20 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment the total number of local authority dwellings completed in (a) the four years 1983 to 1986 inclusive and (b) the four years 1987 to 1990 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
17 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment the total number of private houses completed (a) in the four years 1983 to 1986 inclusive and (b) in the four years 1987 to 1990 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
5 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Energy the present position regarding oil finds within the jurisdiction of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
16 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he has plans to amend legislation dealing with redundancy matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
6 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he will outline the total man days lost due to strikes for the first four months of 1991; and the corresponding figures for the same period in 1989 and 1990.
3 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he will indicate the total number of redundancies notified to him for the first four months of this year; and the corresponding figures for the same period in 1989 and 1990.
19 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment if, arising from the assessment of the number of homeless by local authorities in March 1991, he will outline the total number of homeless people in the State; the steps he proposes to take to alleviate the problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
3 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment if he has any plans to provide in law for the privatisation of house maintenance of local authority houses.
2 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment if he has any plans to revise the arrangements for compulsory purchase orders by local authorities; if he will outline the steps he is considering to prevent or minimise planning blight arising from prolonged delays, and sometimes subsequent abandonment of CPOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
1 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment if he has any plans to reverse his decision to abolish the Dublin Metropolitan Streets Commission; his views on whether the continued widespread dereliction of Dublin city needs special measures to resolve it; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
48 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposals he intends to make to the EC Commission in fulfilment of the commitments given in section VI (13) of the Programme for Economic and Social Progress to the effect that the Government are committed to examine with the EC Commission the need to extend the disadvantaged areas benefit to disadvantaged farms outside the designated areas particularly in the context of the outcome of the GATT talks.
48 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposals he intends to make to the EC Commission in fulfilment of the commitments given in section VI (13) of the Programme for Economic and Social Progress to the effect that the Government are committed to examine with the EC Commission the need to extend the disadvantaged areas benefit to disadvantaged farms outside the designated areas particularly in the context of the outcome of the GATT talks.
84 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Spain and France have both tabled draft treaties governing the establishment of an economic and monetary union; if he will outline his views on the proposals made by these two countries; if he will further outline the proposals which have been tabled by other countries at the current Inter-Governmental Conference on this subject; whether Ireland will be tabling its own proposals; and, if so, when.
84 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Spain and France have both tabled draft treaties governing the establishment of an economic and monetary union; if he will outline his views on the proposals made by these two countries; if he will further outline the proposals which have been tabled by other countries at the current Inter-Governmental Conference on this subject; whether Ireland will be tabling its own proposals; and, if so, when.
6 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the terms of reference of the committee on the review of local government which is now taking place; the timetable for this review to take place and for its results to be published; and if he can give an undertaking to Dáil Éireann that the report resulting from this review will be published.
5 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment if he has any plans for a national water authority; if, despite the high rainfall and low density of population in the Republic, he considers a water conservation campaign is necessary; if so, the reason, and if he will make a statement on the matter.
3 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for the Environment his views on whether a review of planning laws and procedures is now necessary; if so, if he will set up a review committee to make recommendations so that any possible abuses of section 4 motions, planning decisions or appeals are eliminated and to impose statutory time limits and decisions on planning appeals and building by-law applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
13 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour the date it is proposed to set up the Labour Relations Commission; if the membership of the commission has yet been nominated; the number of staff likely to be accredited to the commission; where they will be recruited from; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
12 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour the total number of civil servants in each grade in his Department; the percentage in each grade which are women; and if there are any policies to positively discriminate in favour of women in order to improve the ratio.
11 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour the reason for the recent move by his Department to new offices at Adelaide Road, Dublin 2; the total amount of space now occupied by his Department; the total additional cost of acquiring or renting in one year the new accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
19 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications if he will accept Fine Gael's proposals in relation to the phasing in of MMDS and the phasing out of deflectors; if he will meet a group representative of deflector providers and deflector receivers with a view to negotiating a transition arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
29 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he would envisage the present arrangement with the social partners for negotiating national economic and social programmes continuing on a permanent basis.
