Environment

148. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of approvals given to date under the home choice loan scheme; the number of loans paid out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39895/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

148. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of approvals given to date under the home choice loan scheme; the number of loans paid out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39895/12]

147. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if the rules in relation to the maximum size of property eligible under the home choice loan scheme are absolute in all cases or whether there are any exceptions allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39894/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

147. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if the rules in relation to the maximum size of property eligible under the home choice loan scheme are absolute in all cases or whether there are any exceptions allowed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39894/12]

146. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the reason that he did not allow registration forms for persons registering their septic tanks to be available in post offices which would have been a convenient way for members of the public to access these forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39864/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

146. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the reason that he did not allow registration forms for persons registering their septic tanks to be available in post offices which would have been a convenient way for members of the public to access these forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39864/12]

145. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on waste water treatment plants in County Limerick; the outstanding applications that have been received from Limerick County Council to his Department; the reports that have been made available by the Environmental Protection Agency in respect of the operation of plants in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39710/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

145. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the progress that has been made on waste water treatment plants in County Limerick; the outstanding applications that have been received from Limerick County Council to his Department; the reports that have been made available by the Environmental Protection Agency in respect of the operation of plants in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39710/12]

144. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if funding will be made available to Kerry County Council to allow for the building of a single rural cottage in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39707/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

144. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if funding will be made available to Kerry County Council to allow for the building of a single rural cottage in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39707/12]

143. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to review the planning and development regulations with a view to amending the regulations in which applicants are required to place planning notices in a national newspaper for proposed developments of a minor scale, such as an extension to a house; in view of the fact that the cost of placing such a notice is very costly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39706/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

143. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to review the planning and development regulations with a view to amending the regulations in which applicants are required to place planning notices in a national newspaper for proposed developments of a minor scale, such as an extension to a house; in view of the fact that the cost of placing such a notice is very costly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39706/12]

142. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the rights that householders have in cases in which a neighbour's tree is hanging dangerously over the householder's house or property; if local authorities have the power to intervene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39676/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

142. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the rights that householders have in cases in which a neighbour's tree is hanging dangerously over the householder's house or property; if local authorities have the power to intervene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39676/12]

141. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the status of the provision to allow the sale of local authority flats as provided for in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39675/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

141. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the status of the provision to allow the sale of local authority flats as provided for in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39675/12]

140. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he has any difficulty with the provision in standard residential letting contracts whereby owners of private residential property can legally pass on local service charges such as the household charge and the non-principal private residence charge to tenants. [39904/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

140. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he has any difficulty with the provision in standard residential letting contracts whereby owners of private residential property can legally pass on local service charges such as the household charge and the non-principal private residence charge to tenants. [39904/12]

139. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will confirm that there will be eight bands with regard to the property tax and if band A is to take the lowest value of a property at €150,000 if he will explain the position in relation to properties, of which there are many, which will be valued at less than €150,000; his proposals with regard to these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39853/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

139. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will confirm that there will be eight bands with regard to the property tax and if band A is to take the lowest value of a property at €150,000 if he will explain the position in relation to properties, of which there are many, which will be valued at less than €150,000; his proposals with regard to these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39853/12]

138. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if the proposed property tax to be introduced next year will recognise and give credit to householders who are paying management charges in housing estates that have not yet been taken in charge by the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39835/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

138. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if the proposed property tax to be introduced next year will recognise and give credit to householders who are paying management charges in housing estates that have not yet been taken in charge by the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39835/12]

137. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he intends to continue with the non-principal private residence charge on second homes when the residential property tax is introduced in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39832/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

137. Deputy Brian Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he intends to continue with the non-principal private residence charge on second homes when the residential property tax is introduced in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39832/12]

136. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when the expert report on the property tax conducted by Dr. Thornhill will be published; if a job impact assessment has been conducted on the introduction of a property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39711/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012

136. Deputy Peter Mathews asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when the expert report on the property tax conducted by Dr. Thornhill will be published; if a job impact assessment has been conducted on the introduction of a property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39711/12]

A bill to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline.

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2012

Declares that no presidential permit shall be required for a specified pipeline application filed on May 4, 2012, by TransCanada Corporation to the Department of State for the northern portion of the Keystone XL pipeline from the Canadian border to the South Dakota/Nebraska border. Considers the final environmental impact statement regarding such pipeline issued by the Secretary of State on August 26, 2011, to satisfy all requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. States that nothing in this Act affects the ongoing work of the state of Nebraska with regard to the fully intrastate portion of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2012

Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2012 - Authorizes any person, entity, or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to propose the regulation of nonnative wildlife taxa. Requires FWS to determine whether the proposal should be approved within 180 days. Requires FWS to promulgate regulations to: (1) specify the criteria for regulating a nonnative taxon as an Injurious I taxon or Injurious II taxon that is injurious to humans, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, wildlife, or wildlife resources; (2) establish a process for assessing and analyzing the risks of taxa that may have been imported into or found in interstate commerce; and (3) designate a wildlife taxon that was previously designated as injurious by statue or the Secretary of the Interior as an Injurious I or Injurious II taxon. Requires the Secretary, five years after enactment of this Act, to: (1) define the phrase “non-native wildlife taxa novel to the United States”; (2) establish a process to ensure that all such taxa are thereafter reviewed by FWS to determine whether they should be regulated as Injurious I or Injurious II taxa prior to allowing their importation; and (3) seek to avoid, in promulgating such regulation, creating a new incentive for animal importers to import novel taxa prior to the effective date of such regulation. Requires FWS, prior to designating a taxon as an Injurious I or Injurious II taxon, to prepare a risk determination. Authorizes FWS to immediately and temporarily designate a nonnative wildlife taxon as Injurious I if an emergency exists because such unregulated taxon poses an imminent threat of harm to individuals in, or wildlife of, the United States or to the U.S. economy or environment. Requires FWS to: (1) establish an electronic, publicly available database that describes all quantities of imports of all live wildlife and the regulatory status of such wildlife; (2) monitor and report on the identities and quantities of nonnative wildlife taxa being imported; and (3) make more rapid determinations on proposals for regulation of importations or shipments of injurious mammals, birds, fish, amphibia, and reptiles under the Lacey Act by requiring the Secretary to forego time-consuming optional administrative steps that are not essential and by authorizing the Secretary to forego economic impact analyses. Gives the Secretary the primary authority to prevent the importation of, and interstate commerce in, wildlife pathogens and harmful parasites. Requires the Secretary to promulgate regulations to impose import restrictions to prevent the importation of, and commerce in, such pathogens and parasites. Establishes exemptions to such requirement. Prohibits any person from: (1) importing or knowingly possessing such an Injurious I or Injurious II taxon, or the descendant of such an animal, that was imported in violation of this Act; (2) engaging in interstate commerce for or knowingly possessing such an animal that was transported in interstate commerce in violation of this Act; and (3) releasing any such taxon into the wild. Sets forth exemptions from such prohibitions. Authorizes FWS to issue permits to qualified institutions to authorize actions otherwise prohibited for such taxon. Establishes civil and criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Requires the Secretary to adopt a fee to be charged on imported live wildlife shipments, excluding shipments made by qualified institutions for scientific, veterinary, or medical research, education, conservation outreach, or display purposes. Establishes the Injurious Wildlife Prevention Fund to carry out this Act.

Restoring Effective Environmental Protection Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2012

Restoring Effective Environmental Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act [CWA]) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state from requiring a permit under CWA for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of: (1) a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under FIFRA; or (2) the residue of the pesticide, resulting from the application of the pesticide. Excepts: (1) a discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of a provision of FIFRA relevant to protecting water quality if the discharge would not have occurred without the violation or if the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation; (2) stormwater discharges regulated under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); and (3) discharges of manufacturing or industrial effluent, treatment works effluent, and discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel. Directs the Administrator to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) the status of intra-agency coordination between the Office of Water and the Office of Pesticide Programs of EPA regarding streamlining information collection, standards of review, and data use relating to water quality impacts from the registration and use of pesticides; (2) an analysis of the effectiveness of current regulatory actions relating to pesticide registration and use aimed at protecting water quality; and (3) recommendations on how FIFRA can be modified to better protect water quality and human health.

Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2012

Great Lakes Ecosystem Protection Act of 2012 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to include as a purpose of such Act to achieve the goals established in the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan (Action Plan), the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy (Strategy), and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 (Agreement) through: (1) improved organization and definition of mission on the part of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); (2) the funding of grants, contracts, and interagency agreements for protection, restoration, and pollution control in the Great Lakes area; and (3) improved accountability. Expands the duties of the Great Lakes Program Office to include coordinating with the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force (Task Force), established by this Act. Requires the Administrator of EPA to establish the Great Lakes Advisory Board to provide advice and recommendations to the Administrator on matters pertaining to Great Lakes restoration and protection. Finds that the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (Initiative), which commenced in 2010, is designed to: (1) identify programs and projects that are strategically selected to target the most significant environmental problems in the Great Lakes ecosystem; (2) be based on the work of the Task Force and the Advisory Board, stakeholders, and nongovernmental partners; and (3) represent the government's commitment to significantly advancing Great Lakes protection and restoration. Requires the Initiative to prioritize work done by non-federal partners using funding made available for the Great Lakes for priority areas for each fiscal year, such as: (1) the remediation of toxic substances and areas of concern, (2) the prevention and control of invasive species and their impacts, (3) the protection and restoration of near-shore health and the prevention and mitigation of nonpoint source pollution, and (4) habitat and wildlife protection and restoration. Requires that: (1) Initiative funds be used to strategically implement federal projects and projects carried out in coordination with states, Indian tribes, municipalities, institutions of higher education, and other organizations; and (2) Initiative projects be carried out on multiple levels, including local, Great Lakes-wide, and Great Lakes basin-wide. Prohibits funding made available to implement the Initiative from being used for any water infrastructure activity (other than a green infrastructure project that improves habitat and other ecosystem functions in the Great Lakes) that is implemented using funds made available under the clean water or drinking water state revolving fund program. Requires federal agencies to: (1) maintain the base level of funding for their Great Lakes activities, and (2) identify new activities to support the environmental goals of the Initiative. Authorizes appropriations for the Initiative for FY2013-FY2017. Establishes the Task Force to: (1) collaborate with Canada, provinces of Canada, and binational bodies involved in the Great Lakes region regarding policies, strategies, projects, and priorities for the Great Lakes System; (2) coordinate the development of federal policies, strategies, projects, and priorities for addressing the restoration and protection of the System consistent with the Agreement, the Action Plan, and the Strategy; (3) assist in the appropriate management of the System; (4) develop goals for the System that focus on outcomes such as cleaner water, sustainable fisheries, and biodiversity and ensure that federal policies, strategies, projects, and priorities support measurable results and are consistent with the Strategy and Action Plan; (5) exchange information regarding policies, strategies, projects, and activities of the agencies represented on the Task Force relating to the System, the Strategy, the Agreement, and the Action Plan; (6) coordinate government action associated with the System; (7) ensure coordinated federal scientific and other research associated with the System; (8) provide assistance and support to agencies represented on the Task Force in activities relating to the System; (9) establish annual priorities with respect to Great Lakes protection and restoration; and (10) review and update such Strategy and Action Plan every five years. Requires the Administrator to submit to Congress annually a comprehensive report on the overall health of the Great Lakes, including a description of the achievements in implementing the Agreement, a list of the Initiative's accomplishments, and recommendations for streamlining work of existing advisory and coordinating committees. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to submit to Congress, annually, a financial report certified by each agency that has budget authority for Great Lakes restoration activities that contains: (1) an interagency budget crosscut report, (2) a detailed accounting of all funds received and obligated by all federal agencies and state agencies using federal funds for Great Lakes restoration activities during the current and previous fiscal years, (3) a budget for the proposed projects to be carried out in the subsequent fiscal year, and (4) a listing of projects to be undertaken in the subsequent fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern in the Great Lakes, and (2) the Great Lakes Program.

Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2012

Elementary and Secondary Education Reauthorization Act of 2011 - Revises and reauthorizes programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). Title I: Ensuring College and Career Readiness for All Students - Amends title I of the ESEA to revise the school improvement program under part A. Eliminates the requirement that local educational agencies (LEAs) and schools make adequate yearly progress toward state academic performance standards or be subject to specified improvements, corrective action, or restructuring. Requires states to adopt college and career ready academic content and achievement standards and assessments in reading, mathematics, science, and English language proficiency. Requires states to adopt and implement assessments of student progress toward those standards that measure the overall performance of students in each public school and the performance of their poor, minority, disabled, and English learner subgroups. Allows states to adopt alternate academic achievement standards and assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. Allows states to measure student growth toward those standards and to develop and administer computer adaptive assessments that determine whether each student is meeting or exceeding the on-track level of performance for his or her grade level. Requires states to provide for the improvement of all schools that are low-performing overall or have low-performing student subgroups on those assessments or, in the case of high schools, low graduation rates. Subjects schools to improvement strategies if they are identified as persistently low-achieving or achievement gap schools due to their students overall or one or more of their student subgroups having among the lowest reading and mathematics scores or lowest high school graduation rates in the state. Requires each LEA that serves an achievement gap school to develop and implement a measurable and data-driven correction plan to improve the performance of the school's low-achieving subgroups. Requires LEAs to conduct a data-driven needs analysis of each of their persistently low-achieving schools and use it to select and implement, as appropriate for each school: (1) a transformation strategy, (2) a strategic staffing strategy, (3) a turnaround strategy, (4) a whole school reform strategy, (5) a restart strategy, or (6) a school closure strategy. Requires LEAs to allow students at persistently low-achieving schools to transfer to another of its public schools that has not been identified as persistently low-achieving, unless that option is prohibited by state law. Replaces the School Support and Recognition program with the Blue Ribbon Schools program that allows states to award their highest performing schools with increased autonomy, flexibility in using ESEA funds, and monetary rewards. Requires teachers to be highly-qualified if teaching a core academic subject in a program supported with school improvement funds, but makes this requirement applicable only to new teachers if the state has fully implemented a teacher and principal evaluation system. Requires LEAs to show that: (1) combined state and local per-pupil expenditures in each of their schools served under part A are not less than the average combined state and local per-pupil expenditures for their schools not served under part A; or (2) the average combined state and local per-pupil expenditures at its high-poverty schools are no less than those expenditures at its low-poverty schools, if LEAs serve all of their schools under part A. Directs the Secretary to award grants to states to develop, improve, or administer their college and career ready academic standards and assessments. Replaces part B (Student Reading Skills Improvement Grants) of title I with new Pathways to College grant programs that: (1) assist schools in implementing innovative and effective secondary school reform strategies, and (2) cover part or all of the Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) examination fee low-income students incur. Amends the program, under part C (Education of Migratory Children), providing grants to states for the education of migratory children. Requires migratory children to be given the opportunity to meet the same college and career readiness standards as other children. Amends part D (Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk)I. Requires states to ensure that students who have been placed in the juvenile justice system are promptly re-enrolled in secondary school or placed in re-entry programs that best meet their educational and social needs. Replaces part E (National Assessment of Subchapter I) with a new part E (Educational Stability of Children in Foster Care) program to facilitate the educational transition of children that move to a new school attendance area as the result of being placed in foster care, changing their foster care placement, or leaving foster care. Eliminates parts F (Comprehensive School Reform), G (Advanced Placement Programs), and H (School Dropout Prevention). Title II: Supporting Excellent Teachers and Principals - Replaces title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) with a new title II (Supporting Excellent Teachers and Principals). Strikes parts A (Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund), B (Mathematics and Science Partnerships), C (Innovation for Teacher Quality) and D (Enhancing Education Through Technology) of title II. Transfers responsibility for the operation and administration of the Troops-to-Teachers program from the Department of Education to the Department of Defense (DOD) and amends the program. Establishes a new: (1) part A (Continuous Improvement and Support for Teachers and Principals) program to train and increase the number and equitable distribution of high-quality teachers and principals; (2) part B (Teacher Pathways to the Classroom) program to support the recruitment, selection, preparation, placement, retention, and support of teachers in high-need subjects or fields at high-needs schools; (3) part C (Teacher Incentive Fund) for the development, implementation, improvement, or expansion of performance-based evaluation and compensation systems for teachers and principals; and (4) part D (Achievement through Technology and Innovation) program to enhance the use of educational technology. Title III: Language and Academic Content Instruction for English Learners and Immigrant Students - Amends title III (Language Instruction for Limited English Proficient and Immigrant Students) to refer to limited English proficient students as English learners. Amends part A (English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement Act), which provides funding to states to improve the education of English learners. Eliminates the Emergency Immigrant Education program. Authorizes Indian tribes or educational entities that receive grants under the part A program to use them for Native American immersion and restoration programs. Allows states to continue providing title III services to students who have reached the English language proficiency level if they are not yet on track to meet the state college and career readiness standards in other subjects. Revises the professional development grant program for English language instructors. Directs the Secretary to establish an independent commission on the assessment and advancement of English learners to provide the Secretary with advice regarding the education of English learners and their inclusion in state