Results 1,941-1,960 of 2,500 for speaker:Ciarán Cuffe

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 647: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of companies or organisations which have applied to become approved bodies under sections 16 and 17 of Part IV of the Waste Management Act 1996 (Packaging) Regulations 1997-2003. [30574/05]

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 648: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to fill the vacancy of the chair of Comhar, the National Sustainable Development Partnership. [30575/05]

Written Answers — Recycling Policy: Recycling Policy (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 650: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether subsidising recycled packaging material might create a financial incentive for proactive companies to use recycled packaging instead of one-trip packaging. [30577/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 651: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the end destination of all packaging collected under a scheme (details supplied). [30578/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 652: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the European Court of Justice ruling in the Texaco [i]v.[/i] Van De Walle case has implications for waste enforcement legislation here. [30579/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 653: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to curtail the use of food macerators or grinders in domestic kitchens. [30580/05]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 654: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that large furniture outlets (details supplied) have been forced by London local authorities to reduce their store size and provide residential accommodation on the same site; and his views on whether this might have relevance for the development of sites in...

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 656: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has allocated or intends to allocate funding to halt coastal erosion and remediate the old landfill site north of Bray Harbour; the works already undertaken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30583/05]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 658: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his views, in keeping with the National Anti-Poverty Strategy, coincide with those of local authorities with regard to the setting of targets for the maximum time that households can expect to spend on the waiting lists for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30586/05]

Written Answers — Wildlife Conservation: Wildlife Conservation (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 659: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the efforts his Department is taking to bring an end to the slaughter of whale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30587/05]

Written Answers — Archaeological Sites: Archaeological Sites (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 660: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with his Department's role in the archaeological investigation of the Woodstown site in County Waterford; the steps he is taking to preserve and display the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30588/05]

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 661: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on all actions taken by the European Court of Justice against the Government with regard to European directives that fall under his Department's remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30589/05]

Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 662: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the action he has taken in view of the rupture in the sea discharge pipe on 15 September 2005 at the Sellafield nuclear complex; when the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland was informed of the incident; when he was informed of the incident; and the statements he made on the...

Written Answers — Environment Fund: Environment Fund (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 663: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give details of the amounts raised in each year from the environment fund; the detailed breakdown of the projects financed by the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30591/05]

Written Answers — Environmental Policy: Environmental Policy (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 664: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to introduce any regulations or a guidance manual for planning authorities to ensure that hedgerows are protected in development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30592/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 665: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has any meaningful breakdown of the data obtained from inspections for compliance with building regulations and fire safety certification and he is satisfied that adequate enforcement is occurring. [30593/05]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 666: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions in percentage figures for comparison with 1990 for each year for which figures are available since 1990; the action the Government intends to take to ensure compliance with the Kyoto Protocol by the period 2008 to 2012, and other commitments made at European...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 667: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the social housing investment targets set out in the national development plan will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30595/05]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 668: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to improve the quality and timeliness of his Department's information on the extent and nature of housing need, including homelessness, for example, by tracking flows of persons in and out of homelessness and by reporting age, family status and other characteristics of persons who are homeless, to...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Oct 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 669: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of the integrated information technology package for local authority housing departments being developed by the computer services board. [30597/05]