661 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the most recent years figures for the amount of voluntary housing units completed; and if he will provide same for the previous four years.
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660 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the most recent years figures for the amount of local authority housing completions, demolitions and purchases; and if he will provide same for the previous four years.
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659 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the proposed changes in the proposed Waterford bypass to safeguard the Woodstown Viking site will be considered for the proposed M3 in the vicinity of the Hill of Tara in County Meath.
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658 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide him with copies of any correspondence between his Department and the Director of the National Museum and the Chief State Archaeologist since 1 January 2005 regarding the proposal to build the M3 in the vicinity of the Hill of Tara in County Meath.
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657 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the documentation in his possession regarding the proposal to build the M3 in the vicinity of the Hill of Tara in County Meath.
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656 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide him with copies of all records relating to any decision he has made or is making under the National Monuments Act 2004 concerning the proposed M3 motorway in the vicinity of the Hill of Tara in County Meath.
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655 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide him with copies of all correspondence since 1 January 2005 between his Department and semi-State bodies relating to archaeological and historical concerns over the proposal to build the M3 in the vicinity of the Hill of Tara in County Meath.
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662 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the most recent figures for the amount of private dwellings completed with a breakdown for the amount of second homes and holiday homes; and if he will provide same for the previous four years.
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677 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount paid out and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees of his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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635 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence the amount paid out and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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621 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in her Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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519 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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411 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in her Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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372 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount paid out and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available. [9364/05
354 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport the amount paid out and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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334 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide him with copies of any correspondence between his Department and the director of the National Museum and the chief State archaeologist since 1 January 2005 regarding the proposal to build the M3 in the vicinity of the Hill of Tara in County Meath.
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333 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport what documentation is in his possession regarding the proposal to build the M3 in the vicinity of the Hill of Tara in County Meath.
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304 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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271 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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242 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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230 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide this Deputy with copies of any correspondence between his Department and the Director of the National Museum and the Chief State Archaeologist since 1 January 2005..
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224 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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213 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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171 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the number of claims by non-Irish nationals of the tax relief afforded to creative artists in each of the income range bands given in the reply to a parliamentary question on 23 November 2004.
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170 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if a general embargo is in place on the recruitment of staff other than to fill existing vacancies by local authorities.
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172 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees of his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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143 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in her Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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41 Mr. Cuffe asked the Taoiseach the amount paid out, and the total mileage registered in mileage allowances claimed by employees in his Department in the last period for which figures are available.
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11 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the practical assistance which will be forthcoming from the new Culture Ireland body in 2005; the medium through which Irish writers will be marketed as an Irish entity abroad at international arts and diplomatic events; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when and how he will be authorised to issue directions to the energy regulator on matters of energy and electricity policy.
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13 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will make a decision on future support mechanisms for renewable energy generators.
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163 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing applications for naturalisation, in particular that of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a copy of the criteria being used by the Office of Public Works in seeking appropriate sites or buildings for use by the State sector in the decentralisation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the archaeological issue he is currently determining with regard to the proposed M3 motorway; if he is examining archaeological sites along the entire route of the proposed road; if he is only examining the vicinity of the Tara-Skryne Valley; when he intends to issue the determination; the timescale envisaged for the excavations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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203 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for discontinuing the funding for the CONNECT project in prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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202 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Dóchas model will be extended to more prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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201 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on calls for a major reduction of the prison population through the use of non-custodial sentences for non-violent crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are post-release follow up reports on inmates of the Dóchas centre in Mountjoy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the figures relating to recidivism rates at the Dóchas centre and for old Mountjoy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total weight of waste that his Department produced within its offices in the past year for which figures are available; the breakdown of the weight produced from paper, glass, aluminium and steel cans, textiles, plastics, organic waste, electrical and electronic equipment, batteries, hazardous waste and mixed waste; the percentage of weight in each category which is recycled; and if he will report on any contract that his Department has for the disposal, reduction or re-use of waste.
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122 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the quarantine and other measures to prevent the introduction of animal and plant diseases into Ireland.
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255 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider ensuring that the passenger tickets on the Luas lines are made of recycled paper and are recycable.
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130 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence if the stationing of 480 US nuclear weapons in eight bases in six European countries, five of which are in the EU, has been discussed at meetings of EU Defence Ministers; the implications of these weapons for the EU defence policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his visit to China; his views on whether the political situation in China, including the denial of human rights and the lack of democratisation, is endangering political stability and, therefore, Irish investments in China; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will consider introducing controls to ensure that social welfare payments given to those in institutional care cannot be abused.
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77 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will respond to criticism voiced by the One Family group that the delay in reversing changes in the operation of the back to education allowance scheme requires lone parents to remain in poverty until such changes take effect.
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372 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is aware that a decision was made by Bray Town Council in December 2004 when drafting its town development plan for 2005 to 2011 to adopt a town centre zoning on the most sensitive part of the flood plain on golf club lands immediately adjacent to the Dargle River in Bray, that a majority of elected members on Bray Town Council made this zoning decision without having had access to the findings of a flood risk study being carried out by University College Dublin on behalf of the prospective developers of these golf club lands and that this zoning decision does not comply with the guidelines issued by the Office of Public Works for development that is appropriate on flood plains; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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