183 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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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134 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of companies in existence, established and registered by Údarás na Gaeltachta or full time officials of Údarás; the reasons such companies were formed; and the assets held by such companies.
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135 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the consultation which has taken place with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on proposals to relocate the headquarters of Foras na Gaeilge.
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31 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider launching an information campaign on the health effects of indoor pollution and the need for people to properly ventilate their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date on regulating complementary and alternative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the alternative celebration which is being put in place for 1 May 2004 following the cancellation of the major concert; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the Government intends to provide for a worker shareholding in the ESB; if workers in all the divisions of the company will be able to avail of such an ESOP; and the likely stake that would be offered.
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55 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the EU Solidarity Protocol; if it will not involve EU troops being sent outside of the EU’s border.
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27 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the issues on the agenda for the EU-US Summit in June 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the views on Mr Jean-Didier Hache, executive secretary of the Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions’ Islands Commission, who has said that the rights of 13 million people living in offshore and remote locations must be recognised in the proposed constitution for the European Union.
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144 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the reasons behind his refusal to engage in debate with the teacher unions at their annual conferences regarding the future of education in a format chosen by the unions.
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114 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the impending retirement of specialists in the alleviation of cleft lip and palates in the SHB region; and if he will guarantee future provision in this important area.
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98 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science if he plans in the next 12 months to reform both the school transport system and the guidelines and eligibility for parents to access the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he is considering whether money paid for quota rights bought in 2002 can be converted into entitlements for the active farmer.
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35 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the estimate of the amount by which Ireland will overproduce milk for 2003-04; the likely cost of the resultant super levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding Ireland achieving a position on the executive board of the European Central Bank.
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26 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the discrepancy between the figures of his Department and those of the Central Statistics Office and FÁS in relation to growth of public sector jobs in 2003.
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7 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the number of organisations and persons who made representations to his office regarding the Finance Bill 2004 between Second Stage and Committee Stage and between Committee Stage and Report Stage.
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25 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a £10 million bond has been surrendered by the Government to a company (details supplied); and the reasons such a bond may have been returned.
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15 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans for job creation in the Cork area following recent job losses in companies (details supplied).
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222 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Irish citizens that have applied for social welfare benefits in other EU countries; the countries involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of Irish citizens that have applied for unemployment benefits in other EU countries; the countries involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures she will put in place to encourage a greater take up of private pensions.
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93 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if a prior investigation was undertaken by her Department with her counterpart Departments in the Governments of the EU accession states, regarding the likely number of their citizens who would avail of the right to transfer their social welfare payments after 1 May 2004.
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182 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which the continuing high level of deaths from heroin use is influencing the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy.
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170 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the role he will play in allocating moneys from the dormant accounts fund.
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29 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to ensure that 12.5% of structural funds are dedicated to nature conservation including spending for Natura 2000 sites; if payment will be suspended to projects which damage fauna and flora protected under European nature conservation legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which his Department has investigated allegations of bribery in, for example, Galway, involving a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the consideration which is being given to reclassifying the drug cannabis as has happened in the United Kingdom.
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101 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the views of the Irish Pharmaceutical Union that the methadone treatment programme is in danger of collapse.
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155 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the process being pursued regarding a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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126 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science , further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 22 October 2002, the details of the PE hall development for Coláiste Chríost Rí, Capwell Road, Cork, in view of the fact that it is not listed on the current building programme.
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85 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the reason, under section 47 of the Equality Bill 2004, non-nationals are excluded protection under the Equal Status Act 2000 in respect of widely defined actions of public authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Equality Bill 2004 will be referred to the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority for their views; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the objectives set out in his Department’s mission statement are being achieved in regard to increased participation in sport, improvement of standards of performance in sport and the development of sports facilities at national, regional and local level, particularly in disadvantaged communities through the provision of an appropriate and effective policy and public funding context; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the impact the national audit of local sports facilities will have in facilitating the provision of sport and recreation facilities on a nationwide basis as per the mission statement of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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519 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of full-time civil servants within her Department who first entered the service as political advisers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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511 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of full-time civil servants within his Department who first entered the service as political advisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of full-time civil servants within his Department who first entered the service as political advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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457 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of full-time civil servants within his Department who first entered the service as political advisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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423 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport the number of full-time civil servants within his Department who first entered the service as political advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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391 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of full-time civil servants within his Department who first entered the service as political advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of full-time civil servants in his Department who joined as political advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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325 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of full-time civil servants within his Department who first entered the service as political advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of full time civil servants within his Department who first entered the service as political advisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of full time civil servants within his Department who first entered the service as political advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of full-time civil servants within his Department who first entered the service as political advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence the number of full time civil servants within his Department who first entered the service as political advisers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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