103 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the consultation process that is planned for the three person working group he has established to investigate the future of commercial drift netting for salmon; the administration system which has been established to assist this work; and the proposed timetable for the presentation of the groups recommendations and the implementation of a new salmon management regime.
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329 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department encourages the operation of part-time summer period employment, particularly with the availability of students, in all local authorities; if his attention has been drawn to the local authorities which operate such a scheme; and if restrictions on recruitment apply to the operation of these schemes.
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233 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status here of a person (details supplied); and when correspondence from his Department was last sent to this person.
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189 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if the North Esk rail freight yard in Cork remains connected to the rail network following the forthcoming resignalling of the Cork to Cobh line.
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122 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures which are being taken in relation to the introduction of a national newborn hearing screening service; and the policy of her Department in relation to this issue.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Boyle den Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an féidir léi a rá go bhfuil caighdeán agus úsáid na Gaeilge i measc scoláirí meánscoile sna Gaeltachtaí chomh maith agus a bheadh caighdeán na Gaeilge i roinnt meánscoileanna lán-Ghaeilge i mBaile Átha Cliath mar shampla.
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10 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has seen the draft report on adult literacy as recently submitted to the Joint Committee on Education and Science; if she will, in principle, at least quadruple the budget, should the Committee endorse this recommendation in the final report; the factors which would prevent her from doing so; her views on the importance of literacy skills for the benefit of the adults concerned and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether a new EU constitution should be put to EU member states on the same day by way of a Europe-wide referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the latest representations made on behalf of the Government to the Israeli Government regarding the building of the security wall; his views on whether it is unacceptable that the wall encroaches into the West Bank taking in Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the position of the Government’s policy on decentralisation and relocation; and his views on the impact this policy is having on the morale of several agencies, in particular semi-State bodies.
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93 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the action he intends to take to address the negative impact of the significant increase in the rate of inflation for the fourth month running; if it is not timely for more State intervention in view of the fact that increases have been driven largely by higher energy costs leading to price increases in sectors that are largely controlled by the State; and his views on whether inflation will average 2.7% in 2006.
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68 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if the vehicle registration tax relief for flexible fuel vehicles and the excise relief for biofuels measures announced in the 2006 budget have been introduced; the number who have applied for each of the measures; the number of approvals granted in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which farming will have to change as fossil fuel costs rise sharply in response to the global peak in oil production making the cost of machinery and chemicals unaffordable in years to come.
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74 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will explain the potential in the speciality food sector following her statement on 11 May 2006; and the way in which the Government can be of assistance to the speciality food sector which wants Ireland declared a genetically modified organism free island with regard to seed, crop and food generally.
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107 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the FÁS national supported employment programme has been designed primarily for people with the least severe disabilities when it was originally charged with providing supported employment for people with significant disabilities; and the measures he intends to take to ensure that those with significant disabilities are included within the scope of the programme.
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91 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he has failed to provide consumer protection guidelines for income continuance schemes as recommended by the 2003 Pensions Board Report; and the measures he intends to take to provide adequate employees covered by the scheme with adequate information and protection regarding the schemes.
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86 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when the national countryside recreation strategy will be published by Comhairle na Tuaithe.
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65 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the real concern among community partnership networks that the current cohesion process may bring about an erosion of capacity, knowledge and expertise in social inclusion work, in view of the fact that the resource of volunteering to the boards and sub-structures is currently under threat.
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72 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department intends to reassess the criteria for the entitlement to the blind pension allowance in view of the nature of the case involving a person who is travelling to Scotland for their studies and has therefore been denied the right to the pension (details supplied).
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78 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which he envisages lone parents under the Government’s discussion paper on proposals to support lone parents be prioritised in terms of accessing flexible childcare provision; and if he has consulted with the Department of Health and Children to allow for measures to address this issue under the new childcare programme 2006-2010.
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45 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has satisfied himself that the national travel card is an acceptable means of identification across all transport modes here.
