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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
215 Mr. Cuffe asked the Taoiseach the population of the State at the end of each of the past ten years; and the estimate for the population of the State on 31 December 2005. [30461/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
655 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give details of plans or the timeframe for the review of the national climate change abatement strategy. [30582/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
137 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will travel to Montreal for the United Nations climate change conference from 28 November 2005 to 9 December 2005; and if he will publish a national climate change strategy review before the conference. [30411/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
136 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs and fines imposed on Ireland arising from losing actions at the European Court of Justice in each of the past ten years; the costs to date in 2005; the relevant cases and directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30410/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2005
657 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the electronic voting project and the current testing being undertaken on the project along with the associated costs; if the current phase of testing takes into account the need for a voter verifiable audit trail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30584/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2005
60 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the co-ordinating committee provided for in the readmission agreement between the Irish and Nigerian Governments has been established; if so, the details of its membership and activities to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29732/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2005
14 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if representatives from his Department or associated agencies have travelled to Nigeria to monitor the implementation of the readmission agreement entered into with the Nigerian Government in August 2001 (details supplied), under which the Irish Government has committed itself to safeguarding the human rights and dignity of those being returned when repatriation has taken place; the details of such visits to Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29731/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 October 2005
3 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if representatives from his Department or associated agencies have travelled to Nigeria to monitor the implementation of the re-admission agreement entered into with the Nigerian Government in August 2001 (details supplied) under which the Government has committed itself to safeguarding the human rights and dignity of those being returned when repatriation has taken place; the details of such visits to Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29933/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
305 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the long delay on his Department’s behalf in producing a national women’s strategy which Ireland originally committed to at the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995; if he will provide details on when the strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29833/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
170 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she still plans to move the Central Mental Hospital to the new Mountjoy Prison site in view of the fact that there is strong opposition among hospital staff and the Irish College of Psychiatrists to the move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29832/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2005
96 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport when a decision will be made on the joining up of two existing Luas lines in Dublin city centre; the expected cost and time it will take to connect them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29489/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
166 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the total cost to the State of immunisation programmes; the immunisation injections which are available; and the breakdown for the cost of each to the Exchequer and which companies benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28968/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 October 2005
115 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of consultants currently employed by her Department; the total cost outstanding to her Department; and if she can state the areas these persons are working on; when each of these projects will be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28965/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
159 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the development of a distributed electricity grid system here; and the measures which are being put in place to ensure that current investment in the upgrade of the national grid will facilitate such a development. [27836/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 October 2005
151 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will introduce a capital grant system for the purchase of wood fired, geothermal or solar heating system as exists in Northern Ireland. [27835/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
94 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the sharp rise in the cost of adult education courses following higher teaching costs being passed on by vocational educational committees; if her attention has further been drawn to the concern among senior citizens and the adult learning population in general; her plans to ensure that vocational educational committees are recompensed for these costs in order that some increases are reduced and no further increases take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27703/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 October 2005
61 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science the circumstances in which special savings accounts and special savings interest accounts’ interest in the previous tax year is calculated as income in assessing means for educational grants. [27707/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2005
53 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the former EU Commissioner Mr. Chris Patten’s analysis of the EU’s recent handling of relations with China (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27053/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2005
37 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, since making his speech to the UN which addressed human rights abuses in Burma, he has approached authorities in China, Thailand or others of Burma’s neighbours to raise the issue; their responses to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27054/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2005
128 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if the target level of infrastructural output for the southern and eastern regional programme under the current national development plan will be met by 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26548/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 October 2005
102 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that there will be a new national development plan; when consultation is envisaged to commence with interested parties on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26547/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2005
152 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department has made any representation to the European Commission regarding the formulation of the EU plan for sustainable pesticides use; if so, the content of such representation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22367/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 October 2005
142 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the latest progress in her Department’s decentralisation plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26472/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2005
28 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence if he is considering any changes to Ireland’s triple lock authorisation procedure for sending Irish troops abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25791/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2005
60 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence if he will clarify the circumstances surrounding the cancellation of a courtesy meeting with the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, General Richard Myers, in July 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25792/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2005
228 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason only two health boards have to date drawn down the amount of €75,000 committed by the Government in 2003 to each health board to establish specialist teams to combat elder abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24306/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
706 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timescale for the implementation of, and the agencies responsible for the implementation of the EU directives on waste electrical and electronic equipment and on the restriction on hazardous substances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24064/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
