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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2006
195 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved the contract documents for the Lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme. [17777/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2006
194 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on granting approval to Kildare County Council to pre-qualify suitable contractors for the proposed new Kildare Town treatment plant; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that construction of this plant will not start in 2006; the timescale he envisages for the delivery of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17735/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2006
193 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received from Kildare County Council a request to approve contract documents for a new sewerage network for Kildare Town; if he will approve this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17734/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2006
192 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding new equipment and additional resources for the fire services here. [17710/06]
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2006
States that it shall be U.S. policy to: (1) undertake measures to deny the Cuban regime the financial resources to engage in activities that threaten U.S. national security and other interests, threaten the environment and natural resources of northern Cuba and Florida, and prolong the dictatorship that oppresses the Cuban people; and (2) deter foreign investments that would enhance the Cuban regime's ability to develop its petroleum resources. Amends the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 to exclude from U.S. entry an alien who: (1) is an officer or principal of an entity, or a shareholder who owns a controlling interest in an entity that makes an investment (as defined by this Act) of $1 million or more (or any combination of investments that equals or exceeds $1 million in any 12-month period), that significantly contributes to Cuba's ability to develop petroleum and natural gas resources off its north coast; or (2) is a spouse, minor child, or agent of such person. Exempts on a case-by-case basis entries: (1) for medical reasons or property-related litigation; or (2) where a transition government is in place. Defines "investment" for purposes of this Act. Directs the President to impose two or more specified export, procurement, financial institution, loan, or Export-Import Bank sanctions if the President determines that a person has made an investment of $1 million or more (or any combination of investments that in the aggregate equals or exceeds $1 million in any 12-month period) that contributes to the enhancement of Cuba's ability to develop petroleum resources of the submerged lands of Cuba's northern coast.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2006
Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reestablish the Program Office of the Gulf of Mexico Program as an office of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to be headed by a Director. Requires the Office to: (1) coordinate the actions of EPA and of other federal agencies and state and local authorities; (2) assist in developing specific action plans to carry out the program; (3) coordinate and implement priority state- and community-led restoration plans and projects and facilitate activities that support the program; (4) implement outreach programs to foster stewardship of the Gulf's resources; (5) develop and make available information about the environmental quality and living resources of the Gulf; and (6) serve as the liaison with the Mexican members of the Gulf of Mexico States Accord and Mexican counterparts of the EPA. Authorizes the EPA Administrator to enter into interagency agreements to carry out this Act. Authorizes the Administrator to provide grants for use in: (1) monitoring the water quality and living resources of the Gulf ecosystem; (2) researching the effects of environmental changes on such water quality and resources; (3) developing cooperative strategies that address the water quality and needs of Gulf resources; (4) developing locally-based protection and restoration programs or projects within a watershed that complement those strategies; and (5) eliminating or reducing point sources that discharge pollutants that contaminate the Gulf ecosystem.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2006
Emergency Preparedness and Response Security, Accountability, and Flexibility Enhancement Act or the SAFE ACT - Amends the Public Health Service Act to revise provisions relating to bioterrorism and other public health emergencies preparedness grants, including to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop measurable critical benchmarks and performance standards. Authorizes the Secretary to develop a real-time surveillance program for collecting and reporting information on notifiable diseases and conditions (infectious diseases, environmental exposures or poisons, and other conditions, the real-time surveillance and control of which in the United States constitute a critical public health need). Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish a national electronic surveillance program for such diseases. Provides for a health alert in the case of a public health emergency or other circumstance requiring active surveillance. Requires the Secretary to award grants to enable states to conduct surveillance and report with respect to notifiable diseases. Makes ineligible for certain funding states or health care providers that do not report notifiable diseases. Allows grantees to use grant funds to develop benchmarks for meeting critical capacity for food or water borne disease detection and response. Requires the Director to provide for the evaluation of the progress made by state and local governments in meeting the benchmarks established under this Act. Requires the Secretary to establish procedures for the inspection, screening, and quarantine of live animals entering the United States for commercial purposes. Requires the federal agency partners of the National Disaster Medical System to conduct a review of the National Disaster Medical System infrastructure.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2006
Corporate Code of Conduct Act - Requires U.S. nationals that employ more than 20 persons in a foreign country, either directly or through subsidiaries, subcontractors, affiliates, joint ventures, partners, or licensees, including any security forces, to take necessary steps to implement a specified Corporate Code of Conduct regarding a safe and healthy workplace and internationally recognized environmental, human rights, worker rights, and core labor standards. Requires executive agencies to grant preference in awarding contracts, or in providing certain foreign trade and investment assistance, to those entities that have adopted and are enforcing the Code. Prescribes guidelines for investigations of allegations of noncompliance with the Code. Requires termination of contracts or assistance, and withdrawal, suspension, or limitation of such preference, for any violations determined based on such investigations.
