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Austria · National Council · 30 June 2011
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Heinz-Peter Hackl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Arbeit, Soziales und Konsumentenschutz betreffend Gesundheitsrisiken durch das Unkrautvernichtungsmittel "Roundup" des Saatgutproduzenten Monsanto <i>(Verwendung von Glyphosat)</i>
Austria · Federal Council · 30 June 2011
Anfrage der Bundesräte Martin Preineder, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Gesundheit betreffend BSE <i>(Bovine spongiforme Enzephalopathie/Rinderwahn)</i> -Sperrgebiete für Zuchtrinderexporte in die Türkei
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
161 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when an overdue payment under the agri-environment option scheme for 2010 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford. [18094/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
147 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will increase the penalties that will apply to landlords who fail or refuse to register their properties and tenancies with the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18114/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
146 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the cut off date that applies to the current tenant purchase scheme for council tenants; if he will confirm that a maximum 45% discount is available; if the 20 year stipulation applies regarding the re-sale of the property; if it is intended that the scheme will be replaced by an incremental purchase scheme; if so, when will this be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18108/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
145 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding funding for the insulations of local authority houses in 2011, in view of the fact that many tenants were afraid to turn on storage heaters during the last cold spell this winter, as they remembered the cost of same during winter 2010, when electricity bills for two months were in excess of €700, as in County Longford there are over 400 local authority houses with electrical storing heating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18102/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
144 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a better estates scheme to encompass non-council unfinished estates in which residents’ associations have been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18101/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
143 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will instruct local authorities to relax the regulations in relation to signage being used by businesses to promote their premises or businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18098/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
142 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied). [18042/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
141 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 16 June 2011, the classes of property that fall under the waiver scheme for commercial rates under the provisions of the Local Government (Rates) Act 1970, as referred to in the second part of his answer of 16 June 2011; if he or his predecessor have consented to any such schemes in the past seven years and if he has considered extending this scheme to classes or stages of business activity, for example, new businesses employing fewer than ten persons. [18039/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
140 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 26 May 2011, if the legislation being prepared that relates to the dissolution of the Dormant Accounts Board is scheduled for publication during the summer session or if he intends to publish at a later date in the lifetime of the 31st Dáil; when money within the account will be available for disbursement; if he can explain past application procedures; and if community projects are entitled to allocation under part 6 of the Acts, including capital schemes. [18038/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
139 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise of the status of a CAAS application by an organisation (details supplied) in County Kildare for a community based residential unit for six intellectually disabled clients; when he first received notification from Kildare County Council of this proposed development; if the development was recommended for approval by Kildare County Council; if any issues were raised by him or by Kildare County Council regarding the delivery of this project; the correspondence if any that issued from him relating to this project; the outcome of any meetings held with his officials in relation to this development; if he will now issue approval for the project to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18028/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
138 Deputy Ray Butler asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 21 June 2011, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of local authority houses that have been completed in County Meath in 2009 and 2010. [18018/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
137 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if County Longford will be included in the Western Development Commission, which is responsible for social and economic development in the western region in view of the fact that it develops and supports a range of projects in tourism, renewable energy technology and organic agrifood, the commission also operates the €35 million western investment fund to provide loans and equity to businesses and local communities in the region and incorporates a venture capital business fund focused on high growth companies, strategic investment fund for flagship projects and a local investment fund for community enterprise groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18089/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2011
136 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when it is envisaged that he will review the National Spatial Strategy 2002-2020 which is based around a framework for gateways and hubs, ignoring capital county towns, such as Longford and Portlaoise in the midlands region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18088/11]
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 2011
