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Question· writtenPQ 393asked

403 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and so on; if the lease or rent of a constituency office is paid or part paid for by his Department; the number of civil servants appointed to carry out constituency work for him based in the Department or in the constituency office; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15175/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

403 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the costs that are borne by his Department relative to his constituency office and home such as telephone, IT services and so on; if the lease or rent of a constituency office is paid or part paid for by his Department; the number of civil servants appointed to carry out constituency work for him based in the Department or in the constituency office; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15175/11]

Question· writtenPQ 392asked

402 Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with implementation of legal provisions by local authorities in respect of unauthorised Traveller encampments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15129/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

402 Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied with implementation of legal provisions by local authorities in respect of unauthorised Traveller encampments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15129/11]

Question· writtenPQ 391asked

401 Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an outline of the work of the national Traveller accommodation consultative committees and the Traveller accommodation unit within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15128/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

401 Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an outline of the work of the national Traveller accommodation consultative committees and the Traveller accommodation unit within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15128/11]

Question· writtenPQ 390asked

400 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the communications expenses for the 34 local authorities in Ireland for the year 2009/2010. [15077/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

400 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a list of the communications expenses for the 34 local authorities in Ireland for the year 2009/2010. [15077/11]

Question· writtenPQ 389asked

421 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to scrap the e-voting machines as soon as possible; if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

421 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to scrap the e-voting machines as soon as possible; if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/11]

Question· writtenPQ 388asked

399 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been spent on the storage of the e-voting machines to date; the person who is benefiting from the storage of these machines; the tendering and procurement process that was in place for the contract to store e-voting machines; the relationship the person awarded the contract has to any political party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15076/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

399 Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money that has been spent on the storage of the e-voting machines to date; the person who is benefiting from the storage of these machines; the tendering and procurement process that was in place for the contract to store e-voting machines; the relationship the person awarded the contract has to any political party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15076/11]

Question· writtenPQ 387asked

425 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of a statement in the fourth report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution that any form of preferential funding of candidates using public money is prima facie unconstitutional, how he proposes to ensure his proposed legislation linking party funding to the gender of candidates will be constitutional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15656/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

425 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of a statement in the fourth report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution that any form of preferential funding of candidates using public money is prima facie unconstitutional, how he proposes to ensure his proposed legislation linking party funding to the gender of candidates will be constitutional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15656/11]

Question· writtenPQ 386asked

424 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received advice as to whether his proposed legislation to link State funding of parties to the gender of candidates run by them would fall foul of the right of association under Article 40.6.1 of the Constitution as suggested by the fourth report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15655/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

424 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received advice as to whether his proposed legislation to link State funding of parties to the gender of candidates run by them would fall foul of the right of association under Article 40.6.1 of the Constitution as suggested by the fourth report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15655/11]

Question· writtenPQ 385asked

423 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding women candidates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15539/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

423 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding women candidates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15539/11]

Question· writtenPQ 384asked

411 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the implementation of gender quotas by political parties for the selection of candidates will in practice mean that persons may, on the sole grounds of the gender they hold, be prevented from running for Dáil Éireann for a political party and that if legislation were to provide for such discrimination, such legislation would appear to conflict with Article 16(3) of the Constitution which states that no law shall be enacted placing any citizen under disability or incapacity for membership of Dáil Éireann on the ground of sex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15410/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

411 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the implementation of gender quotas by political parties for the selection of candidates will in practice mean that persons may, on the sole grounds of the gender they hold, be prevented from running for Dáil Éireann for a political party and that if legislation were to provide for such discrimination, such legislation would appear to conflict with Article 16(3) of the Constitution which states that no law shall be enacted placing any citizen under disability or incapacity for membership of Dáil Éireann on the ground of sex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15410/11]

Question· writtenPQ 383asked

398 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, published in July 2010, which recognised that legislation promoting female candidates as a condition of public funding might prove constitutionally frail, if he has held any discussions or received advice in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15055/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

398 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in view of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, published in July 2010, which recognised that legislation promoting female candidates as a condition of public funding might prove constitutionally frail, if he has held any discussions or received advice in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15055/11]

Question· writtenPQ 382asked

397 Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an amendment to the relevant legislation to facilitate a system of payment by instalments for persons liable for the non-principal private residence tax in view of the difficult financial circumstances many households now find themselves in and which are likely to be exacerbated by the introduction of a household tax in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15046/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

