Written answers

Thursday, 9 July 2009

Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government

 
  • Register of Electors
    Question 716: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is not allowed to vote in a referendum; and if he will...
  • Tax Code
    Question 717: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on introducing a small business rate relief scheme similar to the one that has been introduced in...
  • Turbary Rights
    Question 718: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will review the decision to ban turf cutting on 32 designated bogs in 2009; and if he will make a...
  • National Parks
    Question 719: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he will take to support the establishment of a wilderness park in the north midlands cut away bogs;...
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 720: To ask the Minter for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the incremental purchase scheme as presented in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 will be...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 721: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Housing Finance Agency is applying interest rates of the...
  • Local Authority Status
    Question 722: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received an application from Newbridge Town Council, County Kildare, to change the status of that...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    Question 723: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of waste water treatment projects that South Tipperary County Council has applied for funding for...
  • Natural Heritage Areas
    Question 725: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will expedite payment to farmers who have opted to sell bogland under special areas of conservation and...
  • Departmental Staff
    Question 726: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff employed by his Department in County Louth by location; if such staff are permanent,...
  • Decentralisation Programme
    Question 727: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28859/09]
  • Building Regulations
    Question 728: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding efforts to address all outstanding issues for pyrite affected home owners; and if he...
  • Litter Pollution
    Question 729: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of fines issued for litter offences in Counties Wicklow, Wexford, Kildare, Meath and Louth in the...
  • Public Service Review
    Question 730: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he made submissions to the McCarthy group on potential savings in his Department; the contents of the...
  • Closed Circuit Television Systems
    Question 731: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are regulations governing the use of security cameras when they have the capacity to invade the...
  • Special Protection Orders
    Question 732: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the date an appeal was lodged by Dublin Port against an order for the introduction of a special protection...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 733: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people who have applied for housing aid for older people, mobility aids grants and housing...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    Question 735: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will provide Roscommon County Council with final approval for the waste water treatment plants under...
  • Public Service Staff
    Question 738: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff in his Department, including all authorities, agencies or other institutions under the...
  • Voluntary Housing Schemes
    Question 739: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the support he will provide to voluntary housing schemes which provide housing units for returning Irish...
  • Special Areas of Conservation
    Question 740: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps being taken to protect Scragh Bog and Garriskil Bog in relation to proposals to upgrade the M4 from...
  • Environmental Impact Statements
    Question 741: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken following the judgement of the European Court of Justice on Ireland's failure...
  • Quarrying Activity
    Question 742: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the need to prevent environmental damage from quarrying on the hill of Slane, County...
  • Anti-Social Behaviour
    Question 743: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation in place to assist residents in private housing estates who are experiencing difficulties...
  • Local Authority Inspections
    Question 744: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of inspections carried out by local authorities on privately rented properties by city and county...
  • Housing Aid for the Elderly
    Question 746: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding granted to Mayo County Council for the scheme for housing aid for older people, the housing...
  • Environmental Information Service
    Question 747: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will respond to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29380/09]
  • Social and Affordable Housing
    Question 748: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applicants at the end of June 2009 on the social housing lists and affordable housing lists in...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    Question 751: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for sewage waste water treatment plants in the Fingal County Council area; the amount of funding...
  • Waste Management
    Question 752: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin County Council is changing the waste collection...
  • Housing Grants
    Question 753: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will release funding to Kildare County Council to meet requirements in respect of disabled persons...
  • Constitutional Amendments
    Question 754: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on amending the constitution to lower the age limit for election to Dáil Éireann from 21 years to...
  • Local Authority Funding
    Question 755: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Question Nos. 603 and 604 of 22 April 2009, the status of these proposals; the date by which he...
  • Environmental Policy
    Question 756: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding Ireland's Kyoto targets; if he will support and push for higher targets at EU level...
  • Docklands Development
    Question 757: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will clarify his statement (details supplied); the other related projects he is referring to in the...
  • Litter Pollution
    Question 758: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans, in view of the high level of litter pollution due to chewing gum, to introduce a tax or a levy on...
  • Local Authority Housing
    Question 759: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason Kildare County Council's allocation for local authority housing has been reduced by 44% in 2009,...
  • Local Government Reform
    Question 761: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the White Paper on Local Government Reform. [29637/09]
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes
    Question 762: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received contract documents for the Castlewarden to Ballygoran water supply scheme in County...
  • Water Quality
    Question 763: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the instruction he has issued to local authorities in the past two months on performing on farm inspections...
  • Grant Payments
    Question 764: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding funding owed to an association (details supplied). [29682/09]
  • Waste Management
    Question 766: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the site clearance works for the Poolbeg incinerator, Dublin have commenced or will commence; the person...
  • Register of Electors
    Question 768: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the regime for ensuring the accuracy of the electoral register and for preventing...
  • Electronic Voting
    Question 769: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of e-voting machines which have been disposed of since his announcement of 23 April 2009; and if...
  • Local Authority Funding
    Question 770: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is monitoring the level of development levies and contributions payable to local authorities; if his...
  • Local Authority Funding
    Question 771: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding and budgetary situation of each of the local authorities here; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Waste Management
    Question 772: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the necessary environmental clean up at the former steel plant site on Haulbowline...
  • Departmental Contracts
    Question 773: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the companies which have been successful in tendering for contracts for his Department in the past 20 years;...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    Question 775: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has carried out, during 2008 and during the first six months of 2009, advertising campaigns to promote...
  • Health and Safety Programmes
    Question 776: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of funding he has allocated to individual projects on domestic violence for each of the past five...

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