6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 1 December 1999, the way in which the National Centre for Partnership's training programmes for the private and public sectors are being delivered; the measurement mechanisms to monitor the success of the business plan for the joint delivery of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the bodies, if any, to which he made political appointments in 1999; the remuneration for the individuals involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the total expended by his Department on external consultancies in 1999; the average spent on each engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the plans, if any, he has to change the terms of reference of the National Competitiveness Council, which require it to report to him on key competitiveness issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will list the bound official publications issued by his Department in 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the number of requests for information to his Department under the Freedom of Information Act, 1997, which were refused in 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the way in which the Information Society Commission will provide each person with an e-mail address; if a directory will be made available of these e-mail addresses in the same way as the telephone directory; and, if not, the arrangements, if any, which will be made in this regard.
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9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if the Information Society Commission is involved in the fast track to information technology initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if, further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 12 of 1 December 1999, he has received the progress report on the implementation of the Government's strategy for the development of the International Financial Services Centre being prepared by the International Financial Services Centre Clearing House Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach whether his Department's contingency plan for testing for the Y2K bug was sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the way in which information systems in his Department dealt with millennium bug issues in the crossover from 1999 to 2000.
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4 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the number of staff in the media monitoring unit in his Department; the vacancies, if any, which currently exist or will exist in the near future; the mechanism by which vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach when the second phase of the study commissioned by the working group on basic income will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the number of occasions on which the Cabinet Sub-Committee on Infrastructural Development and Public and Private Partnerships has met; when the committee last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the effects of the dispute in the Chief State Solicitor's office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the plans, if any, he has to introduce amendments to the Constitution in 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if the Government has completed its consideration of the report of the Judiciary prepared by the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the progress, since 15 December 1999, of the talks with the social partners to negotiate a successor agreement to Partnership 2000.
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16 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the arrangements, if any, he has made for the continued participation of representatives of the Irish Farmers Association in the talks to negotiate a successor agreement to Partnership 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will include the Women in the Home organisation in negotiations leading to a new national agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the social partners on 8 December 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the farming organisations on 8 December 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with ICTU on 8 December 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with IBEC on 8 December 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the action, if any, he will take on the finding of the National Economic and Social Council in its recent report, Opportunities, Challenges and Capacities for Choice, to the effect that Ireland does not have a transparent system in which the public, social partners and legislators can be aware of the choices being made and debate issues of allocation of resources in an informed way on a timely basis; and his views on the criticism.
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9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the plans, if any, he has for women or men working in the home on an unpaid basis to be included as social partners in view of the fact that aspects of child care and taxation are to be discussed with the social partners in a formal way.
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7 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if his Department has been contacted by, or initiated contact with, the National Archives Advisory Council following the recent publication by the National Archives of papers originating in his Department relating to 1969; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the number of occasions on which he has exercised the powers conferred on him by the National Archives Act, 1986, in regard to the withholding of records for public inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the number of files relating to 1969 in the custody of his Department which were passed to the National Archives in 1999 prior to release for public inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the mechanism by which the inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings will be undertaken.
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18 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the recent report on decommissioning by General John de Chastelain to the Irish and British Governments.
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14 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the plans, if any, he has to visit the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his contacts with the political parties in Northern Ireland since 15 December 1999.
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12 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach his assessment of progress in implementing the Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the recent communication, if any, he has had with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Blair; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the recent communications, if any, he has had with the leadership of Sinn Féin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his recent meeting in Dublin with the First Minister of Northern Ireland, Mr. Trimble.
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6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to London on 17 December 1999 and his attendance at the British-Irish Council and Intergovernmental Conference meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Blair, at the EU Heads of Government meeting in Helsinki on 10 and 11 December 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the ways in which his Department will develop a strategic focus for this country's interests and image at international level as set out in his Department's Strategy Statement; the Departmental resources to be devoted to this task; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the contact, if any, he has had since the EU Summit in December 1999 with the President of the EU Commission, Mr. Prodi; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach his scheduled foreign visits abroad, if any, in the next four months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the communications, if any, he has had with the acting President of Russia, Mr. Putin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the EU Heads of Government meetings, if any, he expects to attend in the first half of 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to South Africa and Lesotho; the official engagements he undertook; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with other EU Heads of Government at the EU Heads of Government meeting in Helsinki on 10 and 11 December 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU Heads of Government meeting in Helsinki on 10 and 11 December 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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