14 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications her views on whether Irish hauliers on the continental route can compete successfully with their Northern Ireland counterparts; and if she has any plans to reduce the overhead costs for hauliers in this State.
14 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will outline his views on the fact that there is a slowing down in the length of time taken to assess applicants for non-contributory payments.
54 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Finance if he will give details of the number of companies which are operating under a licence outside the International Financial Services Centre, but who enjoy the tax benefits of the IFSC; the reason for the long delay in them moving on-site; and if he will amend legislation to regularise their position.
54 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Finance if he will give details of the number of companies which are operating under a licence outside the International Financial Services Centre, but who enjoy the tax benefits of the IFSC; the reason for the long delay in them moving on-site; and if he will amend legislation to regularise their position.
33 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Defence if the Army authorities are in a position, if requested by the UN, to send a peace-keeping battalion to Yugoslavia and Cambodia, and if any preparations are being made for such a development.
6 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Education if he is satisfied that adequate back-up will be made available to national school teachers if official assessment of pupils is introduced in view of the fact that such teachers have, over the years, assessed pupils in their classes and have not had any extra assistance in helping the known weaker children.
25 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) and Mr. Carey asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the number of people registered as unemployed in County Carlow for each of the last 18 months; and if he will make a statement on any new Government initiatives in this area.
1 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) and Mr. Carey asked the Taoiseach the estimated number of people who emigrated from County Carlow in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement on any new Government initiatives in this area.
39 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Justice whether any time limit has been set on the study by the Law Reform Commission of occupier's liability in view of the increasing concern about this issue in rural areas.
39 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Justice whether any time limit has been set on the study by the Law Reform Commission of occupier's liability in view of the increasing concern about this issue in rural areas.
28 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Labour if he intends to take any steps to protect workers from serious intimidation at a time of poor industrial relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
44 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Justice the measures he proposes to take in order to reduce the incidence of indictable crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
44 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Justice the measures he proposes to take in order to reduce the incidence of indictable crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
3 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Taoiseach whether, in conducting the labour force survey, the CSO have employed retired people in supervisory positions; and, if so, if he will outline the number involved and his views on whether in this day of mass unemployment, such a policy should continue.
10 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Labour if he will outline his views on current EC Commission proposals for directives on (1) part-time workers and (2) the length of working time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
13 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will outline the progress, if any, which has been made on the surveying of the land which is on appeal for disadvantaged area status.
26 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if he will outline his views on the conclusion by Commissioner Bruce Millan in his report Europe 2000 published on 16 October 1991, that the completion of the new high speed network associated with the channel tunnel will increase the relative peripherality of Ireland and certain other EC regions.
15 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Defence the number of flying hours involved, over the past three years, in transporting Government Minister around the country.
2 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the multiplicity of means tests for various social welfare benefits is (1) causing confusion amongst social welfare recipients, (2) a costly duplication of effort by social welfare officers and (3) creating a deterrent to employment creation in certain cases; if he will outline the progress, if any, which has been made towards producing a single means test for all social welfare schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
1 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to (1) the discrimination against widows contained in the PRSI for the self employed provisions of the Social Welfare Act, 1988 and (2) the fact that many widows are debarred from the widow's contributory pension scheme despite the minimum three years PRSI contributions being correctly paid and in order; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
17 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Labour if he has any plans to allow people in receipt of unemployment benefit rather than those in receipt of unemployment assistance to fill positions in FÁS schemes.
39 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Health if he will restore the drugs refund system to the monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
39 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Health if he will restore the drugs refund system to the monthly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) den Taoiseach cé mhéad clann atá fágtha sa Ghaeltacht ina bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar ghnáth-theanga an teaghlaigh agus cé mhéad clann sa Ghalltacht ina bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar ghnáth-theanga an teaghlaigh.
11 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will give a breakdown county by county of the number of people receiving a carer's allowance.
9 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will outline the number of people who are in receipt of the carer's allowance up to the end of April 1991.
28 Mr. Browne (Carlow/Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Energy if he will outline the progress which has been made on the establishment of a gas pipeline network; and if he will further outline his plans in relation to the sale and marketing of that supply when it becomes available.
17 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Education if she has any plans to alleviate the burden of VAT payments on school equipment through a supplementary grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
40 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if he intends to make further money available to Bord Fáilte for the promotion of tourism this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
13 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Social Welfare the reason a recipient of disabled person's maintenance allowance (details supplied) in County Carlow who is in residential care will not be allowed a free travel pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
13 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he has any plans to change the present system where a person who signs off at an employment exchange on getting a few days' work is then regarded as being self-employed with a weekly income in the following January.
15 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Education if she has any plans to readjust old style school desks so as to prevent backache starting in childhood.
12 Mr. Browne (Carlow/Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Finance when he proposes to give the go ahead for the replacement of prefabricated buildings by a permanent structure at the tax office in Kilkenny.
23 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Education if the 500 new posts promised by her for the new pupil-teacher ratio in September 1990 remains the policy of her Department.
36 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Justice if he is prepared to introduce legislation to place the profession of barrister on a statutory footing as is the case with the profession of solicitor, with a view to promoting public accountability of the legal profession as a whole.
36 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Justice if he is prepared to introduce legislation to place the profession of barrister on a statutory footing as is the case with the profession of solicitor, with a view to promoting public accountability of the legal profession as a whole.
16 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Tourism and Transport if his attention has been drawn to the dissatisfaction in the tourism industry regarding the European report on tourism.
1 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Taoiseach if he will introduce legislation to allow the George Bernard Shaw Fund to be used as originally planned for the arts in Carlow.
43 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total budget provided for CBF for 1989 and 1990; and the markets which they exclusively operated.
43 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the total budget provided for CBF for 1989 and 1990; and the markets which they exclusively operated.
16 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider having a clean-up carried out on the front of Leinster House facing Kildare Street.
23 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Finance when the Office of Public Works sanctioned the placing of a weir fully across the River Slaney at Rathvilly, Carlow; the reason sanction was given; the consideration, if any, which was given to the raising of water levels because of the weir; and the name(s) of the person(s) responsible for the resulting flooding of adjoining farmlands upstream.
106 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Education the reason the Murphy Committee on Primary Education, appointed by her, has only two parent representatives.
106 Mr. Browne (Carlow-Kilkenny) asked the Minister for Education the reason the Murphy Committee on Primary Education, appointed by her, has only two parent representatives.