Clean Estuaries Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to reauthorize the National Estuary Program. Revises the purposes of management conferences convened with respect to estuaries. Requires a management conference's membership to include, among other entities, not-for-profit organizations. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to: (1) evaluate, every five years, the implementation of each comprehensive conservation and management plan developed under the Program to determine the degree to which the goals of the plan have been met; (2) provide notice to the management conference of the basis of a finding that a plan in incomplete and allow the conference to resubmit a revised plan; (3) submit the results of the evaluation to the appropriate management conference for review and comment; and (4) report on the results of the evaluation and make such report available to the public in the Federal Register and on the Internet. Requires management conferences to update plans 18 months after they are evaluated. Authorizes the Administrator to consider a management conference to be in probationary status if the conference has not received approval for an updated plan within five years of the date of the evaluation's publication. Requires the Administrator to: (1) reduce a grant for the implementation of a plan developed by a management conference with probationary status; and (2) terminate a management conference and cease funding for the implementation of the plan if the conference has been in probationary status for two consecutive years. Requires, after the Administrator's approval of a plan for an estuary, any federal action or activity affecting such estuary to be conducted in a manner consistent with such plan. Makes EPA the lead coordinating agency for implementing plans. Requires an agency head, in making annual budget requests, to consider the agency's responsibilities under the Program. Repeals provisions authorizing the Administrator to give grants to individuals for the development and implementation of plans. Authorizes appropriations for management conferences, grants, and monitoring the administration of plans. Requires the Administrator to include measures to track the introduction and establishment of nonnative species within the trend assessment program that monitors variations in environmental parameters which may affect estuarine zones. Requires the Administrator to evaluate and report to the public on the Program every five years. Revises the definition of: (1) "estuary" to include near-coastal waters and other bodies of water within the Great Lakes similar in form and function to waters otherwise described in such definition; and (2) "estuarine zones" to include such waters and transitional areas, associated aquatic ecosystems, and those portions of tributaries.
United States · United States Congress · 30 June 2011
Congratulates the Soil Science Society of America on its 75th anniversary. Commends the Soil Science Society of America for its dedicated service to advance soil science and management. Supports the promise of the Soil Science Society of America to continue to enrich the lives of all people of the United States by improving stewardship of the environment, combating world hunger, and enhancing the quality of life for the future.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 30 June 2011
Motie Jacobi over natuur- en milieu-educatie
Austria · National Council · 29 June 2011
Sammelbericht des Ausschusses für Petitionen und Bürgerinitiativen über die Petitionen Nr. 54, 57, 62, 70, 72 und 74 sowie über die Bürgerinitiativen Nr. 28 und 29
Austria · National Council · 29 June 2011
Bericht des Ausschusses für Wirtschaft und Industrie über die Regierungsvorlage (1223 d.B.): Bundesgesetz über die Förderung der Elektrizitätserzeugung aus erneuerbaren Energieträgern (Ökostromgesetz 2012 – ÖSG 2012)
France · Senate · 29 June 2011
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
208 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive their payment under the agri environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17809/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
199 Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of penalties imposed on farmers by county under the single farm payment scheme, disadvantaged area scheme, the suckler cow welfare scheme, the REP scheme and the agri environment option scheme in 2011 and the % penalty applied on these farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17777/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
169 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the number of positions under his control but outside of the civil service which will be affected by new salary caps; the specific cuts involved and any impact identified on the ability to recruit or to retain specific positions in the next 12 months. [17979/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
168 Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the new social housing regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17957/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
167 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the capital programme submitted to his Department by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17954/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
166 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to enable businesses to challenge their local authority rate setting processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17940/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
165 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that receivers who have being appointed to development companies who have housing estates on their property books that have not being taken in charge by a local authority are now stating that they have no responsibility for the every day running of such estates where they state there is no saleable assets in the specific estate; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that this action is leaving hundreds of home owners without many of the services that are provided in such estates that is watersewerage, lighting and so on when problems occur with such services; the actions he will take to overcome such legal issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17850/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
164 Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the proposals, if any, he has to reduce the burden on ratepayers, particularly those with small businesses in view of the growing concern about the inequity of the system which does not take into account ability to pay, for instance, when a substantial reduction in turnover occurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17848/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
163 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the level of funding required by Kilkenny County Council to enable them to carry out works to local authority houses in which tenants have special needs; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17834/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