8 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he will give details of any special public relations expertise hired or used by him; the names of the persons and companies concerned; whether they are remunerated directly by his Department; if not, the method by which they are remunerated; and the amount of the remuneration.
5 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour the number of redundancies notified to his Department for the first ten months of 1990; and the comparative figures for the same period in the years 1988 and 1989.
29 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he would envisage the present arrangement with the social partners for negotiating national economic and social programmes continuing on a permanent basis.
3 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he will make a statement on the shortcomings in Irish management training; and if he will outline his plans to eliminate these shortcomings.
2 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he has any proposals to further restrict the payment of wages by cash; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
1 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Taoiseach the number of part-time workers (a) working less than 18 hours per week and (b) working between 18 and 30 hours per week; and the way in which the numbers are calculated.
16 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour, in respect of the most recent five year period for which figures are available, if he will outline the rate of female participation in economic activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
17 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications if it is his intention to proceed with a nationwide MMDS system; if so, if he will outline the steps he has taken or propose to take to replace illegal deflector systems with MMDS; if he will also outline the estimated number of illegal deflector systems and the estimated number of people receiving TV reception through these illegal systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
7 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications if he will publish the Touche Ross report into the viability of alternative broadcasting commissioned with his permission by the interim Independent Local Radio Commission; the date of the report; and if it was taken into consideration by him prior to deciding to extend the legislation to include an independent national radio service.
12 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour when legislation will be in place to ensure that a strike can only be deemed official when a secret ballot of the workers involved has previously taken place.
10 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he will outline the action he has taken to resolve the industrial dispute at Waterford Glass; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
8 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he will make a statement on the present level of activity under the Teamwork scheme and on the future of the scheme.
7 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour the number of man days lost due to industrial disputes for the four month period January to April 1990; the figures for the preceding four months; and the figures for the first four months of 1988 and 1989.
68 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he has any plans to grant official recognition and status to the internal procedures of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, especially in relation to all-out pickets and other issues with an inter-union dimension such as poaching of members; if so, the way in which he proposes to grant such recognition; and the legal changes which will be necessary to give effect to it.
68 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he has any plans to grant official recognition and status to the internal procedures of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, especially in relation to all-out pickets and other issues with an inter-union dimension such as poaching of members; if so, the way in which he proposes to grant such recognition; and the legal changes which will be necessary to give effect to it.
20 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he will make a statement on the present industrial dispute in his Department; and the steps he has taken to resolve same.
19 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour if he has any proposals to improve the status and quality of the personnel management function in Irish business.
16 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour the number of British based unions with negotiation licences in the Republic; if he has any plans to change the licensing arrangements for trade unions based outside the State; and if he will give details of the issues which arise for industrial relations in the Republic arising from the licensing of outside unions.
29 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications the steps, if any, he has taken to explore possible methods of financial assistance or a financial injection under any guise to any independent radio station.
2 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Communications if his attention has been drawn to the plans of Telecom Éireann to curtail the duration of local calls; if his approval will be necessary for such a change; if so, if he will approve such a curtailment; and, if so, if a reduction in local call charges on the one hand and an expansion of local call boundaries on the other is to be required by him as a quid pro quo for any such curtailment.
69 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Welfare his views on whether averaging of farm income for assessment means that his Department cannot respond adequately and promptly to the sudden change in income level experienced by farmers hit by illness, drought or a great collapse in farm prices such as is the case at present.
69 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Welfare his views on whether averaging of farm income for assessment means that his Department cannot respond adequately and promptly to the sudden change in income level experienced by farmers hit by illness, drought or a great collapse in farm prices such as is the case at present.
10 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Welfare his views on whether his Department are in breach of their own commitment to assessment for farmers based on factual income rather than average or assessed income.
77 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Energy whether he has examined the financial situation of Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
77 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Energy whether he has examined the financial situation of Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
15 Mr. J. Mitchell asked the Minister for Labour the present arrangements for training and education in the trade union movement; the amount of money provided in the 1990 Estimates for this purpose; and if he has any plans for expansion in this area.