316 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide a full listing of the contents of his Department’s wine cellar giving the vintages, quantity of bottles, dates acquired, prices paid and supplier; and if he will make a statement on the Department’s policy in this regard.
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304 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide a full listing of the contents of his Department’s wine cellar giving the vintages, quantity of bottles, dates acquired, prices paid and supplier; and if he will make a statement on the Department’s policy in this regard.
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265 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a full listing of the contents of his Department’s wine cellar giving the vintages, quantity of bottles, dates acquired, prices paid and supplier; and if he will make a statement on the Department’s policy in this regard.
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202 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a full listing of the contents of her Department’s wine cellar giving the vintages, quantity of bottles, dates acquired, prices paid and supplier; and if she will make a statement on the Department’s policy in this regard.
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157 Mr. Cuffe asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a full listing of the contents of his Department’s wine cellar giving the vintages, quantity of bottles, dates acquired, prices paid and supplier; and if he will make a statement on the Department’s policy in this regard.
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148 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance his views on Prime Minister Juncker’s informal proposal for a windfall tax on the profits of oil companies in Finance Ministers’ informal discussions on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to take steps to reform VAT or excise duty in view of the findings of the recent Combat Poverty Agency study which showed that those in the bottom tenth of income earners pay more than 20% of their gross income in indirect taxes while those in the top 10% pay less than half that amount.
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94 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress to bring about a national label to improve the customer recognition and marketing of Irish organic produce.
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60 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the figures for 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005 of land certified as organic giving the information as a percent of total land under cultivation and in area size by hectares and acres.
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325 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the change in methodologies that have been used in the compiling of the assessment of need of housing between the 2002 and the 2005 assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the delay in implementing the recommendations of the report on the mandate and resourcing of the Labour Inspectorate regarding the streaming of the record keeping requirements to tie in with the statements of pay; and when he expects the proposal to come into operation.
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68 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland is acting against the promise of a development round by, together with the other Members of the EU, the United States and others, pursuing aggressive market opening in developing countries in industrial market access and services.
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563 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to update the legislation regarding fire services to reflect the increasing complexity of emergency planning, response and coordination in the twenty-first century; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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556 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide data for the amount of greenhouse gas emissions arising on a lifecycle basis from landfilling versus the mass-burn incineration of municipal waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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555 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of any meetings that he may have held with the President of the High Court regarding the Strategic Infrastructure Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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554 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on substituting the pencils normally used at polling stations with ballpoint pens in order to provide greater protection from ballots being interfered with after marking by the voter in view of the allegation of voter fraud in the recent elections in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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553 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to improvements that have been provided at the Sellafield plant in recent years to protect the highly active storage tanks from terrorist attack or accidental damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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488 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to recognise prior service by special needs assistants in the assessment of their claims for increments based on prior service and request for job security.
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458 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of Operation Plaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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447 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to produce an environmental impact statement for the proposed Kilsallaghan development in Fingal; and the proposed timetable for the project.
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420 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his Department’s policy in regard to the legislation, staffing and reporting relating to the Garda carriage office.
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419 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself regarding the health and safety of the Garda force regarding emissions from telecommunications antennae for both the existing and proposed Garda telecommunications system and existing and proposed private operators’ systems that are placed on masts on top of or close to Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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418 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the rise in graffiti, particularly on older brick and stone buildings; if he will ensure that the Gardaí prioritise this issue; and if he will further ensure that adequate recreational facilities are provided for young people to deter them from engaging in such criminal behaviour.
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409 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people who have been refused permission to land here having arrived by plane or ship in each of the past five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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408 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of people seeking asylum here who have applied and are awaiting a decision since pre-2003, 2003, 2004, 2005, and to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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322 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport the information he has received to date from the National Roads Authority or Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council regarding the potential for the location of an archaeological heritage park at the Carrickmines Castle site in south Dublin; and the potential suitability of the retention of the eighteenth century farmhouse at that site for use as an interpretative centre or as part of an archaeological heritage facility.