assessment and accountability systems. Strikes part B (Improving Language Instruction Educational Programs). Title IV: Supporting Successful, Well-Rounded Students - Replaces title IV (21st Century Schools) with a new title IV (Supporting Successful, Well-Rounded Students). Replaces part A (Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities) with a new Improving Literacy Instruction and Student Achievement program, which provides funding to states to improve the literacy of children from birth through grade 12. Creates a new part B (Improving Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Instruction and Student Achievement) program, providing funds to states to improve preschool and elementary and secondary school science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Establishes a new part C (Increasing Access to a Well-Rounded Education) program, which provides funding to states to increase the access of low-income students to high-quality courses in the arts, civics and government, economics, environmental education, financial literacy, foreign languages, geography, health education, history, physical education, or social studies. Establishes a new part D (Successful, Safe, and Healthy Students) program, which provides funding to states to foster comprehensive improvements to school-level conditions for learning. Revises the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program. Includes summer learning, and expanded learning time activities in the program. Requires the program to serve students who primarily attend high-need schools and schools identified as achievement gap or persistently low-achieving schools. Establishes a new part F (Promise Neighborhoods) program, awarding Promise Neighborhood Partnership grants and Promise School grants to partnerships of nonprofit organizations and high-need LEAs to provide education and student support services to children who live in distressed neighborhoods or attend high-poverty schools. Establishes a new part G (Parent and Family Information and Resource Centers) program, which provides funds to nonprofit organizations to operate state parent and family information and resource centers. Requires part I funds to support nationally significant programs that help all children meet the college and career ready academic content and achievement standards required by this Act. Title V: Promoting Innovation - Replaces title V (Promoting Informed Parental Choice and Innovative Programs) with a new title V (Promoting Innovation). Creates a new part A (Race to the Top) program that awards grants to states and high-need LEAs to carry out one or more educational goals selected by the Secretary. Lists those goals. Creates a new part B (Investing in Innovation) program to support the school innovation efforts of public schools and LEAs. Revises the Magnet Schools Assistance program under part C, which provides grants to LEAs to establish and operate magnet schools under a court-ordered desegregation plan or voluntary desegregation plan approved by the Secretary. Replaces the existing Public Charter Schools program under part B with a new Public Charter Schools program under part D. Establishes under part D: (1) a subpart 1 (Successful Charter Schools Program), to support the creation, expansion, or replication of high-performing charter schools; and (2) a subpart 2 (Charter School Facility Acquisition, Construction, and Renovation), to improve access to facilities and facilities financing for high-performing charter schools. Revises Voluntary Public School Choice Programs to support the establishment or expansion of inter- or intra-district public school choice programs that enable students attending achievement gap or persistently low-achieving schools to attend high-quality public schools, including charter schools. Title VI: Promoting Flexibility; Rural Education - Redesignates title VI (Flexibility and Accountability) as title VI (Promoting Flexibility; Rural Education). Replaces part A (Improving Academic Achievement) with a new part A (Transferability) program that allows states and LEAs to transfer funds they are allotted for state-level and local-level activities, respectively, by an ESEA formula grant to other state or LEA formula grant programs under the ESEA. Prohibits states and LEAs from transferring any funds that originate in titles I, III, VII, or VIII out of each respective title. Amends part B (Rural Education Initiatives) of title VI to give LEAs that qualify for funding under both the Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) and Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) programs the option to choose the program for which they would prefer to receive funding. Title VII: Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education - Amends title VII (Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native Education). Amends part A (Indian Education) to revise the programs under subparts 1 (Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies), 2 (Special Programs and Projects to Improve Educational Opportunities for Indian Children and Youth), 3 (National Activities), and 4 (Federal Administration). Provides support for Native American language immersion and restoration programs. Preserves the national research activities under subpart 3, but strikes: (1) the in-service training for teachers of Indian children program, (2) the fellowships for Indian students program, (3) the gifted and talented Indian students program, (4) the grants to tribes for education administrative planning and development program, and (5) the improvement of educational opportunities for adult Indians program. Revises the Native Hawaiian Education program. Includes among the approved uses of grant funds, workforce preparation and training for Native Hawaiian youth. Revises the Alaska Native Education program. Title VIII: Impact Aid - Amends title VIII (Impact Aid). Alters calculations made in determining the payments due LEAs for federal ownership of property, or for federally-connected children, within their areas. Directs the Secretary to complete Impact Aid payments to eligible LEAs within three fiscal years of their appropriation. Title IX: General Provisions - Amends title IX (General Provisions) to establish additional definitions for terms that are applicable throughout the ESEA. Allows students who are threatened by, or the victim of, a criminal offense at their public school to attend a safe public school within the LEA's jurisdiction. (Currently, this unsafe school choice option is available only to students attending schools identified as persistently dangerous or to students who become victims of a criminal offense at their public school.) Title X: Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools - Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools Act - Establishes a Commission on Effective Regulation and Assessment Systems for Public Schools. Title XI: Amendments to Other Laws; Miscellaneous Provisions - McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Reauthorization Act of 2011 [ sic ]- Amends the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to revise, and reauthorize appropriations for, the Education for Homeless Children and Youth program, which provides funds to states for the education of homeless youth. Amends the Department of Education Organization Act to establish in the Department of Education an Advanced Research Projects Agency-Education (ARPA-ED) to pursue breakthrough research and development in educational technology and provide for its effective use.

