20 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach when he next expects to meet the President of the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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18 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister in Leeds Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach his Department’s legislative programme for the current Dáil session; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if he has received correspondence from the Parents for Justice organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has read the OECD report which proposes that she chair a new national council for tertiary education research and innovation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the role he envisions the National Forum on Europe playing in regard to the proposed new EU Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he has received an agenda for the November 2004 European Council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the official visits abroad he plans to make during the current Dáil session; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his contacts with the EU Commission President, Mr. José Manuel Durão Barroso, since his appointment as President; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the European Parliament on 21 July 2004 to sum up the Irish Presidency of the EU.
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10 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance when the working group of General Council, currently assessing the implications of the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Workers) Act 2003 for the terms and conditions for all temporary contract staff in the Civil Service, will publish its guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Transport the number of US military personnel passing through Shannon Airport for each month of 2004 to date.
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3 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the decentralisation programme as it affects his Department.
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730 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider issuing medical cards to young travellers aged 16 to 18 who are not in full-time education, training or employment.
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705 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will outline the entitlements of sea fishery officers on five year fixed-term contracts with his Department in respect of parity with their permanent colleagues under the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Workers) Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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137 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the fact that he has decided to allocate special needs teachers to schools rather than to pupils, he also intends to allocate special needs assistants to schools rather than to pupils; and if so, when he intends this to come into effect.
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233 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will immediately sanction funding in order that priority patients awaiting orthodontic treatment at Millhouse, Ashtown Gate, Navan Road (details supplied) can avail of the treatment purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will urgently address the lack of a full time orthodontist at Millhouse, Ashtown Gate, Navan Road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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231 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no orthodontist working full-time at Millhouse, Ashtown Gate, Navan Road, (details supplied) despite a long waiting list for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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424 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a two week holiday visa made by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12.
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409 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will appoint an independent person to investigate the death of a person (details supplied).
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239 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the arms and armaments brought into the State by any agency of the US Government in relation to the visit by President Bush.
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50 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at the recent Euro-Atlantic partnership council meeting in Istanbul; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach when he next plans to meet the President of the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting between 25 and 26 June 2004 with the President of the United States, George W. Bush; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he held on the fringes of the G8 summit in Savannah, Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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33 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the matters discussed and conclusions reached at the recent G8 summit in Savannah, Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the discussions conducted and conclusions reached as regards the proposed EU constitution at the European Council in June 2004.
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6 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he held on the fringes on the European Council on 17 and 18 June 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at the European Council on 17 and 18 June 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a campsite was raided by gardaí in the Shannon area around the time of the visit of President Bush; the materials which were confiscated by gardaí; and the justification for this confiscation.
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125 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a commissioner of the Garda Síochána (details supplied) refused a request from this Deputy to be allowed to inspect the detention centre set up by the gardaí in Shannon industrial estate at the end of the protest march on 26 June 2004.
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124 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the detention centre set up by the Garda Síochána in Shannon industrial estate; and the number of persons who were detained there.
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123 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons arrested during a protest against the visit of President Bush on 26 June 2004.
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122 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons arrested during a protest against the visit of President Bush on the evening of 25 June 2004.
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61 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will immediately revoke the decision to withdraw two special needs assistant posts from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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