Written answers
Wednesday, 9 February 2005
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Computerisation Programme
Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will initiate improvements to his Department's website. [3714/05]
- Strategy on Homelessness
Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date of the cross-departmental team on homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the funding for architectural protection grants; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the €8 million paid in legal fees by his Department over the past two years was value...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to substantially improve local authority and voluntary sector housing output to...
- Environmental Policy
Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to prevent the practice of charging a €2 environmental levy on tyres; and if he...
- State Property
Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the report of the scientific group set up to examine the issue of hunting on State lands; and if...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 71: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made to establish some form of a national trust within the State that might...
- Planning Issues
Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether his Department should implement a ban on construction on floodplains; and if he will make...
- Private Rented Accommodation
Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which has been taken to identify and prosecute, if necessary, those landlords who have not...
- Waste Disposal
Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed his consideration of the European Court of First Instance decision to rule against Ireland...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing units delivered to date by each local authority under Part V of the Planning and...
- Recycling Policy
Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider measures to deal with the low level of recycling of tyres; and if he will make a statement...
- National Development Plan
Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to fast track the remaining NDP projects in his Department to ensure completion of...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 79: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the instances within his Department in which contracts have been awarded as a matter of extreme urgency,...
- Recycling Policy
Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he intends to increase the level of recycling of newspaper and cardboard, the level of which...
- Housing Policy
Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has considered the recommendations of the NESC report on housing; and if it is his intention to...
- Recycling Policy
Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of recyclables collected in the State which are recycled in the State; the percentage which are...
- House Prices
Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent figures produced by the Irish Institute of Auctioneers and Valuers...
- End-of-Life Vehicles
Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for the long delay in introducing regulations on end-of-life vehicles; the communications he has had...
- National Development Plan
Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious concern expressed by the Institute of Engineers of Ireland...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to amend legislation to include any bodies representing immigrant groups in the nomination...
- Radon Gas Levels
Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent study published in a publication (details supplied) confirming...
- Litter Pollution
Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made in regard to the public consultation process on the 2003 litter monitoring body report on the...
- Local Authority Staff
Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government has considered allowing local authority staff, with specific skills that may be of assistance...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the working group of the BNFL stakeholder dialogue that...
- Election Management System
Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual cost of storing the electronic voting machines; the number of such machines; and the location of...
- EU Directives
Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to prevent Ireland being fined on 2 March 2005 for the non-implementation of the...
- Pay Awards
Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the names of the senior local authority personnel who have been awarded bonus payments by the committee for...
- Environmental Policy
Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to introduce controls on the use of polystyrene as a packaging material, especially when used...
- Waste Management
Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the further regulations he intends to introduce under sections 28 and 29 of the Waste Management Act 1996 to...
- Election Management System
Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the programme of work which has been undertaken by his Department to address the recommendations of the interim...
- Planning Issues
Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the deluge of planning applications made in December 2004 in order to avail of certain...
- Nuclear Safety
Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the representations he has made to the British authorities about the decision announced in December 2004...
- Litter Pollution
Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recent discussions he has had with Wicklow County Council or the EPA with respect to illegal dumping sites...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether there may be scope for a large scale public private partnership to fast-track the build...
- Planning Issues
Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the difficulties which have been brought to his attention by local authorities or the CIF with respect to the...
- House Prices
Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action that has been taken or that he plans to take following the report of the All-Party Committee on the...
- Proposed Legislation
Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status with regard to the proposed Critical Infrastructure Bill, which was first announced in October...
- EU Directives
Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the transposition into Irish law of the European noise directive; and if he will make...
- Planning Issues
Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to ensure that those retailers who avail of recent changes in the planning guidelines contribute...
- Road Safety
Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure the early removal of inappropriate metric speed signs, particularly in the vicinity of...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his proposals to swap State owned land for completed housing to help fast track the building of affordable...
- Consultancy Contracts
Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the contract awarded to a company (details supplied) due for renewal in February 2005 will be renewed; if...
- Waste Disposal
Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase the penalties for rogue unlicensed refuse collectors; and if he will make a statement on...
- Litter Pollution
Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to improve the collection and recycling of plastic in view of the large amount of plastic...
- Waste Disposal
Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department received the study prepared by the Health Research Board on the health implications of...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of the different interest rates being charged to local authority tenants who are buying out...