397 Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider an amendment to the relevant legislation to facilitate a system of payment by instalments for persons liable for the non-principal private residence tax in view of the difficult financial circumstances many households now find themselves in and which are likely to be exacerbated by the introduction of a household tax in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15046/11]

Question· writtenPQ 381asked

396 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the possibility of allowing persons who are at risk of losing their homes or who have lost their homes due to the current economic downturn to be considered for local authority housing and to be allowed to be placed on local authority housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15040/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

396 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the possibility of allowing persons who are at risk of losing their homes or who have lost their homes due to the current economic downturn to be considered for local authority housing and to be allowed to be placed on local authority housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15040/11]

Question· writtenPQ 380asked

395 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the salary of each director of services by local authority; his plans to reduce the number of directors of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15001/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

395 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the salary of each director of services by local authority; his plans to reduce the number of directors of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15001/11]

Question· writtenPQ 379asked

394 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the salary of each county and city manager by local authority; his plans to reduce the number of county and city managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15000/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

394 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the salary of each county and city manager by local authority; his plans to reduce the number of county and city managers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15000/11]

Question· writtenPQ 378asked

393 Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibility that falls to local authorities in the case of apartment developments which will be managed by a management company to ensure they are fully completed in accordance with the planning permission; in the case of mixed developments, the obligation the local authorities have to take such estates in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15899/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

393 Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the responsibility that falls to local authorities in the case of apartment developments which will be managed by a management company to ensure they are fully completed in accordance with the planning permission; in the case of mixed developments, the obligation the local authorities have to take such estates in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15899/11]

Question· writtenPQ 377asked

409 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome of the cost-benefit analysis of the funding options for the metering programme carried out by him. [15290/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

409 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the outcome of the cost-benefit analysis of the funding options for the metering programme carried out by him. [15290/11]

Question· writtenPQ 376asked

392 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 8 June 2011, if he will confirm that persons with private wells who do not receive water from the public mains system will not have to pay any charges for water under the new water metering scheme. [15844/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

392 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 8 June 2011, if he will confirm that persons with private wells who do not receive water from the public mains system will not have to pay any charges for water under the new water metering scheme. [15844/11]

Question· writtenPQ 374asked

390 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the policy of local authorities whereby single fathers with joint custody are only considered for one-bed accommodation as in the case of a person (details supplied) who has joint custody of his teenage daughters and is being denied a two-bed unit. [15806/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

390 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to change the policy of local authorities whereby single fathers with joint custody are only considered for one-bed accommodation as in the case of a person (details supplied) who has joint custody of his teenage daughters and is being denied a two-bed unit. [15806/11]

Question· writtenPQ 373asked

389 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will decide on funding for an area (details supplied) as per proposals on preferred options for regeneration submitted by Dublin City Council. [15805/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

389 Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will decide on funding for an area (details supplied) as per proposals on preferred options for regeneration submitted by Dublin City Council. [15805/11]

Question· writtenPQ 370asked

386 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate his position on the inclusion of air transport in the EU emissions trading system; if he or any Government colleague has discussed this matter with the Irish airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15736/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

386 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate his position on the inclusion of air transport in the EU emissions trading system; if he or any Government colleague has discussed this matter with the Irish airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15736/11]

Question· writtenPQ 36asked

43 Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are estimated numbers for those who will transfer from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme in the lifetime of this Government; if she has talked to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the challenges that local authorities will encounter in sourcing sufficient RAS houses to satisfy the need; the outcome of those discussions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15317/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2011

43 Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are estimated numbers for those who will transfer from rent supplement to the rental accommodation scheme in the lifetime of this Government; if she has talked to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the challenges that local authorities will encounter in sourcing sufficient RAS houses to satisfy the need; the outcome of those discussions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15317/11]

Bill· SS. 1197 (112th)referred

A bill to provide for a feasibility study before carrying out any Federal action relating to the Chicago Area Water System.

