352 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the failure of the employment services policy unit to address the problem of long-term unemployment in recent years, which is at the same level now as it was in 2000, and represents more than one third of the overall unemployment rate.
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168 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the fact that the additional 93,000 jobs created this year have not led to a pro-rata increase in the expected tax take; if this is further indicative of increased casualisation of the Irish workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of recent revelations of rip-off Ireland, he will offer an explanation for the ongoing delay in the introduction of the consumer agency Bill; if he will provide a timeline for the new legislation.
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102 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grounds on which he has made an application to the European Commission for grant aid to Centocor; the amount of Government funding already committed to the project and the consequences for the ongoing construction of the plant should grant aid be refused.
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77 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether relative income poverty measures are useful for identifying those of the population who are at risk of poverty and who are in poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to protect the most vulnerable in society from recent and impending sustained energy price increases; if he has made representations to other Departments on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the recent decision by the UN human rights committee to investigate human rights abuses by the US, including the treatment of persons detained in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Iraq and other places of detention, an inspection will be carried out of US aircraft carrying military personnel landing at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if action will be taken on the findings of the report New Measures of Deprivation based on the census of population 1991-2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will commission new research into volunteering here given that the latest survey data available is from the 1990s.
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181 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the analysis his Department has made of higher than expected carbon trading costs; and the measures he proposes to take to offset their impact on industry here and on his Department.
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166 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the cost to industry of companies having to pay for their excess carbon; and the measures he has taken to reduce the intensity of carbon emission going forward.
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100 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the tendering process for the economic evaluation and the design of a new postcode system will be completed; and his views on same.
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64 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has read the report (details supplied) recently produced by the CSER and DIT; if he will implement any of the recommendations arising from the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a report (details supplied), commissioned by his Department, finds that a large number of persons surveyed as part of this study had been imprisoned for offences linked directly to the fact that they were homeless and that the introduction of anti-social behaviour orders is likely to exacerbate this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the role his Department has had regarding the establishment of a new traffic management system in Dublin city centre following the opening of the Dublin Port tunnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport when he will publish the ten-year transport investment plan for the country; and if contractual commitments on the major public transport projects within the plan are expected to be agreed within the lifetime of this Dáil.
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425 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the role his Department has played in setting up the energy research funding within the next European Union seventh framework research programme; and if a national Government will argue for a greater level of funding to be directed to renewable energy research projects in comparison with nuclear power research.
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424 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the full separation of ESB and EirGrid will occur; the timetable for the various stages in the completion of that process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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423 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if any assumptions have been made on the likely price of oil in 2020 in view of his Department’s role in the long-term planning of Irish energy policy; and if so, the projected price per barrel that has been used.
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422 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will support the introduction of mandatory targets for energy efficiency gains under the proposed European Union new energy efficiency directive which is due to be considered by the Council of Ministers.
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421 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of funding which has been provided in each of the past five years for research and development projects in the area of electricity generation from wave power; and the percentage of overall generation expected to come from this source by 2010 and 2020.
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420 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the mapping which has been undertaken to establish the potential from the development of geothermal energy here.
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186 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason she has decided to abandon the Alcohol Products Bill against the advice of leading health experts and contrary to the recommendations of the alcohol task force and the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Health and Children; the length of time the voluntary code will last before she will introduce legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a reply to Professor Connett’s 50 questions on fluoridation on her Department’s website was not signed; the person who wrote this piece; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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228 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the failure to spend €5 million of the budget for sustainable energy in 2005 following on from the underspend of €15 million in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason for the failure to spend €5 million of the budget for sustainable energy in 2005 following on from the underspend of €15 million in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will move to a single stock management system for the commercial netting of wild salmon; the timetable for such a change.
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207 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the approximate cost to the Exchequer of the quota and tagging system; the scientific advice available to him as to the maximum commercial fishing quota consistent with conservation needs; the commercial fishing quotas appointed; the commercial catch; the benefit to wild salmon stocks derived from the operation of the scheme over the period for each of the years 2002 to 2005 in relation to wild salmon.
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107 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the economic and financial parameters that will determine whether Ireland will be able to meet the target of 0.7% of GNP by 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the proposed development of leisure marinas in County Donegal; the amount of state or local authority funding that is available any such marinas; the procedures followed in the analysis of such support mechanisms, in particularly with regards to the existence of other private developments in the same county.
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225 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the terms and conditions which apply with the proposed new fixed price renewable energy support mechanisms and his reason for only providing a partial index of the fixed prices that have been set.
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129 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have applied for decentralised positions since the Government introduced the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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117 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance the reporting and accountability procedures which have been put in place by his Department to oversee the National Development Finance Agency’s new role of managing the procurement of PPP projects and bringing them through to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to encourage organic farming here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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168 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to prohibit the importation of illegally sourced timber and timber products; her further plans to negotiate voluntary partnership agreements with timber producing countries to encourage revenue transparency and accountability in such countries and insist on independent forest monitoring in those countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the implications for Ireland’s military procurement of the May 2005 decision by EU defence ministers that the next generation of armoured fighting vehicles must not be developed in separate national programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence his plans for withdrawing Irish troops from Liberia by the end of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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657 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which have been taken by his Department to introduce legislation to control the activities of arms brokers and suppliers here in line with the 2004 EU common position on arms brokering.
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283 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide details of where the public can view the documents submitted in compliance with the consent issued under EU Directive 85/337EEC as amended, in respect of the development of the Corrib Gas pipeline.
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79 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the six Departments required to produce outline sectoral plans within 12 months of the commencement of the Disability Bill 2004 should now be encouraged to produce these plans as a matter of urgency.
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49 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has carried out a recent evaluation of supplementary welfare allowance rent caps with a view to revising caps to reflect actual current market rates for quality accommodation.
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230 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has involved the National Standards Authority of Ireland in the working group examining the possible introduction of new postcodes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress which has been made in progressing the White Paper on voluntary activity.
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130 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department of implementing the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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80 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests his Department received in the first six months of 2005; the nature of these requests; and the comparable data for the first six months of 2002, 2003 and 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the remaining provisions of the Children Act 2001 that have not been enacted will be brought into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount the State has spent on Garda legal costs at the Morris tribunal and related court cases; the expenses the gardaí have claimed for investigating the Barron case, including overtime, travel and accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the budget in 2005 for the safe routes to school programme; the number of schools that are involved; his plans to extend the programme; and the way in which he intends to proceed in that regard.
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27 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the research that has been carried out on the proposed new Luas Line to Rathfarnham as was recommended in the Dublin transportation platform for change transport plan 2002; if a preferred route alignment has been identified; and the estimated cost and timescale for the construction of the project.
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