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Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Wind Energy Guidelines
Billy Timmins
142. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the review of the national policy on wind energy and wind farms. [45272/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Bioenergy Strategy Publication
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy
143. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the publication of the bioenergy strategy; the other measures he plans to put in place to incentivise the Irish market for renewable energy products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45304/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Farm Improvement Scheme Expenditure
Paul Connaughton
144. Deputy Paul J. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a subsidy is still in existence for the installation of electricity in farm out offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44942/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Animal Welfare Bodies
Dessie Ellis
145. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to help relocate the Ballymun Dogs Trust, which will be without a premises soon due to the regeneration of its current location in Balbutcher Lane, Dublin 9. [45082/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Animal Welfare Bodies
Dessie Ellis
146. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the impending closure of Assisi Animal Clinic due to the regeneration of Ballymun and the demolition of the flat block from which it operated; and his plans to help this organisation to relocate considering the important work it does in the community. [45083/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Bernard Durkan
147. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which this country's carbon reduction targets continue to be met in line with international agreements; the extent if any to which adjustment is needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45558/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Housing Finance Agency Funding
Barry Cowen
148. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the planned rescheduling of the recoupment of local authority loans; the authorities involved; the amount per authority; the repayments due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44946/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Fire Safety Regulations
Joe Higgins
149. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the specific fire safety building regulations which were not complied with in the case of Priory Hall; and if he will confirm that such breaches of fire safety building regulations do not exist in other housing estates constructed during the building boom, in particular in the nearby Belmayne estate. [44771/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Constitutional Amendments
Joe Higgins
150. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the timeframe for the proposed referendum to reduce the voting age to 16 years. [35073/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Recycling Policy
Catherine Murphy
151. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the introduction of a deposit retention tax for certain metal cans and plastic bottles with the specific focus of reducing littering and environmental pollution; if not, the reason for same; if he has conducted a feasibility study in relation to same; if he will share the findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44900/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Homelessness Strategy
Michael P. Kitt
152. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on the Government's commitment to ending long-term homelessness by 2016; the framework and funding in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44925/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Homelessness Strategy
Alan Farrell
153. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the preventive measures currently being used to ensure that those who move on from homelessness are able to maintain long-term stable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44929/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Homelessness Strategy
Alan Farrell
154. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to reverse the April 2013 30% increase in the number of persons sleeping rough on the streets of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44930/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Rent Supplement Scheme Administration
Alan Farrell
155. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider the replacement of rent supplement with the proposed housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44931/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Local Authority Housing Provision
Alan Farrell
156. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether there is a need to ring-fence a proportion of the €100 million housing stimulus package towards housing for persons moving out of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44932/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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NAMA Social Housing Provision
Alan Farrell
157. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that an adequate proportion of National Asset Management Agency units is ring-fenced for persons moving out of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44933/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Local Authority Housing Maintenance
Patrick Nulty
158. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure funding is made available to Fingal County Council with respect to the scheme for alterations to council-rented dwellings to assist disabled and older persons in urgent need of home alteration works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44985/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Emergency Accommodation Provision
Paudie Coffey
159. Deputy Paudie Coffey asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount of money spent on emergency accommodation in the years 2008 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013; the long-term accommodation provisions that are being delivered to reduce the cost of emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45051/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Local Authority Charges Yield
Terence Flanagan
160. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of companies here that are paying €500,000 and over in rates per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45085/13]
Wed, 23 Oct 2013
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Local Authority Services
Heather Humphreys
161. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made to tackle the issue of overgrown hedges and trees in privately-owned gardens; if he will consider enacting legislation similar to the High Hedges Act 2011 in Northern Ireland; his views in terms of a legal remedy to the problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45287/13]