177 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the reason for his decision not to apply to the Director-General for Energy and Transport for the location of the technical agency of the Galileo project in Ireland, following the DG’s correspondence with his Department in 2006.
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171 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the discussions at the recent Brussels meeting of Foreign Ministers on establishing fixed EU targets on renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the March 2007 meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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944 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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910 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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809 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the amount her Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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707 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount her Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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664 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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635 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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626 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the grounds on which Ireland opposed the EU directive on manning conditions for regular passenger and ferry services operating between member states (details supplied).
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598 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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577 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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557 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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539 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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523 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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406 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount her Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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302 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if, in view of recent research findings that companies may be laundering profits through Ireland to avoid American tax, there are difficulties in the way multinational companies declare their profits here; and the role the agencies under his aegis have in preventing same.
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303 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the methodology used for the 2006 survey of the business expansion scheme and seed capital scheme; the response rate for the survey; the factors assessed in the survey; and his views on whether the survey provides a sufficiently representative and informed assessment on which to determine the expansion of BES.
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301 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if there is a system of monitoring within his Department to assess the performance of companies participating in the business expansion scheme.
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298 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Taoiseach the amount his Department paid in 2006 for car mileage expenses; the amount paid to cover rail and bus ticket expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the expected average rate of inflation for 2007; and if his budgetary figures will be re-adjusted as a result.
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146 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the number of civil and public servants anticipated to have moved under the Government’s decentralisation office relocation programme by 1 June 2007.
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88 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the volume of beef that was imported in the years 2002 to 2006, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will amend legislation to ensure that foodstuffs of foreign origin cannot be labelled produced in Ireland, processed in Ireland or sourced and produced in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence when the inter-departmental working group on emergency planning and the Task Force on Emergency Planning last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence if Irish troops will be working closely with their EU battle group partners before the end of March 2007, as indicated by the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to non-EEA nationals proposing to operate a business in the State to date in 2007; the number of same that were renewals; the number that were new permits with a breakdown by economic sector of the permits granted.
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346 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the low level of activity currently taking place in the Irish film industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that in the first six weeks of 2007, 17 of the 3,164 Romanians who entered Ireland and received personal public service numbers have applied for permission to work here; his further views on whether these figures are indicative of an emerging black economy; and the measure he will take to prevent same.
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125 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made on the recruitment of a consultant to stem the loss of jobs from Ireland’s pharmaceutical industry; the further communication he has had with the IDA and Pfizer to save the 480 jobs at Pfizer.
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95 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recent National Competitiveness Council’s report, Benchmarking Ireland’s Performance, which warned that the underlying source of economic growth has shifted from exports towards construction activity and consumer demand, that foreign firms are responsible for 92% of exports in 2006 and that productivity levels are falling.
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82 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether in establishing Comhairle as the 44th Citizens Information Board, further to the earlier establishment of the non-statutory, area-based Citizens Information Boards and the nationwide Citizens Information Phone Service Board, he risks compromising in the public mind the characteristics of independence and impartiality that are, and have always been the cornerstones of the Citizens Information Movement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if will make amendments to current legislation and deliver new guidelines in order to protect existing defined benefit pension schemes and to protect workers from sudden changes in pension arrangements.
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106 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his Department’s involvement in relation to the social finance foundation.
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104 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if all LEADER and partnership groups are working together in integrated bodies under the cohesion process.
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273 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of work permits issued to EEA nationals proposing to operate a business here to date in 2007; the number of same that were renewals and the number that were new permits with a breakdown by economic sector of the permits granted.
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196 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures he has taken to reduce the levels of recyclable waste exported from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if new national monuments have been discovered or revealed in the course of the works associated with the M3 motorway at Ráth Luigh in County Meath or elsewhere; if he is satisfied with the protection given to Ireland’s archaeological heritage in the course of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the information he holds on the rates of recidivism amongst young offenders here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when Ireland will sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Beings; the steps he has taken to bring Irish criminal law into line with the requirements of the convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the proposed future structure and role for the Railway Procurement Agency; the membership of the board of the authority; and if the authority will have a national role in the future or if it will exclusively work on projects in the Greater Dublin Area.
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165 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the proposed future structure and role for the Railway Procurement Agency; the membership of the board of the authority; if the authority will have a national role in the future; and if it will exclusively work on projects in the greater Dublin area.
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122 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport when he will bring the results of the negotiations between the National Toll Roads and the National Roads Authority before the Cabinet; the proposed operational features for the new barrier free tolls being proposed for the West Link bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the measure he will take to reduce the increasing greenhouse gas emissions for the transport sector here; and his views on whether the current rate of 8% annual increase in emissions will make it difficult for Ireland to comply with the stated European Union target of at least a 20% cut in emissions from 1990 base levels by 2020.
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431 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason the additional days pay which was allocated to State pensioners on 19 January 2007, to compensate for the fact that the pay day was one day later than usual, was set at the 2006 rather than the 2007 pension rate which had already been in operation for two weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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420 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued to date in 2007; the number of the same that were renewals of previous permits; the number that were new permits; the number of permits granted to self-employed workers; and the breakdown by nationality of the permits granted.
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185 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason she has not implemented a report (details supplied) on the regulation of alternative practitioners; when it will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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151 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the recommendations of the task force on obesity have not been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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