160 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the public appointments made by her Department between 1 July and 30 September 2004.
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108 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the public appointments made by her Department between 1 July and 30 September 2004.
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86 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the public appointments made by his Department between 1 July and 30 September 2004.
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41 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of places he expects to be available on each of the community employment, job initiative and social economy programme schemes in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address rising energy costs and the effect on competitiveness of firms here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if representations have been made by her and her Department to the Department of Finance regarding the taxation of maintenance payments, in view of the extent to which single parent families often rely on such payments.
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141 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will explain the policy whereby geographic areas can be designated by him as areas in which rent allowance will not apply.
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172 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the cost and quantity of the anti-racism pack recently launched by his Department.
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254 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role his Department plays in monitoring the quality of performance of builders and building companies in the area of house repairs and renovations.
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185 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport the supports his Department offers in the area of accessible transport; and if such support has been sought and given to the Cork accessible transport group.
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137 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the practice by the State Examination Board of new graduates, without teaching experience, correcting junior certificate papers; if this practice is sanctioned by her Department; and her views on whether such a practice may lead to a wide variation in marking standards.
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81 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role his Department plays in monitoring the quality of performance of builders and building companies in the area of house repairs and renovations, particularly in relation to consumer protection.
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39 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the significant number of archaeological sites along the Tara-Skryne motorway route; and his further views on whether alterations can be made to the route at this stage of the planning process to minimise the impact on these sites.
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38 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself regarding the mandate given to An Bord Pleanála and that it has the resources to implement it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1286 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he or his Department intends playing a role to progress a review of the White Paper on Rural Development.
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1263 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures being taken to remove hazardous and toxic waste from the former steelworks site at Haulbowline Island, County Cork following a recent High Court decision.
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1262 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which Part 8 planning can be used by local authorities to facilitate private development; and if his attention has been drawn to several cases of public concern in which such planning applications are being made to avoid the standard planning process.
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1171 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if staff in all categories from Fort Mitchel Prison are now employed elsewhere in the Prison Service.
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1170 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost to date of maintaining Fort Mitchel Prison, since his decision to remove inmates and prison staff.
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713 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the restrictions which can be applied to the use of jet skis.
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665 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the cap on student numbers that exists in relation to post-leaving certificate courses; and the degree of flexibility his Department can and will allow in relation to such numbers.
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664 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who have received special accommodation in the taking of State examinations in each year since 2000.
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663 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the decision making that accompanied the removal of support for the PAGE adult education project in Cork city; and the consideration which is being given to reverse this decision and continue support.
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662 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the accusations of staff bullying at a college in Cork; if he has sought information on whether such accusations have validity; and if so, the action which can be taken.
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661 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of applications that have been made for special needs assistants in primary and secondary education for the school year 2004-05; the number of these requests which have been acceded to; and the locations from which such requests have been made and at which they have been granted.
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274 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the proposed move of laboratories from Model Farm Road in Cork city to Macroom.
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332 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether availability through his Department of official election returns for local Government elections from 1967 only represents a serious gap in data necessary for academic research; and the measures he intends to put in place to collect the results of local elections held here before 1967; and if such information will be made publicly available.
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320 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on a recent Simon Community report that shows an increase in the number of homeless families.
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248 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children if the restriction on adoptive parents being 40 years or younger is an absolute policy; and the circumstances which apply when this policy is not in operation.
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173 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science if restrictions exist on mature students transferring from one further education course to another without affecting grant entitlements.
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115 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he, on behalf of the Government and during his term as President of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council of Ministers, has issued a complaint to the Government of Israel on the continuing restrictions on the movement of a person (details supplied) since their unjustifiable prison term.
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114 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the treatment given to a person (details supplied) in County Cork is acceptable; and if he will be seeking an explanation and an apology for this incident.
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36 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if any of her European Union ministerial counterparts have made a request that Irish citizenship laws be altered.
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12 Mr. Boyle 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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205 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the inconsistency of allowing substitution for teachers who accompany school groups on educational trips.
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204 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science his Department’s views on whether staffing levels at a school (details supplied) in County Cork are adequate in view of the fact that in the school year 2004-05 some class sizes will be upwards of 36 pupils.
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203 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of students who have been given the status of persons doing exams orally, have had this status changed for the 2004 leaving certificate examinations; and the areas of the country in which such changes in status has occurred.
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76 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if he expects the proposed new western rail line to cover all its annual running costs from fare collection.
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74 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport the reason he believes the proposed break-up of Aer Rianta carries with it significant financial costs.
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147 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Question No. 107 of 27 May, and in view of the fact that the State funds reforestation that comprises more than 10,000 hectares a year and that much initial afforestation was planted in acid sensitive areas before the effects were known, if reforestation is subject to the acidification protocol and to his Department’s suite of guidelines on the protection of water biodiversity.
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113 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his advice for private forest owners who require Forest Stewardship Council certification and who are dissuaded from acquiring certification due to the high expenditure required for private persons.
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33 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on whether the April 2004 overseas travel figures from the Central Statistics Office suggest that a gap is widening between persons who are leaving Ireland to go abroad when compared with the relatively smaller increase in visitors to Ireland; and the remedy he will put in place to address the issue.
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165 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science if there will be no reintroduction of third level fees or increase in registration fees for the 2004/2005 year.
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147 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the ratios for the new general weighted system of allocation for special educational needs teaching resources are low enough; if additional posts to the existing 350 will be made available in the coming 12 months to ensure that the system can be implemented fully as planned in September 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position with regard to the Silvermines tailing pond site; and when he expects remediation measures to take place which will prevent further toxic dust clouds and polluted leachate coming from the site.
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32 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the steps his Department is taking to resolve the impasse within the ESB with regard to the establishment of Eirgrid; and if the industrial relations difficulties that have been encountered relate exclusively to executives within the proposed new company or to all the staff due to be transferred.
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