United States · United States Congress · 11 May 2006
Amends federal transportation law to revise passenger automobile fuel economy standards (CAFE standards) to require that average fuel economy standards in effect for the preceding model year for a passenger automobile shall apply to such model year and beyond if the Secretary of Transportation does not prescribe new average fuel economy standards for a given model year. Authorizes the Secretary to prescribe regulations amending average fuel economy standards for passenger automobiles to a maximum feasible average fuel economy level that the Secretary decides automobile manufacturers can achieve in a model year based on one or more vehicle attributes related to fuel economy. (Currently, the Secretary can prescribe average fuel economy standards that the Secretary decides are the maximum feasible average fuel economy level for that model year). Eliminates the congressional approval requirement if the Secretary prescribes an amendment that makes an average fuel economy standard more stringent. Directs the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to conduct a study, and report the results to Congress and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, on the effects of the requirement of separate fuel economy calculations for domestic and foreign automobiles.
United States · United States House of Representatives · 10 May 2006
France · Senate · 10 May 2006
Les enjeux budgétaires liés au droit communautaire de l'environnement
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
114 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been given details by the Irish Council against Blood Sports of trading companies supplying and using glue traps; and the action taken in each case. [17624/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
113 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people who are employed in connection with the Wicklow National Park; their respective roles and positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
112 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the lands which have been acquired by the State for the Wicklow National Park within the past five years; the address, area, price paid and date acquired in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17622/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
111 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of new home purchasers who are first time buyers in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17595/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
110 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of private housing units which are currently occupied by people on rental supplement, the number which have been inspected by local authorities with a view to their taking over the direct payment to landlords since the announcement of 7 July 2004; the number of those inspected which have been approved by local authorities for long-term payments; the number of units which have not been approved; the principle reasons for the failure to grant approval in those cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17594/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
109 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons or families on the housing waiting lists of local authorities in each of the past five years for which figures are available. [17593/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
108 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be provided to an association (details supplied) in County Kerry in order that a playground can be built in Fenit, Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17591/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
107 Ms Enright asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedure to have a piece of property listed for protection where the property is an esker with extremely old trees on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17589/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
106 Mr. J. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 3 May 2006 the measures he has in place to ensure plastic silage wrapping will be collected in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17501/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
105 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs associated with the storage of electronic voting machines; the provisions his Department have made. [17500/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2006
104 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contract arrangements for storage of electronic voting machines. [17499/06]
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2006
Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide grants for: (1) vulnerability assessments of publicly owned treatment works; (2) implementation of security enhancements; (3) the development, expansion, or upgrading of emergency response plans; and (4) the voluntary creation of mutual aid and emergency network preparedness agreements developed in accordance with the National Incident Management System. Prescribes disclosure limits and protections for vulnerability assessments. Limits the federal cost share of an activity funded by grant under this Act to 50%. Authorizes the Administrator to: (1) provide technical guidance to small publicly owned treatment works (serving fewer than 10,000 individuals) for conducting vulnerability assessments and implementing security enhancements; and (2) make grants to nonprofit organizations to improve assessment methodologies. Requires the Administrator to research and review: (1) means of providing alternative processes to convey, treat, and dispose of wastewater if a disruption of service event occurs; (2) how a collection system of a treatment works could be used to convey hazardous substances and how it could be secured in response to an intentional harmful act; (3) methods for monitoring a collection system for hazardous substances and unauthorized entry; and (4) treatment technologies.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2006
