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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
767 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a decision (details supplied) was made by him or as a Cabinet decision. [29722/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
757 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify his statement (details supplied); the other related projects he is referring to in the statement; his plans for the development of Cork Docklands; the time scale and cost that will be involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29618/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
756 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding Ireland’s Kyoto targets; if he will support and push for higher targets at EU level leading into the talks in Copenhagen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29608/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
755 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question Nos. 603 and 604 of 22 April 2009, the status of these proposals; the date by which he expects each of these proposals to be fully completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29578/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
754 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on amending the constitution to lower the age limit for election to Dáil Éireann from 21 years to 18 years and the Presidency from 35 years to 18 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29576/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
753 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will release funding to Kildare County Council to meet requirements in respect of disabled persons grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29488/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
752 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin County Council is changing the waste collection permits for private waste operators operating in the Dublin area in order that it can direct the commercial waste of private operators to incineration as well as domestic waste; his views on whether this is a threat to private operators jobs and that it is not likely to stop the private sector investing in this area when the country is in need of further investment and job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29401/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
751 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for sewage waste water treatment plants in the Fingal County Council area; the amount of funding that will be set aside for the proposed plant at an area (details supplied) in County Dublin; when this plant will be commissioned; if it will be subject to cutbacks and delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29398/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
750 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social houses provided in the past five years; the number of affordable houses provided over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29397/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
749 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the building plans and quantity of social houses and affordable houses for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 by local authority area; the funding set aside for such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29396/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
748 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants at the end of June 2009 on the social housing lists and affordable housing lists in each local authority area in tabular form; the total of each category nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29395/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
747 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29380/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
746 Deputy Enda Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding granted to Mayo County Council for the scheme for housing aid for older people, the housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and the mobility aids housing grant to date in 2009; the amount of these allocations issued to Mayo County Council; if 2010 allocations have been decided upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29365/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
745 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of inspections carried out on privately rented properties by local authorities where the minimum standards were not met nationally; the breakdown for each city and county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29359/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
744 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of inspections carried out by local authorities on privately rented properties by city and county councils; the number of cases taken to Court over the past year; the amount of money raised to date in 2009 from fines imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29358/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
743 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation in place to assist residents in private housing estates who are experiencing difficulties with their neighbours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29356/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
742 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the need to prevent environmental damage from quarrying on the hill of Slane, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29334/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
741 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken following the judgement of the European Court of Justice on Ireland’s failure to carry out an environmental impact assessment in respect of the Derrybrien wind farm project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29333/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
740 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken to protect Scragh Bog and Garriskil Bog in relation to proposals to upgrade the M4 from Mullingar to Roosky; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29332/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
739 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support he will provide to voluntary housing schemes which provide housing units for returning Irish emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29331/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
738 Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff in his Department, including all authorities, agencies or other institutions under the aegis of his Department, who have applied for the incentivised early retirement scheme and the incentivised career break scheme; the number who have been made redundant in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29310/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
737 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will provide Roscommon County Council with final approval for the completion of the capital works and treatment plans on the amalgamated group water schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29271/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
736 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will provide Roscommon County Council with final approval for the water treatment plants under the regional supply upgrade programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29270/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
735 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will provide Roscommon County Council with final approval for the waste water treatment plants under the Roscommon towns and villages sewerage scheme which form part of the Water Services Investment Programme 2007 to 2009; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29269/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
734 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question No. 174 of 26 February 2009, if he will provide the 2009 allocations; if additional funds will be provided to deal with the backlog; the number awaiting approval in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29264/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
