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Update: Kerdiffstown Dump, 31st July 2015

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the completion of the remediation works at the Kerdiffstown Dump...

31st July 2015

Update: International Carbon Reduction Targets, 31st July 2015

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which this country remains compliant with international carbon reduction targets...

31st July 2015

Update: Initiatives in relation to Local Authority Housing, 31st July 2015

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he has engaged directly with the various local authorities with a view to identifying the extent to which the various initiatives taken by Government are in the course of implementation...

31st July 2015

Update: Housing Applicants in Co. Kildare, 31st July 2015

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing units offered to local authority housing applicants in County Kildare ...

31st July 2015

Update: Housing Adaptation Grants, 31st July 2015

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which adequate resources remain available to the various local authorities to facilitate the provision...

31st July 2015

Update: Dealing with the Housing Crisis, 31st July 2015

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the ability of steps taken to date by his Department to deal with the ongoing issue of the housing crisis...

31st July 2015

Update: Completion of Development Works, 31st July 2015

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department continues to monitor progress in regard to the completion of development works in unfinished housing estates...

31st July 2015

Update: Air & Water Pollution, 31st July 2015

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the degree to which monitoring continues to take place in respect of air and water pollution...

31st July 2015

The task now is to secure the recovery and reject Fianna Fáil’s attempts to wreck it…again – Harris

The Minister of State at the Department of Finance and Fine Gael TD for Wicklow, Simon Harris, has said today (Thursday) the latest CSO growth figures show the economic recovery is strengthening and the task now is to secure and protect it from Fianna Fáil’s high tax and spend plans. GDP grew by 1.4 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 6.5 per cent year-on-year.

30th July 2015

New apprenticeships provide opportunities for school leavers – Lawlor

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Anthony Lawlor, has said that the 80 new apprenticeships being introduced provide great opportunities for school leavers and we must work to incentivise small businesses to take on apprentices.

30th July 2015