- Litter Pollution
Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent litter study undertaken by environmental scientists at Trinity...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has met with the Environmental Protection Agency regarding its national allocation plan for emissions...
- National Spatial Strategy
Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date with regard to implementation of the national spatial strategy; and if he will make...
- Road Network
Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount being made available per kilometre of non-national road per county for 2005, with reference to...
- EU Directives
Question 130: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on moves by the European Union to penalise Ireland for the non-implementation of environmental...
- Water Quality
Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action his Department is taking to increase the number of blue flag beaches and to improve water quality...
- Illegal Dumping
Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made by his Department, in co-operation with the authorities in Northern Ireland, in the...
- Departmental Properties
Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of tenders sought by his Department from interested parties before a decision was made by it to...
- Social and Affordable Housing
Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of the current talks with developers regarding the provision of 30,000 social and affordable houses...
- Departmental Procurement Policies
Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to implement the recommendation made in the recent report of a person (details...
- Housing Design
Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the initiatives he intends to introduce to encourage excellence of design in housing, particularly in regard...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to ensure that moneys allocated for social housing to local authorities is spent...
- Recycling Policy
Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the initiatives he will introduce to significantly improve recycling of paper, glass, metals and plastic; and...
- Development Levies
Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the burden on growers resulting from development levies on plastic...
- Recycling Policy
Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take to require retailers to provide disposal facilities for packaging waste. [3938/05]
- Nuclear Plants
Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the international legal action taken by the Government with a view to securing the...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious disappointment expressed by the Simon Community and other...
- National Parks
Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to a project at Ballycroy National Park in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in...
- Waste Disposal
Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he intends to introduce to prevent fly tipping; if he will significantly increase the fines for...
- House Prices
Question 159: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the impact which changes made in budget 2005 to benefit first time buyers is having; his views on whether this...
- Planning Issues
Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on recent media reports suggesting that developers have paid off objectors in order that they do not...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the basis on which it was claimed in a statement issued on 13 December 2004 that the 10,000 target under the...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 163: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Gweedore, County Donegal; and when it is expected that...
- Environmental Policy
Question 165: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to prevent the extinction of the freshwater pearl mussel, margaritifera...
- Waste Management
Question 166: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to provide for a national waiver system for those on low incomes who are unable to pay service...
- Decentralisation Programme
Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to the number of his Department's Dublin based staff who have applied through the...
- Road Network
Question 175: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to make a decision on the application submitted to him from the roads authority for the...
- Department of Health and Children
- Health Services
Question 179: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin 10 are still waiting for orthodontic treatment; when they will receive...
- Accident and Emergency Services
Question 180: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons who have spent time sitting on chairs or lying on trolleys awaiting treatment in the accident and...
- Hospital Services
Question 181: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason there is a delay in arranging an angiogram for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if the...
- Medical Cards
Question 183: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who applied for same several...
- Health Services
Question 184: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if assistance will be given to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Vaccination Programme
Question 187: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the level of the take up of the MMR vaccine in each health board area for the latest period for which figures area...
- Contaminated Blood Products
Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the Government's undertaking, following the publication of the Lindsay report, to consider the...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
Question 189: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons on hospital waiting lists at the latest date for which figures are available; the reason she has...
- Department of Finance
- Vehicle Registration
Question 190: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vehicles first registered in County Leitrim in 2004; the number of such vehicles registered by persons resident in County Roscommon;...
- Public Service Retirement Scheme
Question 191: To ask the Minister for Finance if the regulations pertaining to the early retirement scheme for persons in the public service have been completed; and if he will make a statement...
- Planning Issues
Question 192: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 2 February 2005, his views on whether planning permission is needed for the fencing erected along a...
- Sculpture Siting
Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 2 February 2005, his views on the sculpture (details supplied) which was the subject of the...
- Lacken Weir Fish Pass
Question 194: To ask the Minister for Finance when the extension to the fish pass at Lacken Weir, Kilkenny was fabricated; the cost of same and the labour costs for installation; the reason it...
