6 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the extent to which he considers the programme for renewal has been fulfilled; and the reason for the non-implementation of a number of commitments.
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5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if all files in his Department more than 30 years old have been transferred to, and continue to be transferred on an ongoing basis to the National Archives; and, if not, the type of material, if any, which has been withheld.
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2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if the Government has expressed a view with regard to the utility of official contacts between the British Government and Sinn Féin at present.
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8 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Minister for Finance whether notifications of grant-aid assistance under the Programme for Peace and Reconciliation have issued for 1997; and, if so, if he will give details in this regard.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the Department of Finance report on the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
[3855/97]
4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach whether notifications of grant-aid assistance under the Western Development Fund have issued for 1997; and, if so, if he will give details in this regard.
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6 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach whether notifications of grant-aid assistance under the Urban Initiative have issued for 1997; and, if so, if he will give details in this regard.
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5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach whether notifications of grant-aid assistance under the local development fund have issued for 1997; and, if so, if he will give details in this regard.
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4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will give the position of Ireland, Northern Ireland and other UK regions in the table of regions published by the EU's statistical services for the latest year for which such figures are available.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if the GNP, GDP and GNDI per capita figures for Ireland in 1995 are available; and, if so, if he will express them in pounds, dollars and ECUs.
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1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the discussions, if any, he has had with the British Prime Minister on the Report of the Independent Commission on traditional marches in Northern Ireland; and the Government's view of the report.
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7 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach his intentions in view of his recent statement that we will need to reinvent our system of Government for the 21st century.
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5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he has added any persons to his personal unestablished staff since August 1996; and the new consultancies, if any, he has engaged since August 1996.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his speech to MEPs in Strasbourg on 15 January 1997 on the Irish Presidency and the Dublin Summit.
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5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if it remains the position that all parties to the Northern talks are required to maintain a strict adherence to the Mitchell Principles.
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4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the plans, if any, the Government has for changes with regard to maintaining a channel of communication to Sinn Féin.
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2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the plans, if any, he has in conjunction with the British Prime Minister to provide a motive force within the talks process to ensure their continuing viability.
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1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the prospects for peace and political progress in Northern Ireland in 1997.
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8 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of the provenance of funding for the Programme for Peace and Reconciliation; and the reason for an increase in funding from £1.8 million to £8.4 million in 1997.
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6 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the savings, if any, in public expenditure which have been made as a result of the strategic management initiative.
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5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the increased work which will be carried out under the URBAN Initiative in 1997, the allocation for which is to be increased from £3.5 million to £6 million.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the reason for a 14 per cent increase in the cost of administration in his Department in the 1997 Book of Estimates, without taking account of increases in remunerations and pensions.
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36 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Minister for Finance the action, if any, which has been taken by the Secretary of his Department, as head of the Civil Service, in relation to the statement of the AHCS branch in the Department of Justice regarding the handling of the implementation of the Judge Dominic Lynch decision; and whether he considers some of its contents compatible with the long-standing political neutrality of the Civil Service.
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36 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Minister for Finance the action, if any, which has been taken by the Secretary of his Department, as head of the Civil Service, in relation to the statement of the AHCS branch in the Department of Justice regarding the handling of the implementation of the Judge Dominic Lynch decision; and whether he considers some of its contents compatible with the long-standing political neutrality of the Civil Service.
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21 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he welcomes the statement of the current United States administration's policy on Northern Ireland as recently expressed by Vice-President Gore.
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21 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he welcomes the statement of the current United States administration's policy on Northern Ireland as recently expressed by Vice-President Gore.
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10 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he sees any prospects of a breakthrough in the talks or the establishment of certainty with regard to what would follow the establishment of an unequivocal IRA ceasefire before Christmas.
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9 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the British response to date on the peace initiative put forward by Mr. John Hume.
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2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will summarise the main points of his address to the Organisation of Security Co-operation in Europe Summit in Lisbon.
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4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will report on any significant initiatives co-ordinated by the interdepartmental committee in relation to development of the west in 1996.
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5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with the Greek and Italian Prime Ministers in preparation for the Dublin Summit.
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4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meeting with the Chinese Prime Minister in Rome; and whether the concerns he raised on human rights included the situation in Tibet.
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2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meeting with members of the South Africa Governing Party on 6 November 1996.
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5 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the meeting between a Minister of State at his Department and representatives of the islands on Thursday, 14 November 1996.
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