Written answers
				Wednesday, 14 October 2009
  				
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
				 
  - Contaminated Sites 
 Question 114: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made in the remediation of the Haulbowline site in County Cork; the cost to date for remediation...
- Social and Affordable Housing 
 Question 115: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if he expects to achieve his stated ambition of a minimum of 2,000 additional homes in 2009 under the leasing...
- National Spatial Strategy 
 Question 116: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if the national spatial strategy is relevant in view of recent population trends; if he will place the...
- Social and Affordable Housing 
 Question 117: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if under the leasing initiative a lease or rent review is part of each agreement; if a review can be down as...
- Departmental Properties 
 Question 118: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the way in which his Department, its agencies or local authorities will calculate long-term market value of...
- Homelessness Strategy 
 Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position regarding the implementation of The Way Home homeless strategy; and if he will make a statement...
- Water Pollution 
 Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the action he will take in the context of the heavily polluted groundwater resources here to address the...
- Waste Management 
 Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of local authorities or local authority areas with a brown bin collection service in 2007, 2008...
- Social and Affordable Housing 
 Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of housing units that are currently provided through the rental accommodation scheme; if, in view...
- Waste Management 
 Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position regarding the incinerator in Poolbeg; if he has received a response to his letter to the Dublin...
- Dublin Docklands Development Authority 
 Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  when he expects to receive the 2008 accounts from the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; his views on...
- Local Authority Housing 
 Question 125: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  when commencement orders will be made in relation to the sale of local authority apartments following the...
- Tax Code 
 Question 126: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of properties he estimates to be liable to pay the €200 charge under the Local Government...
- Social and Affordable Housing 
 Question 127: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of social housing applicants currently waiting to have a housing assessment completed; the...
- Tribunals of Inquiry 
 Question 128: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the files which have been requested from his Department by the Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a...
- Social and Affordable Housing 
 Question 129: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of Part V properties currently under construction; the number of completed Part V developments...
- Building Regulations 
 Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  his views on the difficulties faced by building energy rating contractors who have invested significant...
- EU Directives 
 Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if, in view of the fact that Ireland has undertaken to implement the European public participation directive...
- Local Authority Housing 
 Question 133: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if the market value of a house acquired under the leasing initiative increases substantially in value over...
- Planning Issues 
 Question 134: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the consultation he had with councillors, elected by local communities, before drafting and publishing the...
- Homelessness Strategy 
 Question 135: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of people currently recorded by his Department as being homeless; the breakdown of those numbers...
- Proposed Legislation 
 Question 136: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position regarding proposals to introduce new noise pollution regulations, that will provide for noise...
- Water Services 
 Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  his views on the policy suggestion of merging all water authorities into one single water utility State...
- Local Authority Rates 
 Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the measures that he will take to alleviate the burden of local authority rates on small and medium-sized...
- Water Charges 
 Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position regarding the opt out from domestic water charges by Ireland in relation to the European Union...
- Water Quality 
 Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  his plans for improvement and upgrading in terms of quality, quantity and storage capacity in respect of the...
- Private Rented Accommodation 
 Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the average number of cases dealt with per day by adjudicators and mediators on behalf of the Private...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
 Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position regarding the carbon emissions for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on...
- Social and Affordable Housing 
 Question 143: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of people to date who have made a full application under the home choice scheme; the cost to date...
- Local Authority Housing 
 Question 144: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if, with reference to Parliamentary Question No. 1053 of 16 September 2009, the legislative error in the...
- Ministerial Travel 
 Question 145: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the amount of money set aside or spent on the purchase of carbon offsets for flights by Ministers or other...
- Planning Issues 
 Question 146: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position regarding his statement that there is enough land zoned in parts of the country to provide for...
- Social and Affordable Housing 
 Question 147: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the breakdown by local authority of the number of houses and the number of apartments leased under the...
- Register of Electors 
 Question 148: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,  further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 17 February 2009, if he has given any further consideration to...
- Waste Management 
 Question 149: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the action he will take to meet Ireland's need to divert an additional half a million tonnes of biodegradable...
- Local Authority Staff 
 Question 150: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the number of permanent and temporary staff employed by each local authority in 2007, 2008 and to date in...
- Private Rented Accommodation 
 Question 151: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 7% of properties registered with the Private...
- Local Authority Housing 
 Question 152: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if houses acquired under the leasing initiative will be distributed for social housing [i]en bloc[/i] or in...
- Carbon Credits 
 Question 153: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the amount of money estimated, allocated, owing or spent, by him, on the purchase of carbon credits in...
- Local Authority Housing 
 Question 154: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the position regarding the support to live independently scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Policy on Local Government 
 Question 155: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the progress made towards bringing forward the White Paper on local government following the publication of...
- Contaminated Sites 
 Question 157: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,  further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 7 May 2009, the further progress that has been made in relation...
- EU Directives 
 Question 158: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the date for farmers spreading slurry in Northern Ireland...
- Local Authority Staff 
 Question 160: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government  the amount paid in bonuses to county and city managers in the years since the bonus payments were introduced;...
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