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Question· writtenPQ 358asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
385 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his estimate, at current prices, of the cost per unit of building a local authority house, factoring in the lower cost of building multiple units.
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Question· writtenPQ 357asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
384 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the needs of Ireland’s retail industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 356asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
383 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to indicate the number, if any, of in or out of court settlements made by his Department directly or by bodies directly or indirectly under his aegis for whatever reason in the past ten years to date; the extent, if any, to which a confidentiality clause was attached in any such agreements; if known, the cost or likely cost to the Exchequer arising therefrom, and under what particular heading any such charge might have been applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 355asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
382 Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he expects to sign the commencement order for the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 354asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
381 Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be delivering a carbon budget this year to Dáil Éireann, as was the practice of his predecessor; if not, the reason for the change in policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 353asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
379 Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons on the reserve list for the fire service in County Meath; the position on the list of a person (details supplied); if the service will be hiring over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 352asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
377 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the GIS planning information system being developed by him in conjunction with the National Asset Management Agency will be completed; the amount of money that has been spent on the project to date; its specific budget; the estimated total cost upon completion; the estimated running costs per annum into the future; the number of staff working on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 351asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
376 Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice of putting up two similar planning applications at the same property so that an objection to one planning application has no bearing on the other application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 350asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
375 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to grant an exemption from the flat-rate household charge to persons who paid a significant amount of stamp duty in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 349asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
369 Deputy Patrick O’Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 15 November 2011, in a situation in which a property management company has gone into liquidation and a housing estate has not been taken in charge by the local authority, if he will confirm that the legal responsibility for ongoing maintenance and carrying out of repairs lies with the liquidator.
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Question· writtenPQ 348asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
368 Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the proposal that where non-compliance with fire safety building regulations (details supplied) is discovered in domestic dwellings and brought to the attention of a local authority, that authority must ensure that all measures required to bring the structure into compliance must be completed.
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Question· writtenPQ 347asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
374 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when will the 2010 annual report, which is stipulated in section 73 of the Building Control Act 2007: Architects, be published and put on sale, taking into account that it is now November 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 346asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
373 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants who have failed the technical assessment examination under the Building Control Act 2007, Part 3: Architects, since its enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 345asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
372 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants who have passed the technical assessment examination under the Building Control Act 2007, Part 3: Architects, since its enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 344asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
371 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applicants in total that have been rejected from sitting the technical assessment examination after paying the initial fee under the Building Control Act 2007, Part 3: Architects, since its enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 343asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
370 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in total that have applied for technical assessment under the Building Control Act 2007, Part 3: Architects, since its enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 342asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
367 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his future plans, if any, to amend the Building Control Act 2007 to facilitate the use of the title “architect” by self-trained architects who were in operation throughout the country prior to the introduction of the Act and who have been disenfranchised by not being permitted to use the title while performing the same function as architects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 341asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
366 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed within his Department, expressed as whole-time equivalents, as returned to his Department for the end of 2008 to 2010, inclusive, and to date in 2011 in tabular form.
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Question· writtenPQ 340asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
365 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff employed in each local authority, expressed as whole-time equivalents, as returned to his Department for the end of the years 2008 to 2010, inclusive, and to date in 2011 in tabular form.
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Question· writtenPQ 339asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
364 Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the Planning and Development Act to address the concerns outlined by a group (details supplied) regarding the difficulties persons encounter when submitting planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 338asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
363 Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the provision of funding in respect of the RAPID programme for Rathkeale, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 335asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
361 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to provide a fire service to replace the voluntary service in Castlegregory, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 334asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
360 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will direct local authorities to accommodate incremental payment plans in circumstances in which a person who has a non-principal private residence is hit with a tax bill that they cannot afford to pay in one go.
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Question· writtenPQ 333asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
359 Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has plans to amend the current process for extending planning permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 332asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
358 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he intends to fund the refurbishment of an estate (details supplied) which has been applied for by Meath County Council from the community amenity fund or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 331asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
357 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress made toward a national bin waiver scheme.
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Question· writtenPQ 330asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
356 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the persons who are members of the high level steering group set up to consider options for streamlining the delivery of services for communities; and if members and staff of community projects, rural and urban, are represented on this group.
