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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
111 Mr. English asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of household recycling broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9505/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
109 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of completions in 2005 under the Part V scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9507/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
108 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide incentives for the provision and use of reverse-vending machines for can, bottle and plastic recycling; and if he has met or intends meeting the providers of such machines. [9532/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
107 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether zoned land is being hoarded and drip fed onto the market in order to keep prices high, especially around urban centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9508/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
106 Ms Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to establish and fund a proper and consistent fire policing regime to ensure that fire chiefs have the resources to carry out spot checks on entertainment venues and to inform owners of such premises of their responsibilities, following recent revelations by the Chief Fire Officers’ Association that the current funds shortfall could result in a tragedy on the same scale as the Stardust. [9582/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
105 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people or companies who lobbied him in relation to the course of action he took on chewing gum litter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9481/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
102 Mr. Deenihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether more needs to be done to ensure a greater number of larger apartments are built to accommodate families in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9492/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
101 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the figures indicating the proportion of planning permissions granted that were for planning retention. [9527/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
98 Ms C. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation that explicitly sets out the responsibilities which are held by local authorities with regard to the provision of communal facilities such as sewerage, roads and water services and the maintenance of public spaces in order that the public will have a degree of certainty and consistency in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9542/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
97 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made to date on each of the 13 initiatives announced in November concerning the national biodiversity plan. [9576/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
90 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of apartments here, broken down by number of bedrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9493/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
95 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the volume of fly-tipping detected here in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9497/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
89 Mr. Howlin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to tackle the problem of unauthorised waste collection and fly-tipping which according to the Environmental Protection Agency annual report is a problem for over 50 local authorities nationwide. [9581/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
88 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the baseline studies of the national waste prevention programme to be produced by the core prevention team; and his rationale for waiting until now to initiate the national waste prevention programme, in view of the fact that waste prevention is the top priority in waste management. [9597/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
85 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department’s new targets for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9474/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
99 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the targets in respect of social housing he will seek to include in the new National Development Plan 2007-13, which is being prepared. [9442/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
84 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government whether he will seek to have the NESC report recommendations for a net increase of 73,000 units of social housing included in the new National Development Plan 2007-13, which is being prepared. [9439/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
82 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take on the working group recommendations on regulating breeding establishments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9533/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
81 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for a three-year delay in dealing with appeals on the proposed designation of lands as a special area of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9285/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
80 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to increase the frequency at which housing needs assessment is conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9500/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
78 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce an elected members planning code of good practice in local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9469/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
75 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the motions on non-genetically modified produce passed by county councils and town councils (details supplied). [9529/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
74 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take regarding anti-social behaviour in both public and private housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9503/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
73 Ms B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the instrument of ratification of the Aarhus Convention to come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9599/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
72 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to assist the voluntary housing sector increase its output; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9511/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
69 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question No. 188 of 14 February 2006, if he will make a statement on the meetings his officials and predecessor had with a company (details supplied); the dates of such meetings; the agenda of such meetings; and the topics discussed and actions taken subsequently by his Department. [9464/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
68 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on using his power under section 19(3) of the Planning and Development Act 2001 to draft regulations which would ensure that all major developments in a designated area of a local area plan be subjected to environmental impact assessments in accordance with Strategic Environmental Assessment Regulations 2004 including those developments that had been considered in previous local area plans which pre-dated the strategic environmental assessment regulations 2004 and therefore were not subjected to environmental impact assessments. [9534/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
66 Ms Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to use the proposed Water Services Bill to reintroduce domestic water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9589/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
65 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding collected by local authorities in their areas of responsibility for the years 1996, 2000 and 2005; the breakdown of this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9418/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
62 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to conduct research into the reason 21% of the population do not avail of a waste collection service; if he will examine this problem to ascertain the way in which many of these people cannot access a waste collection service due to genuine difficulties with the cost of the scheme; and his views on setting up a national waiver scheme to help with this difficulty. [9587/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
221 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he can quantify the saving to the Exchequer in terms of storage and security costs in the event of the liquidation of the electronic voting equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9736/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
220 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of centres here at which electronic voting equipment is stored; the cost per annum in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9735/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
67 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to liquidate the e-voting system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9515/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
60 Ms O’Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date with respect to the electronic voting system including capital expenditure, testing of the electronic voting machines, storage of the electronic voting machines, training of staff, reviews and reports on the system and all other associated costs; the specific costs to date for capital expenditure, testing of the electronic voting machines, storage of the electronic voting machines and training of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9601/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
59 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date of the electronic voting project, including storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9487/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
58 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions he has instructed local authorities to take to address the recent slippage in the application of the plastic bag levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9472/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
57 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when responsibility for fire safety, previously the function of the National Safety Council, will be transferred to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9477/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
55 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal avenues the Government is examining internationally in the State’s campaign to close Sellafield, given the preliminary judgment on the UNCLOS case. [9410/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
110 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions he will be taking on foot of the publication of the independent review of the implementation of the Government’s integrated and preventative homeless strategies; and the timetable for the implementation of the recommendations contained in this report in view of the fact that he has indicated that he accepts the broad thrust of the recommendations. [9438/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
77 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to provide for the establishment of emergency accommodation in suburban areas following the recent review of the Government’s homelessness strategy which pinpointed the lack of such facilities for young homeless people as being of particular concern. [9598/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
54 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether homelessness will ever be eradicated here; if so, when; the measures he will take to achieve same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9484/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
53 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the further initiatives he intends to take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9479/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
52 Ms Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made to date on implementing the recommendations of the report Review of Fire Safety and Fire Services in Ireland, 2002; the progress which has been made to date towards modernising the fire service under Government strategy; and if he intends to review his decision to shelve plans for a national fire authority, as recommended in the review. [9583/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
93 Ms McManus asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the advice he has received from Teagasc in relation to recommendations for phosphate limits to be included in the implementation of the nitrates directive; and if no advice has been received thus far, when he expects to receive advice on the matter from Teagasc. [9585/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
86 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to the implementation of the nitrates directive, if he is satisfied that this legislation has taken into account all the advice he has received from different bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9544/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
76 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his progress to date on the implementation of the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9543/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
51 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the nitrates directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9466/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
50 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of EU Directives for which his Department has responsibility which remain to be transposed into Irish law; when he plans to transpose them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9498/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
49 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results of the promised thorough evaluation of the current levels of environmental management charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9473/06]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2006
48 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on waiving or reducing the fee for making planning submissions for those groups that may find the fee prohibitive. [9528/06]