Written answers

Wednesday, 8 March 2006

  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Planning Issues
      Question 11: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the wording of the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 will make...
    • Private Rented Accommodation
      Question 12: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to provide stronger incentives, financial or otherwise, to local authorities in order to enforce...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 13: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to raise the possible siting of a nuclear power station here, under the UK Energy Review, at EU...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 14: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the work and objectives of the new Centre for Housing Research; its annual budget and membership of the board...
    • Waste Management
      Question 15: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to initiate a campaign to promote and encourage parents of babies and small children to use...
    • Recycling Facilities
      Question 16: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of recycling facilities broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9506/06]
    • Biological Records Centre
      Question 17: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions which have been taken towards the establishment of a biological records centre, which has been...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 19: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the projected amount of funds to be collected in environmental management charges by the two collective schemes...
    • Site Maintenance
      Question 20: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date of implementing the rehabilitation of the Irish Steel Company site; the initial budgeted cost;...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 21: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that just 81 people have applied for the 805 decentralised...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 22: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to make the planning process more user friendly; and if he will make a...
    • Homeless Persons
      Question 24: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of families housed in emergency bed and breakfast accommodation; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Register of Electors
      Question 25: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to improve the accuracy of the electoral register; if he will implement a proper...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 26: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of litter fines issued in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9496/06]
    • Local Government Ethics
      Question 27: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a standards board for local government elected members and officials here; and if he will...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 28: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take in view of the fact that CO2 emissions attributable to the concrete industry...
    • Carbon Fund
      Question 29: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the 2006 allocation for the proposed carbon fund, as promised in his budget 2006 speech, is contingent on...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 30: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in accordance with the recommendations of the Indecon report released by his office on 1 March 2006, he...
    • Waste Management
      Question 31: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent of his review of the overall regulation of the waste management sector with particular reference to...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 32: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action the European Commission has taken over THORP and the B30 storage pond following his meeting with...
    • End-of-Life Vehicles
      Question 33: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the proposed operation of the draft regulations on end-of-life vehicles for cars and vans; and if he will make...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 35: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the housing initiatives he intends to take to help people in view of the increase recorded in the last census...
    • Departmental Agencies
      Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the Private Residential Tenancies Board has the staff and resources required to...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 39: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions which are taking place between his Department and the European Commission on the level of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 40: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which can be taken to speed up the construction of water and sewerage schemes; if his Department can...
    • Litter Wardens
      Question 43: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of litter wardens employed here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9495/06]
    • Noise Pollution
      Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the powers of local authorities and law enforcement agencies are adequate to deal with the...
    • House Prices
      Question 45: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent ESRI-Permanent TSB house price index which showed the average house price for a...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on waiving or reducing the fee for making planning submissions for those groups that may find the fee...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results of the promised thorough evaluation of the current levels of environmental management charges; and...
    • EU Directives
      Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of EU Directives for which his Department has responsibility which remain to be transposed into...
    • Fire Services
      Question 52: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress that has been made to date on implementing the recommendations of the report Review of Fire Safety...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 53: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the further initiatives he intends to take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement...
    • Homeless Persons.
      Question 54: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether homelessness will ever be eradicated here; if so, when; the measures he will take to...
    • Nuclear Plants
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legal avenues the Government is examining internationally in the State's campaign to close Sellafield,...
    • Fire Services
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when responsibility for fire safety, previously the function of the National Safety Council, will be...
    • Waste Management
      Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions he has instructed local authorities to take to address the recent slippage in the application of...
    • Election Management System
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to date of the electronic voting project, including storage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Management
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to conduct research into the reason 21% of the population do not avail of a waste collection...
    • Local Authority Funding.
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding collected by local authorities in their areas of responsibility for the years 1996, 2000...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to use the proposed Water Services Bill to reintroduce domestic water charges; and if he will...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on using his power under section 19(3) of the Planning and Development Act 2001 to draft regulations...