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Question· writtenPQ 329asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
355 Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the local government auditor’s report presented to the council in 2010, the auditor pointed out that Sligo County Council borrowed €11.2 million to purchase lands at Lisnalurg, Sligo, and that the council subsequently sold some of the lands in question to a number of purchasers for the sum of approximately €9.6 million; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that had the council repaid €9.6 million of the loan it would have had an outstanding balance of €1.6 million to repay in addition to whatever interest was owed; that the auditor discovered that when the council received the €9.6 million for the sale of the lands, only €5.2 million of that sum was used to reduce the loan; if he is aware that the accrued interest on the outstanding loan up to the end of 2008 amounted to €3.3 million; and that the elected members of Sligo County Council adopted the following motion in May 2010: that the council be provided with a comprehensive report relating to the purchase of 83 acres of land at Lisnalurg, including the reason for purchasing the lands, the amount of moneys borrowed to purchase the lands, the subsequent reason for recommending the sale of 49 acres of the lands and the reason for failing to use the proceeds of the sale to reduce the loans and interest payable, and the details of the accrued interest paid on the outstanding loans to date; and to ask the Minister if he is aware that to date the county manager has not provided the council with the report it sought; the steps he will take to ascertain what happened to the remaining €4.4 million which the council received for the sale of the land; if he will indicate the total accrued interest on the said loan up to the end of 2010; if he will pay the full interest on the loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 328asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
354 Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ask all local authorities to respond to a request (details supplied).
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Question· writtenPQ 327asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
353 Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if measuring the sound levels at a location (details supplied) in County Kilkenny is the responsibility of the local authority or of the Irish Aviation Authority; and if planning permission was granted for skydives to be run seven days a week between 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. at this location.
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Question· writtenPQ 326asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
352 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence regarding housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 325asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
350 Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered the inclusion of a radon gas test as part of the building energy rating system in view of the possible effect of increased insulation on gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 324asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
349 Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the progress of a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Mayo.
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Question· writtenPQ 323asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
348 Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the full remit he intends the housing agency to have; how that relates to the one-agency approach to social housing; the legislation, if any, that will be required; the timeframe in which he intends to publish and enact such legislation; the number of staff currently employed by the agency; the contractual status of staff; if they are covered by the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 322asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
380 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made on the commission examining pyrite.
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Question· writtenPQ 321asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
347 Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the commission dealing with pyrite will report its findings; and the actions that will be taken following this report.
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Question· writtenPQ 320asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
346 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding repossession of properties acquired with local authority loans; the numbers of repossessions on a county basis to date in 2011; if he will provide copies of any circulars, letters or advice provided to local authorities in relation to the repossession of homes; if he has directed that persons with shared ownership arrears should be prioritised for eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 319asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
378 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the procedures in place for the recruitment of staff at polling stations at election time; if any effort was made during the recent presidential election to give the work to unemployed persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 318asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
345 Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will prioritise targeting persons who are unemployed when finding staff to fill positions at polling stations and count centres for coming elections and referendums, rather than the current system whereby it is largely existing public sector workers who are already in employment who do such work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 317asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
344 Deputy Dara Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who work at polling stations could be taken from the live register; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 316asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
343 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will deal with a matter (details supplied) regarding the non-principal private residence charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 315asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
342 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that would be raised by increasing all motor tax rates by 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 314asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
351 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the proposed pilot scheme of a mortgage-to-rent system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 313asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
341 Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, with regard to comments made on 12 October 2011 that two pilot mortgage-to-rent schemes were due to be launched the following week, the date on which work started on developing the pilot mortgage-to-rent schemes; the officials or unit of his Department that was tasked with developing these; and the state of the schemes at present, six weeks after that announcement.
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Question· writtenPQ 312asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
340 Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 17 November 2011, the number of employees in local authorities in receipt of a salary in excess of €50,000 per year, in excess of €80,000 per year and more than €100,000 per year; and the number of former employees in receipt of an annual pension in excess of €50,000 per year, in excess of €80,000 per year and more than €100,000 per year, in tabular form.
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Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2011
211 Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 15 November 2011, if he will confirm whether the Office of Public Works paid a local person to act as a keyholder to allow public access to the graveyard and monuments in question; if this arrangement is still in place and, if not, if he will explain how the public can access the site to view the monuments; if he will confirm the date the site was last inspected by the OPW with regard to the maintenance of the monuments; if he will confirm whether the site was inspected by the National Monuments Service prior to its response to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government about the planning application on the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Record· Brief regering2011Z24479concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 29 November 2011
Antwoorden op vragen van de commissie inzake beleidsartikel 31 van de begroting Infrastructuur en Milieu (XII) 2012
Record· Brief regering2011Z24223concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 25 November 2011
Reactie op een brief van de Vereniging tot Behoud van Boer en Milieu en de vereniging Noordelijke Friese Wouden inzake kringloopboeren (sts ELI)
Question· writtenPQ 156asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2011
157 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will show separately the development levy balance held in each of the local authority areas; his views on the restrictions that local authorities face in spending these levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 155asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2011
156 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the approximate saving that would be realised from the elimination of the off-the-road facility for the taxing of motor vehicles.
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