6 Mr. Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consequences of the imposition of United States tariffs on steel imports for the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the proposals he has for the continuation of drift netting for salmon off the west coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans she has to improve workplace safety with particular reference to building site construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Deputy Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans she has to improve workplace safety with particular reference to building site construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Public Enterprise the ages of the existing Iarnród Éireann rolling stock; the number of new carriages on order; the scheduled delivery date; the lines on which they are to be deployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the savings envisaged for consumers in respect of the introduction of a personal injuries assessment board; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the relationship between the proposed personal injuries assessment board and the courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if he has any proposals to allocate milk quota from the quantity available to him for allocation for the marketing year beginning in April 2001 to members of the Milk Quota Rights Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the anomalies and unequal situation whereby voluntary secondary schools are under-funded causing great stress to school principals and parents councils, and time spent fundraising to meet pressing financial commitments.
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90 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the anomalies and unequal situation whereby voluntary secondary schools are under-funded causing great stress to school principals and parents councils, and time spent fundraising to meet pressing financial commitments.
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7 Mr. Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which new policy of allowing non-nationals to come to work here based on quotas and skills shortages will operate; and the skills to be covered and the conditions which will be placed on immigrants.
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13 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands the reason for the 20% reduction in her Department's estimate in the subheads for the national parks and wildlife service where expenditure is being reduced to £18.5 million for the year 2000.
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7 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has satisfied himself that all school buses, private and public, are up to road safety standard in view of the fact that some of the buses are over 20 years old; if he has further satisfied himself that there is proper heating and ventilation in all buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if United States authorities made representations on 17 March 1998 or thereafter in relation to genetically modified crops; if so, the Government's response to these representations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if United States authorities made representations on 17 March 1998 or thereafter in relation to genetically modified crops; if so, the Government's response to these representations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Defence the number of troops available for active service under the UNSAS standby arrangement; and the number delegated to different missions.
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50 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources whether he has received proposals from Clare County Council for coastal protection work at Quilty, County Clare; if so, when it is proposed to commence the work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources whether he has received proposals from Clare County Council for coastal protection work at Quilty, County Clare; if so, when it is proposed to commence the work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Mr. Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the impact, if any, the cut in Structural Funds to Ireland will have on the services provided by FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Mr. Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the impact, if any, the cut in Structural Funds to Ireland will have on the services provided by FÁS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Defence if he will give details of the staff shortages in the east coast search and rescue service and the recent withdrawal of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Defence if he will give details of the staff shortages in the east coast search and rescue service and the recent withdrawal of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Defence if he will give details of the staff shortages in the east coast search and rescue service and the recent withdrawal of service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. Boylan asked the Taoiseach the volume and value of all vegetables and fruits imported for each of the years from 1995 to 1997 and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra teachers it would be necessary to appoint to achieve the pupil-teacher ratios recommended in the report of the 1993 Special Education Review Committee; and the number of the 13 categories of disability which has the recommended pupil-teacher ratio to be achieved.
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36 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra teachers it would be necessary to appoint to achieve the pupil-teacher ratios recommended in the report of the 1993 Special Education Review Committee; and the number of the 13 categories of disability which has the recommended pupil-teacher ratio to be achieved.
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57 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra teachers it would be necessary to appoint to achieve the pupil-teacher ratios recommended in the report of the 1993 Special Education Review Committee; and the number of the 13 categories of disability which has the recommended pupil-teacher ratio to be achieved.
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36 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of extra teachers it would be necessary to appoint to achieve the pupil-teacher ratios recommended in the report of the 1993 Special Education Review Committee; and the number of the 13 categories of disability which has the recommended pupil-teacher ratio to be achieved.
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31 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself with the effectiveness of the various measures and schemes operated by the Garda Síochána during 1997 to curtail the number of deaths and serious injuries in traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself with the effectiveness of the various measures and schemes operated by the Garda Síochána during 1997 to curtail the number of deaths and serious injuries in traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Health and Children whether the Government intends to enact legislation to require that prior to any blood product being administered to a patient that that patient be advised by the medical practitioner concerned of the nature of these products; and his views on the fact that many of those to whom Amerscan Pulmonate II was administered were not told in advance the nature of this product.
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82 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Health and Children whether the Government intends to enact legislation to require that prior to any blood product being administered to a patient that that patient be advised by the medical practitioner concerned of the nature of these products; and his views on the fact that many of those to whom Amerscan Pulmonate II was administered were not told in advance the nature of this product.
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7 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Education and Science whether he proposes to fully recognise the Montessori method of teaching as an integral part of primary education; and the new role and other operational changes which will result from this recognition.
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Bill entitled an Act to assist and develop business by restricting unreasonable credit terms and to further assist and develop business by providing in law for penalties for excessively late payments by State organisations
69 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to introduce a house improvement grant scheme for the refurbishing of old houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to introduce a house improvement grant scheme for the refurbishing of old houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Mr. Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will continue to assist the Rwandan people in their struggle to come to terms with the destruction in their country; and if he will ensure that the Rwandan Government is supported in rebuilding the institutions of civil society such as the police force, the judicial system and the education system.
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54 Mr. Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will continue to assist the Rwandan people in their struggle to come to terms with the destruction in their country; and if he will ensure that the Rwandan Government is supported in rebuilding the institutions of civil society such as the police force, the judicial system and the education system.
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46 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Environment if funding will be provided to Roscommon County Council for the development of a library at the Dillon House, Ballaghaderreen, County Roscommon; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an application is with his Department since June 1991; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the development of a library is part of a major development plan by Roscommon County Council to turn this historic house into a library/museum and heritage house open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
13 Mr. Boylan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will respond to requests for special assistance to Mozabique both in the pre-election period and afterwards, to assist in the rebuilding of the devastated infrastructure.
23 Mr. Boylan asked the asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, in view of the recent disclosure of the killing of East Timorese in hospital beds, if he will lead his EU partners in condemnation of the Indonesian Government's action in East Timor; and if he will notify that Government of the revulsion of the Irish people at such abuse of human rights.
61 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there is an imbalance in the health care budget as applied to psychiatric care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
61 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there is an imbalance in the health care budget as applied to psychiatric care; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
45 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Environment the role of the statutory Reorganisation Commission he is setting up to consider the functions and role of urban authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
28 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for the Environment if, following his request to County Managers to draw up proposals for the alteration of boundaries of up to 62 towns, he will give the steps, if any, he will take to ensure this commitment that the capacity of County Councils as the primary units of local government will not be adversely affected by the revised town boundaries.
43 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications whether he has made further contact with the British authorities in view of the proposed change in German energy law which will allow, for the first time, the storage of spent nuclear fuel without reprocessing and in view of the letter from two former United States CIA chiefs to the British Prime Minister, Mr. John Major, warning that THORP could encourage the spread of nuclear weapons.
13 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade if his Department has analysed the various recommendations in the recent report by Fitzpatrick Associates for the European Parliament, especially the main recommendation that the EC should adopt a new approach to the role of tourism within the EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
99 Mr. Boylan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if, in order to allay the fears of thousands of small family farmers in this country, the Government are prepared to use the veto on the outcome of the GATT talks if the best interests of these farmers are not met; and if he will make a statement on the matter.