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Question· writtenPQ 392asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
428 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outcome of the meeting which he indicated, in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 554 of 16 May 2006, that he was holding on that date with the managers of Limerick City, Limerick County and Clare County Councils regarding possible boundary changes in Limerick; and if changes which would see the three estates of Moyross which are not currently within the city council area become part of Limerick city were discussed.
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Question· writtenPQ 391asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
427 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made on the location of the count for the next general election for the Carlow-Kilkenny constituency; the person who makes this decision; and if the count could be held in County Carlow at the next general election as it has been held in County Kilkenny for the last number of general elections.
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Question· writtenPQ 390asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
426 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the directive he has issued on the draft framework plan for a project (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 389asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
425 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate funding for the construction of a new fire station at Kilmacthomas, County Waterford.
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Question· writtenPQ 388asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
424 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses that have been funded by his Department and completed in Waterford city and Waterford county in each of the past five years.
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Question· writtenPQ 387asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
423 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the application by a group (details supplied) in County Louth for capital funding for a women’s refuge in Drogheda to his Department under the capital assistance scheme and the National Lottery fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 386asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
422 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has at any stage issued a circular to local authorities regarding the conditions and standards which social housing which the local authority is re-allocating must meet; and if he will make available any such circular which has been issued in the past ten years.
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Question· writtenPQ 385asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
421 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of an application for sale of a bog by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 384asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
419 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statistics available on the amount of moneys paid to local authorities by way of development levy and charges for each year from 2000 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 383asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
418 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the register of electors based on the revised Dáil Éireann constituencies will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 382asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
416 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 298 of 29 January 2003 if the property that was held by a company (details supplied) on Haulbowline Island under a lease dated 22 May 1996 and made between the Minister for Finance, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and the company has been disclaimed through the courts following the voluntary liquidation of a company; the situation regarding the ownership or control of this property; the size of the property; his future plans for the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 381asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
415 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action a person can take regarding the noise pollution from jet skis that are operating off the prom in Clontarf as they are disturbing children at 9.30 pm; and if he will advise on this matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 380asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
414 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that under the State lands initiative, local authorities should give some of their land to provide lands in the context of the affordable housing initiative; his views on whether community zoning could be a simple system if it is prioritised by the Government and as stated to this Deputy that this could be a simple operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 121asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
155 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the Building Regulations for the Conservation of Fuel and Energy to increase the energy efficiency required for nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 120asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
152 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the preparations being made to release additional funding to local authorities in counties that have shown a strong pattern of population growth following the publication of the preliminary census results; if same will result in a relaxation of the staffing cap where it is deemed necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 119asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
151 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he accepts that many local authorities are unable to fund necessary and urgent repairs to their social housing stock from their own resources; and if additional funds will be made available to local authorities to enable them to carry out these necessary repairs.
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Question· writtenPQ 118asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
150 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether local authorities should not be using the rental accommodation scheme as an alternative to the construction and provision of social housing for those people within their local authority area who have been identified as being in need of social housing.
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Question· writtenPQ 117asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
149 Ms Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date on which he expects the complete and full policy statement on building sustainable communities to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
148 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the formal registration of legal options to purchase lands would improve the transparency of the planning and development process.
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Question· writtenPQ 115asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
145 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the extent to which local authorities are meeting the needs of their tenants in respect of necessary repairs to the social housing stock.
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Question· writtenPQ 114asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
144 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department’s sectoral plan to improve disability services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 113asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
143 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views in relation to the Irish Business Against Litter initiative on litter; if he intends to take action; if so, the form same will take; if he has corresponded with local authorities in relation to the survey specifically and litter generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
417 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of all of the social housing schemes for which his Department made funding level adjustments in order to eliminate duplication where funding was provided by Sustainable Energy Ireland for energy efficiency measures, detailing in all cases, the scheme name, proposed scheme funding and scheme funding after Sustainable Energy Ireland grants were accounted for.
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Question· writtenPQ 111asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
140 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of all of the social housing schemes for which his Department made funding level adjustments in order to eliminate duplication where funding was provided by Sustainable Energy Ireland for energy efficiency measures, detailing in all cases, the scheme name, proposed scheme funding and scheme funding after Sustainable Energy Ireland grants were accounted for.
