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Question· writtenPQ 127asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
127. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the criteria his Department employs to allocate the national homelessness budget in view of the fact that the four midland counties of Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford have continued to receive a 1.5% annual allocation of the national budget for many years despite a 12.27% reduction in this funding for the region in 2013. [45858/14]
Question· writtenPQ 126asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
126. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 24 September 2014, if he will provide a reason the provisions of the 2009 and 2014 Acts have not been commenced up to now; when it is expected to commence them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40935/14]
Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
125. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if tenants in receipt of the new housing assistance payment will be removed from local authority housing lists. [45871/14]
Question· writtenPQ 124asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
124. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce measures that will allow the deduction of water charges fees from council housing tenants who refuse to pay their Irish Water bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45853/14]
Question· writtenPQ 123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
123. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be open to setting up a national housing waiting list; his views on permitting applicants to carry time already spent on one waiting list where they need to move county in order to follow employment opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45863/14]
Question· writtenPQ 122asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
122. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated annual operational costs of the Irish Water company in 2014, 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40950/14]
Question· writtenPQ 121asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
121. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to disincentivise the practice of land banking through the introduction of a tax on vacant sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41760/14]
Question· writtenPQ 120asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
120. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the existing mortgage to rent scheme to assist families in mortgage distress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40936/14]
Question· writtenPQ 119asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
119. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the legislation on the recovery of awards made by the Private Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40956/14]
Question· writtenPQ 118asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
118. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the change in the tendering system for the seniors alert grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45857/14]
Question· writtenPQ 117asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a break down of the proposed €2.2 billion investment in social housing provision, including the sources of this funding, a break down of the allocation and the number of new builds, by council by year to 2017; the number of shovel-ready projects there are in each council area; the number of actual new specifically council homes that will be delivered by the end of 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45861/14]
Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
116. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the housing assistance payment; the number of households currently in receipt of the payment; the average rent payment being made; and if there are any difficulties with the scheme. [40937/14]
Question· writtenPQ 114asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
114. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to offer incentives and compensation to farmers for any loss or inconvenience caused by allowing greenways or walkways through their lands, in view of the huge societal and economic potential that such infrastructure may bring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45868/14]
Question· writtenPQ 113asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
113. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be a minimum allocation for social housing on all developments above 800 sq. m. in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40958/14]
Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
112. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress on the new foreshore legislation particularly in view of the impact on seaweed harvesting, with reference to the rights, often found in land register folios, of seaweed harvesters and the rights of those harvesting for domestic use, traditionally working in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45851/14]
Question· writtenPQ 111asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
111. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the recent announcement regarding the provision of additional social housing here to accommodate the current high level of housing shortage the level of additional housing stock that will be built to accommodate the housing crisis in Tramore, County Waterford; his views that there is a massive lack of housing available in this local town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45864/14]
Question· writtenPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
110. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if legislation will be prepared by his Department to develop the off-balance sheet vehicle to provide some of the social housing provision pledged by the Government over the next three years in budget 2015. [45867/14]
Question· writtenPQ 109asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
109. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will permit the Pyrite Resolution Board to consider the emerging situation in County Donegal with respect to defective blocks; the plans he has to address this problem in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40946/14]
Question· writtenPQ 108asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
108. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the role he sees landlords, including local authorities, playing in regard to the collection of water charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45860/14]
Question· writtenPQ 107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
107. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on allowing Irish Water to fall under the remit of the Commission for Energy Regulation for the purposes of handling customer complaint referrals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40944/14]
Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
106. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 15 October 2014 if he will put in place guidelines from his Department regarding humane methods and procedures for the killing of dogs in pounds, guidelines that local authorities will in turn enforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40940/14]
Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
105. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the precise and immediate housing requirement in each local authority has been determined; the number currently deemed to be effectively homeless; the number of homeless persons coming on to the register on a daily and weekly basis; the local authority areas including County Kildare deemed to be most seriously affected by the housing crisis; if specific proposals have been submitted to his Department to address the issue in the short term; the exact number of extra housing units currently available or likely to become available through direct acquisition in the next six months; his proposals to meet the requirements as identified by the respective local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40942/14]
Question· writtenPQ 104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
104. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of local authorities that have voted to reduce local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45865/14]
