Vol. 554 No. 5
1542 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the sections of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 and subsequent regulations that impose controls or constraints on the level, brightness and energy use of outdoor night sky lighting. [16652/02]
1543 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if the control of light pollution falls within the ambit of the requirements for environmental impact statements; and if so, the details in this regard. [16653/02]
1544 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the efforts that have been made or are contemplated to control the level of energy use in respect of night time lighting to ensure that Ireland adheres to the terms of the Kyoto Protocol and local agenda 21. [16654/02]
1545 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the progress that has been made with the replacing of mercury streetlighting lights with low pressure sodium lights. [16655/02]
1546 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the level of maximum wattage he considers reasonable bearing in mind the pollution of the night skies and our international environmental obligations for outdoor security lighting. [16656/02]
1547 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will prohibit, within the planning code, the use of energy-intensive, light polluting, rotary or fixed sky beam advertisements. [16657/02]
1548 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will consider adding light pollution to the brief of the pollutants to fall within the aegis of the work of the Environmental Protection Agency. [16659/02]
1549 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will consider curfewing the use of large scale decorative floodlighting from midnight to 5 a.m. in order to reduce light pollution and ensure that Ireland meets its obligations under the Kyoto protocol and local agenda 21. [16660/02]
1550 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will issue regulations to ensure that outdoor lighting use baffles and shields to reduce upward lighting, and that night lighting be directed at an angle of more than 70 degrees from the horizontal and thereby reduce the level of night time pollution. [16661/02]
1551 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will consider the introduction of zoning to restrict the level of night light pollution, with areas of dark landscapes, low brightness, medium and high permitted brightness, as has been done in other countries. [16662/02]
1552 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the UK Department of Environment and Countryside Commission report, (details supplied); his views on whether its recommendations could usefully be applied to Ireland; and if so, the details in this regard. [16664/02]
1553 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the UK Institute of Lighting Engineers, guidance notes for the reduction of light pollution; and if he will issue comparable guidance to the local and planning authorities here. [16665/02]
1554 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the UK Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions guidance notes on sensitive road lighting; and his views on whether these notes could usefully be applied to Ireland. [16666/02]
1555 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the laws to reduce the level of light pollution in Veneto, Tuscany, Lazio, Lombardy and Augsburg and of the ordinances against light pollution in Frosinone, Civitavecchia, Scandicci, Romano di Ezzelino, Desenzano Nove, Molveno, Spino d'Adda, Bassano del Grappa and Lodi; and his view on whether these laws lay down useful models for application here. [16667/02]
1556 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the draft bills N751 and N4515 before the Italian parliament; and his views on whether these could usefully be applied to control and reduce the level of light pollution here. [16668/02]
1557 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the Law 6/2001, 3407 of 12 June 2001 of Catalonia against the contamination of the night sky; and his views on whether similar measures might be of value in protecting the Irish night sky against light pollution. [16669/02]
1558 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, following the agreement between Ireland and the Cortes of Spain of 16 May 1979, Spain has approved law 31/1988 concerning the night skies of the Canary Islands; and his views on whether similar measures may be of value in protecting the Irish night skies against light pollution. [16670/02]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 1542 to 1558, inclusive, together.
