59 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if Government policy on decentralisation in regard to the State agencies has changed from voluntary to compulsion; and what will happen to those employees who refuse to relocate.
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112 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will honour fully the commitment to increase the standard costings for suitably qualified young farmers who qualify for a top-up as agreed in the charter of rights for farmers.
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63 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which she expects the new scheme of investment aid for waste management to proceed; and the advice she has for farmers endeavouring to apply for aid.
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101 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence the discussions in the meeting of European Defence Ministers in Austria in March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Defence if Defence Forces will be sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a proposed EU military force in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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175 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if fixtures and fittings from Fort Mitchel Prison have been transferred or sold; if sold, to whom and for what price; if money has been received; and if such money has been given to his Department as part recoupment of State investment in these facilities.
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140 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if he has information on the provision of new premises for the Crosshaven coast guard; if a list of capital projects exists for coast guard units and the area in which Crosshaven may exist on such a list.
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53 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to establish a task force to provide support services to workers that have been made redundant in view of the spate of recent company closures; and if he will formulate employment solutions for vulnerable industries.
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28 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he is taking to address the European Commission’s assessment that relatively little attention is paid to the issues of quality of work and poverty among employed people in the Irish national reform programme.
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267 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the actions his Department has taken regarding the high levels of aluminium found in drinking water in Youghal, County Cork.
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266 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if members of a town council are obliged to receive regular written reports on works undertaken by the overseeing county council in its administrative area.
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253 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the supports and resources her Department offers third level institutions in the Cork region, in particular colleges of further education, to allow people with disabilities to fully access educational opportunities with all available courses.
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230 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of US citizens issued with deportation orders since 2002 who still remain here.
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214 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to published legislation in the United Kingdom which seeks to restrict the species of animal that can be used in circus entertainment; and if she intends to introduce similar legislation here.
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195 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to hold a meeting with appropriate Members of the Oireachtas in regard to the future of Cork Airport; and if so, when.
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150 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason most recent statistics on animal experimentation date from 2002; and when more up-to-date information will be made available.
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93 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the response his Department is making to the recent claim by the pensions ombudsman that between 70,000 and 120,000 construction workers were being denied their legal and mandatory pension rights.
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603 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has received a report entitled, Young People and the Gardaí, Victimisation and Delinquency Research Report 5/05, from the Garda research unit; his views on the content of the report; if the report will be published in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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132 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the complaints made against the Safefood agency regarding contracts.
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103 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason increases in spending on the national drugs strategy since 2002 have not been accompanied by a decrease in the availability or usage of illegal drugs.
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99 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when it is intended that the heads of the proposed charities Bill will be converted into a fully fledged Bill; and when such a Bill will be published and debated in the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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171 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of US citizens who have been asked to leave this State since 2002.
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137 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if alternative premises are to be sourced for the Crosshaven unit of the Irish Coast Guard, due to the impending sale by the Office of Public Works of the site from which the unit currently operates.
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108 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the plans the Office of Public Works has to sell the old coastguard station, Crosshaven, County Cork.
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39 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the discussions which are taking place between his Department and the European Commission on the level of retrospective planning permission and EC Directive 85/337/EEC.
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29 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the 2006 allocation for the proposed carbon fund, as promised in his budget 2006 speech, is contingent on when and if a carbon fund Bill is passed.
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537 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1264 of 25 January 2006, the State boards or bodies on which there are currently 53 vacancies.
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536 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1264 of 25 January 2006, the State boards or bodies to which the 672 appointments were made under the aegis of her Department since 2002.
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422 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 25 January 2006, the number of appointments which were made to Horse Racing Ireland, Bord na gCon and the Western Development Commission from 1997 to 2002 prior to their transfer to separate Departments.
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421 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food, further to Parliamentary Question No. 951 of 25 January 2006, the State boards or bodies to which the 121 appointments were made under the aegis of her Department since 1997.
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332 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, further to Parliamentary Question No. 707 of 25 January 2006, the State boards or bodies to which the 157 appointments were made under the aegis of his Department since 2002.
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286 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of public appointments made by his Department since 1997; and the relevant bodies.
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141 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if he has had discussions with Departments regarding the possible change of use of existing lands under control of Dublin Port to promote new residential development; if his Department has commissioned analysis or entered into discussions with the Port Company or Dublin City Council on the proposed development of the south docks as a residential area as has been suggested by Dublin City Council.
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160 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Transport if and the way in which he intends introducing new private bus operators into the Dublin Bus market; and the progress he has made in negotiations with transport unions in this regard.
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239 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Education and Science the extent to which resources are provided to allow people with disabilities to participate in further education.
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91 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that the Irish Nurses Organisation figures for people on trolleys in accident and emergency units are correct; her plans to deal with the accident and emergency crisis in hospitals here; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the activities planned for 2006 under the national drug awareness campaign as part of the national drug strategy.
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41 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his plans for the creation and funding of three new super-regions for tourism in this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he or his officials have discussed with the Department of Finance the now-completed report on local government financing; if the Minister for Finance has asked that the report not be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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355 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the complaints that have been received about employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies since their inception.
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297 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the complaints there have been in relation to employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies since their inception.
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289 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the complaints there have been regarding employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies since their inception.
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275 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the complaints there have been regarding employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies since their inception.
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261 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance the complaints there have been regarding employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies since their inception.
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233 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if he is committed to bringing accountability with regard to gathering, assessing and publishing data concerning the costs and benefits of each individual tax expenditure up to the same standard as that which applied to direct expenditures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance when in 2006 he intends to introduce legislation to allocate procurement functions to the National Development Finance Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the State boards under which his Department made 303 appointments and reappointments since 1997 as indicated in Parliamentary Question No. 517 of 25 January 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the promise in the Finance Bill 2006 in relation to low earning SSIA holders reinvesting their funds will also apply to social welfare recipients.
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216 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the complaints there have been in relation to employment procedures at any of the newly established North-South bodies since their inception.
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