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Tenants of rented properties and their neighbours must have access to the names and addresses of landlords if they wish to make a complaint and the Minister for Environment must change legislation to allow this to happen.

Green Party TD for Carlow/Kilkenny Mary White has welcomed the news that her colleague, Minister for the Environment John Gormley is to dispense with the e-voting machines.

Local TD Denis Naughten has welcomed what he is calling the “climb-down” by the Minister for the Environment on the proposed ban on turf cutting on bogs until the end of the year.

Labour Westport Town Councillor Keith Martin has condemned remarks made by the Environment Minister John Gormley in which the minister said that the reintroduction of domestic water charges was inevitable.

The reduction in capital income from car tax, following the introduction of new car tax brackets, will have a negative impact on the funds for road maintenance according to Environment Minister John Gormley.

Galway should follow Dublin’s lead and elect a fully accountable mayor with real powers to direct transport, planning, and other local services.

A north Kilkenny councillor has called on the Environment Minister to bridge the funding gap that has arisen for the local authority to deal with water services for the county.

The Minister for Environment and Local Government John Gormley has come in for sharp criticism from Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny regarding payments to Mayo County Council for funding under the housing aid grants administered by local authorities. The situation is so dire at present that Mayo County Council does not have the financial resources to continue approving grants leaving many people without the necessary funding to carry out essential repairs to their homes.

Kilkenny Local Authorities will benefit from additional funding from the Department of the Environment and Local Government for the adaptation of houses for the disabled and elderly population this year.

From the initial planning stages it has been a long struggle for the Mayo County Development Plan 2008 to 2014 to come to fruition to the satisfaction of the elected members and the Department of Environment and Local Government under the direction of Minister John Gormley. But last Monday the new development plan, which has taken up many hours of planning, discussion, meetings and angry exchanges across the country, finally came to a conclusion when the elected members voted in favour of a new ministerial directive issued by Minister for the Environment John Gormley on September 16 2009, overturning his previous directive of July 11 2008.