Written answers

Wednesday, 13 April 2005

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

 
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the level of management fees imposed on residents of social and affordable housing schemes throughout the...
  • Planning Issues
    Question 66: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has read a report (details supplied); if this report will have an impact on the guidelines for one-off...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 67: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress which has been made at a national level in allowing the sale of local authority flats to tenants;...
  • Air Pollution
    Question 68: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the report presented to the Clean Air for Europe steering group by the European Commission which...
  • Planning Issues
    Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider changing the planning regulations in order that decisions on proposed local authority...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 70: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role he envisages the voluntary and community sector having in the provision of social housing in the next...
  • Litter Pollution
    Question 71: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he decided not to proceed with the consultants recommendations of an anti-litter levy on chewing...
  • Waste Management
    Question 72: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date in regard to his discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs...
  • Infrastructure Projects
    Question 73: 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 2003;...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 74: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his estimate of the number of unfinished housing estates here; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Election Management System
    Question 75: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to introduce a scheme of automatic voter registration for persons reaching their 18th birthday;...
  • Planning Issues
    Question 76: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the basis for the changes in the retail planning guidelines announced by his Department on 5 January 2005; the...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 77: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made with regard to the announcement on 24 February 2005 to swap State-owned lands for private...
  • Waste Management
    Question 80: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the new initiatives he intends to take to encourage waste minimisation; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Recycling Facilities
    Question 81: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed civic amenity centre for Drogheda, County Louth. [11150/05]
  • Planning Issues
    Question 82: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the different roles and responsibilities of his Department and local authorities in regard to monitoring and...
  • Waste Management
    Question 83: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of representations he has received on the proposed waste treatment plant in Waterford Port; and if...
  • House Prices
    Question 84: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average increase in the price of a new house and a second hand house in Dublin and the rest of the country...
  • Waste Management
    Question 85: 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...
  • Nuclear Plants
    Question 86: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions he has had with the British authorities in regard to the recent disclosure that 30 kg of...
  • Waste Management
    Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether those companies categorised as self-compliers under the waste regulations are meeting...
  • Planning Issues
    Question 89: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to publish new guidelines for determining planning applications for the use of planning...
  • Waste Management
    Question 90: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has now responded to the supplementary letter of formal notice from the European Commission...
  • Planning Issues
    Question 91: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to publish guidelines on one-off houses in the countryside; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Building Regulations
    Question 92: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the disparity between the energy performance criteria for domestic heating installations in the...
  • Decentralisation Programme
    Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position in regard to the number of his Department's Dublin based staff who have applied through the...
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 94: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to ensure that Ireland meets its obligations to comply with EU law on...
  • Electronic Voting
    Question 95: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress of his consideration of the First Report of the Commission on Electronic Voting which was...
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 96: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will update the House on the work being carried out by his Department in relation to North-South...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 97: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 9 February 2005 regarding the 10,000 housing target under...
  • Private Rented Accommodation
    Question 98: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will bring forward legislation in respect of the management of apartment complexes in the private sector...
  • Waste Management
    Question 99: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's policy in relation to the reduction of clinical waste; the changes he intends to make; and if...
  • Local Government Programme
    Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is considering amending the Local Government Act 2001 to allow for towns with a population of less than...
  • National Spatial Strategy
    Question 101: 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...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 102: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed his consideration of the NESC report published in December 2004, and the other recent...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 103: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households and individuals waiting to be housed by each local authority; and if he will make a...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 107: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that only 809 affordable housing units were built in 2004, less than 1% of total housing...
  • Waste Management
    Question 109: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the Government has not yet submitted to the EU Commission the three year report on implementation...
  • Quigley Report
    Question 110: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made with regard to implementation of the recommendation made in the recent report of Mr. Dermot...
  • Nuclear Plants
    Question 111: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position regarding the international legal action taken by this country with a view to securing the...
  • House Prices
    Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action the Government has taken to implement the recommendations of the All Party Oireachtas Committee's...
  • End-of-Life Vehicles
    Question 113: 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...
  • Waste Disposal
    Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that recent figures from the EPA show that builders are generating twice as much waste as...
  • Waste Management
    Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support the setting up of waste minimisation clubs to reduce waste; and if he will make a statement...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the finding in the NESC report on housing that up to one-third of all new households formed in...
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action his Department is taking to meet the EU target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010; and if he will...
  • Waste Management
    Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for delays in the implementation of the regional waste management plans; the action he intends to...
  • Road Network
    Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that has been made available to enable a northern bypass non-national road to be constructed in...
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes made to the revised action plan on the nitrates directive due to be submitted to the European...
  • Nuclear Plants
    Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action which has been taken by him since assuming office in putting pressure on the UK Government to close...
  • Planning Issues
    Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been in contact with the Department of Transport regarding the placing of mobile phone transmitters...
  • Litter Pollution
    Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he decided against a ban on ATM receipts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11036/05]
  • Archaeological Sites
    Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the views expressed by the director of the National Museum regarding the proposed M3's route...
  • Building Regulations
    Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether most new apartment developments comply with Part M of the building regulations; and if he...
  • Elections Management System
    Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total amount of public money spent to date on the storage of electronic voting equipment; if he is...
  • Private Rented Accommodation
    Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of landlords who had registered with the Private Residential Tenancies Board by the deadline of 1...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the private sector has a role in the provision of local authority housing over the next...
  • Recycling Policy
    Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the opening hours of recycling centres are suitable for modern lifestyles and if more...
  • Waste Disposal
    Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the continued deposition of untreated waste into landfill; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has examined and is satisfied with each of the five year action plans for social and affordable housing...
  • Ministerial Responsibilities
    Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the abolition of Dúchas and the adoption of its duties by his Department have been a...
  • Recycling Policy
    Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish a national recycling market centre to expand and develop more secure long-term markets...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has investigated the case of a €20 million housing scheme in Finglas, Dublin, that was not advertised...
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department is involved in the policing of the plastic bag levy; if he has received reports of consumers...
  • Consultancy Contracts
    Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost of all work carried out for his Department by a person and company (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Waste Management
    Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the lack of adequate recycling facilities and if he has proposals in this...
  • Departmental Programmes
    Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the success of the PPP projects for which his Department has responsibility; and if he will make...
  • Homeless Persons
    Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of move-on accommodation units for homeless persons and those at risk of homelessness in the State;...
  • Departmental Programmes
    Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a decision has been made not to proceed with plans for the establishment of a national fire authority, a...
  • EU Directives
    Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has completed his consideration of European Court of First Instance decision to rule against Ireland for...
  • Planning Issues
    Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the recent report on civic and social life in suburbs presented at NUI Maynooth on 1 April 2005;...
  • Waste Management
    Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to increase the penalties for illegal dumping of waste; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the contract documents for the provision of a sewerage scheme in Lecarrow, County...
  • EU Directives
    Question 156: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to implement the EU directive on the energy performance of buildings; the progress which has...

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