Question· writtenPQ 103asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
103. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason the cost of water meters installation has had to be revised upwards significantly; if he will make available the precise terms of the final contracts with all agents contracted to install meters; if it is anticipated that, as a result of the changed timetable for water metering to commence, there will be any financial implications for the State under the terms of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45850/14]
Question· writtenPQ 101asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
101. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total revised allocation for project spend under the Leader programme 2007-2013; the total original allocation; the total spend to date on projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45856/14]
Question· writtenPQ 100asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
100. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of social homes targeted to be built, in which local authority areas and the timeframe, under the Government's housing strategy. [45852/14]
Question· writtenPQ 99asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
99. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way the funding for traveller accommodation will be allocated; and the measures in place to ensure that there is sufficient draw down of funds. [40938/14]
Question· writtenPQ 98asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
98. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on any research by his Department on the prospects of future water poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41681/14]
Question· writtenPQ 97asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
97. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the revised wind farm planning guidelines will be available; the number of submission received; if it is unfair for local communities and planning authorities to be operating in the dark with large-scale proposed developments in advance of the publication of the new guidelines; if it is within his power to initiate a moratorium on decisions in this area until the guidelines are published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40945/14]
Question· writtenPQ 96asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
96. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the €188 call out charge being imposed on Irish Water customers for dealing with leaks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45869/14]
Question· writtenPQ 95asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
95. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the level of engagement he has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht relating to funding for community development workers on, non-Gaeltacht, off-shore islands; if he has identified sources of funding to ensure the continuation of the work performed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40954/14]
Question· writtenPQ 94asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
94. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide a discretionary increase in the midlands allocation from the national homelessness budget in view of the low level of national funding for the midlands and a 30% increase in demand for services in this region. [45859/14]
Question· writtenPQ 93asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
93. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the composition, the remit and the outcomes of the Irish Water consultative group; the person responsible for appointing members of the group; if ministerial consent was required to make the appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40941/14]
Question· writtenPQ 92asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
92. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed report on his Department’s plans in respect of social housing provision for 2015; and the number of units to be delivered through direct construction by local authorities, through acquisitions by local authorities, through the use of the rental accommodation scheme, and from increased uptake with the roll-out of the housing assistance payment. [45866/14]
Question· writtenPQ 91asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
91. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the communications he has had with his British counterpart with regard to the construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset; his views on nuclear energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40196/14]
Question· writtenPQ 90asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
90. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the plans for non-domestic water charges rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40953/14]
Question· oralPQ 89asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
89. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position on the potential 38% cuts to community groups as represented by the Dublin inner city community alliance; how he expects progress with these cuts; if he has provided the alliance with the allocation model; and if he will meet the group to discuss its concerns. [40939/14]
Question· oralPQ 88asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
88. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in view of the public health risk from exposure to high levels of radon gas in homes in certain parts of the country, his views on introducing a grant scheme to assist with the implementation of the National Radon Control Strategy to provide financial assistance firstly to encourage householders to have a radon test carried out and secondly to assist a homeowner with the cost of remediation works where the radon level is found to exceed the recommended maximum level [45882/14]
Question· oralPQ 87asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
87. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the increasing of rent for council tenants who refuse to pay water charges. [45854/14]
Question· oralPQ 86asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
86. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the considerations he and his Department have provided to the issue of defective blocks in County Donegal; his Department's advice on the way affected householders may be able to proceed in engaging with his Department on this issue; the financial supports for persons who find themselves in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40947/14]
Question· oralPQ 85asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
85. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if persons who are housed in accommodation owned by private landlords and paid for by the new housing assistance payment are automatically taken off the housing list; if they are subsequently placed on the transfer list only if they specifically request this rather than this being done automatically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45855/14]
Question· oralPQ 84asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
84. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the increase in the cost of the water metering programme from €431 million to €539 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45940/14]
Question· oralPQ 83asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
83. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to continue to finance the non-Gaeltacht island community development companies, which between them were in receipt of nearly €500,000 per annum either directly or through the social inclusion and activation programme, SICAP, in view of the vital work they do on the islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45941/14]
Question· oralPQ 82asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
82. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of revenue that Waterford City and County Council is to recoup next year from Irish Water; the amount of this that is made up of payroll costs to do with water supply and waste water treatment by the council as agents for Irish Water; if he will provide a percentage breakdown of the amount of the overall earnings of the council this figure represents; the amount that Waterford City and County Council invoice Irish Water for in operational costs every month; if Irish Water has indicated it will seek a reduction in what it will pay the council going forward; the support services Waterford City and County Council are providing to Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45995/14]
