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...

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

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

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of persons currently on the various local authority housing lists throughout the country...

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which his Department is being made aware of new applicants applying for local authority housing...

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which he and his Department have managed to address the inherited issue of distressed shared ownership mortgages...

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the local authority Tenant Purchase Scheme is likely to be announced...

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the extent to which the various forms of waste management are currently being used...

To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the new guidelines in respect of windfarms will become applicable...

Speaking today (Friday), Fine Gael MEP for Dublin, Brian Hayes said: “The latest CSO figures are a clear indication that the Irish economy has now entered a new phase of development. The economic recovery which began in 2013 accelerated in 2014. The economy grew by 5.2% in 2014 and the recovery has further accelerated in the first quarter of 2015.