Stop RIN Fraud Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 20 September 2012

Stop RIN Fraud Act of 2012 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), by January 1, 2013, to establish and maintain a system under which: (1) the Administrator certifies, or authorizes accredited third parties to certify, upon generation, credits as valid and authentic for use by and transfer among persons required to comply with the renewable fuel program; and (2) each such certification is publicly disclosed. Requires the Administrator to treat any credit so certified as valid for compliance with such program.

Brief van de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu en de staatssecretaris van Financiën over belastingontwijking door de NS

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 20 September 2012

Brief van de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu en de staatssecretaris van Financiën over belastingontwijking door de NS

projet de loi ratifiant l'ordonnance n°2012-827 du 28 juin 2012 relative au système d'échange de quotas d'émission de gaz à effet de serre (période 2013-2020)

France · Senate · 19 September 2012

159. Deputy Ray Butler asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of the years 2009 and 2010; the same figures for any Ministers of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39641/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

159. Deputy Ray Butler asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will outline in tabular format the annual salary costs for private and constituency offices of Ministers in his Department in each of the years 2009 and 2010; the same figures for any Ministers of State in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39641/12]

158. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid a Leader grant approved to them by MFG; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

158. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be paid a Leader grant approved to them by MFG; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/12]

157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the steps he will take to deal with the fact that banks have been shown to be refusing mortgages to persons because of pyrite being present in particular estates and not the specific property, and insurance companies who are refusing cover even when remedial works have been carried out. [39617/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

157. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the steps he will take to deal with the fact that banks have been shown to be refusing mortgages to persons because of pyrite being present in particular estates and not the specific property, and insurance companies who are refusing cover even when remedial works have been carried out. [39617/12]

156. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the information kept by his Department in respect of compulsory purchase by local authorities; if there are any reporting requirements for local authorities regarding the terms of price paid, and the way price was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39602/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

156. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the information kept by his Department in respect of compulsory purchase by local authorities; if there are any reporting requirements for local authorities regarding the terms of price paid, and the way price was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39602/12]

155. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if any previous Dáil constituency configurations involved a constituency comprising the entirety or parts of four counties as proposed in the recent Boundary Report for a new constituency South Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and West/South Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39558/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

155. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if any previous Dáil constituency configurations involved a constituency comprising the entirety or parts of four counties as proposed in the recent Boundary Report for a new constituency South Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and West/South Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39558/12]

154. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of pesons who have registered their waste water systems under the Water Services Act 2012 broken down by county; the estimated total number of such systems in each county; the percentage registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39556/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

154. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the number of pesons who have registered their waste water systems under the Water Services Act 2012 broken down by county; the estimated total number of such systems in each county; the percentage registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39556/12]

153. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to ensure the retention into the future of the vital estate management projects in Fettercairn and Killinarden, Dublin 24; if he will appreciate the importance of these projects to the local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39542/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

153. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to ensure the retention into the future of the vital estate management projects in Fettercairn and Killinarden, Dublin 24; if he will appreciate the importance of these projects to the local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39542/12]

152. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans in place to implement the findings of the Keane report on mortgage to rent, where private mortgage holders who are at risk of losing their home can give up ownership of their homes to local authorities and become tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39400/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

152. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans in place to implement the findings of the Keane report on mortgage to rent, where private mortgage holders who are at risk of losing their home can give up ownership of their homes to local authorities and become tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39400/12]

151. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to replace the local authority tenant purchase scheme with a new scheme from 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39382/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

151. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans to replace the local authority tenant purchase scheme with a new scheme from 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39382/12]

150. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a practice that couples who are divorced and separated and entering a new relationship are being barred from obtaining a local authority house purchase loan or mortgage in the grounds that such loans are exclusive to first time buyers; if he recognises that such persons in a new relationship under equality law should be regarded as first time buyers notwithstanding the fact that they may have had a mortgage previously from a local authority in a previous relationship; if he will address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39374/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

150. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a practice that couples who are divorced and separated and entering a new relationship are being barred from obtaining a local authority house purchase loan or mortgage in the grounds that such loans are exclusive to first time buyers; if he recognises that such persons in a new relationship under equality law should be regarded as first time buyers notwithstanding the fact that they may have had a mortgage previously from a local authority in a previous relationship; if he will address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39374/12]

149. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if a local authority is permitted by law to take foster care allowance into account as means for rent calculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39535/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012

149. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if a local authority is permitted by law to take foster care allowance into account as means for rent calculation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39535/12]

Empower States Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2012

Empower States Act of 2012 - Amends the Safe Drinking Water Act, with respect to enforcement of drinking water regulations, to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from taking any enforcement action against a state with primary enforcement responsibility for public water systems or a company or individual within the state, unless: (1) the Administrator determines that there is an imminent and substantial danger to the public health or environment, and (2) the state failed to take corrective action. Prohibits the Administrator from amending or revoking any program of a state with partial or total primary enforcement responsibility unless the Administrator determines, by clear and convincing evidence, that the program fails to effectively protect drinking water in the state. Requires the head of a federal department or agency, before issuing or promulgating any guideline or regulation relating to oil and gas exploration and production on federal, state, tribal, or fee land pursuant to federal law or executive order, to seek comments from and consult with the head of each affected state, state agency, and Indian tribe at a location within their jurisdiction. Requires federal departments and agencies to develop Statements of Energy and Economic Impact that detail and analyze: (1) adverse effects of an action on energy supply, distribution, or use; and (2) impact on the domestic economy if the action is taken. Prohibits imposition of any new or modified oil and gas regulation unless the head of the applicable department or agency determines: (1) that the rule is necessary to prevent immediate harm to human health or the environment, and (2) by clear and convincing evidence that the state or tribe does not have an existing reasonable alternative to the proposed regulation. Requires any regulation promulgated after enactment of this Act that requires disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals to refer to the database managed by the Ground Water Protection Council and the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Sets forth procedures for judicial review of such regulations.

