# department-of-environment - Sunday 14 April, 2013
A former homeless addict explains how his experience with the charity Stepping Stone worked for him.
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# department-of-environment - Saturday 13 April, 2013
The route includes Dublin Castle, where EU finance ministers are meeting this weekend.
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Figures from 2012 show payment rates varied from full compliance to just 3.6 per cent.
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# department-of-environment - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Pedigree has launched its annual adoption drive, which is now in its sixth year., with the aim of increasing the adoption of dogs in Ireland.
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# department-of-environment - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
While 43,000 households were exempted from last year’s household charge, only 5,100 households have been exempted from the local property tax.
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# department-of-environment - Saturday 16 March, 2013
The Minister of State also spoke about Minister Hogan’s Traveller letter controversy, why gender quotas are a positive thing, and why she’s not in politics for a career.
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# department-of-environment - Friday 15 March, 2013
Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan also spoke of Ireland’s ghost estates, the pyrite crisis, and her plans to end homelessness.
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# department-of-environment - Thursday 14 March, 2013
Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan told TheJournal.ie of her own penalty points, and why she has no “sympathy whatsoever” for Deputy Flanagan.
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# department-of-environment - Friday 15 February, 2013
John Kidd, whose union claims to represent most of the firefighters working in Dublin, says he is barred from entering any fire station in the capital amid disputes with management over cuts to resources.
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# department-of-environment - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
The company said the government in 1999 failed to transpose EU legislation into law which left it open to legal challenges.
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# department-of-environment - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
SIPTU said new proposals to cut the numbers responding to incidents will put firefighters in danger and claim lives.
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# department-of-environment - Monday 4 February, 2013
76.6 per cent of homes had registered their tank by this morning – with 113,957 homes risking a €5,000 fine.
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# department-of-environment - Monday 28 January, 2013
Kerry county has the highest registration rate – but Dublin city residents have a lot of ground to make up.
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Those who don’t register by this Friday could face a fine of up to €5,000.
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Both the Department of Education and the Department of the Environment are currently paying for access to Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.
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# department-of-environment - Thursday 10 January, 2013
Age Action said that a cut in the Seniors Alert Scheme “is a bad decision” with “terrible timing”, given recent attacks on elderly people.
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# department-of-environment - Thursday 13 December, 2012
When an aeroplane crashes we don’t stop flying, we improve safety. Nuclear power should be the same, writes Philip Walton.
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# department-of-environment - Monday 3 December, 2012
Just under 70 per cent of eligible households have paid or registered to pay the controversial €100 tax but that is only after a year of much protest and mis-management.
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# department-of-environment - Monday 15 October, 2012
There are reports that the overhaul will include abolishing the power of councillors to overturn the decisions of planning officials.
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# department-of-environment - Monday 24 September, 2012
The Department of Environment has dismissed claims that the report by the expert group examining the issue is being suppressed.
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# department-of-environment - Friday 31 August, 2012
Reports this morning suggested that water metering may be delayed but the Government insists that installations will begin in 2013.
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# department-of-environment - Thursday 26 July, 2012
Three councils will receive the funding to help clean up the city and county after last month’s flooding.
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# department-of-environment - Saturday 9 June, 2012
For Linda Burnett-Bowdler, the ongoing problems with damp and mould at the housing complex in south Dublin have taken their toll on her and her family.
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# department-of-environment - Wednesday 2 May, 2012
The guidelines will allow for larger superstores and supermarkets to be built in Ireland.
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# department-of-environment - Friday 13 April, 2012
Around 10,000 new households have been accounted for in the last three days – still only just over half the population.
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# department-of-environment - Tuesday 10 April, 2012
The official deadline passed on 31 March but several thousand property owners have paid the €100 charge over the past ten days.
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# department-of-environment - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
The supermarket chain today lost its court battle to overturn a tax assessment for €36.4 million.
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# department-of-environment - Friday 18 November, 2011
According to leaked documents seen by TheJournal.ie, the Government has agreed to make changes to the retail size caps which could allow for Wal-mart and Costco to set up shop here.
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# department-of-environment - Monday 3 October, 2011
Seán Gallagher wants candidates to club together for a joint election leaflet which will save millions but it is not compulsory for presidential hopefuls to use State funding for leaflets.
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# department-of-environment - Monday 26 September, 2011
Minister Phil Hogan has suggested that unemployed people could be given jobs at polling stations during the ballots.
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# department-of-environment - Thursday 25 August, 2011
The USI is highlighting calls for a deposit protection scheme – Housing junior minister Willie Penrose says he is awaiting feedback from the PRTB on the issue.
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