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Question· writtenPQ 554asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
554. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to make a statement on the findings of the critical review on merging the local government audit service into the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. [44153/15]
Question· writtenPQ 553asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
553. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of villages and communities benefiting from capital enhancement works under the Rural Development Programme Ireland 2011 to 2015 by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43987/15]
Question· writtenPQ 552asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
552. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of full-time jobs created in enterprises supported under the rural development programme Ireland 2011 to 2015 by country in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43986/15]
Question· writtenPQ 551asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
551. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of long-term unemployed persons who take up employment following intervention through local community development programme within six months of completion by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43985/15]
Question· writtenPQ 550asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
550. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to set out the number of persons who progressed into employment or self-employment as a result of local community development programme interventions by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43984/15]
Question· writtenPQ 549asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
549. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in approving an application by Mayo County Council for funding for a group water scheme (details supplied); if it will be expedited, given an approaching deadline at the end of 2015. [43902/15]
Question· writtenPQ 548asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
548. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the delay in approving an application by Mayo County Council for funding for a group water scheme (details supplied); if it will be expedited, given an approaching deadline at the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43901/15]
Question· writtenPQ 547asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
547. Deputy Seamus Kirk asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of Leader funds for Louth Leader Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43831/15]
Question· writtenPQ 273asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
273. Deputy Noel Harrington asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if applicants under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme had their points miscalculated due to a fault in the software his Department provided to farm advisers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44151/15]
Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
261. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of completed applications received to date by tier under tranche two of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43982/15]
Question· writtenPQ 247asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
247. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he authorised the National Parks and Wildlife Service to negotiate on the proposed new locally led agri-environment schemes, when the scheme for the Shannon Callows will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43833/15]
Question· writtenPQ 244asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
244. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schedule for payments under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43818/15]
Question· writtenPQ 221asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
221. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why a person (details supplied) in County Louth has been issued with a debt repayment order, why the person was in breach of the terms and conditions of the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43524/15]
Question· writtenPQ 217asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
217. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme. [43516/15]
Question· writtenPQ 75asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
75. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the measures she is taking to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43500/15]
Question· oralPQ 41asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2015
41. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is taking to improve the working environment for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43877/15]
Bill· HRH.R. 4193 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 8 December 2015
This bill authorizes the licensee for the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC] project number 2743) to occupy up to 20 acres of federal land to construct, operate, and maintain the Upper Hidden Basin Diversion Expansion without further authorization of the Department of the Interior or under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. This is the expansion of the Terror Lake Hydroelectric Project described in the Upper Hidden Basin Grant Application dated July 2, 2014, as submitted by Kodiak Electric Association, Inc., to the Alaska Energy Authority Renewable Energy Fund Round VIII. The Expansion must meet the terms and conditions contained in any amendment to a license which may be issued by FERC subsequent to its environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Question· Mondelinge vragen2015Z23860concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 8 December 2015
Het lid Madlener (PVV) aan de minister van Infrastructuur en Milieu, bij afwezigheid van de staatssecretaris, over het bericht ‘Massaal protest tegen dure ov-chipkaart (Rtlnieuws.nl, 8 december 2015)
Record· Brief regering2015Z23959concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 8 December 2015
Voornaamste budgettaire mutaties begrotingen Infrastructuur en Milieu sinds de Najaarsnota
Question· Written questionUIN 18851answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of proposals to revise the costs capping scheme for environmental legal challenges on the UK's ability to meet the requirement in the EU Public Participation Di
Question· Written questionUIN 18889answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his proposals to increase the cost cap for environmental legal challenges to £10,000 for individuals on the affordability of such challenges for such people.
Bill· HRH.R. 4184 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2015
Food Recovery Act of 2015 This bill amends the following to provide funding, expand tax deductions, and establish requirements to reduce food waste: the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act; the Internal Revenue Code; the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; the Solid Waste Disposal Act; and several agricultural laws. The bill expands and establishes federal grant and loan programs to: improve the nutritional health of children and raise awareness about food waste, improve cooperation between agricultural producers and emergency feeding organizations, assist schools in using food from farms that would otherwise go to waste and providing farms with compostable materials, and install facilities that include composting or anaerobic digesters that use food or crop waste to produce energy. Recipients of grants to install anaerobic digesters that use waste to produce energy must meet specified requirements regarding environmental laws and the distribution of certain food to hunger-serving organizations. USDA must: (1) establish an Office of Food Recovery to coordinate federal programs to measure and reduce food waste, and (2) study techniques for decreasing food waste and estimating the amount of food wasted by farms. The bill provides that composting is a conservation practice eligible for support under USDA's conservation programs. The bill extends and expands tax deductions for the donation of food to charitable organizations. "Sell-by" dates included on food labeling must indicate that the dates are only the manufacturer's suggestion and use uniform language. Companies that receive food service contracts with the federal government must donate surplus food to nonprofit organizations that assist food-insecure people.