Vessel Incidental Discharge Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2012

Vessel Incidental Discharge Act - Requires the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating: (1) within 180 days, to establish and implement enforceable uniform national standards for the regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel into navigable waters; (2) within 180 days, to issue a final rule for the regulation of ballast water discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel; (3) within two years, to issue a rule establishing best management practices for discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel other than ballast water; (4) not less than two years before January 1, 2020, to complete a review to determine the feasibility of achieving the ballast water performance standard; and (5) by January 1, 2020, to issue a rule, subject to such feasibility review, to revise such standard so that a ballast water discharge will contain less than specified concentrations of living organisms, indicator microbes, and viruses. Applies such revised ballast water performance standard to a vessel on the first dry docking of the vessel on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than December 31, 2022. Requires the Secretary, no earlier than 10 years after the issuance of the revised rule and every 10 years thereafter, to review and revise such ballast water performance standard if such revision would result in a scientifically demonstrable and substantial reduction in the risk of the introduction or establishment of aquatic nuisance species. Authorizes the Secretary to include in such decennial review national standards for discharges other than ballast water. Requires the Secretary to initiate a rulemaking to revise such national standard if such revision would substantially reduce the impacts on navigable waters of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel other than ballast water. Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing a revised standard unless it is at least two orders of magnitude more stringent than the performance standard in effect on the date that the review is completed. Prohibits manufacturers of ballast water treatment technology for a vessel from selling, introducing, delivering for interstate commerce, or importing such technology for sale unless it has been certified under this Act. Sets forth a certification process and certification criteria, including effectiveness, vessel compatibility, effects on vessel safety, environmental impact, and cost effectiveness. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a ballast water treatment technology if it: (1) uses a biocide or generates a biocide that is a pesticide, unless the biocide is registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) or the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator, has approved the use of the biocide in such technology; or (2) uses a biocide or generates a biocide the discharge of which causes or contributes to a violation of a water quality standard under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act.) Prohibits the use of a ballast water treatment technology by an owner or operator of a vessel unless it has been certified by the Secretary. Sets forth exceptions to such requirement. Sets forth exemptions from permit requirements, prohibitions of any other law, and discharge standards under this Act for specified discharges and vessels. Authorizes the Secretary to promulgate regulations establishing alternative programs for compliance with ballast water discharge regulations for specified vessels. Directs the Administrator, within one year, to promulgate standards for: (1) the reception of ballast water from a vessel into a reception facility, and (2) the disposal or treatment of such ballast water. Establishes this Act as the exclusive statutory authority for federal regulation of discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel to which this Act applies.

FUELS Act

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2012

Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act or the FUELS Act - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, to require certification of compliance with such rule by: (1) a professional engineer for a farm with an individual tank with an aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons, an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of at least 42,000 gallons, or a history that includes a spill, as determined by the Administrator; or (2) the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons and no history of spills. Directs the Administrator to exempt from all requirements of such rule any farm with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of 10,000 gallons or less and no history of spills. Excludes from the aggregate storage capacity of a farm all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity of less than 1,320 gallons.

Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2012

Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011 [ sic ] - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from: (1) promulgating a revised or new water quality standard for a pollutant when the Administrator has approved a state water quality standard for such pollutant unless the state concurs with the Administrator's determination that the revised or new standard is necessary to meet the requirements of such Act; (2) taking action to supersede a state's determination that a discharge will comply with effluent limitations, water quality standards, controls on the discharge of pollutants, and toxic and pretreatment effluent standards under such Act; (3) withdrawing approval of a state program under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), limiting federal financial assistance for a state NPDES program, or objecting to the issuance of a NPDES permit by a state on the basis that the Administrator disagrees with the state regarding the implementation of an approved water quality standard or the implementation of any federal guidance that directs the interpretation of such standard; and (4) prohibiting the specification of any defined area as a disposal site for the discharge of dredged or fill material into navigable waters and denying or restricting the use of such area as a disposal site in a permit if the state where the discharge originates does not concur with the Administrator's determination that the discharge will result in an unacceptable adverse effect on municipal water supplies, shellfish beds, and fishery areas. Shortens the period in which the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service must submit comments with respect to a general dredge and fill permit application. Requires the Administrator and other agencies to submit comments on an application for a general permit or a permit to discharge into navigable waters at specified disposal sites within 30 days (or 60 days if additional time is requested) after the date of receipt of such application. Applies this Act to actions taken on or after this Act's date of enactment, including actions taken with respect to permit applications that are pending or revised or new standards that are being promulgated. Requires the Administrator to report on any increase or reduction in waterborne pathogenic microorganisms (including protozoa, viruses, bacteria, and parasites), toxic chemicals, or toxic metals (such as lead and mercury) in waters regulated by a state under this Act. Prohibits this Act from being construed to limit the authority of the Administrator to regulate a pipeline that crosses a streambed. Requires the Administrator, before issuing a regulation, policy statement, guidance, response to a petition, or other requirement or implementing a new or substantially altered program under this Act, to analyze the impact, disaggregated by state, of such action on employment levels and economic activity. Directs the Administrator to: (1) post such analysis on EPA's website; (2) request that the governor of any state experiencing more than a de minimis negative impact on employment levels or economic activity (a loss of more than 100 jobs or a decrease in economic activity of more than $1 million) post such analysis in the state's Capitol; (3) hold a public hearing in each state where such action will have more than a de minimis negative impact; and (4) give notice of such impact to states' congressional delegations, governors, and legislatures.

