4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the measures, if any, adopted by the Government to aid the development and address the problem of depopulation in the west.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will give an overview of the role played by the coordinating committee chaired by a Minister of State at his Department in relation to the infrastructural needs of the west.
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11 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if there has been any contact by the Government with interested Northern groups in relation to the planned commemoration of the 1798 Rebellion.
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8 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the conference on local development which was held in Ireland on 11 and 12 November 1996.
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7 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the agenda for the conference on local development which will be held in Ireland on 11 and 12 November 1996.
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2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the emigration figures in respect of each of the past two years; and if he will give a breakdown of the numbers leaving each county.
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2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if any commemoration is planned of the 1848 Rebellion; and if so, if there will be any effort to build into it an Australian/Tasmanian connection.
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1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach whether he has satisfied himself that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions operates efficiently; and his views on whether any new measures are necessary to assist its operation.
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2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the support the Government is giving to the efforts being made by Mr. John Hume to restore the IRA ceasefire.
[20862/96]
1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he regards the adherence to the Mitchell Principles upon entry into talks following a ceasefire as sufficient evidence of a party's serious commitment to exclusively political and democratic means.
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4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the first meeting of the monitoring committee for URBAN held on Friday, 25 October 1996.
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1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will set out for each year since 1980 the average annual increase in farm incomes as determined by the Central Statistics Office.
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4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the number of overseas visitors to this country in each of the years from 1986 to date; if he will give a breakdown of the purpose of each visit; and the revenue earned by this country.
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4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the opening discussions on the new national agreement which took place on 23 October 1996, and on the position he set out on behalf of the Government.
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1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if it is the Government's intention that the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation should resume its deliberations if there is a renewal of the IRA's August 1994 ceasefire.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach whether the interdepartmental Strategy Group on Employment and Unemployment meets regularly; and, if so, the current position on the activities of the strategy group.
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17 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach whether he plans to meet with clergymen of any denomination from Northern Ireland in the near future to discuss the current situation.
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13 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the communications, if any, he has had with the British Prime Minister since the bombing of the British Army Headquarters in Lisburn on Monday, 7 October 1996.
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4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his discussions with an Irish-American group led by former Congressman Bruce Morrison.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the consultations, if any, he has had with the British Prime Minister since August 1996, relating to the current situation in Northern Ireland.
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2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach whether he has had any recent meeting since the marching season with clergymen of any denomination regarding the current situation in Northern Ireland; and if so, if he will report on such meetings.
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2 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress, if any, on measures to improve procedures in the Office of the Attorney General.
[18365/96]
1 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the arrangements, if any, that were made for any member of the Government to act as Taoiseach during his absence on holidays in view of reports in a newspaper (details supplied).
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18 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach the reason he considers a renewed IRA ceasefire and a political agreement inevitable following his remarks in the United States; and the reasons, if any, he has for believing that either will happen in the short-term.
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17 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will elaborate on the statement in his Washington speech to Congress of 11 September 1996 that we are not motivated by any interest of our own other than that of obtaining an agreement which is reasonable and fair to the aspirations of both communities.
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4 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the contacts, if any, since August 1996 between his office and Sinn Féin and the Loyalist parties.
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3 Mr. B. Ahern asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his meeting with President Clinton and Congressional leaders in the United States of America.
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