14 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Finance if he has directed the recently established National Treasury Management Agency to take up to 15,000 square feet of office space in the Financial Services Centre at the Custom House Dock, Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
34 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the distinction between security and military defence, as discussed at the Summit of the Conference of Security and Co-Operation in Europe.
34 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the distinction between security and military defence, as discussed at the Summit of the Conference of Security and Co-Operation in Europe.
8 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the timetable for the establishment of a CSCE Parliamentary Assembly as proposed in the deliberations of the recent Summit of the Conference on Security and Co-Operation in Europe.
2 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the measures the Government propose taking to comply with the commitment to effective policies to tackle unemployment contained in the declaration made at the Paris Conference on Security and Co-Operation in Europe.
39 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for the Environment if he will confirm that the local elections, postponed from last year, will now be held in June 1991 even if the Committee on Local Government Re-organisations have not completed their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
39 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for the Environment if he will confirm that the local elections, postponed from last year, will now be held in June 1991 even if the Committee on Local Government Re-organisations have not completed their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
15 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach when, in his capacity as Minister for Defence, he proposes to meet representaitves of the Defence Forces Representative Bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
7 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland at Ballinamore, County Leitrim, on Monday 26 November, 1990.
4 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach the number of posts of (1) Secretary (2) Deputy Secretary and (3) Assistant Secretary in the Departments for which he has responsibility.
1 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he has any plans to introduce legislation to confer additional powers and functions on the President in accordance with Article 13.10 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
11 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Labour if he will outline his approach to the negotiations on a programme for economic and social development with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
9 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Finance if the Government will establish a public inquiry into the collapse of Merchant Banking; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
8 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach the action which will be taken by the Government arising from his signature of the United Nations declaration on the Rights of Children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
7 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach the cost of his attendance at the United Nations Conference on the Rights of Children; the number in his official party; the cost of their attendance; the other functions attended by the party while in New York; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
34 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Defence the current situation in regard to Army pay; the additional resources he estimates will be required to meet pay increases next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
56 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport if he will make a statement concerning the current situation in Aer Lingus Holidays Company.
56 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport if he will make a statement concerning the current situation in Aer Lingus Holidays Company.
17 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he has at any time written or signed any letters to any banks which could have been used to promote the interests of the Goodman Group of companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
16 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he visited the offices of, or intervened in the operations of, any Government Department in August 1990 with a view to expediting payments due to the Goodman Group of companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
15 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he had any discussions with the EC Commissioner for Agriculture in relation to the Goodman Group of companies prior to the recall of Dáil Éireann; if he will outline the contents of any such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
14 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he met Mr. Larry Goodman prior to the recall of Dáil Éireann in August 1990; the location of any such meeting and the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
13 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the representations made to him, on behalf of the Goodman Group of companies, in the weeks prior to the recall of Dáil Éireann in August 1990; the person or persons who made these representations and the actions sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
8 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he will elaborate on the briefing he gave to journalists in New York recently, which gave rise to the impression that the Government were willing to change their position in relation to the so-called timetable of talks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
1 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the steps he has taken to comply with the objectives placed on the Government under Articles 2 and 3 of Bunreacht na hÉireann.
17 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Health the number of extra orthodontic cases treated in each health board area in respect of the additional allocation announced in the budget; the numbers on the waiting lists in each health board area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
8 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for the Environment the reason he has not responded to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in Dublin 14, requesting a meeting to discuss the whole question of driving lessons, testers and instructors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
3 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if the Government have any plans to amalgamate Irish promotional agencies and Department of Foreign Affairs representations abroad so as to provide a more co-ordinated and efficient service.
56 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Social Welfare his views on the remarks made by the chairman of the Economic and Social Research Institute to the effect that the poor have not suffered as a result of the cutbacks during the last three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
56 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Social Welfare his views on the remarks made by the chairman of the Economic and Social Research Institute to the effect that the poor have not suffered as a result of the cutbacks during the last three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
8 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Social Welfare if the views of the chairman of the ESRI to the effect that the poor have not suffered as a result of the cutbacks of the last three years have been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
1 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he has any proposals to establish a commission on the Constitution, as suggested by a member of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
8 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the basis on which the budget allocation of £500,000 was made to the greyhound industry this year.
17 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he is planning any meetings on the margins of the EC Summit Meeting at the end of the month; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
16 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the full agenda of the European Summit Meeting to take place at the end of the month; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
15 Mr. Spring asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement regarding his meetings with the Dutch and Luxembourg Prime Ministers; and, in particular, if he will outline the content of those discussions in so far as they referred to the removal of sanctions against South Africa.
23 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to a shortage of maintenance and engineering facilities in Ireland, Aer Lingus are at present contracting out the maintenance of aircraft to foreign countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
6 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Education her views on whether the increasing strain on teachers and pupils, brought about by the points system for entry to third level education, is damaging the quality of education in its real sense; the remedial action she intends to take; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
14 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he has any plans to alter the duration of the heating season or to change the scope of the free fuel scheme in any other way in 1990-91; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
27 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will outline the new measures he intends to introduce, which were the subject matter of a recent public statement to alleviate hardship for parents at the start of the school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
10 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for the Marine if the inter-departmental report from the air sea rescue review group has been finalised and considered by the Cabinet; and when the findings will be made public.