Good Samaritan Clean Watershed Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or a state or Indian tribe with an approved remediation program to issue a permit to a Good Samaritan to remediate inactive or abandoned mines. Defines "Good Samaritan" as a person that: (1) did not cause the historic mine residue at the inactive or abandoned mines; (2) is not liable or responsible under federal, state, or tribal law for remediation of such residue; and (3) does not have an ownership interest in such site during or since the creation of the residue. States that to be eligible for a remediation permit, projects: (1) shall have the purpose of mitigating the effects of historic mine residue to improve the environment; and (2) are not in mines that are included on the National Priorities List of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) or mines that are subject to enforcement or response actions. Provides conditions for permit issuance, including environmental improvement and financial resources requirements and consideration of objections by land management agencies and public trustees. Deems permit activities to be compliant with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act or CWA) and CERCLA. Precludes the imposition of costs or damages under CWA and CERCLA related to the permit activities, except where the permittee's actions exacerbate the pollution as a result of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Provides for the transfer, modification, or termination of permits and the role of the permitting authority. Requires the permitting authority to provide notice of the application for remediation of a mine site to: (1) designated lead state or tribal agencies; (2) local governments within a 20-mile radius of the project site; (3) federal, state, and tribal agencies that may have an interest in the application; and (4) the public. Authorizes the Administrator to enforce this Act and prescribes civil monetary penalties.
United States · United States Congress · 10 May 2006
Alternative Energy Refueling System Act of 2006 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish a program to provide eligible entities (refueling vendors or owners or operators of a facility where an alternative energy refueling system is located), for FY2007-FY2011, reimbursement from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund for a portion of the costs of purchasing and installing one or more alternative energy refueling systems (systems used to refuel motor vehicles with an alternative fuel such as compressed natural gas or E-85 ethanol). Prohibits an entity that receives a federal tax credit for placing in service a qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property from receiving reimbursement under this Act if the system cost was taken into consideration in calculating the tax credit. Limits reimbursement to: (1) two systems for each facility owned by an eligible entity; and (2) the lesser of 30% of a system's cost or $30,000.
Germany · German Bundestag · 10 May 2006
Ziele bei den Beratungen des Rates der EU zur Revision der EU-Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie in den Bereichen Wirtschafts- und Arbeitspolitik, Umwelt, Klima und Energie, Verkehr, Steuerpolitik, Gesundheit, Sozialpolitik, Migration, Bildung, Entwicklungspolitik, Landwirtschaft und Ernährung: u.a. Einordnung der Lissabon-Strategie, Ausbau der Erneuerbaren Energien, Reduktion der Treibhausgasemissionen, Weiterentwicklung des Kyoto-Protokolls, Energieeinsparung und -effizienzsteigerung, Förderung der Bioenergien, Ablehnung der Atomkraft, Ressourcenproduktivität und -nutzung, Ökosteuer u.a. ökonomische Instrumente, Nutzung nachwachsender Rohstoffe, effizienter und umweltfreundlicher Verkehr, Steigerung der Energiebesteuerung, Armutsbekämpfung, Förderung von Solidarität und Dialog zwischen den Generationen, Handelspolitik, Senkung der Agrarsubventionen <p> </p>
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
509 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is expected that the necessary sections of the Local Government Act 2001 will be in place for the introduction of new town councils prior to the end of term for this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17394/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
508 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing legislation to allow local authorities or the Private Residential Tenancies Board to conduct unannounced spot inspections for health and safety and fire prevention reasons of accommodation in the private rental sector. [17393/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
507 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to provide funding for a new drinking water reservoir on land (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17360/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
505 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has commissioned or received a report or briefing documents in regard to water supply and consumption in the Greater Dublin Area; his views on the growth of consumption in recent years; his plans to modify the building regulations to place greater emphasis on water conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17358/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
502 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is standard practice for local authorities to engage in negotiations with developers in order for developers to reacquire new properties designated for the purposes of social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17347/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
501 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department currently monitors the nature, extent and level of unauthorised developments that are granted retention orders each year by each local authority; if there are plans to set down common criteria which unauthorised developments must meet in order to be granted such retention orders; his views on whether in the absence of such provisions there is potential for inequality of service between local authorities to arise regarding such issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17345/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
500 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the motor tax take in 2005 and 2006 per county; the amount of same which was made up of on-line transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17344/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
