1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the totals and the increases or decreases in manufacturing employment over each decade from the 1930s to date in the 1990s.
[12673/97].
5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the regional rank of Ireland in terms of EU per capita income in 1994 and per capita income in comparison to the United Kingdom.
[12038/97]
1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on the Irish Genealogical Project, sponsored by his Department up to August 1996.
[12040/97]
3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach whether the Attorney General instructs counsel representing the public interest at tribunals of inquiry; and the steps, if any, which are taken to guard against any possible conflict of interest.
[12037/97]
1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the plans, if any, he has made to meet the British Prime Minister following the British general election.
[12035/97]
1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meeting with the President of the European Commission, Jacques Santer.
[11470/97]
2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will estimate Ireland's GNP and GDP per capita as a percentage of the EU average in 1973, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1996.
[11266/97]
1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the reason he did not mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Irish Free State with a State event.
[11268/97]
5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will list any bound official publications issued by him or his Department during the lifetime of this Government.
[10571/97]
3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the commitments in principle, if any, made to attend major international conferences or formal foreign engagements, other than European Council meetings, to be held at Head of Government level before the end of 1997.
[10569/97]
1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if membership of the Central Review Committee in terms of organisational representation has altered since December 1994.
[10567/97]
2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the amount of Exchequer and EU money allocated under the URBAN initiative in each year since its inception; and the amount received in each area.
[10565/97]
2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach when the second report of the Ministerial Task Force on Drugs will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[9738/97]
1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meeting with the social partners to discuss difficulties arising in relation to Partnership 2000.
[9894/97]
1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if the State is planning commemoration of any kind of the 1400th anniversary of the death of St. Colmcille.
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15 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht if he has satisfied himself there is sufficient space in the National Archives to enable it to fulfil its statutory requirements and obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the trade balance with Britain as a whole and with Northern Ireland over each of the past five years; the annual percentage increase in exports and imports from Britain and Northern Ireland; and the average annual exchange rate of the punt with sterling.
[8064/97]
2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach whether the steering group commissioned by his Department has reported to the Government on the efficiency audit group review of the Air Corps and Naval Service.
[7511/97]
5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the response, if any, he gave in the United States to Senator Edward Kennedy's initiative to revive the peace process.
[8061/97]
35 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has satisfied himself with the level of progress and decisions announced in the implementation of the North report, in view of the approach of the marching season.
[5813/97]
35 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has satisfied himself with the level of progress and decisions announced in the implementation of the North report, in view of the approach of the marching season.
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19 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the meetings, if any, he has had with Northern groups or community or church leaders with a view to averting trouble in the coming marching season.
[2760/97]
3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach when the strategy statement for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7514/97]
2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach when the strategy statement for the Office of the Attorney General will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[7513/97]
3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the savings, if any, in his departmental budget for 1997 as a result of no longer having to fulfil EU Presidential duties.
[5808/97]
6 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the methods which are used by his Department to monitor progress in relation to western development, the islands and the six southern Border counties.
[5812/97]
5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the new memorials, if any, to victims which have been erected or old ones refurbished with Government assistance as part of the Famine commemoration.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he has satisfied himself, after a few years' experience, that the new standardised method of collecting trade statistics is achieving the same degree of accuracy and timeliness as the old method up to 1993.
[5811/97]
2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the new statistical series, if any, which will be produced in 1997; and the series where publication will become more frequent.
[5810/97]
6 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if the ratification of Partnership 2000 is complete; the date on which it comes into force; and the date on which it is due to expire.
[4892/97]
2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his discussions with the US Congressional Group led by the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Ben Gilman.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the public investment funds, if any, provided in 1997 for the purpose of carrying out capital improvement projects on the islands.
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