14 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Force’s guard of honour, which will greet the US President on his arrival, will be inspected and possibly disarmed by US security personnel as allegedly occurred during former US President Ronald Reagan’s visit at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his views on the suggestion by Veterinary Ireland that there should be recommended retail prices for farm drugs; and his further views on whether this is price-fixing.
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8 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when he expects the action programme for compliance with the nitrates directive to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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565 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the legislation or regulations concerning the controlled and uncontrolled burning of domestic or builders waste; and the measures he intends to introduce to control the same.
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469 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will outline the legislation regarding prostitution; the number of persons who have been arrested or convicted in the Dublin area in the past three years for providing or paying for such services; and the breakdown by geographical area.
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78 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the nature of the threats posed to the Government’s Department relocation programme by the reluctance to this policy being shown at recent annual conference of public service unions.
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17 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance his views on the contention expressed in the recent publication by the Economic and Social Research Institute, Reforming Pensions in Europe, that tax foregone in reliefs given to encourage private pension provisions now exceed the payment of means tested old age pensions.
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162 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider adding rural waste water as a topic to the range of issues covered by the otherwise excellent environmental bulletin in order to chart progress and developments in this area.
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161 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her views on the proposal from the organisation, One Family, for a constitutional amendment to reflect the changed nature of the family in modern Ireland.
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154 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of refusals to date for supplementary welfare allowance for failure to meet new criteria introduced by her with regard to accommodation needs.
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131 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when legislation is likely to follow on the completion of the current consultation process on the regulation of charities.
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66 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on investigations made into the illegal trans-frontier shipment of waste by a number of Irish local authorities which were recently the subject of media reports.
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159 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children if outdoor areas designated under the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2003 will have no smoking as well as smoking areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on recent studies from Britain which show a link between social class and ill health; if he will undertake a similar comprehensive study here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Transport if it will be possible under new speed regulations to introduce 30 kph speed limits on sections of the city centre road network such as along the city quays or on streets such as Pearse Street, Westmoreland Street and College Green.
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30 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether legal advice has been obtained as to the human rights implications of the use of non-lethal technology here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the plans of the Garda Síochána in relation to the use of non-lethal technology; and if he will make a statement on whether such technology has been studied for employment here.
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102 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if plans to develop and manage information technology to support the delivery of his Department’s mission and objectives, as outlined in its mission statement, including a review of IT strategies of former Departments and the new departmental IT strategy for 2003-06, will be affected by his Department’s and agencies’ relocation to Killarney; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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434 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will attend the conference, breaking the barriers: partnership in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Europe and Central Asia, being held at Dublin Castle on 23 and 24 February 2004; if he will make a commitment to seriously investigate the best practice models of HIV/hepatitis C prevention in prisons (details supplied) that are operating in many of the countries represented at that conference with a view to implementing them here; and if not, the reason he is content to preside over a prison health system that does not meet accepted international best practice in this regard, nor strive to do so.
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144 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he intends to introduce a single stock management system for the commercial catching of wild Irish salmon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the conservation measures which have been introduced within the Irish fishing fleet in the past year to ensure that the fishing industry is adapting to more sustainable fishing practices.
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204 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the Soham case in England and the need to take precautions for employing people to work with juveniles, he will consider ensuring that the gardaí vet school caretakers in advance of their taking up posts.
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183 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on the benefits of early intervention in a pre-school play group setting for children with language delay or disability such as those with autism and Down’s syndrome; and if he intends to make available funding or grant aid to groups that provide such services.
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170 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Health and Children if, in view of the decision by the UK Government to reclassify cannabis from a class B to a class C drug, he has proposals to consider changes in Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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162 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the terms of reference of the proposed report of a company (details supplied) on radio licensing; and if it will include a public submission stage.
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105 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when she proposes to lift the embargo on recruitment for social economy enterprises; and if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by those in disadvantaged areas as a result of the embargo.
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104 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she is taking to pursue the recommendations of the report, A Review of the Social Economy, by a company (details supplied).
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82 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans that are in place to deter the relatively small number of persons who try to make financial gain through deliberately false accusations of abuse against religious and other persons, notwithstanding the need to find out the full truth of the experiences of survivors and victims of child abuse in residential institutions.
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26 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department can tally up the points allocated to students when they receive their leaving certificate results in view of the danger that stressed out students will miscalculate the results they have achieved and the fact that individual points for each subject are already listed on the results page; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will report on the meeting with the three organic certification bodies in December 2003 with a view to finally implementing legislation to stop food being fraudulently sold as organic when it is not in compliance with certification requirements.
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156 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the numbers of civil servants within his Department who have indicated that they wish to move to its new administrative location; the number who wish to remain in Dublin or be transferred to another Department or State agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will issue a public statement in support of the global arms trade treaty; if the Government is explicitly in support of the control of the legal export of arms; if the Government supports and will participate in the Finnish proposal for a conference of the willing on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if officials in his Department were in contact either before or after the publication of the British dossier on weapons of mass destruction; if an official in his Department was sceptical regarding the claims of weapons made by the British on weapons of mass destruction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the additional cost to the State which will ensue as a result of recent charge increases to the free telephone rental scheme.
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208 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made with the restoration of Leinster Lawn; and when it will be fully restored.
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207 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made with the provision, and the proposed date of opening, of the Dáil Éireann crèche.
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148 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and level of sanctions which have been applied to companies which have been found to be in breach of the minimum wage regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Mr. Cuffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the access which will be available for the public or Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to the Agenda 133 meetings which are to be held under the Irish Presidency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of playgrounds per head of population nationally.
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131 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the training for people with responsibility for playgrounds.
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130 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if guidelines are in place for local authorities on playgrounds.
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129 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the section of each local authority that has responsibility for playgrounds.
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128 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities that have appointed an officer with responsibility for development of play in accordance with the objectives of the National Children's Strategy 2000.
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40 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence if there are arms purchases for the Defence Forces in 2003 and planned purchases in 2004, including which companies they were purchased from and the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Defence further to Question No. 31 of 4 December 2003, if he will elaborate on the conflict scenario envisaged in the first ever joint EU-NATO crisis management exercise CME/CMX 03 November 2003 and the success or otherwise of the exercise; the military level Ireland was represented at in the exercise and NATO's involvement in the exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which the Government intends to establish a new body to regulate charities, according to media reports, when no charities Bill has been published.
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151 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of playgrounds there are in the State; and his proposals for increased provision.
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