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 2011

Directs the Chief of Engineers, prior to any major federal action to prevent the introduction or establishment of a population of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River Basins that would impact the flow of commerce or commercial activity within the Chicago Area Water [ sic ] System, to prepare an economic impact statement regarding: (1) the impact on commerce and commercial activity and on jobs and job opportunities; (2) any adverse economic effects that could not be avoided; (3) alternatives to the proposed action; (4) the relationship between any local short-term impacts on commerce or commercial activity and maintenance and enhancement of long-term productivity and environmental values; and (5) any adverse impacts to public or private property, including damage relating to flooding or new water drainage patterns. Allows such statement to be combined with a detailed statement of environmental impacts required to be prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Bill· HRH.R. 2176 (112th)open

Clean Energy Promotion Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2011

Clean Energy Promotion Act - Requires the United States to annually deposit into the BLM Wind Energy and Solar Energy Permit Processing Improvement Fund up to $5 million received as annual wind energy and solar energy right-of-way authorization fees under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976. Makes the amounts deposited available for salaries and expenses related to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices dedicated to the coordination and processing of wind energy and solar energy permit applications. Authorizes the expenditure or transfer of such amounts as are necessary to: (1) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), (2) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and (3) state agencies involved in the processing of wind and solar permits on federal lands under the jurisdiction of the BLM.

Bill· HRH.R. 2172 (112th)open

Utilizing America's Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2011

Utilizing America's Federal Lands for Wind Energy Act - Exempts projects determined by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) or the Forest Service to be meteorological site testing and monitoring projects from environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Defines a "meteorological site testing and monitoring project" as a project that is carried out on land administered by BLM or the Forest Service to test or monitor weather using towers or other devices, that is decommissioned within five years of its commencement, that provides meteorological information to such agencies, that causes less than one acre of soil or vegetation disruption at the location of each meteorological tower or other device and no more than five acres of soil or disruption within the proposed right-of-way for the project, and that is installed: (1) using existing access roads, (2) in a manner that does not require off-road motorized access other than one installation activity and one decommissioning activity along an identified off-road route approved by the BLM Director or the Chief of the Forest Service, (3) without construction of new roads other than upgrading of existing minor drainage crossings for safety purposes, and (4) without the use of digging or drilling equipment vehicles other than rubber-tired vehicles with gross weight ratings under 8,500 pounds. Requires the BLM Director or Chief of the Forest Service to: (1) decide whether to issue a permit for such a project within 30 days after receiving an application for such permit, and (2) provide to the applicant reasons why an application was denied and an opportunity to remedy any deficiencies.

Bill· HRH.R. 2173 (112th)open

Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2011

Advancing Offshore Wind Production Act - Exempts any project determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project from environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Defines an "offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project" as a project that is administered by the Department of the Interior and carried out on or in the waters of the Outer Continental Shelf to test or monitor weather (including wind, tidal, current, and solar energy) using towers, buoys, or other temporary ocean infrastructure and that: (1) causes less than one acre of surface or seafloor disruption at the location of each meteorological tower or other device and no more than five acres of surface or seafloor disruption within the proposed area affected by the project (including hazards to navigation); (2) is decommissioned within five years of its commencement; and (3) provides meteorological information to the Secretary of the Interior. Directs the Secretary to: (1) require that any applicant seeking to conduct an offshore meteorological site testing and monitoring project on the outer Continental Shelf obtain a permit; (2) determine whether to issue such a permit within 30 days after receiving an application; (3) provide an opportunity for submission of comments by the public; (4) consult with the Secretary of Defense (DOD), the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the heads of other federal, state, and local agencies that would be affected by issuance of the permit; and (5) provide an applicant the opportunity to remedy deficiencies in a permit application that was denied.

Bill· HRH.R. 2171 (112th)open

Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2011

Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act - Exempts projects determined by the Secretary of the Interior to be geothermal exploration test projects from environmental impact statement requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). Defines a "geothermal exploration test project" as the drilling of a well to test or explore for geothermal resources on lands leased by the Department of the Interior for the development and production of geothermal resources, that is completed in less than 45 days, that causes less than one acre of soil or vegetation disruption at the location of each well and no more than five acres of soil or vegetation disruption during access or egress to the test site, and that is developed: (1) no deeper than 2,500 feet, (2) less than eight inches in diameter, (3) in a manner that does not require off-road motorized access other than to and from the well site along an identified off-road route, (4) without construction of new roads other than upgrading of existing drainage crossings for safety purposes, and (5) with the use of rubber-tired digging or drilling equipment vehicles. Requires: (1) a leaseholder intending to carry out a geothermal exploration test project to provide notice to the Secretary within 30 days prior to the start of drilling, (2) the Secretary to review a project within 10 days of receipt of such notice and to notify such leaseholder either that such NEPA requirements do not apply or that project deficiencies preclude the NEPA exemption, and (3) the Secretary to allow such leaseholder an opportunity to remedy any such deficiencies prior to the date such leaseholder intended to start drilling.

