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Question· writtenPQ 100asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
100. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a quarry at Rathcore, County Westmeath which is known to have supplied stone fill containing heave inducing pyrite to housing developments during the past 10 years continues to operate; if he will confirm by test results or other monitoring that stone fill from this quarry does not induce heave if placed under the ground floor slab of houses. [54254/12]
Question· writtenPQ 99asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
99. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has a role in the new Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49607/12]
Question· writtenPQ 98asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
98. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason that North East Mayo Integrated Development Company has not being approving LEADER projects in recent months; the date from which this occurred; the steps taken by him to resolve the issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54198/12]
Question· writtenPQ 97asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
97. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views regarding the arrangements for the holding of future referendums, including the days of the week on which referendums will be held. [52240/12]
Question· writtenPQ 96asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
96. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the current septic tank regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53804/12]
Question· writtenPQ 95asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
95. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff working in local authorities housing maintenance departments; and if he will provide a breakdown by local authority area. [54246/12]
Question· writtenPQ 94asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
94. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress that has been made in finalising a national inspection plan for domestic waste water treatment systems as provided for by the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54208/12]
Question· writtenPQ 93asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
93. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is intended to integrate the activities of integrated development companies into the local authorities; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54202/12]
Question· writtenPQ 92asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
92. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the draft NSAI pyrite testing and categorisation protocol will increase the cost of inspections; and if this will lead to categorisation of more damaged houses as amber and delay the necessary remedial works at a time when the structural guarantee liability period is running out for money of the home owners. [54250/12]
Question· writtenPQ 91asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
91. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position in regard to the future development of an adequate and reliable domestic drinking water supply with particular reference to sourcing of supply, purification, storage and transmission; if it is expected to realise the required objective in this regard in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54205/12]
Question· writtenPQ 90asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
90. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the delay in providing the operating manual for private waste water systems, he intends to postpone the latest date for registering private waste water systems under the Water Services Act 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54195/12]
Question· writtenPQ 89asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
89. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the new developments in rural recreation policy in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54200/12]
Question· writtenPQ 88asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
88. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number and percentage of private waste water systems registered in each county to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54196/12]
Question· writtenPQ 87asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
87. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have registered their waste water systems to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54193/12]
Question· writtenPQ 86asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
86. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the consideration that has been given to introducing a tenant purchase scheme for long-term approved voluntary housing body tenants similar to that available for local authority housing tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54209/12]
Question· writtenPQ 85asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
85. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to introduce a new statewide uniform scheme of allocations for local authority housing; and the measures that will be put in place to enure it is as transparent and fair as possible. [54243/12]
Question· oralPQ 84asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
84. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on restoration work being carried on pyrite effected homes and the proposed levy. [54248/12]
Question· writtenPQ 83asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
83. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the contracts for the roll out of water metering will be issued; the number of contracts involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54191/12]
Question· writtenPQ 82asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
82. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the decisions taken by the previous Government in relation to private waste water systems on foot of the judgement in the European Court of Justice in October 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54197/12]
Question· writtenPQ 81asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
81. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for the future of funding for the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49896/12]
Question· writtenPQ 80asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
80. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money reduced from local government fund payments per local authority area due to their payment rates of the household charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54185/12]
Question· writtenPQ 79asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
79. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the criteria covering the issuing of local authority mortgages and shared ownership schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53805/12]
Question· writtenPQ 78asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
78. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a radical overhaul of local government funding with a view to giving each local authority more autonomy, and in accordance with the State's commitments in the European Charter of Local Self Government, particularly Articles eight and nine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54224/12]
Question· writtenPQ 77asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
77. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of money paid nationally in motor taxation in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54175/12]
Question· writtenPQ 76asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
76. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of timber framed apartment buildings over two storeys that have been completed here between the granting of an Irish Agreement Certificate in February 2004 for such structures and June 2009 when the Irish Standard IS 440 was introduced; and if he is satisfied that these structures comply with fire safety building regulations. [54255/12]
Question· writtenPQ 75asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
75. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money allocated for projects in the 2007- 2014 Leader Programmme; the percentage of this approved for projects to date; the amount spent, broken down by company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54201/12]
