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Written Answers — Nuclear Plants: Nuclear Plants (7 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement concerning the decision of the European Court of Justice finding that Ireland broke European Union law by taking a case to a United Nations tribunal in an effort to get Britain to close the Sellafield nuclear fuel plant rather than to the European Courts; the costs incurred by this...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (7 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and content of circular letters issued by him to local authorities; the response received to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21736/06]

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (7 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date in the provision of funding by his Department for the Drogheda Northern Cross Route; if requests for funding were received from Louth local authorities, Drogheda Port Company and any other body or organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21747/06]

Written Answers — Local Government Elections: Local Government Elections (7 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allow grade four staff who may be serving as senior assistant librarians to stand for election or be co-opted as members of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21799/06]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the findings of the European Environment Agency's report entitled State and Outlook 2005, which shows Ireland has a poor record on the control of greenhouse gas emissions and the agency's view that Ireland still faces a significant challenge in meeting its Kyoto Protocol targets; and if he will...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome where progress has been made in certain industrial sectors, particularly agriculture. Indeed, carbon emissions by manufacturing industry are down. However, the key issue is that we are still above our Kyoto target. According to the EPA website, we are approximately 25% above our limit. Can the Minister say by how much the Kyoto limits will be exceeded by 2010 and 2012 and what he...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: That is 23%.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: That makes it 23%——

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: 10% plus 13% equals 23%.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Does the Minister believe he will achieve that target, particularly, in the area of transport? We have not succeeded in getting people out of their cars. The transport corridors are not available. Commuting takes much longer given the long queues of cars emitting carbon dioxide. Would the Minister consider a forum such as that held in the UK recently between all the major carbon polluters in...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: While our greenhouse gas emissions are under control or reducing in agriculture and industry, they are increasing massively in the transport area. Will the Minister introduce a system to oblige local authorities to provide park and ride facilities outside Dublin and other cities for those commuters who must, in the absence of public transport, drive into the city but would be prepared to use...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is not working because people are not moving to the provinces.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: It is not working.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: People are not moving to the provinces.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: People are moving closer to the cities rather than further away. The Minister is not encouraging them to move away in terms of costs and strategy.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister is being somewhat presumptuous. I used the word "changed" rather than "abandoned". Thousands of homes have been built in counties Wicklow, Louth and Meath, and the quality of life is decreasing for residents who face a commute that means their working day is 12 or 13 hours. If the national spatial strategy were effective, people would move out of cities into the provinces and...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I very much support that approach. The Minister is being too smart.

Sustainable Development Strategy. (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister of State for his reply and welcome the changes that have been made to the competition, particularly for the larger urban areas. In light of the lack of involvement in community and voluntary organisations, will the Minister of State consider new ways of tackling these problems in the larger towns and cities? In the countryside, in rural villages and so forth, there is no...

Written Answers — Register of Electors: Register of Electors (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the communication which has taken place between himself and local authorities in relation to the crisis in respect of the electoral register; the steps that are proposed to deal with this problem; the funding which has been committed by his Department to deal with the crisis; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (13 Jun 2006)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the role of Repak in the collection of waste packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22534/06]