Bill· HRH.R. 2170 (112th)open

Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2011

Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable Energy Act - Requires federal agencies, in complying with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 with respect to: (1) any action authorizing or facilitating a proposed renewable energy project, to consider and analyze only the proposed action alternative and the no action alternative and to identify and analyze potential mitigation measures only for such alternatives; and (2) a proposed renewable energy project, to only consider public comments that specifically address such alternatives and that are filed within 30 days after publication of a draft environmental assessment or environmental impact statement. Defines a "renewable energy project" as a project on federal lands or in federal waters, including a project on the Outer Continental Shelf, using wind, solar power, geothermal power, biomass, or tidal or kinetic forces to generate energy.

Bill· HRH.R. 2175 (112th)referred

Regulatory Balance Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2011

Regulatory Balance Act - Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to perform a cost-benefit analysis on any proposed regulation that is determined to be a significant regulatory action (as defined by Executive Order 12866) and submit such analysis to Congress before such regulation takes effect.

Bill· HRH.R. 2160 (112th)referred

Jobs Through Environmental Safeguarding and Streamlining Act of 2011

United States · United States Congress · 14 June 2011

Jobs Through Environmental Safeguarding and Streamlining Act of 2011 - Revises requirements for the mandatory joint determination by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Secretary of Transportation (DOT), with respect to the eligibility for state reimbursement of the federal share of state costs for the advance acquisition of highway rights-of-way for a project eligible for surface transportation program funds, that such advanced acquisition did not influence the environmental assessment of the project, the decision to construct the project, or the selection of the project design or location. Removes the EPA Administrator from this joint determination, leaving the Secretary alone to make it. Authorizes the Secretary to encourage states and other public authorities, where practicable, to acquire broad transportation rights-of-way that have a capacity for future expansion over a 50- to 100- year period to accommodate the state's long-range transportation needs as well as one or more transportation modes. Allows the Secretary to modify project development procedures for any approved highway project, public transportation capital project, or multimodal project for which an environmental impact statement is prepared to encourage programmatic approaches and strategies with respect to environmental programs and permits. Directs the Secretary to issue guidelines to assist state and local governmental entities in assuming an increased role in preparing environmental documents as well as participating in the environmental review process for a project. Modifies the prohibition, under the surface transportation project delivery pilot program, against assignment to a state of the responsibility of the Secretary for any conformity determination under the Clean Air Act with regard to highway projects in the state. Allows the Secretary to assign a state that responsibility for an individual project. Treats any project as a highway project if the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is the lead agency for it. Allows the Secretary to assign a state authorities relating to the FHWA and another DOT modal administration with regard to any highway project involving such agencies. Eliminates the limitation to Alaska, California, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Texas of state participation in the program. Allows program participation by any state meeting the selection criteria. Prescribes special rules to permit a state participating in the program on September 30, 2009, to continue in the program and not be required to submit an application. Revises requirements for the written agreement under the pilot program between the Secretary and a state governor to include agreement to carry out the Secretary's assigned responsibilities using the best available science. Limits such an agreement to a five-year renewable term. Allows the agreement to list projects excluded from the program. Prohibits the agreement from imposing on the state a limitation on the use of a project delivery method, if the limitation would not otherwise apply to the state. Treats as a project delivery method state authority to acquire rights-of-way and conduct final design work for a project with state funds on an at-risk basis before completion of the project's environmental review process. Authorizes the Secretary to monitor state compliance with an agreement, instead of conducting an audit, if the state has been participating in the program pursuant to the agreement for 10 consecutive years. Requires the Secretary to commence the auditing process, however, if a state, while participating in the monitoring program, repeatedly fails to comply with all aspects of the agreement. Repeals the termination date for the surface transportation project delivery pilot program, thus making it permanent.

Bill· SS. 1183 (112th)referred

Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act

United States · United States Congress · 13 June 2011

Comprehensive National Mercury Monitoring Act - Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a national mercury monitoring program that monitors: (1) long-term changes in mercury levels and important ancillary measures in the air, and (2) long-term changes in mercury and methyl mercury levels and important ancillary measures in the water and soil or sediments and in aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Requires the Administrator to: (1) select multiple monitoring sites representing multiple ecoregions that include national parks, wildlife refuges, National Estuarine Research Reserve units, and other sensitive ecological areas in which substantive changes are expected from reductions in domestic mercury emissions; (2) establish and publish standardized measurement protocols for the program; and (3) establish a centralized database for environmental mercury data. Requires the Administrator to: (1) establish a Mercury Monitoring Advisory Committee to advise the Administrator on the establishment, site selection, measurement, recording protocols, and operation of the program; (2) report on the program every two years and include, every four years, an assessment of the reduction in mercury deposition rates that are required to be achieved in order to prevent adverse human and ecological effects; and (3) make all data obtained under this Act available to the public through a dedicated website and on written request.