499 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding provided by his Department to Kildare County Council under the local improvement scheme, in each of the past five years; the criteria used to disburse such funds by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17337/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
498 Mr. Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a person seeking to carry out work under the Wildlife Acts 1976-2000 Section 40 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17300/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
504 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities which have sought funds to update their electoral registers; the local authorities which have sought same; the number which have identified serious shortcomings with the register; the dialogue there has been between his Department and the local authorities on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17349/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
503 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount to be allocated to each county for the purpose of updating electoral registers; the basis on which the sums were or will be calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17348/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
497 Mr. O’Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contacts he has had with South Dublin County Council in respect of the voting register for Dublin south west; if he will give an assurance that everything possible will be done to ensure the accuracy of the register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17285/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
496 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the micro-chipping of all dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17281/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
495 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Office of Public Works is responsible for remedial works that might be necessary at Clogrennane Castle, Graiguecullen, County Carlow; if so, when such necessary works might be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17280/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
494 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the planned archaeologists inspection of Clogrennane Castle, Craiguecullen, County Carlow has been undertaken; if not, when it is expected to be undertaken; when a report on the condition of Clogrennane Castle will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17279/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
493 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the fact that he has recently suggested there were financial reasons for not adopting a reverse vending approach to collecting certain recyclable material (details supplied), a full environmental and financial comparison between reverse vending recycling facilities and those facilities currently used to collect recyclable material has been carried out here; the body which carried out the research; and their terms of reference. [17092/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
492 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to secure an exemption for the installation of new or refurbished pipe organs from the provisions of draft EU directives on waste electrical and electronic equipment and restrictions of the use of lead in electrical and electronic equipment; his views on whether organ pipes, which may be connected to electrically motorised air pumps and so covered by the terms of the directives, have been made from tin or lead alloy for centuries and that these constituent properties contribute to the tone and voicing of the instrument; if he has consulted with ecclesiastical authorities on the impact of the proposed directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17091/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
491 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will extrapolate the capital funding that has been allocated to each local authority from the local Government fund in respect of the years 2000 to 2005 exclusive as requested in Parliamentary Question No. 900 of 21 March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17083/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
490 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Housing Bill will be introduced to enable tenants in non-local authority houses to purchase their dwellings; and the opportunity there is for these people to purchase their homes. [17070/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
489 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will elaborate on his replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 945 and 991 of 25 April 2006, and put an exact date on when discussions between his Department and the IFFPG will be resolved as the situation is causing an enormous amount of upset in the Mayo area; his views on whether it needs to be rectified immediately as it has the potential to cause huge problems for the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
488 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 759 of the 8 November 2005, the progress which is being made towards the provision of the new county library in Clones, County Monaghan; if funding will be available be available in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16985/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
487 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 758 of 8 November 2005, the position regarding a new fire station for Clones; if the design drawings and cost plan have been agreed; if the funding will be provided for construction in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16984/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
486 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department will approve the Killybegs waste water treatment scheme to go to tender, in particular the networks and pumping station element, bearing in mind that this scheme is prioritised since the 1994 capital programme. [16921/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 May 2006
485 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grant schemes which are available to a community group that are interested in having a design plan drawn up for their rapidly expanding village. [16920/06]