    • Waste Disposal
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question No. 188 of 14 February 2006, if he will make a statement on the meetings his officials and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to assist the voluntary housing sector increase its output; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the instrument of ratification of the Aarhus Convention to come before Dáil Éireann; and if...
    • Anti-Social Behaviour
      Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take regarding anti-social behaviour in both public and private housing developments;...
    • Genetically Modified Organisms
      Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the motions on non-genetically modified produce passed by county councils and town councils...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 78: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce an elected members planning code of good practice in local authorities; and if he will...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to increase the frequency at which housing needs assessment is conducted; and if he will make a...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for a three-year delay in dealing with appeals on the proposed designation of lands as a special...
    • Dog Breeding Establishments
      Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take on the working group recommendations on regulating breeding establishments; and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government whether he will seek to have the NESC report recommendations for a net increase of 73,000 units of social...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 85: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's new targets for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste; the progress made to date; and...
    • Waste Management
      Question 88: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the baseline studies of the national waste prevention programme to be produced by the core...
    • Housing Statistics
      Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of apartments here, broken down by number of bedrooms; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Biodiversity Plan
      Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made to date on each of the 13 initiatives announced in November concerning the...
    • Local Authority Services
      Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce legislation that explicitly sets out the responsibilities which are held by local...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 101: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the figures indicating the proportion of planning permissions granted that were for planning retention. [9527/06]
    • Housing Statistics
      Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether more needs to be done to ensure a greater number of larger apartments are built to...
    • Litter Pollution
      Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people or companies who lobbied him in relation to the course of action he took on chewing gum...
    • Fire Services
      Question 106: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to establish and fund a proper and consistent fire policing regime to ensure that fire chiefs...
    • Land Development
      Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether zoned land is being hoarded and drip fed onto the market in order to keep prices high,...
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 108: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide incentives for the provision and use of reverse-vending machines for can, bottle and...
    • Social and Affordable Housing
      Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of completions in 2005 under the Part V scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9507/06]
    • Recycling Policy
      Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of household recycling broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9505/06]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      Question 113: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of the rise in green house emissions from vehicles by 6% according to recent Environmental...
  • Department of Health and Children
    • Cancer Screening Programme
      Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the status of the breast cancer unit in Letterkenny General Hospital; and the action her Department will take in view of...
    • Health Services
      Question 118: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if additional funding has been allocated for home care help to the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a...
    • Hospital Accommodation
      Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to provide emergency funding and resources to alleviate the current chronic overcrowding at Ennis...
    • Medical Cards
      Question 120: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of general practitioners only medical cards issued to date; the number of full medical cards issued during the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities
      Question 121: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding practical proposals to assist a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9 with a disability; and if she...
    • Irish Blood Transfusion Service
      Question 122: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to an application for research funding submitted by the Irish Blood Transfusion Service to...
  • Department of Finance
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 124: To ask the Minister for Finance the level of financial incentives and aids available to people who are producing biofuel, in particular biodiesel, and with reference to...
    • Financial Services Regulation
      Question 125: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider the proposal by the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority on the restriction of investment options available to credit...
    • National Monuments
      Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance his proposals to upgrade, repair and restore the obelisk at Maynooth, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9725/06]
  • Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
    • Energy Resources
      Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the consultation which has taken place in respect of the proposed grant aid package on renewable energy; the...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of complacency grants for safety and life belts which are still outstanding; when the grant will be...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there are plans or funding available to improve the condition of a pier (details supplied) in County Donegal;...
    • Energy Resources
      Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the basis of the levies which are placed on ESB bills; the precise purpose of the money raised; the aggregate...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Prisoner Transfers
      Question 131: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the health issues of a person (details supplied) will be raised with the British authorities; and if their repatriation will be sought in...
  • Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
    • Sports Capital Programme
      Question 132: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will confirm the capital allocation of €9.5 million to the Abbotstown campus; if he has identified what this money will be...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Job Losses
      Question 133: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he proposes to take to fulfil the national spatial strategy requirements of bringing foreign direct investment to...