- Tax Code
Question 195: To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will be provided with a P21 balancing statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4133/05]
- Departmental Properties
Question 198: To ask the Minister for Finance , further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 19 October 2004, if he will list the items stolen or removed; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Collection
Question 199: To ask the Minister for Finance the capital value of assets held in trusts liable to the 6% entry and 1% annual tax on such trusts; and the declared value of such assets, and...
- Tax Code
Question 201: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to granting an exemption in VRT payment, in regard to kit cars which are constructed by the owners thereof; when the...
- Special Savings Incentive Scheme
Question 204: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied). [4194/05]
- National Monuments
Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance if any action is proposed or intended in respect of Connolly's Folly, Maynooth, County Kildare, which is showing serious signs of deterioration; and...
- Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Gas Pipelines
Question 206: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will address the fears expressed by residents of Rossport, County Mayo regarding the upstream Corrib field...
- Department of Foreign Affairs
- Diplomatic Representation
Question 207: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status, terms and conditions of the appointment of the envoy (details supplied) to the tsunami region; the rank in terms of the foreign...
- Foreign Conflicts
Question 208: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will bring the plight of the people of Darfur, Sudan to the attention of the UN Security Council without delay; and if he will make a...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Grant Payments
Question 209: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and value of grants decided under the community enterprise support scheme in 2004; the total budget available...
- Price Inflation
Question 210: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding action being taken to control the rise in the cost of living; the initiatives which are planned; and...
- Work Permits
Question 211: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and when he will introduce amending legislation to issue work permits to individual workers rather than to employers, in...
- Department of Social and Family Affairs
- Family Support Services
Question 213: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the supports available to self-employed workers with families who are on low incomes; if the family income supplement can be...
- Services for People with Disabilities
Question 214: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 1 December 2004, the funding which has been made available for 2005 to introduce the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
Question 215: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason social welfare increases were not awarded from 1 January 2005, as had been the case in the previous two years; and if...
- Department of Transport
- Road Safety
Question 217: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason a national speed sign (details supplied) has been removed; if a sign indicates a certain speed now, if a person is to presume that bends...
- Driving Licences
Question 218: To ask the Minister for Transport if a further provisional driving licence can issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on...
- Driving Tests
Question 220: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the record number of drivers awaiting tests; the measures he proposes to introduce to reduce waiting times; and if the filling of...
- Taxi Hardship Panel
Question 221: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the demand, he has new proposals to top up the original taxi hardship fund. [4148/05]
- Rail Services
Question 222: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the financial expense incurred by a commuter travelling on the Dublin to Tralee rail route; and if he will make...
- Airport Development Projects
Question 223: To ask the Minister for Transport the position in relation to having the runway at Derry City Airport extended to facilitate the larger aeroplanes in use; and if he will make a...
- Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
- Community Development
Question 225: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason lone parents, widows and widowers are not allowed to participate in the rural social scheme; his views on...
- Department of Agriculture and Food
- Grant Payments
Question 226: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has to remove the 20 livestock units cap on grant aid for farm development; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Supports
Question 228: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to a meeting (details supplied), the plans she has to facilitate the group concerned; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Organic Farming
Question 229: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the recommendations of the report of the organic development committee which have been implemented; the timescale...
- Disadvantaged Areas Scheme
Question 230: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that moves are afoot to try and negotiate down disadvantaged status to just one criterion,...
- Grant Payments
Question 231: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a REP scheme payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- State Shareholdings
Question 233: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the legal position regarding the golden share as determined by her Department in regard to shares of Irish Sugar Limited; and if she...
- Grant Payments
Question 234: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if consideration will be given to an application for forestry development (details supplied) by a person in County Clare; and if she...
- Milk Quota
Question 235: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding a pilot scheme for the allocation of milk quota to certain qualified farm managers; when this pilot scheme will...
- Grant Payments
Question 236: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food , further to Question No. 69 of 26 January 2005, if the years used in the calculation of the single payment entitlements for this person...
- Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Rights of the Child
Question 240: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the widespread concern among unmarried fathers regarding the lack of legal protection in...
- Garda Deployment
Question 241: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there will be more regular Garda patrols in the Marino area, Dublin 3, to deter the culprits responsible for graffiti and...
- Child Care Services
Question 242: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding correspondence about the application by a person (details attached) for staffing grants; when a...