Bill· SS. 2361 (114th)open
United States · United States Congress · 7 December 2015
Airport Security Enhancement and Oversight Act This bill directs the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to assess the level of risk posed to the domestic air transportation system by individuals with unescorted access to a secure area of an airport. The TSA shall: update DHS rules on access controls, and issue guidance to airport operators for placing expiration dates on each airport credential issued to a non-U.S. citizen. The TSA shall also revise certain regulations to enhance the eligibility requirements and disqualifying criminal offenses for individuals seeking or having unescorted access to an airport's Secure Identification Display Area (SIDA). Both the TSA and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shall implement fully the FBI's Rap Back service for recurrent criminal history vetting of eligible TSA-regulated populations of individuals with unescorted access to any airport SIDA. The TSA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall ensure that the TSA may receive automated, real-time access to additional Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) data and any other terrorism related category codes to improve the TSA credential vetting program. DHS shall authorize direct access for each airport operator to the E-Verify program and the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) automated system to determine the eligibility of individuals seeking unescorted access to an airport SIDA. The TSA shall develop performance metrics to measure the effectiveness of security for airport SIDAs, as well as a model and best practices for unescorted access security meeting specified criteria. The TSA shall also: expand the use of TSA officers and inspectors to conduct physical inspections of airport workers in each airport SIDA and at each SIDA access point, and review airports that have implemented additional airport worker screening or perimeter security. The TSA may conduct a pilot program to test and validate best practices for comprehensive airport worker screening or perimeter security. The TSA shall: increase the use of red-team, covert testing of access controls to any secure airport areas; and review every current security directive addressed to any regulated entity.
Question· Written questionUIN 18827answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the likely effect of proposals to revise the costs capping scheme for environmental legal challenges on ease of access to redress through the courts.
Record· Regierungserklärung18/144open
Germany · German Bundestag · 4 December 2015
Erklärung durch die Bundesministerin für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit, Dr. Barbara Hendricks:<br />
Bedeutung der Klimakonferenz der Vereinten Nationen in Paris als Ausgangspunkt einer neuen Phase weltweiter Klimaschutzpolitik, Begrenzung des Klimawandels, Notwendigkeit eines neuen Klimaschutzabkommens, Rolle der EU bei den Klimaverhandlungen, Klimafinanzierung, Geberkreis, Abkehr von fossilen Energieträgern (Dekarbonisierung), Einführung einer völkerrechtlich verbindlichen 2-Grad-Obergrenze, Leitlinien der deutschen Verhandlungen, Notwendigkeit vollständiger Transparenz, Mechanismus für eine zyklische Verstärkung der Klimaschutzanstrengungen, weltweite Solidarität mit den vom Klimawandel am stärksten betroffenen Ländern, Bekenntnis zu dem langfristigen Ziel der Reduktion des Kohlendioxids aus fossilen Energieträgern auf Null, Deutschland als Vorreiter im Klimaschutz, Aktionsprogramm "Klimaschutz", jährlicher Klimaschutzbericht, Erfolge des deutschen Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes, Ziel einer grünen Null, Klimaschutzplan 2050, Vorteile für die Wirtschaft, Entkopplung des Wirtschaftswachstums vom Energieverbrauch, Hinwendung zu mehr Umwelt- und Naturschutz statt Massenproduktion in der Landwirtschaft und Agrarsubventionen
Question· writtenPQ 271asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2015
271. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why the 15% of income cap for State pensioners has not been applied to the differential rent scheme operated by local authorities as part of the revision of rents; if such a cap should be applied to other sources of income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43383/15]
Question· writtenPQ 270asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2015
270. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the spend incurred under the Leader programme 2007 to 2013; the original allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43356/15]
Question· writtenPQ 269asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2015
269. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding made available in each year since 2011 for the provision of alarms, pendants and other security devices for the elderly under the relevant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43355/15]
Question· writtenPQ 268asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2015
268. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the six local authority planning inquiries are proceeding; the stage each is at; if interim reports have been delivered to him; if he will share the findings; the expected completion date of each investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43336/15]
Question· writtenPQ 267asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2015
267. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in a case where An Bord Pleanála decides against the recommendation of the board's planning inspector, if he will confirm the documentation an appellant is entitled to which is not published online such as the minutes of the meeting where the decision was made and any working papers used by the board; his plans to improve transparency in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43316/15]
Question· writtenPQ 266asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2015
266. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) regarding homes affected by mica; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43301/15]
Question· writtenPQ 265asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2015
265. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43251/15]
Question· writtenPQ 264asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2015
264. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the marine spatial plan; if it will include areas deemed favourable for the location of offshore wind farms; if designations will be preceded by visual impact studies from the shore; if in making such designations the Marine Institute will take on board the tourism value of views off areas such as Bray Head and Greystones in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43339/15]
Bill· HRH.R. 4169 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 2015
Fighting Against Imbalanced Regulatory Burdens Act of 2015 This bill amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit a regulation concerning emissions of carbon dioxide from a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit from taking effect until the Environmental Protection Agency certifies that a sufficient number of countries have adopted climate change regulations for carbon dioxide that are at least as stringent. A "sufficient number" is a number of countries that account for at least 80% of global carbon dioxide emissions in the last year, excluding those in the United States.