733 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people who have applied for housing aid for older people, mobility aids grants and housing adaption grants in Dublin and outside Dublin; the number whose applications were successful; the amount of money released under the schemes in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28908/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
732 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date an appeal was lodged by Dublin Port against an order for the introduction of a special protection order on part of Dublin Bay; the action he will take to deal with this appeal; the system for conducting the hearing and obtaining input from interested parties; the time frame within which appeals must be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28906/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
731 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are regulations governing the use of security cameras when they have the capacity to invade the privacy of adjoining residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28905/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
730 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he made submissions to the McCarthy group on potential savings in his Department; the contents of the submissions made; if the McCarthy group made proposals to him; the contents of the proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28896/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
729 Deputy Michael D’Arcy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of fines issued for litter offences in Counties Wicklow, Wexford, Kildare, Meath and Louth in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28866/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
728 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding efforts to address all outstanding issues for pyrite affected home owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28865/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
727 Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28859/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
726 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff employed by his Department in County Louth by location; if such staff are permanent, temporary, part time or on fixed contracts and so on; the accommodation used by such staff and if same is owned, leased or otherwise rented by his Department; the cost of same per annum; if leased, when such lease expires; his proposals to close, amalgamate or expand his Department’s presence in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28850/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
725 Deputy Frank Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will expedite payment to farmers who have opted to sell bogland under special areas of conservation and national heritage areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28842/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
724 Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the water services investment projects South Tipperary County Council has applied for funding for; the stage these projects are at; the amount of funding required to complete each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28836/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
723 Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of waste water treatment projects that South Tipperary County Council has applied for funding for in tabular form; the stage these projects are at; the amount of funding required for each project,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28835/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
722 Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application from Newbridge Town Council, County Kildare, to change the status of that council; and when he will make a decision regarding same. [28834/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
721 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Housing Finance Agency is applying interest rates of the order of 11% to local authority loans despite the reductions in European Central Bank interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28833/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
720 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minter for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the incremental purchase scheme as presented in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 will be applicable, on its commencement, to existing residents of voluntary housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28806/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
719 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to support the establishment of a wilderness park in the north midlands cut away bogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28790/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
718 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the decision to ban turf cutting on 32 designated bogs in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28781/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
717 Deputy Tom Hayes asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing a small business rate relief scheme similar to the one that has been introduced in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29383/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
716 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is not allowed to vote in a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29378/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2009
218 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children the way the capitation grant for the new childcare and education scheme was drawn up given the cost of rent, rates, staff and so on; and if she took into account the higher cost environment in Dublin; if a national curriculum for the programme is being considered; the number of childcare services and Montessori schools who have volunteered to participate in the programme; the number of schools who have shown an interest in the programme; the number of pupils involved in Dublin and outside Dublin; when the deadline will be; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28916/09]
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2009
Mercury Pollution Reduction Act - Declares that is the policy of the United States that the United States should develop policies and programs that will reduce: (1) mercury use and emissions; (2) mercury releases from the reservoir of mercury currently in use or circulation; and (3) exposures to mercury, particularly of women of childbearing age and young children. Amends the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit: (1) the manufacture of chlorine or caustic soda using a mercury cell; and (2) the export of any mercury, mercury cell, mercury compound, or mixture containing mercury by the owner or operator of a chlor-alkali facility. Requires the owner or operator of each chlor-alkali facility to report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and the state in which the facility is located on mercury waste, emissions, and content in products. Requires the Administrator to: (1) conduct a comprehensive mercury inventory covering the life and closure of chlor-alkali facilities that cease operations on or after January 1, 2009; and (2) obtain mercury purchase records and such other information from each such facility as the Administrator determines to be necessary to determine the magnitude and nature of mercury releases from the facility into air and other environmental media.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2009