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454 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of amalgamated primary schools that exist here; the dates such amalgamations occurred; and the period in each circumstance after which new school facilities were provided.
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101 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence if the Civil Defence services have participated in exercises under the national emergency plan for nuclear accidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence when legislation will be forthcoming to facilitate Ireland’s participation in EU battle groups; the details of the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to review the National Sustainable Development Policy published almost ten years ago; if so, if that review process will include setting clear goals and targets for all Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the main findings identified to date as the barriers to the use and marketing of recyclable material by the Market Development Group set up by the Department of the Environment in 2004.
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157 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport when the new Dublin Transport Authority will be in operation; the responsibilities of the proposed agency; the staffing and funding structure for the agency; and the powers the authority will have in its dealings with both public and private transport operators and the Dublin Transport Office and the local authorities in the greater Dublin area.
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94 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if, under the conditions set out by An Bord Pleanála for the widening and upgrade of the M50, a demand management plan for the motorway will have to be presented within three years of the completion of the first phase of the M50 upgrade; the analysis which has been done on such demand management systems to date; and the account which is being taken of the need for such a demand management system in the contract arrangements that are currently being agreed for tolls on the approach roads to the M50.
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177 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the average cost of acquisition of sites for new school sites in Cork city and county and Dublin city and county.
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176 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the number and location of pre-fabricated buildings in Cork city and county schools; and the number of such buildings that are currently leased.
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145 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the appeal procedures which exist for refugee and asylum seekers who have been asked to leave designated accommodation centres.
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144 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the final decision on use of the European Refugee Fund is made by an independent committee or elsewhere in his Department.
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143 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the decision made by the independent committee of the European Refugee Fund regarding the NASC organisation in Cork.
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142 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria used by the committee which recommends European Refugee Fund decisions.
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141 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the persons who partake in the independent committee that makes recommendations relating to the European Refugee Fund.
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140 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which the decision not to make a European Refugee Fund allocation in 2006 to the NASC organisation in Cork was arrived at; and when applications to other parts of the country were agreed to.
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113 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if the photographic identification policies of certain aviation companies may represent a restraint of trade; and if companies have been or are being examined for such practices.
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69 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of his recent suggestion that gardaí carry cameras at all times to photograph criminal suspects, his attention has been drawn to another police force that practices this; his views on whether this practice may serve to further weaken the relationship between the Garda Síochána and the communities it serves; 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 the action that has been taken in response to the recent recommendation of the high level group on Traveller issues (details supplied) calling for the immediate development of a Traveller data collection strategy which would supply policy makers and service providers with the means of assessing need and planning for the future; if his Department will be leading on this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the updated plan to deal with a ’flu pandemic; if she agrees with Mr. Kevin Kelleher of the Health Service Executive that the health service could not cope with a serious ’flu pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the structure of renewable energy grant schemes announced in budget 2006; and if same have been launched.
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71 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of combined heat and power installations that have been introduced in each of the past five years; the targets he is setting for the development of such power sources; and the support measures that are in place to help achieve them.
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66 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the correspondence he has received from the European Commission with regard to discrimination that may have taken place against renewable generating companies in the electricity market here; the action the Commission is proposing to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science when the National Adult Learning Council will be reinstated; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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121 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the funding being provided towards language support for non-nationals; if there are plans to increase this figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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548 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the cost, on average, of site acquisition per hectare for new school developments; and the breakdown of the highest cost paid on a county basis in 2005.
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547 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the cost of renting prefabricated buildings in 2005; and the breakdown of such costs on a county basis.
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230 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 21 March 2006, when the Minister replied that only one employment contract dispute has been made in respect of the Safefood Agency, if she will confirm that two other complaints have also been made.
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113 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has indicated to Ms Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State of the United States, that planes used for extraordinary renditions should not land at Shannon airport even if those planes do not contain prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the so-called quarter powers — the European Union, the US, Russia and the United Nations — have said that a new Hamas-led Government must commit to non-violence, recognise Israel and accept current peace agreements or it could lose the financial support it receives from the international community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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