Written answers
Wednesday, 24 September 2008
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
- Motor Taxation
Question 1386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the additional revenue raised on an annual basis by an increase in the motor tax for class F vehicles, CO2... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 1387: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details regarding a scheme (details supplied) run by the Health Service Executive; if this scheme has... - Legal Costs
Question 1388: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive payment in respect of their costs for a... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable housing units constructed with capital funding from his Department in each of the... - Private Rented Accommodation
Question 1391: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are regulations in force to prevent estate agents advertising their non-acceptance of tenants... - Planning Issues
Question 1392: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if Section 25 planning applications under the Docklands Development Authority Act 1997 apply to change of... - Road Safety
Question 1393: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on issuing guidelines to local authorities to provide for improved standards in the construction... - Planning Issues
Question 1394: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the European Commission arising from a complaint from a planning applicant in County Wicklow in... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1396: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the situation regarding the status of the Feakle, Quilty, Mullagh sewerage treatment plants in County Clare;... - Homeless Persons
Question 1397: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the intensive nature of questions regarding medical and other histories... - Local Authority Housing
Question 1398: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there is a uniform system under which local authorities conduct their tri-annual housing assessment; if... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1400: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 216 and 218 of 14 November 2007, if he will report on the progress... - Planning Issues
Question 1402: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [30850/08] - Private Rented Accommodation
Question 1403: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in relation to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, the position regarding the policy of writing to all... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase his Department's 2008 housing construction and regeneration allocation to Tralee Town... - Hare Coursing
Question 1406: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the powers available to him in relation to the monitoring and licensing of hare coursing events; if it is... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1407: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the financial implications of mortgage repayments for families who, as local authority tenants,... - Local Authority Funding
Question 1408: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm receipt of a request for additional funding from Westmeath County Council (details... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1409: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will expedite approval of the Mallow/Ballyviniter water scheme at Box Cross, Doneraile, Mallow, County... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 1410: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will assist in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [29729/08] - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1412: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for delays in schemes (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason these schemes started in view... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1414: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied). [29286/08] - Conservation Schemes
Question 1415: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the new civic structures conservation group scheme will be announced by his Department; and when... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1416: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will intervene in a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29313/08] - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1419: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed new sewage treatment plant for Kilmore Quay in County Wexford; the timeline for... - Housing Aid for the Elderly
Question 1421: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason no grant aid is given by local authorities for the provision of granny flats; and if he will make... - Planning Issues
Question 1423: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied). [29537/08] - Departmental Transport
Question 1424: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number, type, purchasing and leasing cost and CO2 emissions of vehicles acquired by his Department for... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1425: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when essential funding will be provided for sewerage schemes in Drumlish, Newtownforbes and Aughnacliffe,... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 1426: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when it is expected that his Department will have completed its move to County Wexford under the... - Turbary Rights
Question 1427: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make... - Natural Heritage Areas
Question 1428: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of a designation (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the... - Turbary Rights
Question 1429: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 1430: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a company (details supplied) has been awarded contracts by his Department, or any of its agencies, since... - Turbary Rights
Question 1431: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 29 May 2008 when an application will be processed for a person... - Local Authority Housing
Question 1432: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason his Department proposes to exclude town councils from receiving housing allocations directly on... - Planning Issues
Question 1433: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to introduce new regulations in relation to quarries; if there are EU directives that have... - Animal Welfare
Question 1434: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the new regulations on puppy farming; if he will make provision for the control of dogs... - Homelessness Strategy
Question 1435: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the key performance indicators used for assessing the impact of the homelessness strategy; the achievements... - Housing Applications
Question 1436: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if approval will be given to a housing project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Departmental Staff
Question 1437: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff sent from his Department and its agencies to a conference (details supplied); the cost... - Turbary Rights
Question 1439: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a person (details supplied) in County Galway will receive payment following the sale of a bog; and if... - Waste Management
