183 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of his Department.
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182 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which his Department sources Fairtrade products for use in same.
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160 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of her Department.
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151 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of his Department.
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150 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which his Department sources Fairtrade products for use in same.
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138 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of his Department.
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126 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of his Department.
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125 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the extent to which his Department sources Fairtrade products for use in same.
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127 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the consideration which has been given to job initiative participants in receipt of the one parent family payment, who have seen a net fall in income after a recent increase in job initiative rates.
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120 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consideration which has been given to job initiative participants in receipt of the one parent family payment.
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119 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of his Department.
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118 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which his Department sources Fairtrade products for use in same.
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116 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of his Department.
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112 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of his Department.
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102 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of his Department.
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101 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which his Department sources Fairtrade products for use in same.
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98 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of his Department.
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90 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current nominations for vacancies on boards of statutory agencies under the remit of her Department.
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89 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the extent to which her Department sources Fairtrade products for use in same.
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130 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the aspects of the Hanly report she intends to implement; when she plans to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on whether nurses should be awarded their pay claims in full and without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism whether the reply to Question No. 59 of 1 December 2004 was correct in view of the fact that the Joint Committee on the Constitution has stated that, in its view, there would be no constitutional problem with legislation providing for better access to the countryside.
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3 Mr. Boyle asked the Taoiseach his views on whether the community and voluntary pillar within the social partnership process properly reflects the wider community and voluntary sector.
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2 Mr. Boyle asked the Taoiseach his views on whether the critique of Sustaining Progress in a mid-term review report issued by the community platform network is justified.
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99 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the status of a report (details supplied) on inland fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the UK Government believes that Irish salmon drift net fishery is having an unacceptable impact on UK salmon stocks in view of the UK Environment Agency’s belief that 10% of salmon returning to English and Welsh rivers are caught in Irish driftnets; and the response he intends to make to the commitment given by the British Labour Party in its charter for angling to encourage the Irish Government to bring about a voluntary cessation of driftnetting for salmon off the Irish coast.
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125 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, since the challenge by a company (details supplied), she has revised her Department’s testing procedures for animal proteins in feed, in order that they will be legally admissible; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the details of planned initiatives on farm safety, in view of relative danger of the farm as a workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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247 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will address the continuing issue of poor sanitary standards in inner city private rented accommodation by increasing resources available to local authorities which are not adequately fulfilling this responsibility.
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246 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are plans for the future roll-out of the services of the Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB, to sub-national level due to the large workload facing the board and the difficulties facing those outside Dublin accessing its services.
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165 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason community employment scheme participants are excluded from access to the family income supplement, when social employment scheme participants and those availing of the part-time job initiative are not; and if he will address this anomaly.
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132 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s views on the UK paper on the economic partnership agreements being negotiated by the European Commission with 77 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries; if, in accordance with the concern expressed by the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Government will join with the UK and other like-minded governments with a view to changing the EU position on EPAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if it was rapid economic growth or an economic downturn that resulted in the Government’s decision to renege on its commitment on overseas development aid; if the commitment was unrealistic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the total revenue foregone in 2004 due to exemptions granted to diplomats here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the extent to which the repayment of illegally taken pensions for care, and the cost of paying for court actions taken on foot of the pensions for care scandal, will bring Ireland to breaching the parameters of the Stability and Growth Pact in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
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79 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the details of representations made by the Government regarding the appointment of a person (details supplied) as the head of the World Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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388 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount of capital expenditure by his Department at Fort Mitchel Place of Detention, Spike Island since 1997.
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247 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to request IFSRA to investigate the continuing rise in personal credit along the lines of the investigation proposed by the Irish League of Credit Unions; if he intends to take action to prevent the debt-income ratio from continuing to rise; if he intends to bring in further regulations to prevent financial institutions from granting excessive personal credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if he continues to maintain that there is absolutely no link between choosing to work in a decentralised location and the probability of being promoted in the civil or public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if he has requested officials to monitor closely the movement of those affected by the decentralisation process; the number of officials who transfer within or leave the public service during decentralisation; the reason for these transfers and departures; if he will quantify the effect of various parts of the public service in terms of efficiency of these transfers and departures; if he will document all issues arising from decentralisation for each affected agency; if he will quantify the effect of these issues on efficiency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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244 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if, in view of a report (details supplied) which predicts a super-spike in oil prices to $105 a barrel, his Department has simulated the economic and fiscal effects of oil prices rising to $70, $90, and $105 a barrel, respectively; if he will publish any such research; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent assertion that the best way to ensure development aid increases is to encourage private donations through tax relief; if this approach is compatible with his failure to introduce reforms in the taxation of charities as proposed by the ICTRG; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance his assessment of the planned new system of integrated guidelines and annual reports that would replace the broad economic policy guidelines, as proposed by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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277 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if concern has been expressed over the loss of an unauthorised development file (details supplied) dating from 1990, which concerned the demolition of part of Leap Castle.
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