Written answers
Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 1298: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the allocation made in the years 2006 and 2007 and the proposed allocation for 2008 toward housing aid for... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 1299: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the way the €20 million allocated in Budget 2006 for the purchase of carbon allowances was expended; the... - Mobile Telephony
Question 1302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken to implement the recommendations of the 2005 report by the Joint Committee on... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 1303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his assessment of the climate change targets set by the EU for Ireland and their impact; and if he will make... - Private Rented Accommodation
Question 1304: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to regulate the standard of private rented accommodation. [2881/08] - Local Government Elections
Question 1305: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to review the boundaries in advance of the 2009 local elections; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Reviews
Question 1306: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the review processes that have taken place or he has requested to be undertaken in respect of the budgeting,... - Motor Taxation
Question 1307: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the implications on certain categories as a result of a change in a system (details... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 1309: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a comprehensive list of the emission reductions projected to be achieved by each of the... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 1310: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his Department's policy in relation to wind energy development and in particular to the range of factors... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1311: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in regard to the provision of sewage facilities in Broadford, County Clare; and if he will make... - Farm Waste Management
Question 1312: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to establish a scheme to deal with waste farm materials other than plastic; and if he will... - Social Welfare Benefits
Question 1313: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the living alone allowance is part of a person's income for rent assessment purposes for local authority... - Environmental Policy
Question 1314: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to phase out the use of incandescent light bulbs. [1003/08] - Departmental Expenditure
Question 1316: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position on the leasing of storage space for electronic voting machines and equipment on a constituency... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 1317: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when his Department expects to relocate to County Wexford; the number of civil servants who have applied for... - Departmental Bodies
Question 1318: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will investigate whether the make-up of the board of An Bord Pleanála is in accordance with the... - Local Government Reform
Question 1320: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to establish a town council in Ashbourne, County Meath; and if he will make a statement... - Waste Management
Question 1321: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if local authorities with private waste collection providers have the legal right or if it is possible for a... - Judicial Reviews
Question 1322: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to and the damages paid by the State in relation to judicial reviews that his Department were... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1324: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on proposals to route a sewer through the Tolka River Valley Park in Dublin 15; the current and... - Legislative Programme
Question 1327: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Acts passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas sponsored by his Department in each year from 2003... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will approve the appointment of a tender for the group water DBO project in County Roscommon; and if... - Local Authority Staff
Question 1330: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that county managers are not required to implement majority or even unanimous motions... - Waste Management
Question 1334: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has quantified the volume of plastic bottles going to landfill; if he plans to introduce a levy... - Register of Electors
Question 1335: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if an Irish citizen working in the US is entitled to cast a vote in a general election here; and if he will... - Local Authority Housing
Question 1336: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to install central heating in council properties for a local authority (details supplied); if... - Departmental Funding
Question 1337: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years this century; the... - Local Authority Funding
Question 1338: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will allocate extra funding to Clare County Council to redress the shortfall in the 2008 Local... - Planning Issues
Question 1339: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the exact date on which he will publish the revised and updated Residential Density Guidelines 1999. [1432/08] - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1340: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department is in receipt of a proposal from Galway County Council to build a new sewerage treatment... - Local Authority Funding
Question 1341: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of playgrounds funded by his Department in 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007; the number planned for... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 1344: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the assumptions underlying his projections for transport related green house gas emissions in the 2008 to... - Water Charges
Question 1346: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his intention to amend the Local Government (Financial Provisions) Act 1997 in view of the... - Departmental Properties
Question 1348: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Department owned computer desktops or laptops or other data devices, such as blackberries and... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1349: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the meetings or contact his Department has had with a local authority (details supplied) in County Kildare;... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1352: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position as regards the provision of a sewerage scheme in Oughterard, County Galway; if the report from... - Data Protection
Question 1354: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of and the records kept by his Department of attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or... - Environmental Policy
Question 1355: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position in relation to smoke free status for Wicklow Town, County Wicklow; and if he will make a... - Special Amenity Areas
Question 1357: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the process to extend the Liffey Valley Special Amenity Area Order (details supplied) will commence,... - Local Authority Housing
Question 1359: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a statutory or working definition of sheltered accommodation for the purposes of local authority... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1360: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent statements by consumer watchdogs listing mortgage protection... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1361: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is an application in his Department for the development and provision of a sewerage scheme (details... - End-of-Life Vehicles
Question 1365: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the end of life vehicle facilities, properly permitted and complying with current standard regulation in... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 1366: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent by his Department on media monitoring or press cutting services for each of the years 2002... - Register of Electors
Question 1368: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding from the local authorities own funds that will be spent by each local authority on... - Planning Issues
Question 1370: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the National Spatial Strategy with a view to giving hub status to Dungarvan, County... - Archaeological Sites
Question 1372: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if in relation to a development by Meath County Council (details supplied), his Department was consulted by... - Planning Issues
Question 1376: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is his intention to remove the charge for planning objections; and if he will make a statement on the... - Register of Electors
Question 1377: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action required of citizens of other EU states in order to be entered into the electoral register; if an... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1378: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if teams with responsibility for the negotiation and successful conclusion of Part V agreements have been... - Data Protection
Question 1379: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of all instances since 1 June 2002 where personal data held by his Department or any agency... - Register of Electors
Question 1382: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the internationally accepted norm that, of those entitled to register,... - Departmental Bodies
Question 1383: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of reports that have been commissioned by his Department since he took office; the number of... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1385: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the criteria under which certain homeless persons who have been less than 18 months on rent supplement, and... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed improvements to the sewerage system in Castleblaney town; if his... - Planning Issues
Question 1392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason local authorities can not require the transfer of school sites to local authorities gratis in the... - Proposed Legislation
Question 1393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Designation of Lands Act will include provisions relating to new school sites; and if he will make a... - Waste Management
Question 1394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the regulator framework for waste collection requires competitive tendering; and if he will make a... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1395: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the problems being encountered in Ballymote, County Sligo due to the... - Climate Change Strategy
Question 1397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the evidence that exists for rising sea levels here; the locations where sea levels have risen; the effect... - Local Authority Housing
Question 1398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a query (details supplied). [2274/08] - Waste Disposal
Question 1400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views in relation to the use of food waste disposal units in domestic homes; if such units can play a... - Local Authority Housing
Question 1402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position of a local authority housing scheme (details supplied) in County Kildare that a local authority... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a local authority has made an application to his Department in relation to the provision of a water... - Proposed Legislation
Question 1404: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will be introduced; when a legislative framework... - Fire Services
Question 1408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the risk based approach to fire safety management report has been completed; and his views on providing... - Local Authority Staff
Question 1409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outcome of the review in relation to the ceiling on local authority staff numbers in areas which have... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the preliminary report in relation to sourcing additional water for the greater Dublin... - Services for People with Disabilities
Question 1411: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 14 November 2007, the names of the nine local authorities who... - Equal Opportunities Employment
Question 1412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 23 May 2006, if he is satisfied his Department has met the 3%... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans to extend and upgrade sewerage disposable facilities at Dromore/Killygordon, County... - Electricity Consumption
Question 1416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of electricity used in the Custom House for the past three years; if he will provide a monthly...
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