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Germany · German Bundestag · 15 March 2006
Vorlage eines Gesetzes zur steuerlichen Förderung des Partikelfilters in Dieselfahrzeugen, Fördersummen in Abhängigkeit vom Wirkungsgrad, Gegenfinanzierung durch zusätzliche steuerliche Belastung von Fahrzeugen ohne Partikelfilter, Einhaltung der Selbstverpflichtung der Automobilindustrie zum durchgängigen Partikelfiltereinbau ab 2008 <p> </p>
Austria · National Council · 13 March 2006
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Gesundheits- und Ernährungssicherheitsgesetz – GESG geändert und das Bundesgesetz über die veterinärmedizinischen Bundesanstalten aufgehoben wird
United States · United States Congress · 13 March 2006
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 - Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for FY2006 for the global war on terror to the Department of Agriculture (DOA) in connection with Foreign Agricultural Service grants. Makes emergency supplemental appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for: (1) military personnel; (2) operation and maintenance (O&M); (3) the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund; (4) the Iraq Security Forces Fund; (5) procurement; (6) research, development, test, and evaluation; (7) Defense Working Capital Funds; (8) the Defense Health Program; (9) drug interdiction and counter-drug activities related to Afghanistan and Central Asia; (10) the Office of the Inspector General; and (11) the Intelligence Community Management Account. Allows DOD funds to be used for support for counter-drug activities of the Governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for: (1) the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); (2) the Economic Support Fund; (3) the Democracy Fund; (4) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (5) migration and refugee assistance; (6) international affairs technical assistance; and (7) peacekeeping operations. Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for: (1) the U.S. Coast Guard; (2) military construction; (3) salaries and expenses of U.S. attorneys, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; (4) diplomatic and consular programs; (5) the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction; (6) educational and cultural exchange programs; (7) contributions to international peacekeeping activities; (8) international broadcasting operations and capital improvements; and (9) salaries and expenses of the Department of the Treasury. Makes emergency supplemental appropriations for further hurricane disaster relief and recovery for: (1) DOA for the Working Capital Fund, the Agricultural Research Service, and emergency watershed protection program; (2) DOD for military personnel, O&M, procurement, Defense Working Capital Funds and the National Defense Sealift Fund, commissary trust funds, and the Defense Health Program; (3) the Army Corps of Engineers for construction, flood control, and coastal emergencies; (4) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the Office of Inspector General, customs and border protection, and construction; (5) the U.S. Coast Guard for operating expenses and acquisition, construction, and improvements; (6) the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for administrative and regional operations, preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery, disaster relief, and the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program; (7) the Department of the Interior for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and Minerals Management Service; (8) the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for environmental programs and management and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program; (9) DOA for the National Forest System; (10) DOD for military construction; (11) the Department of Veterans Affairs for construction, major projects; (12) the Department of Justice (DOJ) for salaries and expenses; (13) the Department of Commerce (DOC) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; (14) the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the Disaster Loans Program; (15) the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for the community development fund; and (16) the General Services Administration (GSA) for the Federal Buildings Fund.
France · Senate · 9 March 2006
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
239 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made in relation to nitrates directive and derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9945/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
238 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the nitrates directive will be enforced; the bodies that will be charged with enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9944/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
237 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting; the functions he will be attending; and the groups he will meet. [9943/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
236 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the guidelines, instructions or advice which have been received from institutions of the EU regarding unauthorised developments and the appropriateness of granting retention of such developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9923/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
235 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the current water supply demand in the greater Dublin area; the sources which currently supply that demand; the projected need up to 2010; the courses which will satisfy that demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9922/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
234 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made on the leak detection project for water supplies in the greater Dublin area since it commenced; the further work which is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9921/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
233 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he intends to introduce in relation to water conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9920/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
232 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to respond to the recommendations of the Indecon report regarding the disabled persons grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9918/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
231 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the consideration he has given to the regulation of management companies in mixed housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9917/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
230 Mr. Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the 2004 affordable housing scheme (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9908/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
229 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the huge variances that exist between local authorities’ commercial water charges is at least in part attributable to the inadequate amount of funding allocated by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9889/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
228 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the annual budgets allocated to each local authority are not broken down on a service basis by his Department; his views on whether this would provide a more transparent and accountable system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9888/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
227 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of the annual budget provided by his Department to local authorities which is designated for the maintenance of the public water supply; if the percentage is calculated on a per capita or actual cost basis for each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9887/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
226 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9882/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
225 Ms O. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the means by which it is proposed to impose the full cost of dismantling, treating and recycling end-of-life vehicles on manufacturers as per the recently published draft waste management, end-of-life, vehicle regulations 2006. [9862/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
224 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the statutory basis for the disabled person’s top-up grant scheme operated by the Health Service Executive; if he will provide a copy of the qualifying criteria and administrative rules and procedures governing the processing of grant applications to this Deputy and to the Houses of the Oireachtas Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9853/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
223 Mr. Lowry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question No. 504 of 28 February 2006, if watches and clocks which are battery operated are subject to the WEEE producer recycling scheme; if not, the levy that is imposed on these items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9831/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
222 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 555 of 7 February 2006, if payment has been made to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9818/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
221 Mr. Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on the Buttevant, County Cork sewerage scheme collection system; if a tender has been accepted; and when work will commence. [9806/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
220 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding he allocated to the Greystones marine project; and what this funding is for. [9805/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2006
147 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the consideration which has been given to passenger issues in a multi-provider public bus service environment regarding timetabling, bus stop, bus terminus provision and integrated ticketing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10001/06]
United States · United States Congress · 9 March 2006
Prohibits issuance of a federal permit to operate a sulfide mine within five miles of any of the Great Lakes unless the permit applicant demonstrates that there will be no acid mine drainage into any of them as a result of such mining.
