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Austria · National Council · 17 June 2009
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Gabriela Moser, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Bundesgesetz zum Schutz von Mensch und Umwelt vor Schäden durch nichtionisierende/elektromagnetische Strahlung <i>(im Zusammenhang mit Mobilfunkeinrichtungen)</i>
France · Senate · 17 June 2009
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2009
151 Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24009/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2009
150 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [23997/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2009
149 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all plastic bag levy receipts together with landfill levy receipts are paid into a ring fenced environment fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23994/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2009
148 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policies, strategies or initiatives published on his behalf for each of the past five years; if, in each of these cases, consultation with children or representatives from the relevant sector was involved; if so, the details of this consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23964/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2009
147 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify the point in the sale of a property at which it is required that a building energy rating certificate is necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23934/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2009
146 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the protocol for the registration of building energy rating assessors in order that persons who have passed the necessary examinations may be registered prior to the issuing of certificates to them by FETAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23929/09]
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 17 June 2009
Motie Gesthuizen over criteria op het gebied van mensen- en arbeidsrechten, dierenwelzijn en milieu
Austria · National Council · 16 June 2009
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Emissionszertifikategesetz und das Bundesgesetz über den zwischenstaatlichen Luftverkehr 2008 geändert werden
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
247 Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is eligible and can participate in the REP scheme four programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23832/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
246 Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who applied for the REP scheme from 1 December 2007 and is due €9,481 has not been awarded same to date; if payment will be awarded without further undue delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23830/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
245 Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has not been awarded their REP scheme payment to date, despite the fact that they have been subject to audit and inspections in this matter; if steps will be taken to award payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23829/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
236 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be approved and awarded REP scheme four in view of the hardship being caused. [23742/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
223 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether fluoridation of water poses a threat to the environment; the status of the Fluoride (Repeal of Enactments) Bill 2002 introduced by him; if passing of that Bill remains a non-negotiable demand on the part of his party in relation to future service in Government as stated by him on 7 February 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23776/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
222 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to Bray recycling centre, County Wicklow, he has received a reply from the council following his correspondence earlier in June 2009; the details contained in that reply and his views on same; when the persons will return to work in the recycling centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23761/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
221 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the present planning status of a wind farm (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the findings of the European Court of Justice on 3 July 2008, that Ireland had breached its obligations under European Law in respect of environmental impact assessment which should have been sought from the developer before planning permission was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23760/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
220 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he is allowing non-competitive practices on the lakes of Killarney, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23748/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
219 Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of waste food produced by supermarkets per year for the past three years; and the percentage of this waste which goes to landfill. [23745/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
218 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the responsibility in law of the Building Control Unit to act against a developer who fails to build to adequate standards; and the options open to councils to take enforcement action to deal with defects in one or a number of houses. [23723/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
217 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal obligation of a council to set an adequate bond in respect of a developer to be able to ensure the completion of an estate; and the options open to the council when an estate remains unfinished and the bond is inadequate. [23722/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
216 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities are obliged to tender for legal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23718/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
215 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the taxi companies used by his Department and State agencies under the aegis of his Department have a minimum percentage of taxis which are accessible for people with disabilities and wheelchair users; the amount expended by his Department and State agencies on taxi hire in 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23585/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
214 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a query (details supplied). [23562/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
213 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding of the disability extension scheme will be made available to Cork City Council for local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23561/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
212 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available to the Private Residential Tenancies Board in order that the backlog of disputes will be tackled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23542/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
211 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of additions that were made to the voting register in each of the county council areas in the past few weeks before the most recent local and European elections; if he is satisfied that these additions are made in a proper and safe manner; his views on whether there is a need for better scrutiny on whether the newly registered person is a long term resident at the address provided; and his further views whether it is difficult to justify large numbers advising that they are registered in a single bedroom flat; if he has any proposals to safeguard the electoral system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23514/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
210 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the excavation, recording and recovery of the late intact medieval wreck of international significance discovered in the River Boyne in Drogheda in 2007 (details supplied); if a conservation programme has been put in place; if he will issue a post-excavation report on the vessel; if he will put this vessel on display in Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23505/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
209 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of the number of persons on the register of electors who have indicated that their details can be used for a purpose other than electoral or other statutory use; the reason behind the statutory requirement that electors must provide such an indication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23504/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
208 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that in the provision of the new regional water supply for north Clare, all microbiological and chemical parameters as per the EU Drinking Water Directive show improvement from old source to new source; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23499/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2009
207 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the service land initiative for Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, will be approved; the timeframe involved in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23485/09]
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2009
National MS and Parkinson's Disease Registries Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) , acting through the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, to: (1) develop a system to collect data on multiple sclerosis (MS) and a system to collect data on Parkinson's disease; (2) establish a national surveillance system for the collection and storage of data for each such disease, including population-based registries of U.S. cases of MS and Parkinson's disease; (3) provide analysis regarding expansion of national disease surveillance systems for other neurological diseases and disorders; and (4) establish the Advisory Committee on Neurological Disease Registries. Allows the Secretary, acting through the Director, to provide for the collection, analysis, and reporting of data on MS and Parkinson's disease. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Director, to: (1) identify, build upon, expand, and coordinate existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, registries, and other federal public health and environmental infrastructure wherever possible; and (2) provide for research access to Parkinson's disease and MS data. Requires the Secretary to ensure that epidemiological and other types of information collected are made available to agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Department of Defense (DOD).