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321 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport, his views on allowing cyclists to travel on that portion of the Luas track between Heuston Station and Connolly Station in view of the dangers faced by cyclists on the quays of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport the information he has received regarding the recent passage of Irish aircraft into the no fly exclusion zone surrounding the Sellafield plant and the consequent interception by Royal Air Force planes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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292 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the community welfare section of the Health Service Executive is insisting in certain cases that tenants supply proof of the landlords ownership of property in order to receive rent supplement; if her further attention has been drawn to the fact that this is causing hardship to tenants; her views on the alternative of requesting that the section check with the Private Residential Tenancies Board to ensure that such properties are registered.
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258 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a full listing of the contents of his Department’s wine cellar, including the vintages, quantity, dates acquired, prices paid and supplier; and if he will make a statement on his Department’s policy in this regard.
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195 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide defibrillators in all ambulances; if she will ensure that staff are fully trained in their use; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to provide a helicopter air ambulance that would be of particular assistance in dealing with serious road traffic accidents.
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138 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has discussed with local authorities the possibility of providing an air ambulance that would be of particular assistance in dealing with serious road traffic accidents; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Ombudsman for Children has raised a number of concerns regarding child and adolescent mental health services, including the placing of Irish children in adult psychiatric units in a submission sent to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child; and the action he intends to take to address the issue.
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88 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the president of the Irish Postmasters’ Union’s recent claim that the commercial viability for post offices in some remote communities is practically impossible and that this needs to be recognised by the Government and practically addressed by way of the introduction of public service obligation.
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71 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he or his Department officials have had contact with the Department of Finance relating to the proposal by the chairman of the Mayo Islands Committee (details supplied), that tax free status be given to the 11 non-Gaeltacht islands to encourage industrial development and stem population decline.
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43 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the claim made by the president of the Irish Postmasters Union that the survival of the country’s remaining sub-post offices could be reliant on them continuing to process social welfare payments; and the action which is being taken by his Department to address this matter.
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63 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will give assurances that the proposed supports for lone parents will not result in new complexities and poverty traps, age related or otherwise in view of the fact that OPEN, the national network of lone parent groups, has produced figures that show that a working lone parent with a child over eight would stand to lose almost €90 a week or €4,624 per annum.
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113 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of people who are employed in connection with the Wicklow National Park; their respective roles and positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the lands which have been acquired by the State for the Wicklow National Park within the past five years; the address, area, price paid and date acquired in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage of new home purchasers who are first time buyers in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of private housing units which are currently occupied by people on rental supplement, the number which have been inspected by local authorities with a view to their taking over the direct payment to landlords since the announcement of 7 July 2004; the number of those inspected which have been approved by local authorities for long-term payments; the number of units which have not been approved; the principle reasons for the failure to grant approval in those cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons or families on the housing waiting lists of local authorities in each of the past five years for which figures are available.
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100 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science if she plans to overcome the limitations on the sector that arise from the relatively small scale of most post leaving certificate providers, while avoiding undermining the benefits that arise from local initiative and local relationships, through providing support services and mechanisms for co-operation and co-ordination; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science if she plans to relieve the strains within post leaving certificate colleges caused by endeavouring to deliver economically relevant courses that respond to changing industry needs with very limited management resources, very few support staff and a heavy teaching load; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science if she plans to change post leaving certificate colleges sufficiently to allow them to play their proper future role in lifelong learning and in supporting economic development; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to transform the student experience of undertaking courses in post leaving certificate colleges, through addressing under-resourcing and undesirable features of post leaving certificate provision that have persisted from its second level origins; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will offer an explanation for the disparity between the cap on admissions post leaving certificate colleges versus the automatic availability of capitation grants for private secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science her timetable for the implementation of the McIver Report; her plans to provide adequate resources to post leaving certificate colleges; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance his proposals for the reinstatement of Leinster Lawn, the bulk of which was transformed onto a surface car park on what was apparently a temporary basis for the past several years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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