51 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the changes to the draft EU constitution proposed by the Irish Presidency to the June 2004 summit in the field of common security and defence policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Irish Government’s approach to the recent UN Security Council resolution on Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Government’s decision to reach overseas aid spending levels of 0.7% of GNP by 2007; and the way in which he intends to complete its implementation.
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44 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to placing a limit on the wages of elected public representatives in receipt of two or more salaries.
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41 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the way in which it is proposed to allow civil servants to remain in Dublin if their Department is being moved elsewhere under the Government’s office relocation programme.
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13 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the effect that the closure of the Bradan day programme, Navan, will have on the national drugs strategy.
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29 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps he intends to take to implement the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children on alcohol abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans the Government has to find a replacement industry to locate in the former plant of a company (details supplied) in Macroom, County Cork.
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54 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government’s strategy for the Shannon Development in view of the proposed transfer of 100 staff from the agency to Enterprise Ireland.
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97 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence , further to his reply to a previous question from this Deputy on 11 May 2004, the role planned for Ireland’s Defence Forces during the EU/US Summit in June 2004; in particular, the number of troops which will be assigned to security duties during the visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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620 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will provide the most immediate statistics available on the number of citizens who have made use of the information giving services of Comhairle
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114 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will make a statement on the increase in equality complaints made against her Department to the Equality Authority.
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71 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of disallowed payments in the year to date, that had been made under differently applying rules in 2003.
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199 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding has been sought and will be granted for making permanent a bridge over the Tramore river on Kinsale Road, which incorporates the Cork city boundary.
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175 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on the residency status of a person (details supplied) married to an Irish citizen.
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174 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the regulations that exist regarding the use of handcuffs by the Garda on children.
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113 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the status of site acquisition and the building of a new school building for a school (details supplied) in Ballincollig, County Cork.
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211 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the representations he has made to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the continuing high burden of public liability insurance costs to community and voluntary organisations.
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52 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the inquiries he has made on the efficacy of Údarás na Gaeltachta directors establishing a private company that conducts business with Údarás.
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13 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the actions he has undertaken during Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union to gain full working language status for the Irish language within the EU.
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64 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made to bring forward a directive on arsenic, cadmium, mercury and nickel as well as polyaromatic hydrocarbons and a further directive covering ozone which was expected for early 2004.
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57 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to make changes in the planning regulations in order to make it easier for home-owners to install solar energy systems within and above the roofs of their homes.
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73 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to extend the use of mountain bikes by the gardaí in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport his plans for developing similar new public transport services on the south side of Cork city in view of the Cork suburban rail line initiative introducing new commuter services to the north and east of the city.
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40 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if it is feasible to extend the proposed new commuter rail service in Cork to Midleton and Youghal; and the steps he intends to take to progress such a proposal.
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113 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the way Ireland compares to other countries with regard to cancers caused by radon gas; the steps his Department is taking to ensure cancers caused by radon gas are reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount it costs in terms of salaries and so forth to administer the national treatment purchase fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of discussions with his EU colleagues on the broiler directive in view of the health and welfare problems associated with the majority of the 68 million broilers reared here which are kept intensively in sheds holding up to 30,000 birds each.[14824/04]
48 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his meeting in April 2004 with the Spanish Foreign Minister, Mr. Miguel Ángel Moratinos; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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49 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress in negotiations on the draft EU constitution; the remaining constitutional issues that were addressed at the EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting on 17 May 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects construction to commence on the proposed new centre for the Doolin Coast Guards for which finances from his Department have already been allocated; if a suitable site for the building has been purchased; and, if not, the procedure that is required for his Department to be able to procure such a site.
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41 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the proposed ESOT for workers within ESB will be equally available to workers in the national grid company and the supply, generation and consultancy parts of the business; if negotiations have been completed on the remuneration package that will be available to senior management as part of such a share offering; and the details of such agreements.
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407 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the details of companies established by Údarás na Gaeltachta whose directors are officials of Údarás outlining the purpose of such companies.
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171 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason additional Kurdish representative organisations have been placed on the EU list of terrorist organisations.
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65 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the meeting of Defence Ministers of the EU and acceding states that took place in early April 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence the military capability shortfalls highlighted at the EU Defence Ministers’ meeting in early April 2004; the pledges the Government has made in terms of rectifying these shortfalls; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the areas of agreement reached between the ECOFIN Ministers meeting at Punchestown, County Kildare.
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51 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide the results of any analysis of the standard comment cards that are available at Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he intends taking to ensure that the judicial system makes the presumption to provide joint residency for children of divorced or separated couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the role his Department can play in helping to develop a commemorative centre at Padraic Pearse cottage, Rosmuc, County Galway.
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59 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has to address the litter problem caused by cigarette butts and discarded gum.
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126 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason invalidity pension remains the only such social welfare payment not awarded through the EMTS system; and when payments of this type can be made.
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73 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the Eircom company is allowed to disconnect phone lines for non-payments to users who have phone rental paid for by her Department.
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66 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding the principle of one social welfare payment per person in view of her decision to rescind the previous decision to remove additional payments to widows and single parents.
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314 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the fact that as various people working in the disability sector have highlighted, appropriate resources are not being allocated to special needs education, bearing in mind the huge backlog in the provision of assessments for special needs children in this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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313 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on the fact that there is a growing problem in the special needs sector of education, which is reflected in the increase in resource demand on the school transport budget.
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217 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the Government’s response to the recommendations of the Comhlámh report Beyond Cancun — EU Agricultural Trade Policy and the Majority World.
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