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Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent on the local authority house building programme, excluding the voluntary sector, in the past five years; the steps he intends to take to address the increasingly serious issue of the housing crisis; if he has sought information from or given instructions to the various local authorities with...

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has studied the number of incidents of the various forms of cancer throughout the country with particular reference to the areas affected by high levels of radon gas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22818/05]

Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 281: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which she has monitored the incidents of the various forms of cancer at locations deemed to have an unacceptably high level of radon gas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22819/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take to address the ever increasing burden of taxation on first time buyers who are being penalised as never before; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22781/05]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 289: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that first time buyers have been ripped off by increased taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22782/05]

Written Answers — National Monuments: National Monuments (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 290: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the rapidly deteriorating condition of the monument known as Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare; if his attention has furhter been drawn to the fact that the area is frequently used as an illegal dump and there have been countless indications of the intention to restore the structure; if he will take...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the one-parent family payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22532/05]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 750: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare is fully staffed to meet the requirements of its double autistic unit; when same is likely to be up and running in view of the fact that this unit was completed over two years and has not yet opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22717/05]

Written Answers — Radon Gas: Radon Gas (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 752: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has sought or studied reports in respect of the incidents of various forms of cancer in respect of school children attending schools in areas reported to have high levels of radon gas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22759/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 834: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his previously announced revised planning guidelines have been put into effect by the planning departments in the various local authorities; if he has sought information to this effect or given advice to the local authorities concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22780/05]

Written Answers — Radon Gas Levels: Radon Gas Levels (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 826: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the locations throughout the country is respect of which unacceptable levels of radon gas have been identified in dwellings or workplaces; if he has sought any information regarding the impact on the health of the communities involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22772/05]

Written Answers — Air Pollution: Air Pollution (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 827: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, through the Environmental Protection Agency or the Health Service Executive, he receives weekly reports in respect of air pollution, as identified through the various monitoring points throughout the country; the extent to which action is required arising therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 828: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps which have been taken to deal with the ever increasing problem of methane gas emanating from sewerage treatment plants or pipelines; the potential environmental damage arising therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22774/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 829: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any guidelines have been issued by his Department in respect of the location of landfill sites with particular reference to the need to eliminate the possibility of ground water pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22775/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 830: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of illegal dumps that have to date been identified; the action taken or proposed in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22776/05]

Written Answers — Local Authority Lands: Local Authority Lands (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 831: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of publicly owned lands in the ownership of the various local authorities throughout the country; the extent of these lands which have already been zoned or are eligible for zoning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22777/05]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 835: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he proposes to take to address the twin problems of the housing crisis in the failure of the local authority housing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22781/05]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 836: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the failure to provide a properly constituted local authority loan system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22782/05]

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 837: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason no action has been taken in the past seven years to address the housing crisis which has now reached unprecedented proportions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22783/05]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (28 Jun 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 838: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the recent proposal to exchange State-owned lands with developers in return for the provision of houses in other areas, there is a danger of a loss to the State and an extension of the already serious housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22784/05]