295 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the European directives in his Department that are awaiting full implementation.
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294 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if new European Union noise directives require the proposed new roadway schemes be accompanied with detailed noise level measurements and forecasts as part of the public decision making process; and if such directives have yet been transposed into legislation here.
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280 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the European directives in her Department that are awaiting full implementation.
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262 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the European directives in his Department that are awaiting full implementation.
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239 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the European directives in her Department that are awaiting full implementation.
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235 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the European directives in his Department that are awaiting full implementation.
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223 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the European directives in his Department that are awaiting full implementation.
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221 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the European directives in his Department that are awaiting full implementation.
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218 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the European directives in his Department that are awaiting full implementation.
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134 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the European directives in his Department that are awaiting full implementation.
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117 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the European directives in her Department that are awaiting full implementation.
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68 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he intends to introduce to stop the overfishing of fishing quotas and the landing of illegal so-called black fish.
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64 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the measures he intends to introduce to promote the use of wood chip and wood pellet solid fuel heating boilers and small scale wood fuel electricity generating systems; and if he will consider providing capital grants for such technology as in the UK.
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514 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if there are statutory requirements for local authorities to complete transport analysis and traffic modelling reports on a new roadway being proposed under Part 8 of the public consultation and local authority decision-making process.
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274 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he supports the view advocated by the UK Government in the context of the EPA negotiations that investment, competition and government procurement should be removed from the negotiations unless specifically requested by an ACP regional negotiating group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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273 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he supports the view advocated by the UK Government in the context of the EPA negotiations that the EU should offer ACP countries an alternative to an EPA which would provide no worse market access to the EU than is currently enjoyed under Cotonou preferences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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272 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he supports the view advocated by the UK Government in the context of the EPA negotiations that the EU should propose within the WTO that Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, should be reviewed as suggested by the Commission for Africa, in order to reduce the requirement for reciprocity and increase the focus on development priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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271 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself that consideration of EPAs at the 133 committee meeting of 6 May 2005 gives Ireland and other member states sufficient time to consider the UK paper on EPAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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221 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if the Office of Public Works will set an example for private sector developers and require that building contracts it commissions use a percentage of products such as green cement to help achieve the national climate change reduction targets.
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220 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance when he intends to sign into law the EU public procurement directive; and the practical applications of the directive which are being considered for use once it is signed into law.
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92 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is examining the possibility of making safe use of digestate from anaerobic digestion in view of the fact that Denmark and Britain both permit spread of digestate; and if so, the outcome of her examinations.
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74 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will act to make a reality the prospect outlined at the Teagasc national tillage conference in 2003 of Ireland supplying all its energy requirements from fuel crops; and if she will encourage the development of the biofuel sector for the sake of all farmers, especially those who depended on the Carlow sugar factory.
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85 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the EU’s arms embargo on China will be lifted in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any recent discussions with his EU counterparts on the new EU battlegroups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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122 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance his views on recent figures on consumer debt which show a higher ratio of debt to income than ever before; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider extending exemptions on VRT to vehicles used in van pooling systems which allow for several workers to share the one vehicle in commuting to and from work and which are restricted from other uses by regulation of the insurance conditions.
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496 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the closure of the green waste recycling facility centre at Esker, Lucan to commercial green waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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319 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Transport the total amounts spent by his Department on roads and public transport respectively for each year between 1995 and 2004.
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254 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the communication he has received from the UK Government regarding Ireland’s current management of the commercial netting of wild salmon; if the Government intends responding to the criticisms raised by the UK environmental agency that Irish drift nets now represent the main form of exploitation of salmon on many English and Welsh rivers; and if the Government has received advice on whether Ireland’s commercial netting practices may be in breach of obligations given in the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation protocols, European Union directives and the UN Law of the Sea Convention regarding the protection of migratory wildlife species.
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253 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of submissions which were received on the public consultation phase of the 2005 wild salmon and sea trout commercial tagging system; and when he will decide on and publish the regulations for 2005.
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251 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the obstacles to the development of community ownership of wind farms as outlined in the Catch the Wind report presented by community groups and the Western Development Commission; and if he plans to establish preferential conditions for community-owned wind farms in any new support mechanisms for wind power.
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83 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider her decision to abolish the advisory committee for the deaf and hard of hearing; her views on whether the National Council for Special Education is the appropriate forum to deal effectively, comprehensively and quickly with deaf education issues, particularly at developmental stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Education and Science the timescale for the allocation of funding to commence construction of an extension of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the current and planned helicopter fleet in the Defence Forces; which elements of this are available for air ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the costs to his Department for providing military escorts to banks; the reviews of this practice that are in progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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216 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend his reply of 24 February 2005 to questions regarding increasing the powers and number of labour inspectors, in view of the recent report by inspectors and of the string of recent cases of abuse of workers’ rights; if he will continue to maintain that the current slow augmentation of the labour inspectorate’s resources and the failure to increase its powers are adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent research by the Air Transport Users’ Council regarding charges that are added on to advertised airfares; if he is planning to take action on the basis of the AUC’s findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the delivery of a national workplace strategy, as outlined in a recent report of the Forum on the Workplace of the Future, particularly in relation to the work and life balance aspects of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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266 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason Irish stocks of motor gasoline doubled from their 10 year average in the first month of 2005, to a level of 1.4 million, as reported in the IEA monthly oil market report of 11 March 2005.
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150 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to act on the basis of a recent criticism (details supplied) of his Department’s modus operandi when dealing with cases of social welfare fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason grant money given in error by Údarás na Gaeltachta has not been sought back in return.
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21 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding his promised review into the functions of Údarás na Gaeltachta.
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82 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the different roles and responsibilities of his Department and local authorities in regard to monitoring and enforcing the conditions of planning permission, building regulations and fire safety certificates; the number of personnel involved in enforcing the law in each case; if he has satisfied himself with the level of enforcement; if he has proposals for change in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider changing the planning regulations in order that decisions on proposed local authority development works made under Part 8 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 can be appealed to An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the detailed breakdown of the staff numbers employed in training and other duties at the Garda College, Templemore currently and at end of 2002, 2003 and 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will re-examine, in a careful and compassionate manner his policy of refusing leave to remain to the majority of young non-Irish applicants who are integrated into Ireland but who are being deported once they reach 18 years of age, with a view to allowing more of these individuals to remain in the State.
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