320 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and task forces operating under his Department.
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296 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of taskforces which have been created by his Department and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and period of existence since 1997.
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295 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of public appointments made to boards of State-sponsored bodies in the period 1997 to 2002 under the aegis of the former Department of the Marine and Natural Resources and the former Department of Public Enterprise.
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294 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of his Department which are affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons’ fees of State bodies recently sanctioned by the Government.
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293 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under his Department.
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266 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the number of task forces which have been created by his Department and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and period of existence since 1997.
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265 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the new levels of fees payable to ordinary board members of State agencies as were recently agrees upon by the Government.
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264 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of his Department which are affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons’ fees of State bodies recently sanctioned by the Government.
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263 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and task forces operating under his Department.
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261 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if he has submitted both the credit union registrar’s proposals for the new investment framework and the Irish League of Credit Union’s proposals for regulatory and legal changes to the Credit Union Advisory Committee; and if they have reviewed the operating restrictions.
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162 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of taskforces which have been created by her Department and their function, size, membership, reporting mechanism and period of existence since 1997.
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161 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of positions in State bodies under the aegis of her Department which are affected by the increase in non-executive chairpersons’ fees of State bodies recently sanctioned by the Government.
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160 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the budgetary allocation for each of the public bodies, executive agencies, advisory bodies and taskforces operating under her Department.
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122 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the recent incidents of successful legal challenges to the regulatory decisions of the Commission for Communications Regulation with regard to the opening up of both the fixed line and mobile phone network; the legal bill for the State in these two legal challenges; and the changes which are proposed to be made to the regulatory or appeal processes as a result of these recent decisions.
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58 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to his recent commitment to increase the share of electricity generated from renewable sources to 15 per cent by 2010, the proposed means by which the new target will be achieved; and if he intends to increase the renewable energy feed in tariff programme accordingly.
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170 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of estate cases for each of the years 2000 to 2005 where the Pensions Office raised overpayments and where the next of kin claimed that the assets re-assessed were accrued partly or in total from savings from the non-contributory pensions of the person.
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53 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his objections to the criticism levied by the Council of Europe on Ireland regarding CIA extraordinary rendition flights and the use of Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the EU Foreign Ministers’ meeting in June 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the banks which have agreed to provide €25 million seed capital for the social finance fund; and the security expected to be required by community and voluntary groups wishing to avail of this financial assistance.
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94 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance when he expects the ESRI’s evaluation of investment priorities for the forthcoming National Development Plan to be made public.
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111 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the criteria for receipt of national reserve entitlements from an equity point of view, in view of the fact that a 22 year old agricultural college graduate, who not owning land can just about afford to rent 30 acres is refused entitlements, whereas a retired wealthy farmer can receive entitlements up to €50,000; and if she will reform the criteria to ensure young people are not prevented from making a career in farming as is happening at present.
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43 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) is reportedly receiving €10,000 a week in single farm payments.
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188 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the longest period of time an applicant has had to wait for a decision from his office of a decision on the right to remain here on humanitarian grounds; and the reason for such a delay.
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82 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the average length of time between application and successful conclusion that couples wait in this country for inter country adoption; if there are regional variations in such waits; and the reason for such delays.
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30 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the meeting of EU Defence Ministers on 15 May 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence the actions his Department has taken following a judicial decision in 2005 that fair procedures had not been followed in relation to the retirement of a person (details supplied) from the Army.
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124 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether least developed countries should not be asked to take on additional commitments as part of the WTO negotiations; and if so, if he will therefore communicate to the European Commission the view that the EU should not request that LDCs increase their tariff bindings as part of the current talks.
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97 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the proposals from the European Union to use a so-called simple Swiss formula for the negotiations at the WTO with coefficients of 10 and 15 would mean that developing countries would undergo greater cuts to their industrial tariffs than developed countries going against the commitment to less than full reciprocity in tariff reductions.
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295 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the reality that the Council of Europe’s Committee on Social Rights in its conclusions for 2005 found that Ireland was in breach of implementing the revised European Social Charter.
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240 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the expected cost of making the unused part of personal tax credits refundable to those low income earners who are currently on the Revenue Commissioner’s records and do not benefit from the credit.
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65 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on recent findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General in relation to rent supplement overpayments and the need to develop methods to identify the extent of fraudulent or unwarranted recourse to rent supplements.
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56 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for reviewing the habitual residency condition; and if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by some agencies who view the conditions as too restrictive in areas such as homelessness services.
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47 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the actions which have been taken by his Department to implement the recommendations of the Pensions Board review of the conditions and regulations of income continuance schemes.
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80 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will address the general weakness in strategic planning and project implementation found by the recent independent evaluation of the RAPID programme; and the way in which he plans to tackle such difficulties better in the future.
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66 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in view of recent research findings showing that spending on alcohol here is the highest per capita in Europe, the national drugs strategy will be altered to reflect this dangerous reliance on this drug.
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456 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress in the development of a Pearse Heritage Centre at Rosmuc, County Galway; and the role other Departments are playing with this project.
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140 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the details of all of the social housing schemes for which his Department made funding level adjustments in order to eliminate duplication where funding was provided by Sustainable Energy Ireland for energy efficiency measures, detailing in all cases, the scheme name, proposed scheme funding and scheme funding after Sustainable Energy Ireland grants were accounted for.
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118 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will provide guidance to local authorities in drawing up policies on developer contributions to flood defence works to meet their obligations under the draft of guidelines for planning authorities on development plans; and if he will comment on the matter.
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208 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there has been recent interaction between his Department and the Gardaí regarding the advancing of the State’s vetting capabilities to allow for checks on certain categories of volunteers.
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69 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of all drug rehabilitation programmes being offered in the prison system; the programmes recently terminated; the reason for the termination of these programmes; the programmes being prepared for roll-out; when such programmes will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the education programmes being offered to prisoners in the prison system; the programmes recently terminated; the reason for the termination of these programmes; the programmes being prepared for roll-out; when such programmes will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if the North Esk rail freight yard will remain connected to the rail network following the forthcoming end to Diagio keg traffic on the line and the re-signalling of the Cork Cobh line.
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74 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport his views on the proposal by the public against road carnage campaign that all drivers involved in road traffic accidents should be automatically breathalysed, or have their blood or urine alcohol levels determined immediately after road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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134 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the types of torture depicted in the documentary film The Road To Guantánamo have been confirmed as having taken place; and if the Government has made any formal complaint to the US Government regarding these occurrences.
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621 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of newly built houses since 1997 by local authority area that are fully adapted for wheelchair use.
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534 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and the reason his Department have not been in recent correspondence with this person.
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363 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Governments attention has been drawn to the circumstances surrounding the detention of a person (details supplied); and if representatives have been made to the Israeli Government concerning this detention.
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116 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to amend the regulatory system for ComReg in view of the recent failure by the Regulator in its legal bids to progress the local loop unbundling of the Eircom network and the opening of the mobile phone operators networks to other retail operators and will he comment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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