Question· writtenPQ 74asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
74. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had regarding the possibility of extending the right to vote in elections here to the Irish diaspora. [50094/12]
Question· writtenPQ 73asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
73. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will advise on any possible risk factors that may be brought about by the decommissioning and cleaning up of Sellafield; his role in monitoring this process and protecting the environment and persons in exposed areas of the east coast of Ireland due to the difficulty that has arisen out of what has been regarded as the historical neglect of the plant in recent reports by the UK National Audit Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54230/12]
Question· writtenPQ 72asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
72. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to incentivise landlords and developers to place their unoccupied sale properties for rent in order to reduce spiralling rents particular in high demand areas. [54244/12]
Question· oralPQ 71asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
71. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons who have paid the household charge to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54181/12]
Question· writtenPQ 70asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
70. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will publish the Thornhill report on property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54187/12]
Question· writtenPQ 69asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
69. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for legislation for the implementation of Putting People First; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54192/12]
Question· writtenPQ 68asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
68. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent in each of the last five years on the seniors alert scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54203/12]
Question· writtenPQ 67asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
67. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list and describe any proposed transfer of functions to local government in his reform document Putting People First which might enact the suggestion in the President's Take Charge of Change Declaration that local government should be empowered in order that national representatives do not engage in parochial politics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54223/12]
Question· oralPQ 66asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
66. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the regeneration of Knocknaheeney, Cork, including what is currently under construction and what has been completed; the number of families that have been rehoused; and the timeframe for completion. [54247/12]
Question· oralPQ 65asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
65. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will revisit the issue of restrictions on slurry spreading times, taking account of the implementation method in other jurisdictions, with a view to easing the difficulties that the current calendar based system is causing for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53802/12]
Question· oralPQ 64asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the increasing incidence of post construction exposure of non-compliance with fire safety regulations in timber frame construction and it would appear that all these structures were confirmed as fire safety complied by persons who were certifying their own work or may not have monitored the construction, he will allay the concerns of thousands of home owners by instructing inspections to competent fire safety specials of all timber framed apartment blocks to ensure their safety. [54251/12]
Question· oralPQ 63asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
63. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Environmental Protection Agency is due to publish its national inspection plan under the wastewater services Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54194/12]
Question· oralPQ 62asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
62. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the response he has received from industry stakeholders regarding the repair of homes affected by pyrite; the contact that has been made with all stakeholders named by him for those who have not engaged with his Department to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54229/12]
Question· oralPQ 61asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
61. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the recommendations of the recent report of the pyrite panel will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54207/12]
Question· oralPQ 60asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
60. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the payment rate per local authority of the household charge to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54179/12]
Question· oralPQ 59asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
59. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the actions he is now putting in place as a result of his meetings with the construction industry insurance, quarries and banks with a view to levying these industries as was recommended by the pyrite panel; if he was successful in his discussions with these groups and an agreement has been reached or if he will seek to impose a solution. [54547/12]
Question· oralPQ 58asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
58. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of motorists paying road tax broken down by band; the total amount paid per band to each local authority in 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54348/12]
Question· oralPQ 57asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
57. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if, noting that the HomeBond company which led house purchasers to believe they were insured against major structural damage, has shown surplus funds of €25 million which will not be called upon for major structural damage for houses built before HomeBond negotiated backing by a real insurance company in 2008, he will ensure that these funds are used to remediate HomeBond guaranteed housing damaged by heave inducing pyrite. [54253/12]
Question· oralPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
56. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has explored the possibility of lease agreements with the National Asset Management Agency housing, which would result in properties over time coming under the ownership of local authorities and remaining within the social housing system. [54241/12]
Question· oralPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2012
55. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the legislation that will be used to amalgamate Leader and integrated local development companies into local authorities under Putting People First; if their financing will be ring-fenced; the discussions he has held with the bodies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54347/12]
Report· Ausschussbericht2107 d.B.ausschussbericht
Austria · National Council · 30 November 2012
Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über den Antrag 2091/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dr. Wolfgang Spadiut, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Verordnungsermächtigung für Fiakerpferde im Tierschutzgesetz
Report· Ausschussbericht2105 d.B.ausschussbericht
Austria · National Council · 30 November 2012
Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (2013 d.B.): Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Tiermaterialiengesetz geändert wird (Tiermaterialiengesetz-Novelle 2012)
Report· Ausschussbericht2106 d.B.ausschussbericht
Austria · National Council · 30 November 2012
Bericht des Gesundheitsausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (2014 d.B.): Bundesgesetz zur Durchführung unmittelbar anwendbarer unionsrechtlicher Bestimmungen auf dem Gebiet des Tierschutzes
Bill· Begroting2012Z19941adopted
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 30 November 2012
Wijziging van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu (XII) voor het jaar 2012 (wijziging samenhangende met de Najaarsnota)