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Question· writtenPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
138 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of the 10,000 affordable houses which were part of the Government commitments under sustaining progress that are completed; and the number expected to be completed by the end of the period covered by the sustaining progress agreement.
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Question· writtenPQ 109asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
137 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the race against waste campaign.
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Question· writtenPQ 107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
135 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed reviewing the role and structure of audit committees which can be established under section 122 of the Local Government Act 2001; if he has issued guidelines in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
134 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a capital assistance scheme category within his Department of refuges, homeless hostels or such type accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
133 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in conjunction with all local authorities, he will establish accessible collection points to address the backlog of farm plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
132 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the need to reduce CO2 emissions from domestic and non domestic buildings; and if he will increase with immediate effect the standards for energy performance of new buildings.
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Question· writtenPQ 103asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
131 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the protection of Ireland’s architectural heritage local agenda 21.
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Question· writtenPQ 102asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
127 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to issue guidelines for or direction to local authorities to deal with illegal quarries.
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Question· writtenPQ 101asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
124 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government intends to replace rent supplement with housing benefit in view of the Comptroller and Auditor General expressing concern regarding the rise in the cost of rent supplement and the assertion of the report that there was little incentive in the scheme to keep rents low.
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Question· writtenPQ 100asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
123 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in the allocation of blue flags for beaches here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 99asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
147 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps the Government has taken to prepare for the real threat of a nuclear disaster at Sellafield; the role the Army has in the Government’s plan; how often the national emergency committee has met in each of the past five years; when the national emergency plan was drawn up; when it was last updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 98asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
146 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps the Government has taken to prepare for the real threat of a nuclear disaster at Sellafield; the role the army has in the Government’s plan; the number of times the national emergency committee has met in each of the past five years when the national emergency plan was drawn up; when it was last updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 97asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
120 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to circulate to all households here, the updated information leaflet on national planning for nuclear emergencies.
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Question· writtenPQ 96asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
119 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the role of Repak in the collection of waste packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 95asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
118 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will provide guidance to local authorities in drawing up policies on developer contributions to flood defence works to meet their obligations under the draft of guidelines for planning authorities on development plans; and if he will comment on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 94asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
117 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of strategic action plans which are currently in place here to deal with the specifically threatened species; and the initiatives which have been put in place to draw up and implement such strategic action plans in response to the call by the European Commission in May 2006 to do so.
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Question· writtenPQ 93asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
115 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has drawn up proposals to tax cars on their greenhouse gas emissions as opposed to their engine size; and when he expects to be in a position to bring such proposals to the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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Question· writtenPQ 92asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
433 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the communication which has taken place between himself and local authorities in relation to the crisis in respect of the electoral register; the steps that are proposed to deal with this problem; the funding which has been committed by his Department to deal with the crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 91asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
126 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has estimated the additional cost associated with providing a more accurate 2007 electoral register.
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Question· writtenPQ 90asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
121 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures taken to ensure that local authorities have access to other State databases for the purpose of increasing the accuracy of the electoral register; the databases which have been identified as relevant; the Government Departments or State agencies which have been approached; and if any have agreed to date to make their databases available.
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Question· writtenPQ 89asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
113 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to establish an updating and maintenance system for the electoral register in order that the level of inaccuracies is not allowed to happen again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 88asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
112 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he intends to ensure that legitimate voters are not deleted off the electoral register under the Government’s plan to update the register in autumn 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 87asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
111 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that his Department circulars are not readily available on his Department’s website and that there is no central holding space for all circulars issued by his Department, he will make available on his Department’s website full details of all circular letters issued by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 86asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
109 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses short of the national development plan targets the country will be by the end of 2006, not withstanding the recent announcement of extra money allocated for housing purposes in June 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 85asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
108 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the response of each planning authority to circular letter PD 1/06 regarding their policy in relation to taking in charge of estates on a planning authority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 84asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2006
106 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the way in which he is tackling noise pollution.
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