148 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the formal registration of legal options to purchase lands would improve the transparency of the planning and development process.
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60 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he will take in pursuing the MOX case in view of the recent European Court of Justice ruling on the court’s remit.
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123 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the declaration made by the Trade Ministers of the African Union on 14 April 2006 in which they called for the pending review of the EU-ACP EPA negotiations due to take place in autumn 2006 to fully explore the alternatives to EPAs; his views on their call; the alternatives he favours; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans he has to allow for publication of statistics on the decisions of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; if he will create an independent selection and interview process for members of the Tribunal, both of which would bring the Tribunal in line with best international practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department is in a position to review an application for funding from an organisation (details supplied) wishing to establish a missing persons helpline; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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273 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport when he intends to grant the necessary legislative approval for the DAA scheme to resolve the pension deficit problem; and the terms he has set out for the granting of same.
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128 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport further to the recent announcement by Dublin Bus to run five of their tour buses on 5 per cent plant oil and 95 per cent conventional diesel mix, the plans which exist for the introduction of similar measures to the remainder of the Dublin Bus fleet and other bus fleets.
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88 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport if and when he intends to ratify the Dublin City Council’s proposed heavy goods vehicle strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport when he intends to establish the proposed new Dublin transport authority; the powers the authority will have to direct other local authorities and transport bodies; and the changes that will be required to the regulation of other agencies as a result of the introduction of the new authority.
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11 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she expects to publish the report by a person (details supplied); if she will act on their recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount spent by Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland on advertising Ireland as a tourist destination in 2005; and his views on whether this represents value for money.
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638 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on inserting a microchip into each dog which is to be re-housed from dog pounds in order that lost dogs can be reunited with their owners.
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637 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated number of healthy dogs which ended up in dog pounds here in 2005; and the number of healthy dogs that were destroyed in the same year.
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291 Mr. Eamon Ryan 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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89 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there are plans to implement a net metering system, to incentivise domestic energy production; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the imposition of biofuel support measures which require the sourcing of the raw materials for such fuels within the European Union would be in possible breach of World Trade Organisation regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to recent comments by the European Commissioner for Media, Ms Viviane Redding, that the regulation of transnational satellite broadcasters should be addressed by member states acting on a bilateral, amicable basis and her further comments that the codification of the European Court of Justice case law in this area would allow member states to take measures against an audiovisual media service provider established in another member state that directs, for fraudulent purposes, all or most of its activity to this member state, the measures he intends to take to ensure that satellite broadcasters who are inserting local advertising into their main programme schedule can be subject to regulations set by the State on such advertising.
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187 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport if he has sanctioned non-tolled public private partnership roads; if he intends to sanction such roads; and if so, the way in which they would operate.
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123 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the AIDS epidemic is one of the most serious issues facing Africa; the views of the Government in relation to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Ireland will reach the target of 0.7 per cent of GNP for international aid within the specified time-table outlined by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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300 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the most recent level of carbon emissions generated by each of a number of power plants (details supplied); and the charges they were required to pay for these emissions.
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122 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to commission research into the practices and extent of doorstep credit here in view of the dangers it presents for low income earners who do not have access to conventional banking services.
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116 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the Department of Social and Family Affairs regarding the absence of a source of recourse for employees in the event of a dispute between an employer and an employee under an income continuance scheme leaving employees uncovered by a regulator or ombudsman.
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97 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the tests which are carried out to monitor for traces of DDT on scallions imported here from Mexico.
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58 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to ensure farm gate prices are sufficient to enable people to earn a living from farming; and her views on whether farmers will continue to leave farming unless this lack of economic viability is addressed.
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225 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the first Cork, Limerick, Galway trains to operate; and the timetable for the development of such a service.
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224 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the way in which his Department is checking the effects of climate change on major infrastructural projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the lack of consultation with people with disabilities in the formulation of the sectoral plan of the National Disability Strategy; and if he intends to establish an independent monitoring system to assess the progress or otherwise of the plan.
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145 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the lack of discernible reduction in grocery prices following the abolition of the Groceries Order and the lack of price transparency along the supplier chain, he intends to review his decision not to oblige large retail companies to publish details of their annual turnover and profit.
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289 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he has taken to formulate guidelines for local authorities on the need to encourage the sale of fresh fruit and vegetables, as recommended by the consumer strategy report 2005.
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242 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the sections of his Department which are due to transfer to Cavan; the intended timetable for such a move; the sections of his Department which are expected to remain in Dublin or to transfer to other locations; and the number of officials within his Department who have indicated their willingness to move to Cavan to date.
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84 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the significance of the findings of the Drug Use in Ireland and Northern Ireland: 2002/2003 Drug Prevalence Survey; Health Board (Ireland) and Health & Social Services Board (Northern Ireland) Results (Revised) published by the National Advisory committee on Drugs.
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77 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the reasoning for the extension of the CLÁR programme, which is an average drop in population of 35 per cent per each county between 1926 and 2002, is not a worrying trend in relation to depopulation of rural areas here.
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113 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide this Deputy with a copy of rules and procedures manual 2002 for offshore petroleum productions.
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53 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the location of the outstanding family resource centres which are to be funded by the Government in order to meet its target of funding 100 centres here by the end of 2006.
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44 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the new measure of deprivation devised by the ESRI; and if his Department will be considering these indicators of consistent poverty levels in the policies which it devises.
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49 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on recent decisions by the European Commission on welfare payments to migrant workers and on their impact on the management of migrant labour within his Department.
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297 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a copy of the programme for the sale and acquisition of land used for the Bellanaboy gas terminal site in County Mayo, as required under section 14 of the 1988 Forestry Act; and the consultation process that was undertaken with the local community in this regard.
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296 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a copy of the programme for the sale and acquisition of land within the Connacht area, as required under section 14 of the 1988 Forestry Act for the years 1999 to 2006.
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227 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the developer submitted an application to start stage two of the installation of the Corrib gas pipeline, and if he will provide a copy of this application.
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184 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if he will confirm that there are 15 alcohol counsellors working in treatment centres run by the health authorities in comparison to a figure of 17 alcohol counsellors that were in place in 1989; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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120 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence if EU battlegroup exercises involving foreign armies will be allowed to take place here as part of our EU battlegroups commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to extend the greener homes domestic grant scheme to domestic windmills; and the reason for their exclusion to date from the scheme.
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66 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to introduce legislation requiring a cooling-off period for senior local authority staff intending to join private sector companies as is the practice in Britain and America; and if so, when he intends to introduce such legislation.
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61 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has plans to encourage the use of zero emission cars and vans by introducing exemption from road tax and recommending exemptions from parking charges and proposed congestion charges for such vehicles.
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553 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental assessments under the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004; and the number of such assessments which have been carried out or are in progress to date.
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544 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is possible for local authorities to set higher energy efficiency standards, within their own local area plans or development plans, than those set out within part L of the building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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525 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental assessments under the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004; and the number of such assessments which have been carried out or are in progress to date.
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502 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the plans and programmes of her Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental assessments under the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004; and the number of such assessments which have been carried out or are in progress to date.
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451 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the plans and programmes of his Department and related State agencies which have been identified as requiring strategy environmental assessments under the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004; and the number of such assessments which have been carried out or are in progress to date.
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