1 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when Ireland will meet the UN target for overseas development aid; the timescale for the decentralisation of Development Cooperation Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is considering the transfer of pension assets of non-commercial semi-State schemes to the NTMA.
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480 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the reason the owners of the National Housing Agency are charging 12% interest on house loans.
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477 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, further to a recent statement by Cork City Council that its tenant purchase scheme for apartments and flats is closed and that a working group in the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is looking at the question in relation to the sale of flats to its tenants, when the working group was set up; the number of times it has met; when it is expected to submit its report; and the members of the working group and when they were appointed.
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466 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason Ireland has not ratified the Aarhus Agreement taking into account Article 29.5.1 given that the European Union has already ratified the agreement on 17 February 2005; and the reason Ireland has not ratified the agreement almost seven years after signing it on 25 June 1998.
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408 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline offences recorded and detailed for each of the districts within the Cork metropolitan area and Cork county area in the years 1997, 2000 and 2004.
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253 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the present status of talks between the EU and Iran regarding Iran’s nuclear development programme.
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63 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is aware if other State agencies face a similar predicament to that of IDA Ireland, Shannon Development and Údarás na Gaeltachta that led to the passing of the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Bill 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he agrees with the consumer strategy group’s recommendation to abolish the limit on the number of pub licences awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence if recent testing of emergency planning has taken place; if so, the findings of any such tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Defence the current age of all craft available to the Air Corps; the acquisitions which will be made to supplement the Air Corps fleet during the remainder of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science the schools which have 30 children or more in their classes in each of the schools in Cork city and county.
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175 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the manpower and the population cover in each of the Garda districts in Dublin city and county.
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174 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the manpower and the population cover in each of the Garda districts in Cork city and county.
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132 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the situation whereby North Korea has sharply raised the tensions due to its nuclear stand off with its regional neighbours by announcing that it had finished extracting nuclear fuel rods at its Yongbyon plant and has taken steps to expand its nuclear arsenal.
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131 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on recent moves made by the United States and the Greek Cypriots to reopen talks regarding the unification of Cyprus.
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55 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she will take to facilitate the live export of lambs to the UK and France; if she will address the current holding period restriction; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the plans she has to review the legislation covering the importation and sale of agri-chemicals; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will implement an amalgamation package agreed in April 2001 with a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will honour the agreement.
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330 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be reached on the submissions made by Victim Support regarding funding at national level.
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286 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused the single payment scheme for consideration of force majeure -exceptional circumstances.
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164 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if, in relation to the development of health policy and services for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, she will indicate the scope of the services available and the number of beneficiaries of such services on a national and a county basis.
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129 Mr. Allen asked the Taoiseach if he proposes to mark the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki city which will occur at 11.02 on 9 August 2005 in view of the fact that it is the occasion of the last major humanitarian disaster of the Second World War; if he will consider it appropriate that there should be one minute of peace to honour the dead of all wars and to reflect on if enough is being done to build a culture of peace to make wars a rare occurrence.
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84 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the NAPS has not lived up to its potential as an instrument to identify and remove, in a systematic way, barriers to persons trying to break out of social exclusion into full participation in society; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the efforts he is making to tackle the new phenomenon of the working poor; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has had her rent supplement terminated.
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126 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has had contact with his US counterpart regarding the failure of the US to ratify the Kyoto Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the proposed task force to deal with the non-implementation of EU regulations by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the publication of the Travers report, if his Department has carried out a review of the legal basis for all charges and fees levied by his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the outcome of any such review; if any charges have been identified which do not have an adequate legal basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of new facilities that have opened following the allocation of funding announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Mr. Allen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on comments by the HSE that the health services funding is insufficient for 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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380 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Mayfield area of Cork for the years 2000 to 2004 and to date in 2005.
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379 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Blackpool area of Cork for the years 2000 to 2004 and to date in 2005.
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378 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Gurranabraher area of Cork for the years 2000 to 2004 and to date in 2005.
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377 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Knockraha area of County Cork for the years 2000 to 2004 and to date in 2005.
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376 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Dripsey and Berrings area of County Cork for the years 2000 to 2004 and to date in 2005.
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375 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Blarney area of County Cork for the years 2000 to 2004 and to date in 2005.
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374 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Glanmire area of County Cork for the years 2000 to 2004 and to date in 2005.
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373 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Whitechurch and Carrignavar area, County Cork, for the years 2000 to 2004 and to date in 2005; if he will give consideration to changing the management arrangements of gardaí in order that the area comes under the jurisdiction of either Blarney or Cork city rather than Cobh which is 25 miles away.
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202 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a report from Saudi Arabia regarding the sentencing of 35 persons to flogging and imprisonment following their attendance at a gay partnership ceremony; if he has raised this matter with the Saudi Arabian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a decision will be made on the location of a national conference centre before the end of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will reclassify a school (details supplied) in County Cork as fully disadvantaged comparable to schools which adjoin its catchments area and cater for populations with identical needs.
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281 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will reclassify a school (details supplied) in County Cork as fully disadvantaged comparable to schools which adjoin its catchment area and cater for populations with identical needs.
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33 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which his Department or other agencies under his aegis have had discussions with producers of biodiesel or other biofuels; the likely role for such alternative fuels in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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72 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason there is a reluctance on the part of the Government to support wind generated electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government’s views on the UK paper on the economic partnership agreements being negotiated by the European Commission with 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries; if, in accordance with the concern expressed by the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Government will join with the UK and other like-minded Governments with a view to changing the EU position on EPAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the humanitarian situation in Darfur, Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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