334 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that an adequate filing system exists for reports submitted under the terms of archaeological licenses issued by Dúchas; the percentage of reports which have been submitted for digs completed by the end of 2001; and the provision which is made for access to these reports by the general public.
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275 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to join the dots and link up the two new light rail lines in Dublin city centre; and the predicted usage that was provided in consultancy reports for the two separate lines and for the joined-up lines.
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274 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport if there is an obligation on the drivers of taxis and hackneys to carry accompanied children of any age; and if he intends to introduce regulations to ensure that such vehicles carry a baby seat or child seat or other restraint device suitable for children, such as the child seat-belt in use on aircraft.
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117 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science the lands within the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council area which are the subject of the settlement with the religious orders.
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15 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider the policy of placing pregnant asylum seekers together, in view of the outbreak of chickenpox at a centre (details supplied) in Dublin.
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3 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the criteria used in the nomination and appointment of members of the Judiciary; and if he has plans to review the present system.
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115 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport his views on whether the increase in the Dublin Bus fleet of 36 buses in 2004 will be sufficient to cater for the higher service requirements that can be expected on the new quality bus corridors being designed by the quality bus network office.
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92 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport if he has carried out an assessment on the appropriate traffic speeds on roads such as O’Connell Street and College Green in the centre of Dublin; and if the local authorities have the ability to apply a 30 km/h speed limit on these roads.
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136 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the details of the requirement for full labelling of beef in the restaurant and catering sectors; and if he plans to extend the requirement to other forms of meat, vegetables and other foods.
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124 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which he plans to ensure that farmers can continue to choose to farm free from GMOs.
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5 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether the €89 million net outflow of expenditure in the January to March 2004 travel period represents a worrying trend for the Irish tourism sector in view of the huge coverage given to Ireland by the EU Presidency; and the steps that are being taken to ensure that this outflow does not increase further.
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133 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science if discussions have taken place or are planned with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government regarding the need for school land to be set aside, at no cost to the State, in future planning schemes, in view of the shortage of school places in many fast-growing towns and cities.
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141 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science when the review of the existing transition year and senior cycle will be completed and if future deliberations will examine the possibility of adding elements of the transition year into three-month modules within the junior cycle.
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42 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has received representations from the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation with regard to the management of wild salmon stocks here and our continued use of off shore driftnetting of wild salmon stocks; and if any organisations have made offers to his Department to share the cost of any buy-out scheme for driftnetting licences or if the Government has considered seeking outside financial assistance for such a buy-out.
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31 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if, in view of the lifting of the moratorium on new connections to wind farms and the recent advances in wind turbine technology which should overcome many of the network concerns expressed by our transmission operator, the level of wind capacity that he now believes could be given grid connections.
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80 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs to elaborate on the new Article I-40(7) proposed by the Irish Presidency in the draft EU constitution on mutual defence; the way in which the specific character of Ireland’s security and defence policy is not prejudiced when the commitments and co-operation in this area shall be consistent with commitments under NATO; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Irish Presidency’s proposals for enhanced co-operation on defence issues in the EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the plans he has to increase public spending in view of the fact that Exchequer returns exceed expectations.
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257 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider introducing tri-annual funding to agencies dealing with homelessness to ensure a continuity of funding and give more certainty to the agencies’ plans.
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232 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the reception and integration agency has published and distributed an annual report.
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231 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of money that went into the reception, integration and repatriation for refugees and asylum seekers in the first two rounds of funding from the reception and integration agency in distributing the European Refugee Fund.
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230 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the percentage of money that went to non-governmental organisations, statutory services and ethnic minority-led organisations in the first two rounds of funding from the reception and integration agency in distributing the European Refugee Fund.
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184 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider setting up and funding an independent and impartial support agency to educate and aid both the victims and the victims of victims suffering from alcohol’s negative side effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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183 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that travellers in the 16 to 18 year old age group who are not in full time education, training or employment are not eligible for medical cards and that a disproportional higher number of travellers are in this category compared to their peers in the settled community; and if he will make changes in order to assist young travellers.
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119 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to introduce a requirement on lending institutions to limit the amount of borrowing on domestic loans and mortgages to a multiple of annual income after taking into account the net worth of the person or persons.
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115 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider reviewing the policy of levying rates on child care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Hanly report; the elements of the report he has implemented to date; when he will implement the report in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role her Department has in monitoring health and safety conditions for workers in national car testing centres; whether environmental working conditions in such centres are analysed; and the methods that are used to inspect them.
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94 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence the way in which decentralisation plans related to his Department are progressing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the two-day seminar in Dublin in May 2004 in which the chief of staff of the Defence Forces (details supplied), hosted a meeting on peacekeeping co-operation between the EU and the UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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531 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of women being held in Limerick Prison; and the average for each month since January 2001.
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530 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, since the Irish Prisons Inspectorate report in 2003, there have been changes or improvements in the women’s wing of the Limerick Prison, regarding the lack of privacy around the toilet facilities in the prisoners’ cells.
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529 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has been further development of plans, as mentioned in the Irish Prisons Inspectorate’s 2003 report, for a new female prison, similar in design to the Dóchas Centre at Mountjoy, at Limerick Prison; if so, the timeframe for construction of the prison; and the new facilities which will be available for the prisoners.
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528 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide details of allegations of misconduct made by prisoners in the women’s wing of Limerick Prison against the prison staff, including the number of allegations, the nature of the allegations, whether investigations have been carried out by a neutral third party and the outcomes of these investigations since January 2000.
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519 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department received any request from the UK Government to consider holding a referendum on the issue of citizenship.
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520 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the provision he intends to make for persons who may become stateless in the event of the citizenship referendum being passed.
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518 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons born in Northern Ireland can obtain an Irish passport by simply presenting their birth certificate as part of their application process; the changed procedures he intends to put in place for persons resident in Northern Ireland to claim Irish citizenship in the event of the proposed citizenship referendum being passed; and his views on the way in which this may impact on the Belfast Agreement.
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517 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the changed procedures he intends to put in place to register children born here as Irish citizens and the charges he views this will impose on the public finances, in the event of the proposed citizenship referendum being passed.
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466 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport if taxis are obliged to carry children when accompanied by adults; if he intends to oblige taxis to carry child seats, in view of the fact that some continue to refuse to carry children and babies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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410 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, following a comprehensive consultation process in autumn 2003, the study design for the all-Ireland Traveller health study, as recommended in the national Traveller health strategy of February 2002, was submitted to his Department in January 2004, and the budget was subsequently approved; when the all-Ireland Traveller health study will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of citizens of new European Union member countries who have sought assistance from her Department since 1 May 2004; and the number who have not qualified for such assistance.
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187 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the safeguards he has put in place to protect the hundreds of Travellers living on unauthorised sites from being prosecuted and having their homes confiscated by the Garda under section 24 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002, while they wait for local authority accommodation.
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186 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he plans to take to alleviate Travellers living on the sides of roads with no facilities since the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 came into force; and if he intends bringing in legislative measures to ensure that Travellers’ accommodation needs are met.
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184 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will take steps to ensure that there is a legal obligation on local authorities to provide adequate accommodation for Travellers living on halting sites when they are not in a position to provide accommodation from their own resources, particularly when they are unable to repay a local authority loan.
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161 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons who had applied for residency on the basis of parentage of an Irish child before February 2003 but had not received a decision on their application who were from the new member states of the EU and who are now entitled to be here under EU treaty rights.
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160 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of letters since July 2003 proposing deportation which have been sent to migrant parents who had applied for residency on the basis of parentage of an Irish child prior to February 2003; and the number of this group of persons who have been granted leave to remain; and the number who have been deported.
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