion does not apply to rubbish, trash, garbage, or any other similar material discharged overboard by a recreational vessel. Defines "recreational vessel" to mean a vessel that is: (1) manufactured for operation, or operated primarily for recreational purposes; or (2) leased, rented, or chartered to an individual for recreational purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 18 September 2007
Fountainhead Property Land Transfer Act - Transfers administrative jurisdiction over specified federal land in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, within the boundary of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (the Tribe) to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall take such land into trust for the benefit of the Tribe. Requires: (1) the Tribe to pay fair market value for the land; and (2) all costs and administrative expenses associated with the transfer of administrative jurisdiction of the land and the taking of it into trust, including any environmental remediation costs, to be paid by the Tribe.
Austria · National Council · 17 September 2007
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Gesundheit, Familie und Jugend betreffend Veterinärjahresbericht 2005 und 2006 - Schlachttier- und Fleischuntersuchungen in Österreich
Austria · National Council · 17 September 2007
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Stückelungsabsichten bei der UVP <i>(Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung)</i> zur A 26 (Linzer <i>Autobahn)</i> (Westring)
Austria · National Council · 17 September 2007
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Kunstschnee: Wasserzusatzstoffe für Schneekanonen
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 2007
Declares any water hose that contains more than 15 parts per billion lead to be a banned hazardous product within the meaning of the Consumer Product Safety Act. Authorizes the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to revise such standard to a lower level it determines can be achieved, based on the best available scientific and technical information.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 13 September 2007
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 September 2007
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 September 2007
Austria · Federal Council · 10 September 2007
Anfrage der Bundesräte Dr. Franz Eduard Kühnel, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundeskanzler betreffend aufklärungsbedürftige Aussagen des Bundeskanzlers in Israel <i>(hinsichtlich atomarer Raketenpläne des Iran)</i>
United States · United States Congress · 5 September 2007
Declares that there should be a day known as National Hunting and Fishing Day and that the President should issue a proclamation calling on the people of the United States to observe such a day. Encourages participation in hunting and fishing. Commends the contributions of hunters and fishermen toward the scientific management of wildlife and conservation of the natural environment.