Question 1440: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to amend legislation governing the licensing of skip bags for the collection of rubble and... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1441: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will sanction grant aid in respect of Kiltimagh sewerage scheme to enable the project to commence; and... - Data Protection
Question 1442: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the procedures in place to ensure that personal data stored by his Department is secure. [30130/08] - Waste Disposal
Question 1444: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that waste collected by private companies here is not exported in order to be illegally... - Local Authority Housing
Question 1445: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a family in the rental accommodation scheme in the event that the tenant to whom the... - Special Areas of Conservation
Question 1446: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 558 of 1 July 2008, the percentage damage to each bog listed as... - Housing Grants
Question 1447: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to provide additional funding for schemes (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he... - Architectural Heritage
Question 1449: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 905 of 8 July 2008, the position regarding the project; and if he will... - EU Directives
Question 1450: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken to comply with the water framework directive, 2000/60/EC, and the bathing... - Planning Issues
Question 1451: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been requested to hold inquiries into certain planning decisions made in County Meath; if these... - Fire Service
Question 1452: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will be making funding available to local authorities in respect of the purchase of high volume pumps... - Housing Grants
Question 1453: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the means test for the housing adaption grant for people with a disability is based on the family... - Grant Payments
Question 1459: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and location of new playgrounds in County Kildare over the past five years that have received... - Waste Disposal
Question 1460: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the finance received by each local authority in respect of landfill levies for each of the years from 2002... - Local Authority Funding
Question 1461: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if locations (details supplied) in County Meath, as submitted in a preliminary report from Meath County... - Turbary Rights
Question 1463: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the designation of bogs (details supplied); if the owners of such bogs will be... - Departmental Advertising
Question 1465: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount spent on advertising in the Irish language by his Department and by agencies under the aegis of... - Housing Grants
Question 1467: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to provide additional funding to a local authority (details supplied) in view of the fact that the... - Special Areas of Conservation
Question 1469: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the destocking requirements of the hill sheep farmers in the Connemara area in view of the... - Waste Disposal
Question 1470: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to improve regulations to prevent the illegal backyard burning of waste, due to potential health... - Grant Payments
Question 1471: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants or financial assistance available to groups (details supplied) from his Department or from local... - Local Electoral Areas
Question 1472: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when maps will be available detailing the revised local electoral areas; and if he will make a statement on... - Housing Grants
Question 1473: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in Galway city, the provisions of the housing adaption... - Departmental Agencies
Question 1475: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total payroll and the total financial package including basic salary, performance, other bonuses and... - Departmental Staff
Question 1476: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff broken down by grade, the number of such staff who are full time civil servants, the... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1477: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Gweedore, County Donegal; when tenders will be... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1478: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the length of the clawback period in the affordable housing scheme administered by... - Natural Heritage Areas
Question 1480: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a proposal to make lands at the Liffey Valley a natural heritage area; the acreage of... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1483: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views regarding documentation (details supplied); the actions he proposes to address the matter; if his... - Local Authority Funding
Question 1484: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he plans to extend the tenant purchase scheme to cover the residents of flats; and if he will make a... - Departmental Staff
Question 1486: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of Civil Service staff dealing with constituency matters in his office; the number of Civil... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the proposed sewerage scheme for Glenties, County Donegal; when it is expected that... - Social and Affordable Housing
Question 1488: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a situation where affordable housing due to be delivered under 2007 Part... - Waste Disposal
Question 1491: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects the publication of the report outlining a clear set of recommendations on the clean-up of... - Grant Payments
Question 1492: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funding will be granted to Cork County Council to enable the processing of grant applications which are... - Water and Sewerage Schemes
Question 1494: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the preliminary report regarding the sourcing of additional water for the greater Dublin... - Local Authority Staff
Question 1495: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will seek the lifting of the embargo on recruitment for local authorities in the greater Dublin area.... - Planning Issues
Question 1496: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Bord Pleanála chose to ignore the recommendations of... - Waste Management
Question 1497: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the review of waste policy as per the commitment given in the programme for Government has begun; and if... - Local Authority Funding
Question 1498: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 475 of 27 May 2008, the targets and timeframe he has set for the... - Waste Disposal
Question 1500: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the contract documents for the upgrading of the Ballyellis treatment plant, Mallow, County Cork have been... - Consultancy Contracts
Question 1501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount that was spent by his Department on consultants in 2007 and to date in 2008. [31647/08]
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