3 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will make a statement on the current situation in the BSE crisis having regard to the enormous losses being suffered by Irish beef producers and processors; and the steps, if any, the Government proposes to take to alleviate the problems and reduce the losses.
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14 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Education when she expects to receive the results of the Price Waterhouse inquiry into the 1995 art examination results; and if she will make a statement on the matter to reassure those pupils preparing to sit the exam in 1996.
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30 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the progress, if any, he has made in relation to the enactment of the equal status Bill; when he expects the Bill to be published; and the groups, if any, he has met to discuss the various aspects of the Bill.
[6414/96]
29 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform when he will be in a position to publish the Divorce Legislation; and if this legislation will be similar to the format already published before the Divorce Referendum.
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29 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform when he will be in a position to publish the Divorce Legislation; and if this legislation will be similar to the format already published before the Divorce Referendum.
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30 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the progress, if any, he has made in relation to the enactment of the equal status Bill; when he expects the Bill to be published; and the groups, if any, he has met to discuss the various aspects of the Bill.
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45 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the attitude of the Government to the participation of Sinn Féin in the proximity talks from 4-13 March 1996 and the substantive negotiations beginning on 10 June 1996; and the circumstances under which they would be allowed to take part in these talks.
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45 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the attitude of the Government to the participation of Sinn Féin in the proximity talks from 4-13 March 1996 and the substantive negotiations beginning on 10 June 1996; and the circumstances under which they would be allowed to take part in these talks.
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3 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is a firm agreement to hold elections in Northern Ireland before the all-party negotiations begin on 10 June 1996.
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3 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he has satisfied himself with the accuracy of the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of Wednesday, 11 October 1995; if not, the reason this incorrect information was given to Dáil Éireann; the proceedings that have been instituted for the recovery of sums fraudulently obtained by beef processing companies selling beef into intervention; and the reason Ireland did not fulfil its obligations in this respect, imposed by Article 8 of Council Regulation 729/70.
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17 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for the Environment the studies, if any, he has carried out on the relative efficiency of local authority direct labour and private contractors for non-national road schemes; and if so, if he will agree that an efficiency audit on this subject is not required.
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22 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Finance the anticipated yield in income tax for 1996; the amount it will increase over the estimated yield for 1995; the average amount of tax per income tax payer which the increase represents; the assumptions under which the amount for 1996 is calculated by reference to numbers of taxpayers and growth in earnings; and if he will make a statement on the anticipated growth in the income tax burden.
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22 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Finance the anticipated yield in income tax for 1996; the amount it will increase over the estimated yield for 1995; the average amount of tax per income tax payer which the increase represents; the assumptions under which the amount for 1996 is calculated by reference to numbers of taxpayers and growth in earnings; and if he will make a statement on the anticipated growth in the income tax burden.
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62 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps, if any, he will take to facilitate the arrest and charging of 53 alleged war criminals who have been indicated by the War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague in respect of offences committed in Bosnia.
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62 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps, if any, he will take to facilitate the arrest and charging of 53 alleged war criminals who have been indicated by the War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague in respect of offences committed in Bosnia.
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17 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the action of the British Government in insisting on elections in Northern Ireland prior to all-party talks amounts to a jettisoning of the principles and recommendations of the Mitchell Commission report particularly in view of the fact that the reference to elections in paragraph 56 is highly conditional and can in no sense be described as a finding or recommendation.
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24 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the measures, if any, he proposes to take to secure full restoration of EU beef export refunds, the reduction in which has caused a substantial drop in cattle prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the measures, if any, he proposes to take to secure full restoration of EU beef export refunds, the reduction in which has caused a substantial drop in cattle prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the current position regarding the report of the Competition Authority on the newspaper industry; the action, if any, he proposes to take in relation to this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the current position regarding the report of the Competition Authority on the newspaper industry; the action, if any, he proposes to take in relation to this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Justice the procedures and safeguards adopted in the destruction of illegal drugs seized by the Garda and the Naval Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Justice the procedures and safeguards adopted in the destruction of illegal drugs seized by the Garda and the Naval Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will break off diplomatic relations with Nigeria and close the Embassy in Lagos until such time as the democratically elected President of that county is freed and restored to office and an elected civilian government takes over following the execution of nine people recently in Nigeria on very dubious grounds.