Bill· SS. 2358 (114th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 December 2015
Clean Water Compliance and Affordability Act This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to carry out a pilot program to facilitate the efforts of eligible municipalities to develop and implement integrated plans to meet their wastewater and stormwater obligations under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) in a cost-effective and flexible manner and consistent with the Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Approach Framework issued by the EPA in May 2012. The pilot program must facilitate the efforts of at least 15 municipalities. A municipality is eligible to participate in the pilot program if it is: (1) a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit holder or designee; or (2) a party to an administrative order, administrative consent agreement, or judicial consent decree to comply with the requirements of the Clean Water Act. The EPA must give priority to municipalities that: (1) are affected by affordability constraints in planning and implementing control measures addressing wet weather discharges from wastewater and stormwater facilities; and (2) have a history of knowledgeable, detailed, and comprehensive efforts to develop integrated and adaptive clean water management practices. The EPA may give priority to municipalities seeking to develop and implement an integrated plan that includes approaches that adapt to changed or future uncertain circumstances. With the mutual agreement of participating municipalities, the EPA may: (1) extend the allowable NPDES permit term by up to 25 years, (2) modify the implementation terms of a consent decree, and (3) provide additional regulatory flexibility in approving and implementing an integrated plan that includes adaptive approaches.
Motion· Motie2015Z23569rejected
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 3 December 2015
Motie van de leden Koşer Kaya en Lodders over verbetering van de huidige regelgeving voor landbouw, milieu en natuur
Report· Ausschussbericht920 d.B.ausschussbericht
Austria · National Council · 2 December 2015
Bericht des Ausschusses für innere Angelegenheiten über den Antrag 311/A(E) der Abgeordneten Martina Schenk, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend "Möglichkeit der Durchführung eines Gnadenschusses (Fangschusses) durch Organe des öffentlichen Sicherheitsdienstes"
Question· Written questionUIN 18501answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, on how many occasions a special adviser in her Department accompanied a Minister on an overseas trip since May 2015.
Question· Written questionUIN 18546answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies on climate change of the recently published report by the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, entitled Executive Guide to Car
Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
176. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if local action groups in Counties Longford and Westmeath will be among those entering into Leader funding contracts with his Department by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43186/15]
Question· writtenPQ 175asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
175. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government while respecting the need to protect confidentiality, if he will provide a full report, without names or contact details and so on, on the tendering process for the modular housing in Poppintree in Ballymun, Dublin 11; the criteria agreed to assess applications; the number of applications expressing interest; the number of companies that made full applications; the comparative cost analysis of the different applications; who oversaw the process; the reason for choosing the successful tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43166/15]
Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
174. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the findings of the urban wastewater treatment in 2014 report by the Environmental Protection Agency in which wastewater discharge was found to have contributed to pollution at a river (details supplied) in County Donegal; the action which is being taken to address pollution at the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43148/15]
Question· writtenPQ 173asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
173. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the findings of the urban wastewater treatment in 2014 report by the Environmental Protection Agency in which inadequate wastewater treatment infrastructure was found to exist at a number of agglomerations and locations in County Donegal; the action he will take to resolve the issues identified by the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43147/15]
Question· writtenPQ 172asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
172. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a rebate scheme for truck owners who paid their motor tax at a higher rate before the Court of Appeal ruling of 21 October 2015 to allow them to recoup overpaid tax' if hauliers who were paying at this rate before 21 October 2015 are entitled to a rebate; the reason for the discrepancy in treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43145/15]
Question· writtenPQ 171asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
171. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if it is normal procedure for minutes of meetings to be taken when Ministers meet with bidders for State contracts under the remit of their Departments; why minutes of a meeting between himself and representatives of a company in the process of bidding for contracts under the Senior Alters Scheme were not taken (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43139/15]
Question· writtenPQ 170asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
170. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government given freedom of information documentation (details supplied) from his Department which shows a meeting between himself and a bidder for contracts for the senior alert scheme while an agency under his Department's remit was deciding on the tenders for those contracts, if this represents a breach of normal procedures in a tendering process, as is indicated in previous correspondence from his Department to bidders for those contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43138/15]
Question· writtenPQ 169asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
169. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when a grant to replace the lead pipes will be made available as promised. [43120/15]
Question· writtenPQ 168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
168. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of meetings of the social housing proposals clearing house group with interested parties since its establishment; the number of submissions received to date since its establishment; the number of submissions agreed; the actions arising from the submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43099/15]
Question· writtenPQ 167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
167. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of the proposed regeneration plan for St. Patrick's Park in Rathangan, County Kildare; if he is in receipt of revised plans for the project; the nature of such revisions; the time frame for the delivery of the project, in view of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43086/15]
Question· writtenPQ 166asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2015
166. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount by which he has compensated each local authority to cover lost revenues due to the global revaluations of public utilities, in tabular form. [43082/15]