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8749/Jschriftliche anfrage

Förderungen für betriebliche Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen

Austria · National Council · 10 June 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Förderungen für betriebliche Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8747/Jschriftliche anfrage

Förderungen für betriebliche Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen

Austria · National Council · 10 June 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Förderungen für betriebliche Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8743/Jschriftliche anfrage

offensichtliche Lüge eines Bundesheer-Sprechers

Austria · National Council · 10 June 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Peter Pilz, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung und Sport betreffend offensichtliche Lüge eines Bundesheer-Sprechers <i>(im Zusammenhang mit Tiefflügen von Eurofightern über das</i> <i>Stadtgebiet von St. Pölten)</i>

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8746/Jschriftliche anfrage

Förderungen für betriebliche Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen

Austria · National Council · 10 June 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Förderungen für betriebliche Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8745/Jschriftliche anfrage

Höllenlärm durch unnötige Eurofighterflüge

Austria · National Council · 10 June 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Peter Pilz, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Landesverteidigung und Sport betreffend Höllenlärm durch unnötige Eurofighterflüge

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8750/Jschriftliche anfrage

Förderungen betrieblicher Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen des Klima- und Energiefonds

Austria · National Council · 10 June 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend betreffend Förderungen betrieblicher Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen des Klima- und Energiefonds

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8755/Jschriftliche anfrage

Förderungen betrieblicher Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen des Klima- und Energiefonds

Austria · National Council · 10 June 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Förderungen betrieblicher Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen des Klima- und Energiefonds

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage8748/Jschriftliche anfrage

Förderungen für betriebliche Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen

Austria · National Council · 10 June 2011

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Ruperta Lichtenecker, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Förderungen für betriebliche Energieeffizienzmaßnahmen

Question· Schriftliche Frage17/6164open

Information des Ausschusses für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit des Deutschen Bundestages über ein Gutachten zum Erfahrungsbericht für das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz

Germany · German Bundestag · 10 June 2011

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Ist die Bundesregierung bereit, den Mitgliedern des Ausschusses für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit des Deutschen Bundestages die wissenschaftlichen Gutachten zur Verfügung zu stellen, die von der Bundesregierung als Vorbereitung des Erfahrungsberichts für das Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG) erstellt wurden, und ist es der Bundesregierung möglich, dies rechtzeitig bis zur Anhörung des Ausschusses zum EEG am 8. Juni 2011 zu tun (falls nein, bitte jeweils begründen)?

Question· writtenPQ 158asked

158 Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the terms of reference for An Bord Pleanála; when adjudicating on planning appeals, the regulations, guidelines and policies, if any, to which An Bord Pleanála is obliged to adhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14983/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2011

158 Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the terms of reference for An Bord Pleanála; when adjudicating on planning appeals, the regulations, guidelines and policies, if any, to which An Bord Pleanála is obliged to adhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14983/11]

Question· writtenPQ 157asked

157 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Office for Local Authority Management is the headquarters of the County and City Managers’ Association and provides management support services including administrative and secretarial services to the CCMA; the number of staff employed in the Office for Local Authority Management and the specific duties they perform; the cost of financing this office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14981/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2011

157 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Office for Local Authority Management is the headquarters of the County and City Managers’ Association and provides management support services including administrative and secretarial services to the CCMA; the number of staff employed in the Office for Local Authority Management and the specific duties they perform; the cost of financing this office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14981/11]

Question· writtenPQ 156asked

156 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to levy additional household charges on apartment dwellers in view of existing management company charges for householders and if such charges will be levied on those companies themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14942/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2011

156 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to levy additional household charges on apartment dwellers in view of existing management company charges for householders and if such charges will be levied on those companies themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14942/11]

Question· writtenPQ 155asked

155 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any proposed water charges, household charge or site valuation tax will be applied to residents living in apartments; if such charges will apply to those individual householders or to their management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14941/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2011

155 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if any proposed water charges, household charge or site valuation tax will be applied to residents living in apartments; if such charges will apply to those individual householders or to their management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14941/11]

Question· writtenPQ 154asked

154 Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he plans to carry out a comprehensive review of the national spatial strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14906/11]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2011

154 Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he plans to carry out a comprehensive review of the national spatial strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14906/11]

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