162 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps his Department is taking to come to an agreement with Fingal County Council regarding securing a permanent site for Castleknock Educate Together national school at Beechpark, Dublin 15 at which a temporary school building is housed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps his Department is taking to come to an agreement with Fingal County Council regarding securing an extra classroom for Castleknock Educate Together national school (details supplied) at Beechpark, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting in February 2004 with representatives of the relatives of those who were killed in the Omagh bombings.
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23 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his recent meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with the political parties in Northern Ireland at Hillsborough Castle.
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10 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent contacts with the British Government; 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 his recent contacts with the political parties on Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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684 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will inquire from the Garda Commissioner if an adequate investigation was carried out into the death of a person (details supplied) in January 2000 following an assault earlier, in view of the Dublin Coroner referring the case to the Director of Public Prosecutions following a re-opened inquest on 31 August 2003.
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484 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason Blanchardstown hospital has not been given the funds to open immediately the new accident and emergency unit and related works; and if he will make the funds available without delay.
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483 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will make funds available for the construction of a health centre at Mulhuddart to cater for the rapidly increasing population of the area.
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340 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps his Department is taking to come to an agreement with Fingal County Council regarding securing a permanent site for Castleknock Educate Together national school at Beechpark, Dublin 15 at which a temporary school building is currently housed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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339 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Education and Science the steps his Department is taking to come to an agreement with Fingal County Council regarding securing an extra classroom for Castleknock Educate Together national school (details supplied) at Beechpark, Dublin 15; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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297 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to call for the reform of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights during Ireland’s Presidency of the EU in view of the fact that 25 of the 53 member countries of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights have not ratified all the conventions and agreements that this body is called on to enforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the amount of profits repatriated by multinational corporations here for each year from 2000 to the latest date in 2004 for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if the arrangements for the visit of the President of the United States of America to Ireland on 25 and 26 June 2004 have been finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the proposed agenda for the visit of the President of the United States of America to Ireland on 25 and 26 June 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the America-Ireland Fund dinner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his recent meeting with the President of the United States, Mr. George W. Bush; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach his priorities for the visit of the President of the United States of America to Ireland on 25 and 26 June 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the proposed agenda for his next meeting with the President of the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the conference, Breaking the Barriers: Partnership to Fight HIV-AIDS in Europe and Central Asia.
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4 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his recent meeting with the Palestinian Prime Minister, Mr. Ahmed Qurei.
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348 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork is a cause for concern and that legitimate questions may arise from this case regarding the impartiality of some judges and some members of the Garda Síochána.
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349 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, following assurances given by his Department to a person (details supplied) in County Cork that a care worker would ascertain their child’s well-being in England, this was ever carried out.
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347 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence regarding the family law case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork.
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259 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason 800 An Post workers are still suspended; and the action he is taking to resolve this dispute.
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38 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the Slovak Prime Minister, Mr. Mikulas Dzurinda.
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37 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the chair of the Convention on the Future of Europe, Mr. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing.
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36 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the French President in advance of the European Council meeting in March 2004.
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35 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his contacts with EU leaders following the terrorist atrocity in Madrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at the European Council meeting in Brussels on 25 and 26 March 2004.
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25 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the correspondence he received from the Prime Ministers of Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Poland and Estonia regarding the Lisbon Agenda of economic reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if Prime Minister Blair, Chancellor Schröder and President Chirac have communicated with him regarding their tripartite meeting in Berlin on 18 February 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his recent meeting with the UN Secretary General’s special adviser on Cyprus, Mr. Alvaro de Soto.
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22 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his recent meeting with the Finnish Prime Minister, Mr. Matti Vanhanen.
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21 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his recent meeting with the Italian Prime Minister, Mr. Silvio Berlusconi.
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20 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his recent meeting with the Portuguese Prime Minister, Mr. Durao Barroso.
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19 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his recent meeting with the German Chancellor, Mr. Gerhard Schröder.
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18 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his recent meeting with the Estonian Prime Minister, Mr. Juhan Parts, in Dublin.
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3 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the French Foreign Minister, Mr. Dominique de Villepin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with the president of the Union of Industrial and Employers’ Confederations of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has sought the support of EU leaders for the implementation of a clause contained in the draft EU Constitution that would commit all member states to help each other in response to terrorist threats.
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84 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will argue for the retention of the national veto in international trade agreements in the fields of health, education, cultural and audio-visual services, to be included in the draft EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter
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429 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will seek the introduction, as a matter of urgency, of legislation to compel all large companies and State bodies to provide free or subsidised child care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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351 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will seek the introduction as a matter of urgency legislation to compel all large companies and State bodies to provide free or subsidised child care facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance the measures he intends to take as a matter of urgency to help parents with the excessive burden of child care costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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