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...
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