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...

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