Results 961-980 of 2,500 for speaker:Ciarán Cuffe

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 510: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to offset the carbon emissions arising from Ministerial air travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13616/07]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the efficacy of the National Climate Change Strategy 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14001/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the embargo on local authority staff recruitment is having a detrimental affect on the quality of services and infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13579/07]

Written Answers — Water Pollution: Water Pollution (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans, in view of water pollution difficulties in Galway City and County to provide for the multi-annual testing of septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13580/07]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has a levy on landfill and not on incineration; his views on the amounts raised by the landfill levy; the use the levy is being and will be used for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13996/07]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Strategic Infrastructure Act's implementation is being delayed by human resource issues in An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13997/07]

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the European Commission's action in sending Ireland a final written warning for failing to comply fully with a 2002 European Court of Justice ruling requiring drinking water supplies to be kept free of e.coli bacteria, and a similar warning for failing to comply with a 2005 ECJ ruling requiring...

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his reasons for failing to reduce the fees paid to legal representatives at the Mahon Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14000/07]

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the latest contract entered into by his Department and local authorities with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14002/07]

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 585: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which is being taken regarding products returned for recycling under the WEEE regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14003/07]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amounts and names of those local authority senior staff who received bonus payments in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14004/07]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to make changes in the regulation of waste charges such as those operating in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown whereby the annual waste charges paid by householders availing of the council's own service is in effect subsidising the provision of public recycling facilities that are available for use by those...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (5 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 588: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his future plans for providing guidelines under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14006/07]

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (4 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 87: To ask the Taoiseach the number of private rental properties and landlords in the Council of Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown, the four Dublin County Councils and the State in the figures available from the Central Statistics Office from the most recent period for which figures are available. [13393/07]

Written Answers — Tribunals of Inquiry: Tribunals of Inquiry (4 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason behind his decision on 28 March 2007 to defer the planned reduction in the fees paid to lawyers at the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13362/07]

Criminal Assets Bureau. (4 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration has been given to expanding the Criminal Assets Bureau to include a local bureau in each of the 25 divisions of the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12992/07]

Criminal Assets Bureau. (4 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Should we not go further than this? In the past five years Ireland — the cities of Dublin and Limerick in particular — has seen a phenomenal rise in organised gang-related crime. Fuelled by the massive amounts of money to be made from the trafficking and sale of drugs, gangland crimes have resulted in a dramatic increase in gun-related murders. We need to send a clear message to the...

Criminal Assets Bureau. (4 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: This one practical measure could have more impact on organised crime here than all the provisions in the Criminal Justice Bill currently being railroaded through the House. Infringements of the right to silence and extending the maximum periods of detention will not make this kind of crime less lucrative. However, if we can get hold of criminals' SUVs, cash and other property, we can...

Garda Equipment. (4 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to install two-way mirrors in every Garda station in order that victims of crime can identify a suspect without having to come face to face with that person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12991/07]

Garda Equipment. (4 Apr 2007)

Ciarán Cuffe: I thank the Minister for noting my belated April fool's attempt. However, this is a deadly serious issue and it must be an awful experience for a victim of a rape or a mugging to have to touch his or her attacker on the shoulder. One can only imagine the trauma a victim would experience if forced to go through that. It is almost as traumatic for the victim to look his or her attacker in...