    • Health and Safety Regulations
      Question 134: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections which were carried out in each of the past five years to assess compliance of employers with the...
    • Job Protection
      Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 147 of 1 March 2006 if his Department is satisfied that a bona fide lay-off situation exists at a...
    • Job Losses
      Question 136: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views at the job losses announced by a company (details supplied) in County Mayo; his further views on whether these 40...
    • Industrial Development
      Question 137: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the development of an industrial business park for Ballina, County Mayo which has been ongoing for...
  • Department of Social and Family Affairs
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 139: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a cheque will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare in respect of clothing allowance; and if he will make a...
    • Social Insurance
      Question 142: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals to introduce credited contributions for class S contributors who become disabled and unable to continue in...
    • Social Welfare Code
      Question 143: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when a formal review of child dependent rates last took place; the outcome of same; the research upon which he bases his current...
    • Anti-Poverty Strategy
      Question 144: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures which are taken by his Department on an annual basis to monitor the achievement of the objectives of the national...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      Question 145: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of claims for the carer's allowance received in each of the past three years; the percentage in each case of persons who...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      Question 147: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason rent allowance has been reduced in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
    • Industrial Relations
      Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs further to Question No. 87 of 26 January 2006, the discussions which have taken place with staff; and if he will make a statement...
    • Decentralisation Programme
      Question 149: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of staff currently working in the maintenance recovery unit of his Department; the number of these who have chosen to...
  • Department of Transport
    • Rural Transport Services
      Question 150: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received an application for funding for an extension of the rural transport scheme for north Mayo covering 13 services per week from six...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 151: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will make a statement on his plans to make drivers of many years re-sit their driving test. [9640/06]
    • Road Network
      Question 152: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the huge number of people who are excluded from using the motorways here due to the lack of service stops; his...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 153: To ask the Minister for Transport when a driver's licence application will be available for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      Question 154: To ask the Minister for Transport if fixed penalties in respect of traffic offences are applied to non-resident foreign licensed drivers here; if not, the other ways in which...
    • Driving Tests
      Question 155: To ask the Minister for Transport the pass rate, waiting time, number of applicants, number of testers in each driving test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Dublin Port Tunnel
      Question 156: To ask the Minister for Transport his policy regarding so-called super-trucks that are too large for the port tunnel; if it is his intention to introduce a ban or alternatively to...
    • Harbours and Piers
      Question 157: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has ministerial responsibility for Baltimore Harbour, County Cork; if so, his plans for its development; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Agriculture and Food
    • Afforestation Programme
      Question 158: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the planting of trees with a high carbon trapping potential with a view to enhancing Ireland's compliance with Kyoto; and...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 159: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the circumstances outlined in correspondence, details supplied; the steps she will take; if a...
    • Milk Quota
      Question 163: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the statement by the chief executive officer of the Glanbia Group that he expects 2000 of Glanbia's...
    • Grant Payments
      Question 164: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if full payment of single farm payment will be made to a person, details supplied, in County Cork. [9695/06]
  • Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • EU Directives
      Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the EU Employment Directive 2000/78/EC; when it was due to be transposed into Irish law; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if primary legislation on both parental leave and term time will be amended to allow parents and carers to be able to spend...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 171: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take with the Land Registry Office on an application (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for citizenship-approval of stamp four will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Sligo;...
    • Residency Permits
      Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the avenues open to a person (details supplied) to pursue residency here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Visa Applications
      Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for family reunification for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; if...
    • Registration of Title
      Question 175: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to have an application for registration for a person (details supplied) expedited as same is in being...
    • Human Rights Issues
      Question 176: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the Irish Human Rights Commission is in need of reform in view of the fact that the decisions made by...
    • Proposed Legislation
      Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to amend the laws on the production, display, sale and distribution of pornographic material; if he is satisfied...