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2009
California Catastrophic Wildfire Prevention and Community Protection Act - Directs the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior to carry out eligible projects on National Forest System lands and public lands, respectively, in California which are within or adjacent to at-risk communities or watersheds if the project is consistent with the applicable community wildfire protection plan or county fire plan. Requires eligible projects on such lands to be carried out in a cost-effective manner that focuses on surface, ladder, and canopy fuels reduction activities or implements forest restoration activities in response to extreme weather events or natural disasters. Requires the Secretaries to: (1) prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for each proposed eligible project; and (2) evaluate and consider an alternative recommendation if a project is or may be inconsistent with its community wildfire protection plan. Requires administrative and judicial review of eligible projects in accordance with the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003.
United States · United States Congress · 16 June 2009
Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to require each owner or operator of a treatment works that stores or uses a substance of concern in quantities deemed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to pose a security risk to conduct a vulnerability assessment of its treatment works, which shall include a site security plan to identify specific security enhancements. Directs the Administrator to develop and publish guidelines for carrying out a vulnerability assessment and, in developing such guidelines, to: (1) develop standards for assigning individual treatment works to four risk-based classifications taking into consideration a works' size and proximity to large population centers and the potential impacts of intentional acts on public health or safety or the environment; (2) designate any chemical substance as a substance of concern; and (3) include a process for the revision, resubmission, and review of vulnerability assessments. Directs the Administrator to establish a threshold quantity for the release or theft of each such substance. Sets forth requirements and deadlines for assessment certification, submission, review, approval, and disclosure. Authorizes the Administrator to make grants to a state, municipality, or intermunicipal or interstate agency to conduct a vulnerability assessment of a publicly owned treatment works, to implement specified security enhancements to reduce identified vulnerabilities, and to provide for security-related training of treatment works employees and training for emergency response providers. Authorizes the Administrator: (1) in coordination with the states, to provide technical guidance and assistance to small publicly owned treatment works on conducting a vulnerability assessment and implementation of security enhancements; and (2) to make grants to nonprofit organizations to assist in accomplishing purposes of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 2009
Pine River Indian Irrigation Project Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to study the irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project, Colorado, and develop a list of activities that are recommended to be implemented over a 10-year period to repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct that infrastructure. Requires the Secretary to prioritize activities based on: (1) a review of specified priority factors (i.e., threats to health and safety; the extent of disrepair and its effect on the ability of Project users to irrigate agricultural land; the extent to which infrastructure repair would provide an opportunity to conserve water; the economic and cultural impacts the disrepair has, and benefits the repair would have, on the Tribe; the opportunity to address water supply or environmental conflicts through repair; and overall benefits of the activity to efficient water operations on the land of the Tribe); (2) recommendations of the Tribe; and (3) a consideration of projected benefits on Project completion. Authorizes the Secretary to provide grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the Tribe to repair, rehabilitate, reconstruct, or replace the Project's irrigation infrastructure. Prohibits such assistance from being used for on-farm improvements. Requires the Secretary, in providing assistance, to coordinate the activity with any work being conducted under the irrigation operations and maintenance program of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Caps the federal share of the total cost at 75%, subject to a waiver or limitation on the nonfederal share, at the Tribe's request.
United States · United States Congress · 15 June 2009
Buy American Carbon Incentives Program Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to: (1) establish a carbon incentives program to achieve supplemental greenhouse gas emissions reductions on private agricultural and forestland; (2) provide financial incentive payments for activities that increase carbon sequestration and storage over a designated contract period, and maintain carbon sequestration and storage and avoid future emissions through permanent avoided conversion agreements; and (3) establish monitoring and compliance protocols. Requires participating owners to enter into a climate mitigation contract with the Secretary. Obligates specified funds for further incentives for activities and agreements that protect carbon reductions and otherwise enhance environmental benefits achieved under a climate mitigation contract.