705 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, prior to the making of the most recent waste regulations, he was requested by a company (details supplied) to modify the waste regulations to allow greater inter-regional movement of waste; if so, if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24063/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
704 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received any correspondence from a company (details supplied), its subsidiaries or any other group representing the company since the general election in 2002; if so, if he will provide copies of such documentation to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24059/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
703 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to lift the cap on local authority staffing levels in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24055/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
702 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses in Galway which have been built and the number which have been occupied under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24054/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
701 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has not announced the local agenda 21 environment partnership fund 2005; when he will do so; and if he will make a statement on the achievement to date with the grants given from the fund in previous years. [24053/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
635 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of available positions on the National Educational Welfare Board which have been filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24058/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
565 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to provide sufficient funding for the publication of neighbourhood watch newsletters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24071/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
564 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all statements given to the Garda regarding assault are thoroughly investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24070/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
563 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of criminal and civil cases which were begun in connection with allegations of criminal behaviour on the part of some gardaí in the Donegal division in which the State was either a party or was funding the legal costs of one or more of the parties; if he will identify these cases; when they were begun; the outcome of each of these cases; and the amount spent by the State on these cases between 1 August 2000 and 30 April 2005. [24057/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
548 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in light of a refusal of leave to appeal to the Supreme Court on points of law of exceptional public importance, under section 29 of the Courts of Justice Act 1924 in circumstances where, in the decision of the appeal court an applicant seeks leave to appeal (details supplied), he will consider amending relevant legislation to enable courts not to refuse such applications for leave to appeal on the basis that the applicant had failed in the appeal court to argue that a new fact was absence of common design rather than coercion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23960/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
519 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform requested the Garda Síochána to deliver to the Attorney General the report of Assistant Garda Commissioner Carty’s investigation into allegations that members of the Garda Síochána attached to Donegal division engaged in criminal and unethical behaviour in the execution of their professional duties between 1991 and 1998; and if he will provide copies of any correspondence relating to any such requests. [23718/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
518 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a copy of the then Minister of Justice, Equality and Law Reform’s May 2001 letter requesting advice as to the options available to him in comprehensively reviewing the Donegal situation while civil and criminal proceedings were pending, together with a copy of the schedule of documents attached to that letter. [23717/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
517 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date the full investigation file of Assistant Garda Commissioner Carty’s investigation into allegations that members of the Garda Síochána attached to Donegal division engaged in criminal and unethical behaviour in the execution of their professional duties between 1991 and 1998 was first received by him in his current position as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. [23716/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
516 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date Acting Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy’s 4 August 2000, 37 page synopsis of Assistant Garda Commissioner Carty’s investigation into allegations that members of the Garda Síochána attached to Donegal division engaged in criminal and unethical behaviour in the execution of their professional duties between 1991 and 1998 was first received by him in his current position as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. [23715/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
515 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date the appendices of Assistant Garda Commissioner Carty’s report on allegations that members of the Garda Síochána attached to Donegal division engaged in criminal and unethical behaviour in the execution of their professional duties between 1991 and 1998 was first received by him in his current position as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. [23714/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
514 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date Assistant Garda Commissioner Carty’s report on allegations that members of the Garda Síochána attached to Donegal division engaged in criminal and unethical behaviour in the execution of their professional duties between 1991 and 1998 was first received by him in his current position as Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. [23713/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
513 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform received Acting Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy’s 37 page synopsis dated 4 August 2000 of Assistant Garda Commissioner Carty’s investigation into allegations that members of the Garda Síochána attached to Donegal division engaged in criminal and unethical behaviour in the execution of their professional duties between 1991 and 1998. [23712/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
512 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform received the full investigation file of Assistant Garda Commissioner Carty’s investigation into allegations that members of the Garda Síochána attached to Donegal division engaged in criminal and unethical behaviour in the execution of their professional duties between 1991 and 1998. [23711/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
511 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date the appendices to Assistant Garda Commissioner Carty’s report on allegations that members of the Garda Síochána attached to Donegal division engaged in criminal and unethical behaviour in the execution of their professional duties between 1991 and 1998 were received by the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. [23710/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
510 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the date the Assistant Garda Commissioner Carty’s report on allegations that members of the Garda Síochána attached to Donegal division engaged in criminal and unethical behaviour in the execution of their professional duties between 1991 and 1998 was received by the then Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. [23709/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
496 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will detail the manner in which the issue of condom distribution in prisons “is being kept under ongoing review” by his office; the persons tasked with monitoring this issue; the manner in which information is gathered to inform the reviews; the number of times annually a report is submitted to him or the director of the Irish Prison Service based upon this review; if such reports are made in written form; the date the last such report was made to him or the director of the Irish Prison Service; the threshold to be met before he will authorise condom distribution in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23694/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
495 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details on the wide range of considerations which would have to be taken into account before contemplating the issue of distributing condoms to prisoners, to which he referred in a previous written answer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23693/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2005
487 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to modernise legislation in the area of bankruptcy in order that persons who have been declared bankrupt are not unduly penalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24061/05]