Question· oralPQ 81asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
81. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Ireland has a derogation from water charges under Article 9(4) of the EU water framework directive; and if the European Union has made representations to change it. [45939/14]
Question· oralPQ 80asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2014
80. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide by county a breakdown of the expected commercial rates bill on Irish Water assets that his Department is now liable for; if he discussed the issue with the County and City Management Association prior to the announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45937/14]
Bill· HRH.R. 5781 (113th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 December 2014
California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2014 - Title I: California Emergency Drought Relief - Grants the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior (Secretaries) emergency authority, subject to existing water rights, to direct the operations of the Central Valley Project (CVP) and allow the State Water Project (SWP) operated by the California Department of Water Resources to provide the maximum quantity of water supplies possible to CVP agricultural, municipal and industrial, and refuge service repayment contractors and SWP contractors, by allowing, consistent with applicable laws, any projects or operations to: (1) provide additional water supplies; and (2) as quickly as possible, based on available information, address the emergency drought conditions. Grants the applicable Secretary authority to take certain actions to increase the water supply, subject to specified environmental protections, including: ensuring that the Delta Cross Channel Gates remain open to the maximum extent practicable; implementing turbidity control strategies to increase water deliveries and minimize water supply reductions for the CVP and the SWP; adopting a 1:1 inflow to export ratio for the increment of increased flow of the San Joaquin River; issuing all necessary permit decisions within 30 days of receiving a completed application by the state of California to place and use temporary barriers or operable gates in Delta channels to improve water quantity and quality; completing all requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) necessary to make final permit decisions on water transfer requests within 30 days of receiving such requests; allowing any North of Delta agricultural water service contractor with unused CVP water to take delivery of unused water through April 15 following the contract year in which such water was allocated; and implementing instream and offsite projects in the Delta and upstream in the Sacramento River and San Joaquin basins that offset the effects on threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 due to actions taken under this Act. Directs federal agency heads to use the expedited procedures of this Act to make final decisions relating to a federal project or operation to provide additional water supplies or to address emergency drought conditions. Directs the Secretaries to authorize the CVP and the SWP, combined, to operate at levels that result in negative Old and Middle River flows for a cumulative period of 28 days during certain high-flow conditions on the Sacramento River. Title II: Protection Of Third-Party Water Rights - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to confer with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife on potential impacts to any consistency determination for operations of the SWP resulting from the implementation of this Act. Requires the Secretary, in the operation of the CVP, to: (1) adhere to California laws governing water rights priorities and honor water rights senior to those held by the United States for operation of the CVP, regardless of the source of priority; and (2) allocate water provided for irrigation purposes to existing CVP agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed (i.e., water service contractors within the Shasta, Trinity, and Sacramento River Diversions of the CVP) in compliance with specified requirements. Requires the Secretary to ensure that actions taken to comply with environmental laws do not: (1) result in the involuntary reduction of water supply or fiscal impacts to recipients of water from either the SWP or the United States, or (2) cause redirected adverse water supply or fiscal impacts to those within the Sacramento River or San Joaquin River watersheds or the SWP service area. Requires the Secretary to direct the Bureau of Reclamation to develop and implement a program to enable existing CVP agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed to reschedule water from one year to the next. Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions - Declares that nothing in this Act preempts or modifies any existing obligation of the United States under federal reclamation law to operate the CVP in conformity with state law, including established water rights priorities. Terminates this Act on the later of September 30, 2016, or the date on which the governor of California suspends the state of drought emergency declaration.
Bill· HRH.R. 5769 (113th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2014
Howard Coble Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2014 - Authorizes FY2015 appropriations for the Coast Guard and the Federal Maritime Commission. Authorizes end-of-year strength for active duty personnel and military training student loads. Amends policies related to Coast Guard personnel and their families, including education, housing, childcare, retirement, and orders to return to active duty for emergencies. Establishes reporting requirements, including requiring the Coast Guard to submit to Congress at specified times integrated major acquisition mission need statements and authorization requests for personnel and appropriations. Authorizes the Coast Guard to lease submerged lands and tidelands for periods longer than five years. Requires Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide prompt notice of marine casualties to state and tribal governments. Revises provisions concerning the National Response System and area contingency plans for the discharge of oil and hazardous substances, arctic marine transportation, ice breaking in the polar regions, vessel inspections, and distant water tuna fleet. Sets forth provisions concerning: (1) procuring, decommissioning, and extending the life of certain cutters (vessels that are 65 feet or greater); (2) establishing a process for vessel traffic information services to use automatic identification systems to transmit safety information, and (3) prohibiting DHS from dismantling or disposing of infrastructure that supported the former LORAN system (long range radio aid to navigation system). Reauthorizes through FY2017 appropriations to MARAD for a program that provides assistance for small shipyards and maritime communities. Directs federal agencies that operate vessels to report drug test violations by employment applicants to the Coast Guard. Reauthorizes the Fishing Safety Grant Program through FY2017. Establishes the Abandoned Seafarers Fund. Requires DHS to issue an analysis of safety and environmental management system requirements for vessels engaged in Outer Continental Shelf activities prior to issuing the requirements. Extends for a year an exemption from the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit requirements for certain discharges from vessels that are less than 79 feet in length or a fishing vessel. Requires the Department of Transportation to provide a national maritime strategy to Congress.
Bill· Begroting2014Z21650adopted
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 28 November 2014
Wijziging van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu (XII) voor het jaar 2014 (wijziging samenhangende met de Najaarsnota)
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage3202/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 27 November 2014
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Josef A. Riemer, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Aussterben von Vogelarten