Germany · German Bundestag · 9 March 2006
Zusammenfassung des Umweltrechts innerhalb der konkurrierenden Gesetzgebung im Grundgesetz, Aufhebung der Erforderlichkeitsklausel in der Luftreinhaltung, beim Lärmschutz und für die Abfallwirtschaft, umweltrechtliche Kompetenzen der Länder, Vorlage eines Umweltgesetzbuches 2008 <p> </p>
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 9 March 2006
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
229 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to give protection by way of regulation or legislation to sub-contractors who, in some instances, are not paid by the main contractor, despite the fact that the main contractor has been paid public moneys by local authorities for public contracts, such as road building, sewerage schemes etc.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9800/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
228 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status and stage of the draft public safety zone guidelines for Irish airports; and if and when there is to be a public consultation on the guidelines. [9798/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
227 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions he has had with the management of Dublin City Council concerning the Strategic Infrastructure Bill 2006 and the possibility that the Ringsend incinerator project might be delayed to take advantage of the proposed new planning process; the powers he has to prevent the city council management from delaying the project in this way; the assurances he may have received from the city manager in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9776/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
226 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 775 of 8 November 2005, the steps which are being taken by his Department to provide public access to sites at Rathcroghan, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9744/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
225 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that Members of the Oireachtas have the required access to local authorities in accordance with commitments given to Dáil Éireann under the passage of the legislation to abolish the dual mandate; his views on whether the general public is being best served in the intervening period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
224 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to utilise methane gas from sewerage treatment plants or main sewers with a view to conversion to energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9739/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
223 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of locations in respect of which he has been alerted to the existence of methane gas emanating from the sewerage treatment systems; his proposals to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9738/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
222 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses built and allocated by the various local authorities in the past 12 months; the number of one, two, three or more bedroom houses involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9737/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
219 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total domestic water storage capacity, the estimated daily domestic and industrial use; if he has satisfied himself that adequate storage facilities are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9734/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
218 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for waste to energy conversion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9733/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
217 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he or his Department have had discussions with Kildare County Council in regard to the completion of drainage and cleaning works at the Slate River, Allenwood, County Kildare; when it is intended the works will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9731/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
216 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if methane gas seepage from the sewerage system at Leixlip, County Kildare has been satisfactorily resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9730/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
215 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action being taken by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to end the sale of unlawful glue traps from retail outlets here. [9707/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
214 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of hares captured from the wild for the 2005 to 2006 coursing season which had previously been caught, marked and released by coursing clubs. [9706/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
213 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends bringing into force all sections of the Local Government Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9665/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
212 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if changes are required in planning legislation to control the operation of lap dancing clubs and the change of use of premises for the sale of pornographic material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9664/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
211 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the current infrastructural budget allocation guidelines are flawed due to the fact that they favour densely populated areas and fail to take account of the potential of low density zoned areas; whether this results in the collapse of thinly populated areas and discriminates against rural and remote areas such as many parts of County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9649/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
210 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to address the predicted local authority funding shortfall identified by the Indecon report. [9774/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
209 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he envisages local Government being properly resourced and funded to carry out all their responsibilities following the recommendations of the Indecon report. [9611/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
207 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the phenomenon of recent property inflation of up to 20% in areas located on proposed public transport routes, such as Cherrywood, south County Dublin and Dunboyne, County Meath; if the Government will be introducing amendments to legislation to ensure that local authorities can request that developers make higher contributions for public transport in proportion to the property inflation profits within the new transport corridor areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9212/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
206 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vehicles licensed in each of the past ten years. [9754/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
113 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the rise in green house emissions from vehicles by 6% according to recent Environmental Protection Agency figures, he intends to seek an integrated strategy between his Department and the Department of Transport to tackle this trend. [9579/06]