Written answers
				Thursday, 8 May 2008
    				
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
				 
    - EU Directives 
					Question 549: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if the EU Directive 1999 22 EC relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos has been transposed into Irish... - Housing Aid for the Elderly 
					Question 550: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position in relation to the scheme of special housing aid for the elderly; and if funding has been... - Water Pollution 
					Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if his attention has been drawn to the spread of lagarosiphon major in Lough Corrib, that 64 sites in Lough... - Local Authority Housing 
					Question 552: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide sustainable... - Land Sales 
					Question 553: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  further to Parliamentary Question No. 662 of 5 February 2008, the status of the sale; the reason for the... - Waste Management 
					Question 554: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if there are implications for Government waste management policy in respect of incineration and recycling, in... - Fire Stations 
					Question 555: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  when funding will be provided for a new fire station at Lismore County Waterford; and if he will make a... - Building Regulations 
					Question 556: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if his attention has been drawn to the fact that failure to delay the commencement of Section 18 of the... - Archaeological Sites 
					Question 559: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if in relation to a development (details supplied) by Meath County Council, his Department has received a... - Public Representatives 
					Question 560: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the steps he is taking to allow local county and city councillors to become full-time elected representatives... - Water and Sewerage Schemes 
					Question 562: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the situation as regards the provision of a sewerage scheme for Clifden, County Galway; and if he will make a... - Motor Taxation 
					Question 564: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the amount collected in motor taxation by each local authority for the years 2004 to date in 2008, inclusive;... - Local Authority Housing 
					Question 565: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of new housing starts for each local authority in 2008.  [17283/08] - Local Authority Funding 
					Question 567: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if funding has been ringfenced by his Department for the proposed social and physical regeneration scheme for... - Sustainable Development Strategy 
					Question 570: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  his views on the Meath master plan policy proposals on the protection of archaeological heritage and... - Election Management System 
					Question 571: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if he has plans to develop a mechanism such as a postal voting system to allow citizens who are normally... - Departmental Expenditure 
					Question 573: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the average time for payment to be made by his Department and by each agency affiliated to his Department to... - Purchase of Lands 
					Question 576: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 11 March 2008, when an application will be processed for a... - Housing Aid for the Elderly 
					Question 577: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of applications received by each local authority under the housing aid for the elderly scheme,... - Local Government Reform 
					Question 578: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the options, in view of the recent Green Paper, available to groups seeking to establish a town council... - Services for People with Disabilities 
					Question 579: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if all local authorities have adopted the Barcelona Declaration project; the details of those which have not;... - Animal Welfare 
					Question 580: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of inspections of circuses and circus animals that have been carried out by local authority vets... - Water and Sewerage Schemes 
					Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the amount of investment that has been made in the water supply programme in south Tipperary in 2008.  [17545/08] - Budget Submissions 
					Question 582: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the... - Departmental Staff 
					Question 583: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the policy to train and employ building inspectors to certify public buildings under the building energy... - Private Rented Accommodation 
					Question 584: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if his attention has been drawn to the fact that accommodation provided to a tenant by way of licence... - Badger Snaring 
					Question 586: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of licences he has issued for the snaring of badgers; his views on this control method of the... - Water and Sewerage Schemes 
					Question 587: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the status with regard to the proposed new sewerage scheme at Ballylickey, Bantry, County Cork; when he... - Departmental Expenditure 
					Question 590: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the cost to his Department of implementing the payroll system within his Department and within bodies under... - Water and Sewerage Schemes 
					Question 591: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position regarding the delivery of the public sewerage scheme for Delvin, County Westmeath; and if he... - Car Free Day 
					Question 593: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the cost of his Department's last car free day campaign; the audited outcome of the campaign; his views on... - Biodiversity Awareness Campaign 
					Question 594: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the cost of his Department's biodiversity awareness campaign; the audited outcome of the campaign; his views... - Housing Aid for the Elderly 
					Question 595: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position in relation to the housing aid for older people scheme; the details of its operation; and the... - Planning Issues 
					Question 596: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  when a review of the prescribed bodies as set out in the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2006 was last... - Fire Stations 
					Question 597: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the status on the provision of a new fire station for Castlecomer in County Kilkenny.  [17843/08] - Water and Sewerage Schemes 
					Question 598: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  further to the details released by the Environmental Protection Agency that 339 public water supplies require... - Special Areas of Conservation 
					Question 599: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position regarding the sale of bogland in a special area of conservation on behalf of a person (details... - Departmental Schemes 
					Question 600: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the amount of rent paid by each local authority to landlords under the rental accommodation scheme for each... - EU Directives 
					Question 601: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the measures he proposes to take to resolve the difficulties at an EU Commission level regarding the... - Energy Efficiency 
					Question 602: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to require all street... - Air Transport 
					Question 603: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to require carbon... - Environmental Policy 
					Question 604: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to establish a Commission... - Waste Management 
					Question 605: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for the Government to drive down the... - Sustainable Development Strategy 
					Question 608: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that Comhar is... - Noise Pollution 
					Question 609: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to publish comprehensive... - Local Authority Audits 
					Question 610: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that each local... - Sustainable Development Strategy 
					Question 611: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that all county... - International Agreements 
					Question 612: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to fully implement the... - Environmental Protection Controls 
					Question 613: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the level of... - Environmental Policy 
					Question 614: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to establish... - Air Pollution 
					Question 615: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to expand the network of... - Water and Air Quality 
					Question 617: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide real time... - EU Directives 
					Question 618: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to strengthen the... - Heritage Sites 
					Question 619: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to seek designation of... - Environmental Policy 
					Question 620: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a national... - Planning Issues 
					Question 621: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to review the classes of... - Community Development 
					Question 622: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to launch a proud cities and towns... - Waste Disposal 
					Question 623: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure the implementation of the... - Community Wardens 
					Question 625: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to roll out the national community... - National Monuments 
					Question 626: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to update and consolidate the law... - Nuclear Plants 
					Question 627: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made on the commitment given in the programme for Government to continue to bring political,... - Decentralisation Programme 
					Question 628: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the costs incurred to date for decentralisation, broken down by his Department and the agencies under the... 
         
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