Written answers
Wednesday, 25 January 2006
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Debt Collection
Question 1428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will convey his view to the Chief State Solicitor's office that the Government does not wish the... - Environmental Protection
Question 1430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Article 10 of Council Framework Decision 2003/80/JHA of 27 January 2003 on the protection of the... - Compulsory Purchase Orders
Question 1431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to establish a special court to settle compensation claims on compulsory purchase order land for... - National Heritage Areas
Question 1432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the ongoing obligations of landowners in national heritage areas. [1517/06] - Decentralisation Programme
Question 1433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the decentralisation of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to... - Architectural Heritage
Question 1434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will respond to a request for funding or assistance relative to a project (details... - Marine Conservation
Question 1435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the obligations on his Department to designate marine special areas of conservation under Natura 2000; if his... - Water Quality
Question 1436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the report on phthalate contamination of waters here; if so, the action he will take on... - Local Authority Housing
Question 1439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a former local authority tenant who owns a house cannot partake in a scheme that would allow them to cash... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the sewerage scheme project in Clifden, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the... - Public Safety Zones
Question 1441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, regarding his Department's proposed guidelines on public safety zones at State airports, he intends to... - Environmental Impact Statements
Question 1442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the threshold of 25,000 tonnes per annum for an EIS for waste transfer stations was set; the threshold... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1443: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed sewage treatment plant (details supplied) in County Mayo. [40251/05] - Local Authority Funding
Question 1444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the categories of items on which proceeds from the disposal of assets such as land can be spent by local... - Safe Home Programme
Question 1445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the moneys paid in respect of the safe home programme in each of the past ten years; if annual reports have... - EU Directives
Question 1446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of occasions Ireland has invoked Article 23 of Directive 2001/18/EC on the deliberate release into... - Fire Service
Question 1451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of times the State has been requested by the EU or other EU member states to participate in... - Local Authority Housing
Question 1453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the tenant purchase scheme operated by local authorities will be reviewed (details supplied). [40384/05] - Local Authority Funding
Question 1454: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available to allow refurbishment works to begin on the Fingal Arts Centre in Rush,... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1457: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a sewerage scheme in Athea, County Limerick will be funded for refurbishment. [1045/06] - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1458: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to amend section 10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 in view of the difficulties... - EU Directives
Question 1459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if EU Directive 2002/91/EC was implemented before 4 January 2006; if the directive was not implemented by 4... - Boundary Alterations
Question 1461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a request to extend the Cork City boundary. [1139/06] - Environmental Policy
Question 1462: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of meetings that have occurred between him and officials and representatives of a company (details... -
Appointments to State Boards
Question 1463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997. [1148/06] - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to consolidate the legislation on housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1255/06] - Local Authority Housing
Question 1466: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of dwellings built by local authorities and the private sector in the 1990s and for each year... - Turbary Rights
Question 1468: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 17 November 2005 (details supplied) if his Department has... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the Ministerial orders he has issued in relation to Ballinacarrow sewerage treatment scheme, County Sligo;... - Archaeological Sites
Question 1477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the illustrated summary of the Ardfert Cathedral excavations will be published; and if he will make a... - Environmental Policy
Question 1478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the limited companies which received funding in 2005 from the environment fund. [1443/06] - Recycling Policy
Question 1479: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way in which the projected reduction in spending from the environment fund will affect, in percentage... - Local Authority Funding
Question 1480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if departmental approval has been given to a local authority for works (details supplied); the funding... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 1481: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funds spent by his Department since June 1997 on consultants, legal experts and external advice; the... - Planning Applications
Question 1482: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a letter (details supplied) sent to him has not been replied to; when the letter was received in... - Election Management System
Question 1483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on taking initiatives to extend voting rights in Dáil elections to EU citizens of other member... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding his Department intends to put towards the Ennis water filtration project; if the amount... - Development Charges
Question 1485: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount levied in development charges in the various local authorities in the year 2000; and if he will... - Environmental Policy
Question 1486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has envisaged the setting of regulations limiting the scale of quarrying in any given area. [1774/06] - Pension Provisions
Question 1487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money collected by his Department by way of superannuation payments by employees in 2003, 2004... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when approval will be given to a sewerage scheme (details supplied) in County Westmeath; the date plans were... - Waste Disposal
Question 1491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the reason so much farm plastic has not been collected from farms here despite farmers having paid a... - Bullying in the Workplace
Question 1492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the policy to deal with bullying in his Department; if same has been circulated to all employees; if there... - Departmental Staff
Question 1493: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the bonuses that were paid to his staff for the year ending 31 December 2005; the amount of money that was... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if grant aid is available for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [1941/06] - Performance Awards
Question 1495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the breakdown of what was paid in each county and each county council in 2005 in relation to performance... - Recycling Policy
Question 1496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of tonnes of discarded wood that potentially could be recycled as fuel which is being discarded in... - EU Directives
Question 1499: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the fines imposed on Ireland for non-compliance with EU directives in his area of responsibility since... - Public Procurement Policy
Question 1500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has produced an annual corporate procurement plan in respect of each of the years 2000 to... - Election Management System
Question 1501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to consider changes in electoral boundaries in respect of the next local elections; the schedule... - Departmental Agencies
Question 1502: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the bodies under the aegis of his Department which have not provided him with a 2004 annual report; and in... - Waste Management
Question 1503: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a scheme to provide waivers to senior citizens and low income families in local authority areas where... - Local Authority Funding
Question 1506: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure the amount of funding from his Department being made available to each local authority is... - Housing Grants
Question 1507: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the operation of the national disabled persons housing and essential repairs grant scheme as it applies to... - Fire Stations
Question 1509: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be provided for the new fire station in Tallow County Waterford in 2006; and if he will make... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1511: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has approved Kerry County Council's preliminary report for stage two of the Castleisland... - Town Councils
Question 1513: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to issue regulations under the Local Government Act 2001 to allow, by order, the establishment... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1514: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if approval has been given to the contract documents for the lower Liffey Valley sewerage scheme. [2426/06] - Local Authority Staff
Question 1515: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the cap on local authority staff numbers (details supplied); if this matter will be discussed... - Hazardous Beaches
Question 1517: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a national policy with consistent guidelines exists on the management of dangerous beaches; if not, his... - Local Authority Staff
Question 1518: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number employed by each local authority in 2005; the category under which they were employed; and if he... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1519: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a regional water scheme has been approved (details supplied) in County Cork; and if so, if the contract... - Architectural Heritage
Question 1520: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of the building survey his Department carried out in 2004. [2527/06] - Local Government Elections
Question 1521: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in line with the commitment given by his predecessor to the Houses of the Oireachtas during passage of... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1522: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he proposes to approve and fund Kildare County Council's plans to upgrade the sewerage treatment plant... - Freedom of Information
Question 1523: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the public bodies and agencies within his Department exempted from the full remit of the freedom of...
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