162 Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Tubbercurry, Grange and Strandhill waste water treatment plant bundle in County Sligo; when authorisation to proceed with the contract award and commencement of construction stage will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17824/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
161 Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 266 of 5 April 2011, if Cork County Council has submitted forms to him which were needed to process the Bandon wastewater treatment and sewerage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17725/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2011
160 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recently published plans by the British Government that could see it build a next-generation nuclear power plant adjacent to the controversial Sellafield site in Cumbria by 2025. [17707/11]
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2011
Oil Independence for a Stronger America Act of 2011 - Establishes in the Executive Office of the President a national energy security program to reduce oil consumption, by calendar 2030, by a quantity equal to or exceeding the quantity of oil imported from outside North America. Directs the President to develop a national oil independence plan to meet or exceed such goal. Establishes a National Energy Security Council to advise the President in meeting such goal. Directs the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to promulgate joint regulations establishing fuel efficiency standards and greenhouse gas emissions limitations for certain automobiles and nonroad vehicles. Establishes within the Department of Energy (DOE) a national plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment program and a targeted electric drive vehicle deployment communities program. Directs the Secretary of Energy to: (1) develop a national plan for plug-in electric drive vehicle deployment, and (2) establish a grants program to assist state and local governmental entities to prepare a community deployment plan. Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to acquire plug-in electric drive vehicles and related charging infrastructure for federal fleets. Establishes a plug-in electric drive vehicle private fleet upgrade program. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to fund research, development, and demonstration projects in advanced batteries, plug-in electric drive vehicle components, and charging infrastructure, as well as in secondary use applications. Provides funds for Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy (ARPA-E) Plug-In Electric Drive Vehicle Research and Development Programs. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish the Advanced Batteries for Tomorrow Prize for a 500-mile vehicle battery. Creates in the Treasury a 500-mile Battery Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to study the supply of raw materials needed for the manufacture of plug-in electric drive vehicles, batteries, and supporting infrastructure. Instructs the Secretary of Energy to enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for the Academy to identify the data that may be collected from plug-in electric drive vehicles. Amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) to require each electric utility to develop a plan for plug-in electric drive vehicles. Amends the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to direct the Secretary of Energy to guarantee loans for eligible entities to purchase qualified automotive batteries and for charging infrastructure. Establishes the Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Technical Advisory Committee. Directs the President to establish a Plug-in Electric Drive Vehicle Interagency Task Force. Amends the Clean Air Act to direct the EPA Administrator to promulgate regulations to establish: (1) national transportation-related goals for reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions; and (2) standardized models and methods for states, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and air quality agencies to address oil savings and emission reduction goals. Requires MPOs and states to develop surface transportation-related oil savings and greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, including strategies to meet those targets. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to distribute funds to states and MPOs for investing in transportation greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase to $230, with a cost-of-living adjustment, the amount of qualified transportation and parking fringe (commuter) benefits excluded from an employee's gross income. Declares it is the goal of the United States to shift at least 10% of freight shipped by truck to rail or marine shipping by 2020. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a national freight transportation options plan; and (2) make grants to states for the capital costs of facilities, infrastructure, and equipment for high priority rail corridor projects to reduce congestion in freight rail transportation. Requires the Comptroller General to study and reported to specified congressional committees on the benefits and costs of electrification of rail corridors. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an investment tax credit for advanced biofuel facilities as well as grants in lieu of credits for advanced biofuel facility property. Includes algae-based biofuel in the definition of cellulosic biofuel. Extends: (1) the cellulosic biofuel producer credit, (2) the special allowance for cellulosic biofuel plant property, (3) certain credits for biodiesel and renewable diesel, and (4) alcohol fuels tax credits. Allows a tax credit for qualified natural gas motor vehicles, and creates tax-exempt natural gas vehicle bonds. Allows an expensing deduction for manufacturing facilities producing vehicles fueled by compressed or liquefied natural gas. Directs the GSA Administrator to studymeans of increasing the number of light-, medium-, and heavy-duty natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas vehicles in the federal fleet. Establishes in DOE the Energy Efficiency Improvement for Heating Oil, Propane, and Kerosene Program to fund state participation in programs operated by a national oilheat research alliance or the Propane Education and Research Council to implement cost-effective energy efficiency programs for homes and buildings that use home heating oil, propane, and kerosene. Directs the Secretary of Energy to establish a renewable biomass thermal energy loan program of grants to states to support financial assistance by qualified program delivery entities to replace with certain wood or wood-pellet fired boilers any thermal energy systems in commercial or multifamily residential buildings that use heating oil or another petroleum product.