- Garda Deployment
Question 243: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outcome of pilot schemes of the new rostering programmes in the gardaí; the position regarding same at present; and if...
- Refugee Accommodation
Question 244: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for choosing a premises (details supplied) in Dublin 1 as a refugee holding centre; the number of persons that...
- Visa Applications
Question 245: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a travel document will be issued to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and his views on documentation submitted on...
- Registration of Title
Question 246: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if steps will be taken to expedite a section 49 application by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he...
- Department of Education and Science
- Special Educational Needs
Question 247: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will sanction an additional special needs assistant for the autism unit at a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 248: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on plans to provide educational facilities in the new communities in Ballycullen and Fortunestown in Dublin 24; if...
- Schools Recognition
Question 251: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she has received an application for a new primary school in Laytown, County Meath; if she will make a decision in the near future on...
- Alcohol Abuse
Question 252: To ask the Minister for Education and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 28 October 2004, if the information requested is now available; and if she will make a...
- Schools Building Projects
Question 253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has examined the plans for a school extension submitted by this Deputy on behalf of a school (details supplied) in...
- Teachers' Remuneration
Question 254: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if teachers who have received back payments under the part-time legislation will move up a point on the pay scale. [4116/05]
- Psychological Service
Question 255: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Defence
- Ministerial Transport
Question 257: To ask the Minister for Defence the occasions between June 2002 and September 2004 on which the Government jet was used to carry the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local...
- Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Planning Issues
Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the claim of An Taisce that Kerry County Council has overstepped its remit in drawing up a list...
- Litter Pollution
Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that the 140% increase in expenditure on street cleansing from €25 million in...
- Environmental Pollution
Question 260: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the report by PharmaChemical Ireland which claims that in the pharmaceutical and chemical sector...
- Water Quality
Question 261: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received deputations from businesses which will be financially penalised by new charges on dumping...
- Waste Management
Question 262: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the Environmental Protection Agency's discussion paper on centralised anaerobic digestion...
- Nuclear Plants
Question 263: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if and when his Department intends to draw up a risk analysis of the world's nuclear plants to assess the...
- Waste Management
Question 264: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the waste infrastructure capital grant scheme will be made available to the private sector. [4002/05]
- Archaeological Sites
Question 266: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he attended meetings with the Orange Order concerning the historical significance of the Battle of Aughrim...
- Regional Authorities
Question 267: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of his Department's contact with regional authorities; his views on whether the structure of these...
- Environmental Policy
Question 269: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to promote a green purchasing policy on foot of the publication of the EU...
- EU Directives
Question 270: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the guidelines for regional and planning authorities on strategic environmental assessment...
- Waste Management
Question 271: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date on the cross-Border waste awareness campaign; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities
Question 272: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of times he has met the County and City Managers Association; the topics which were discussed; and...
- Planning Issues
Question 276: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if all outstanding documentation concerning the introduction of the rural planning guidelines has been...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 277: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a proposed new sewerage scheme (details supplied); if funding has been provided; the...
- Architectural Heritage
Question 278: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which representations, discussions or negotiations have been made or received with reference to...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 279: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any procedures have been put in place to entirely eliminate the escape of methane gas at Main Street,...
- Waste Management
Question 280: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projected waste management disposal requirements for the future; the extent to which is it expected to...
- Road Network
Question 281: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received any submissions from Kildare County Council in regard to improvement, realignment or...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 283: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which Ireland's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol has been achieved; his plans for the future in...
- Waste Disposal
Question 284: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of locations throughout the country in respect of which illegal dumping is suspected or detected;...
- Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 285: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the current daily domestic household water requirement; the requirements for industry; the maximum storage...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authority houses provided directly by each of the local authorities in each of the past...
- Election Management System
Question 287: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total all in costs to date of the electronic voting system, including training, promotion, marketing,...
- Local Authority Housing
Question 289: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total acreage of land held by the various local authorities throughout the country; the number of houses...
- Air Quality
Question 291: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of air pollution monitoring points located throughout County Kildare; the extent to which modern...
- Road Network
Question 293: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to make a decision on the application submitted to him from the roads authority for the carrying...
- National Development Plan
Question 294: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the serious concern expressed by the Institute of Engineers of Ireland...