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for FY2010. Appropriates funds to the Department of the Army, Corps of Engineers-Civil, for: (1) civil functions pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration (including the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri); (2) the regulatory program pertaining to navigable waters and wetlands; (3) the formerly utilized sites remedial action program for clean-up of early atomic energy program contamination; and (4) the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of the Interior for: (1) the Central Utah Project; and (2) the Bureau of Reclamation, including for water and related natural resources, the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund, and the California Bay-Delta Restoration. Makes appropriations for FY2010 to the Department of Energy (DOE) for energy and science programs, including: (1) energy efficiency and renewable energy; (2) electricity delivery and energy reliability; (3) nuclear energy and nuclear waste disposal; (4) fossil energy research and development; (5) naval petroleum and oil shale reserves; (6) the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve; (7) the Energy Information Administration; (8) non-defense environmental cleanup activities; (9) the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund; (10) science activities; (11) the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Loan Program; (12) the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program; (13) departmental administration; (14) Office of the Inspector General; (15) the National Nuclear Security Administration and atomic energy defense weapons activities; (16) defense nuclear nonproliferation activities; (17) naval reactors activities; (18) Office of the Administrator in the National Nuclear Security Administration; (19) defense environmental cleanup; (20) Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal; and (21) other defense activities. Approves specified expenditures from the Bonneville Power Administration Fund. Makes FY2010 appropriations for operation and maintenance of: (1) the Southeastern Power Administration; (2) the Southwestern Power Administration; (3) the Western Area Power Administration; (4) the Falcon and Amistad Operating and Maintenance Fund; and (5) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Makes FY2010 appropriations to: (1) the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; (3) the Delta Regional Authority; (4) the Denali Commission; (5) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), including the Office of Inspector General; (8) the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and (9) the Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2009
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010 - Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the Department of the Treasury. Executive Office of the President Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the Executive Office of the President. Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts and related offices. District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2010 - Makes appropriations for FY2010 for the District of Columbia. Makes appropriations for FY2010 for: (1) the Administrative Conference of the United States; (2) the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation; (3) the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); (4) the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC); (5) the Election Assistance Commission; (6) the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); (7) the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); (8) the Federal Election Commission (FEC); (9) the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA); (10) the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); (11) the General Services Administration (GSA); (12) the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Trust Fund; (13) the Merit Systems Protection Board; (14) the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation; (15) the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); (16) the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA); (17) the Office of Government Ethics; (18) the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); (19) the Office of Inspector General; (20) the Office of Special Counsel; (21) the Postal Regulatory Commission; (22) the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board; (23) the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (24) the Selective Service System; (25) the Small Business Administration (SBA); (26) the United States Postal Service; and (27) the United States Tax Court. Specifies certain uses and limits on or prohibitions against the use of funds appropriated by this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2009
21 Century FHA Housing Act of 2009 - Amends the National Housing Act to declare that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs (HUD) is not subject to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 when insuring any mortgage for a one-family unit in a multifamily project that holds an undivided interest in the common areas and facilities which serve the project (condominium). Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) appoint and fix the compensation of HUD personnel; and (2) use certain funds to maintain an appropriate level of investment in information technology in order to upgrade HUD technology systems used in carrying out personnel-related functions. Requires the Secretary to: (1) establish a comprehensive training and education program to improve certain HUD services to users of Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgage insurance programs; and (2) conduct an ongoing review of delinquencies among recent single family housing mortgage originations. Amends the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 to direct the Secretary to implement procedures that analyze mortgage performance during the mandatory random review of mortgagees of mortgages on one- to four-family residences who potentially present a high risk to the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of HUD, and the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency should use their authorities under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, and other statutory and regulatory authorities to provide financial support and assistance to facilitate increased warehouse credit capacity by qualified warehouse lenders. Urges that such financial support and assistance: (1) be used only to expand the amount of credit or lending capacity made available to qualified mortgage lenders by qualified warehouse lenders in order to fund residential mortgage loans; and (2) be provided in a form and manner which might include direct loans, guarantees, credit enhancement, and other incentives. Amends the National Housing Act to authorize the Secretary to implement alternative insured mortgage foreclosure avoidance demonstration programs, including methods involving short sales and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and even partial or full payment of insurance benefits to the mortgagee.
United States · United States Congress · 9 July 2009
Healthy Communities Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make five-year grants to community partnerships for programs to combat obesity. Sets forth eligibility requirements. Provides for an executive council and a steering committee. Requires a community obesity prevention program to address all the different components of fighting obesity and to include: (1) physical exercise and a physical activity environment; (2) nutritional counseling and nutritional environment activities; (3) education to provide to the community information about the importance of eating healthily and maintaining a balanced diet and of being physically fit and to provide strategies for addressing varying individual capabilities to attain physical fitness; and (4) an evidence-based curriculum using the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) Ways to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition (We Can) program and curriculum to guide the program. Requires a program to: (1) make use of evidence-based practices, strategies, programs, and policies in designing program guidelines; (2) develop a communications plan that involves the entire community; (3) have both in-school and workplace wellness programs; and (4) identify a Wellness Coordinator. Requires the executive council and the steering committee to: (1) perform an assessment of the obesity problem in each respective community; and (2) work with the Wellness Coordinator to lay out achievable short- and long-term goals for reducing childhood obesity. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prohibit a community partnership from using the grant to pay for administrative expenses, with exceptions; and (2) give preference in selecting grant recipients to communities with high levels of obesity and related chronic diseases.
Austria · National Council · 8 July 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Gerald Grosz, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend die Bestellung der Leiterin der Bundesanstalt für Bergbauernfragen