Austria · National Council · 12 June 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Susanne Winter, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Gesundheit betreffend Beanstandungen bei Tiertransporten
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2009
65 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the European Central Bank interest rate cut of 0.25%, announced on 7 May 2009, will be passed on in full to local authority mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23435/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2009
64 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of revenue generated through motor tax in each county in 2007, 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23424/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2009
62 Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 19 May 2009, the exact location in Clonmel, County Tipperary at which the electronic voting machines were stored in South Tipperary, before being moved to a central storage facility located at Gormanston Army Camp, County Meath. [23378/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2009
61 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a local authority (details supplied) has applied for further funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23377/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2009
63 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the system in which a bond is given by a developer to a local authority is sufficient to ensure a local authority will not have to use its financial resources to complete a development, in the event that the developer folds; and if he has developed policy to protect home owners who purchase dwellings which suffer from serious defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23399/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2009
60 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role he envisages for local authorities in dealing with developers who have failed to complete residential developments, or where serious defects are found which threaten the long-term sustainability of these developments, and their liability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23370/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2009
59 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to building energy rating certificates, his attention has been drawn to the fact that law agents are not involved in the majority of commercial lettings and that this is the area that is lacking in compliance; if he will ensure that Sustainable Energy Ireland and local building control authorities are more proactive in auditing property owners and their agents for BER compliance when selling and leasing property; the number of BER contractors listed; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that non-compliance of BER certificates will result in hardship for the many BER contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23368/09]
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 2009
Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2009 - Amends the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to require fishery management plans, amendments, or regulations for overfished fisheries to specify a time period for ending overfishing and rebuilding the fishery that is as short as practicable (under current law, as short as possible). Modifies the exceptions to the requirement that such period not exceed ten years. Requires consideration, in evaluating progress to end overfishing and rebuild overfished stocks, of factors other than commercial and recreational fishing. Requires, when the Secretary of Commerce extends the period under specified provisions, that the maximum rebuilding time not exceed the sum of the initial ten-year period, the expected time to rebuild the stock absent any fishing mortality and under prevailing environmental conditions, and the mean generation time of the stock.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 2009
American Energy Innovation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, including by: (1) allowing accelerated depreciation of cellulosic biomass ethanol plant property, coal-to-liquid plant property, dedicated ethanol distribution lines, solar and fuel cell property, smart electric meters, and certain clean coal power plants; (2) making permanent tax credits for increasing research activities, nonbusiness energy property, gas produced from biomass, and synthetic fuels produced from coal; (3) allowing new tax credits for pollution abatement equipment, the manufacture of natural gas-powered vehicles, nuclear power manufacturing and construction projects, and carbon dioxide capture from industrial sources; (4) extending the income tax credits for the production of electricity from renewable resources, for energy efficient home expenditures, and for the conversion of motor vehicles to natural gas powered vehicles; (5) extending the excise tax credit for alternative fuels and alternative fuel vehicles; (6) extending the tax deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings; and (7) increasing the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration. Establishes: (1) a pilot project for leasing federal lands for the development of commercial photovoltaic and concentrating solar power energy systems; (2) an Alternative Fuel Vehicle Innovation Prize; (3) the Office of the Federal Oil and Gas Permit Coordinator; and (4) the Deficit Reduction Trust Fund into which Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) receipts derived from leases of tracts available as a result of this Act shall be deposited. Amends the Clean Air Act to: (1) exclude from the meaning of "air pollutant" carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride; and (2) revise the renewable fuel standard. Repeals: (1) the authorization to withdraw or reissue the "Interagency Cooperation under the Endangered Species Act" rule and the "Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Special Rule for Polar Bear"; (2) specified energy efficiency standards for lamps; (3) the prohibition against oil and gas leasing in certain areas of Gulf of Mexico and oil and gas production in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; (4) the limitation on using funds for implementing a commercial leasing program for oil shale resources on public land; and (5) the Oil Shale, Tar Sands, and Other Strategic Unconventional Fuels Act of 2005. Requires the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish the Alaska Offshore Continental Shelf Coordination Office; and (2) assess the capacity of a storage formation that can retain carbon dioxide. Revises the Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Program. Sets forth provisions concerning loans for the construction of coal-to-liquid facilities and technology. Requires the Secretary of Energy (DOE) to: (1) conduct a natural gas vehicle research, development, and demonstration program; and (2) audit coal-fired electric generation facilities. Provides for: (1) oil and gas leasing in the OCS, the Atlantic Planning Area, the Pacific Planning Area, the Alaska Planning Area, the Gulf of Mexico Planning Area, and the Coastal Plain; (2) the leasing of oil shale resources; and (3) the treatment of revenues received through oil shale or tar sand leases. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to designate certain Coastal Plain lands, including the Sadlerochit Spring area, as Special Areas requiring special management and regulatory protection. Requires the DOE Secretary to implement a Nuclear Power 2010 Program and establish a National Nuclear Energy Council. Authorizes the DOE Secretary to use amounts in the Waste Fund to make grants or contracts with private sector entities for the recycling of spent nuclear fuel. Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct a research and demonstration program to evaluate the air quality benefits of ultra-clean Fischer-Tropsch transportation fuel.
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 2009
Recognizes the urgent need to reform the national security system so as to employ all elements of national power effectively and efficiently to meet the challenges of the security environment of the 21st century.
Austria · National Council · 10 June 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Bienensterben aufgrund der Saatgutbehandlung mit neonicotinoidhältigen Saatgutbeizen und tatenloses Zusehen der Behörden
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2009
56 Deputy Paul Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the new emissions based car tax system as it applies to disabled drivers, with a view to raising the cap in view of the problems caused by increased costs to disabled drivers as a result of the new scheme and the fact that they would have less choice available in choosing a more environmentally friendly car (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23213/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2009
55 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to extend the terms of the incentivised career break scheme for civil servants to employees of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23200/09]