    • Crime Levels
      Question 178: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures which are being taken by the gardaí to deal with the crime in the Whitehall and Santry areas of Dublin; the...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 179: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí in Kildare Garda station assigned to purely administrative duties; if this work could be carried out...
    • Garda Strength
      Question 181: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda members who are on maternity leave and their grades; the average number of members who are on maternity...
    • Garda Deployment
      Question 182: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the vacancy will be filled at Mountjoy Garda station where there has been no sergeant in the community Garda section...
    • Disability Act 2005
      Question 183: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform , further to Question No. 414 of 13 December 2005, if he has received the draft codes of practice for the...
    • Travel Documents
      Question 184: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a replacement travel document will be supplied to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8. [9749/06]
    • Garda Retirements
      Question 185: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on offering retired members of the Garda Síochána a back-to-work scheme on a part-time basis; his further views...
    • Asylum Applications
      Question 186: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people from Somalia in Ireland currently. [9777/06]
  • Department of Education and Science
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 191: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will purchase a site for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      Question 193: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will examine the delay in having a person (details supplied) in a school in County Cork; if her attention has been drawn to the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 194: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a post-primary school building project (details supplied) in County Cork. [9641/06]
    • Traveller Education
      Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the traveller education strategy will be published. [9643/06]
    • Schools of Music
      Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will ensure that her Department gives recognition to the Bray Music Centre in Bray, County Wicklow, as it does with other...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      Question 197: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason there is no representative on the educational disadvantage committee; and if this situation will be rectified when the new...
    • Psychological Service
      Question 198: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to extend the National Educational Psychological Service to all of County Clare's primary schools; the proportion of County...
    • School Completion Programme
      Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures which are being taken by her Department to improve the level of transfer from primary to post-primary education; and if...
    • Third Level Education
      Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the measures which are taken by her Department to increase the level of participation in third level education; and if she will make a...
    • State Examinations
      Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a school (details supplied) is still the central co-ordinating and managing authority for the Scrúdú le hAghaidh Cáilíochta sa...
    • Schools Building Projects
      Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Question No. 322 of 15 December 2005, if the assessment has been completed by the school planning section of her...
  • Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
    • Motor Vehicle Registration
      Question 206: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vehicles licensed in each of the past ten years. [9754/06]
    • Planning Issues
      Question 207: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the phenomenon of recent property inflation of up to 20% in areas located...
    • Local Authority Funding
      Question 209: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which he envisages local Government being properly resourced and funded to carry out all their...
    • Planning Issues
      Question 212: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if changes are required in planning legislation to control the operation of lap dancing clubs and the change...
    • Legislative Programme
      Question 213: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends bringing into force all sections of the Local Government Act 2001; and if he will make a...
    • Wildlife Protection
      Question 214: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of hares captured from the wild for the 2005 to 2006 coursing season which had previously been...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 216: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if methane gas seepage from the sewerage system at Leixlip, County Kildare has been satisfactorily resolved;...
    • Drainage Schemes
      Question 217: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he or his Department have had discussions with Kildare County Council in regard to the completion of...
    • Alternative Energy Projects
      Question 218: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for waste to energy conversion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9733/06]
    • Water Supply
      Question 219: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total domestic water storage capacity, the estimated daily domestic and industrial use; if he has...
    • Local Authority Housing
      Question 222: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses built and allocated by the various local authorities in the past 12 months; the number of...
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes
      Question 223: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of locations in respect of which he has been alerted to the existence of methane gas emanating from...
    • Local Authority Information
      Question 225: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that Members of the Oireachtas have the required access to local authorities in accordance...
    • Heritage Sites
      Question 226: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to Question No. 775 of 8 November 2005, the steps which are being taken by his Department to provide...
    • Waste Management
      Question 227: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions he has had with the management of Dublin City Council concerning the Strategic Infrastructure...
    • Airport Safety
      Question 228: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status and stage of the draft public safety zone guidelines for Irish airports; and if and when there is...
    • Construction Industry
      Question 229: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to give protection by way of regulation or legislation to sub-contractors who, in some instances,...