United States · United States Congress · 29 June 2011
Employment Protection Act of 2011 - Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), prior to promulgating a regulation, policy statement, guidance document, or endangerment finding, implementing any new or substantially altered program, or issuing or denying any permit, to analyze the impact, disaggregated by state, of such requirements, policy statement, guidance, finding, program, permit, or permit denial on employment levels and economic activity. Requires such analysis to include estimated job losses and decreased economic activity due to the denial or issuance of permits, including permits issued under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act). Requires the Administrator to: (1) post such analysis on EPA's website and request governors of states experiencing more than a de minimis negative impact to post such analysis in their capitols; (2) hold public hearings in each state in which a requirement, program, or permit will have more than a de minimis negative impact on employment levels or economic activity; and (3) give notice of such impact in a state to such state's congressional delegation, governor, and legislature prior to the effective date of such requirement or program or the denial or issuance of a permit. Defines "de minimis negative impact" to mean: (1) a loss of more than 100 jobs (offsetting job gains that result from the hypothetical creation of new jobs through new technologies or government employment may not be used in the job loss calculation); and (2) a decrease in economic activity of more than $1,000,000 in a year (offsetting economic activity that result from the hypothetical creation of new economic activity through new technologies or government employment may not be used in the economic activity calculation).
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 29 June 2011
Gew motie Van Gerven/Jacobi over een evaluatie (t.v.v. 29383-165)
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
435 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford is not being paid in full under the agri environment options scheme on a technicality, which disallows them to amend their original application in which a small error was inadvertently made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17547/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
354 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list each of the primary grades within the following public sectors (details supplied); the grades within primary grades for example engineer grade 1, grade 2 grade 3; the corresponding pay for each primary grade and also each grade within a grade as explained. [18196/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
353 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the value per Government agency of contracts issued outsourcing IT services for 2010 and 2011; of those contracts issued, the number of sub-contracts and sub-sub-contracts issued as a condition of the original contract issued and if the information will be broken down on a per contract basis per government agency. [18175/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
352 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the provision of a fire service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17613/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
351 Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will bring forward new regulations regarding existing septic tanks for one off houses. [17608/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
350 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to implement a scheme for upgrading and replacing ineffective septic tanks and sewerage treatment systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17589/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
349 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the procedure that has to be followed by a local authority to nominate a candidate to contest the Presidential election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17566/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
348 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the date on which the forthcoming Presidential election will be held; the earliest and latest date on which this election may be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17565/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
347 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce new ways to assist persons who cannot afford to build now on lands on which planning permission has been granted and is about to run out soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17563/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
346 Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he will take to reduce the impact of electromagnetic sensitivity which is estimated to impact on half the world’s population by 2017; if indemnities will be required from the communications industry; if he is in dialogue with the Department of Health on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15718/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
344 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the source of funding for group water schemes, if same is his Department, the local authority or other; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17439/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
343 Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if dormant accounts funding is available for Mullingar RAPID; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17416/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
342 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will establish the www.fixmystreet.ie initiative as committed to in the Programme for Government. [17398/11]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 June 2011
341 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of jobs that will be created within the planned new National Water Authority including meter-readers, engineers and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17367/11]