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48 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will break off diplomatic relations with Nigeria and close the Embassy in Lagos until such time as the democratically elected President of that county is freed and restored to office and an elected civilian government takes over following the execution of nine people recently in Nigeria on very dubious grounds.
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3 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's view of the abandonment of the so-called safe haven of Srebrenica in Bosnia by the United Nations on 11 July 1995, which led to the murder of an estimated 8,000 Bosnian men and boys by the Bosnian Serb Army, under the personal command of General Ratko Mladic, and to the massacre of thousands more men, women and children who were killed attempting to escape through hostile territory; if he will raise this matter with the EU Council of Ministers; if he will support the calls for a full investigation into the role of the UN in peace-keeping in Bosnia-Hercegovina; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the reason it was necessary to resubmit Ireland's application for the extension of the disadvantages areas to the EU Commission; the new criteria introduced that might influence the designation of disadvantaged areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí currently deployed as community gardaí by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's views on the decommissioning of arms by paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland.
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25 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the steps, if any, he proposes to take to recover a sum in excess of £900,000 defrauded from his Department by the Anglo-Irish Beef Processors factory at Rathkeale, County Limerick, between the year 1989 and 1991; the steps, if any, he proposes to take to have the instigators of these frauds identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the progress, if any, to date in implementing the reorganisation proposals for Bord Fáilte.
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29 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Justice the Government's intentions in relation to the provision of extra prison spaces in view of the recent postponement of the Castlerea project and in view of an anticipated rise in the number of people who will be committed to prison this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Justice the Government's intentions in relation to the provision of extra prison spaces in view of the recent postponement of the Castlerea project and in view of an anticipated rise in the number of people who will be committed to prison this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for the Environment when it is proposed to establish a national vehicle testing authority to carry out independent compulsory testing for car worthiness under EU regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for the Environment when it is proposed to establish a national vehicle testing authority to carry out independent compulsory testing for car worthiness under EU regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the deterioration of the former sail training vessel, Asgard, which is on display at Kilmainham jail; the measures, if any that will be taken by the State to ensure the safe preservation of this historic vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether there is justification for any party or its associates seeking to retain possession of arms and explosives while entering into talks with other parties and the Irish and British Governments regarding the future of Northern Ireland in view of the fact that the necessary elements in a political settlement in Northern Ireland are well known and easily identifiable; and if he will make a statement on the matter setting out the Government's approach to the problem.
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7 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Defence the total number of pilot officers currently serving in the Air Corps; and the number of these who are currently engaged directly in flying duties.
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12 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the activities within his Department which will be affected by the Government's decision to cut public expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the reason he has failed to announce his decision on the Competition Authority's report into the investment by Independent Newspapers on the Irish Press group in view of the commitment he made on 13 April 1995 that he would complete his consideration of the report within four weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the number of times the monitoring committee on the implementation of the recommendations of the Second Commission on the Status of Women has met; and the arrangements, if any, that have been made to produce the second report of the monitoring committee.
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28 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that counselling services are now in place in all areas for women who contacted hepatitis C from anti-D; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that counselling services are now in place in all areas for women who contacted hepatitis C from anti-D; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps, if any, the Government proposes to take to encourage dialogue and negotiation between all political parties in Northern Ireland to lead to agreement on institutions and arrangements for a lasting settlement there.
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8 Mr. O'Malley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the current attitude of the Government to arms decommissioning in Northern Ireland; and the reasons for the change in the Government's policy on this topic from that enunciated by him in Dáil Éireann in June 1994.
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11 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Defence if he is prepared to contribute material of historical importance to the new National Museum in Collins Barracks, Dublin.
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15 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if his attention has been drawn to sworn evidence which was given in a recent case in the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, which has now been completed and disposed of, that beef was diverted from the intervention line in a Rathkeale meat factory to commercial contracts in full view of Department officials who were named in the evidence; if this matter has been investigated; and the reason this was allowed to happen by the Department officials concerned.
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27 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if he will give details of the recent discussions he has had with the management of newspapers.
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6 Mr. O'Malley asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the plans, if any, he has to implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Small Business in the area of labour legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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