74 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the General Affairs and External Relations Council of 3 October 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if, in his analysis, oil prices will continue to rise, the way in which they have affected GDP, GNP, inflation and other indicators of economic development in the first ten months of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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420 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda vetting unit has been completely decentralised to Thurles, County Tipperary as was envisaged to happen by September 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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306 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance his views on Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel’s suggestion that the EU could part-fund its budget with a levy on international financial transactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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305 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the way in which his Department will be responding to the agreements reached by Ministers under the topic of current economic situation and oil at the latest ECOFIN meeting, especially the commitment to develop more effective international co-operation on energy efficiency and development of clean technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 25 May 2005, she has studied the United Kingdom Royal Society results of genetically modified trials for winter oilseed rape; if she will ensure such genetically modified crops are not grown here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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187 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the advice she will give farmers faced with a further substantial rise in diesel prices over the summer on top of an increase of more than 30% in 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence when the proposed booklet advising persons on the action to take in the event of specific national emergencies will be produced; the scope of this booklet; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence the new security measures involving the Defence Forces which have been put in place at Dublin and Shannon Airports following the terrorist bombings in London; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the changes he proposes for the development of Shannon further to the Enterprise Strategy Group report.
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682 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when pending decisions of the European Court of Justice relating to the Government on environmental issues are due to be made.
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681 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of judgments by the European Court of Justice which have been registered against the Government on environmental issues.
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680 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of reasoned opinions from the European Commission which have been registered against the Government on environmental issues.
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679 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of environmental cases of complaint which are currently lodged with the EU Commission at present.
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678 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions which have been put into practice on the European Court of Justice decisions (details supplied) against the Government.
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676 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing associations in the State which cater for the provision of housing for persons with disabilities; and the number of such houses which are currently available.
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479 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the role her Department officials played in overseeing the killing of 4,300 pigs in County Waterford, as recently revealed in a video tape report; and the actions she intends to take on foot of damning evidence of animal abuse.
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186 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in establishing a neurology service in the south east (details supplied).
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185 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if it is anticipated at any stage to change the current medical card assessment for persons with disabilities (details supplied).
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184 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the work of the expert group on mental health policy to date; and if the anticipated target of 2005 for completing a new national policy framework for mental health services will be met.
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41 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recommendations made in a statement on ending child poverty by the Combat Poverty Agency; and if he intends to examine all the recommendations as part of measures under consideration to tackle child poverty.
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44 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which the recent deal on the European Union agreement on rural funding will affect rural communities here.
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104 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has researched the possibility of improving financing for local government by replacing commercial rates with site value taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the recommendations contained in the NESC report, Housing in Ireland, which he will be implementing in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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257 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the large number of quarries throughout the country that are now applying for retrospective planning permission; and the extent to which the local authorities that are determining these decisions are accessing materials from these unapproved sites.
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131 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to extend the right to a free travel pass to persons under 66 years of age, with an identified medical condition, but in receipt of payment of another EU jurisdiction.
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73 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the recent additional funding allocated to meet the needs of accident and emergency units at hospitals here; the reason the allocation awarded to Cork University Hospital seems under proportion, in terms of patient numbers, patient throughput and area population when compared to allocation awarded to similar sized hospitals in the Dublin region.
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58 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the European Committee on Social Rights’ judgment regarding corporal punishment of children here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider reviewing the food provided to those in benefit of direct provision to those seeking to remain in the State in view of concerns regarding its variety and appropriateness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport the most recent figures available for the percentage of freight traffic in this country being carried by rail and by road; the relevant statistics for five, ten and 20 years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport the estimate of the number of additional lorry journeys that will take place between Dublin and Cork each day as a result of the proposed cancellation of the thrice daily container rail freight service between the two cities; and the possibility of allowing another rail freight operator access to the use of the rail network to provide freight services in view of the continuing withdrawal by Iarnród Éireann from the rail freight business.
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147 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she plans to act on the findings of the recent report by the Special Residential Services Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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181 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will put forward a special case to allow the permanent recruitment of staff, in spite of the employment ceiling cap, if the HSE working group endorses the findings of the Pollock report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate the necessary funding to address the immediate, short-term and long-term requirements of cystic fibrosis services here, if the HSE working group confirms the findings of the Pollock report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in dealing with acute bed capacity problems; the cost of dealing with this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the agencies, persons and interest groups which have been consulted by his Department in relation to the proposed national infrastructure Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason for the delay in appointing a steering group to oversee the commencement of a national audit of sports facilities.
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8 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, further to previous parliamentary questions, if an additional tranche of funding will be made available for swimming pools.
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105 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has entered into negotiations with the Department of Finance with regard to the possible future provision of capital grants from the State for the introduction of energy efficient technologies such as solar panels, geothermal heating systems or woodchip boilers in homes here; and if any other support mechanisms for such technologies are being considered.
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80 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he will be able to appoint a new RTE governing authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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887 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capital expenditure which has been expended by his Department on waste disposal technologiesother than landfill or incineration since 1997; and the amount expended on each technology.
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880 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the costs expended by Ireland in defending a case in the Courts of Justice in view of the recent case taken against Ireland C-282/02, which Ireland lost on 2 June 2005; the costs expended by the European Court of Justice, that Ireland has been ordered to pay; the individual payments awarded to Ireland’s legal representatives in relation to this case; and the man hours involved in defending this case.
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879 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the directive 2004/35/EC of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage has been transposed into national law as yet; if the environmental damage such as that caused at a company (details supplied) in Offaly falls within the remit of this Directive; and if transposition has not yet occurred, when it is due to happen.
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878 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will name the 78 dangerous substances mentioned in the EPA report issued in the 6 April 2001 in relation to item 24 of the European Court of Justice judgement C-282/02; the locations of where these dangerous substances were located within the State; and if a copy of the report will be made available.
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877 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will meet with persons (details supplied) in County Offaly who have been in regular correspondence with his office; and if so, when such a meeting will be possible.
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876 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department conducts any analysis of local authority housing waiting lists; if his attention has been drawn to the longest length of time an individual or family have been placed on such a list; and if his Department has any mechanism with which to intervene should people be on such lists for excessive periods of time.
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642 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason behind the delay of 14 months in reaching decisions on the resident status of foreign nationals married to Irish citizens.
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465 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the discrimination in a case of pensioner A and pensioner B, where A is in a nursing home and gets €29,000 in back payments from the HSE which payment will be exempted by his Department from means testing, whereas B lives at home and has been saving a pension over many years accumulating €29,000, which under current regulations will be means tested.
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464 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is proposed to exempt the lump sum payments to non-contributory pensioners who had their pension withheld by the health boards, if a pensioner may deposit this money at different times in different accounts; and the way in which it is possible to determine the source of those savings in assessing means under the proposed special exemption.
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463 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether it was not clear from a specified case that the deceased pensioner who was saving the pension to provide for himself in a private nursing home, if he could not obtain a bed in an appropriate home, was leaving himself open to having his pension reduced or an amount clawed back from his will after his death.
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