Simulated Tactical Flight Training Study Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2012

Simulated Tactical Flight Training Study Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to provide for an appropriate federally funded research and development center to study the effectiveness of simulated tactical flight training in a sustained gravity environment.

A resolution designating September 29, 2012, as "National Estuaries Day".

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2012

Designates September 29, 2012, as National Estuaries Day. Acknowledges the importance of estuaries to sustaining employment and U.S. economic well-being and prosperity. Expresses the intent of the Senate to continue working to understand, protect, and restore U.S. estuaries.

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2012

United States · United States Congress · 19 September 2012

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Reauthorizes and revises the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to appoint 28 directors (currently, 23) that are knowledgeable and experienced in matters relating to conservation of fish, wildlife, or other natural resources and represent a balance of expertise in ocean, coastal, freshwater, and terrestrial resource conservation. Removes limitations on the appointment of such Foundation's officers and employees. Requires the Foundation's Executive Director to be appointed by and serve at the direction of the Board as the chief executive officer and to be knowledgeable and experienced in matters relating to fish and wildlife conservation. Gives the Foundation the power to receive and administer restitution and community service payments, amounts for mitigation of impacts to natural resources, and other amounts arising from legal, regulatory, or administrative proceedings, subject to the condition that the amounts are received or administered for purposes that further the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, plants, and other natural resources. Repeals provisions authorizing the Foundation to establish a national whale conservation endowment fund. Authorizes appropriations for the Foundation for FY2012-FY2017. Authorizes the Foundation to: (1) assess and collect fees for the management of amounts received from federal agencies; and (2) use such federal funds for matching contributions made by private persons, state and local agencies, and other entities (current law requires such use).

Communication from the Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons

European Union · Council of the European Union · 19 September 2012

Umweltbelastung durch Feuerwerkskörper 2011/2012

Austria · National Council · 18 September 2012

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Umweltbelastung durch Feuerwerkskörper 2011/2012

Lärm: negative Auswirkungen auf Tiere und Pflanzen

Austria · National Council · 18 September 2012

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Johann Maier, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend betreffend Lärm: negative Auswirkungen auf Tiere und Pflanzen

1436. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the total payments made to farmers in County Monaghan in 2010 and 2011 under the REP scheme and the agri environment option scheme; the level of payments to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39353/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2012

1436. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the total payments made to farmers in County Monaghan in 2010 and 2011 under the REP scheme and the agri environment option scheme; the level of payments to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39353/12]

1435. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the total payments made to farmers in County Cavan in 2010 and 2011 under the REP scheme and the agri environment option scheme; the level of payments to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39352/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2012

1435. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the total payments made to farmers in County Cavan in 2010 and 2011 under the REP scheme and the agri environment option scheme; the level of payments to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39352/12]

1427. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the budget allocation for the REP scheme and agri environment option schemes in the past three yerars; the amount paid out each year for both schemes, including the payments to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39175/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2012

1427. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the budget allocation for the REP scheme and agri environment option schemes in the past three yerars; the amount paid out each year for both schemes, including the payments to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39175/12]

1418. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38810/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2012

1418. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the position regarding a REP scheme payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38810/12]

1396. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine when payment will issue on an agri environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38106/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2012

1396. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine when payment will issue on an agri environment option scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38106/12]

1389. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his plans to put together a new agri environment options scheme for farmers for the remainder of 2012; the steps he has taken on the matter; the meetings he has had with farming organisations on the issue; if funding been secured to resource the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37908/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2012

1389. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his plans to put together a new agri environment options scheme for farmers for the remainder of 2012; the steps he has taken on the matter; the meetings he has had with farming organisations on the issue; if funding been secured to resource the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37908/12]

1383. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine when he intends re-opening the agri-environment options scheme; if this scheme, when re-opened, will be open to farmers on non Natura 2000 sites; if it is proposed to retain the stonewall maintenance option at €0.50 per meter up to a maximum of €2,000 as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37891/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2012

1383. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine when he intends re-opening the agri-environment options scheme; if this scheme, when re-opened, will be open to farmers on non Natura 2000 sites; if it is proposed to retain the stonewall maintenance option at €0.50 per meter up to a maximum of €2,000 as part of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37891/12]

1353. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if a scheme is being devised to replace agri-environment option scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36976/12]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2012

1353. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if a scheme is being devised to replace agri-environment option scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36976/12]