286 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department has achieved the target, set out in the initiation of the expenditure review initiative in 1997, that all Government expenditure be subject to a formal review under that initiative every three years; and if not, the areas of expenditure where the review has not taken place.
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285 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if all public services provided by his Department that are capable of electronic delivery are available electronically through a single point of contact, as was promised in the joint programme; and if not, if he will make a statement on each service not yet provided.
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284 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the pupil-computer ratio in primary and secondary schools compares with that in each of the other OECD and EU countries.
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282 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science the position in regard to the implementation of the Donagh O’Malley scholarships for students from areas of significant disadvantage, promised in the joint programme for Government; and the amount of money proposed, the areas to be covered and the timescale involved.
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281 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Education and Science if every school received support for the purchase of appropriate age related literacy tests to assist teachers in their work, as promised in the joint programme; and if not, his intention to remedy the situation.
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206 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the decentralisation implementation plan for his Department was not completed within the time limit set; and if the preparation of this report has involved the diversion of staff resources from other work.
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204 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the areas of expenditure of his Department in respect of which an expenditure review under the expenditure review initiative has not yet been completed and published.
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203 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has achieved the target, set out in the initiation of the expenditure review initiative in 1997, that all Government expenditure be subject to a formal review under that initiative every three years; and if not, the areas of expenditure in respect of which the three yearly review has not taken place.
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202 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if all public services provided by his Department that are capable of electronic delivery are available electronically through a single point of contact, as was promised in the joint programme; and if not, if he will make a statement or explanation in respect of each service not yet so provided.
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196 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he proposes to deal with the risks associated with decentralisation in the annual report of his Department for 2004.
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195 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if the decentralisation plan for all agencies under his aegis has yet been submitted to the decentralisation implementation group; and if not there reason therefor.
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194 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the contents of the guidance his Department has issued to other Departments on the question of risk management both in general terms and in terms of the particular risks associated with the relocation of Government offices.
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190 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the areas of expenditure of his Department in respect of which an expenditure review under the expenditure review initiative has not yet been completed and published.
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189 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has achieved the target, set out in the initiation of the expenditure review initiative in 1997, that all Government expenditure be subject to a formal review under that initiative every three years; and if not, the areas of expenditure in respect of which the three yearly review has not taken place.
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188 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if all public services provided by his Department that are capable of electronic delivery are available electronically through a single point of contact, as was promised in the joint programme; and if not, if he will make a statement or explanation in respect of each service not yet so provided.
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187 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of the Government’s expenditure review initiative by reference to the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on same.
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186 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance when the national public property register, promised in the joint programme, will be published.
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168 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the areas of expenditure of his Department in respect of which an expenditure review under the expenditure review initiative has not yet been completed and published.
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167 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his Department has achieved the target, set out in the initiation of the expenditure review initiative in 1997, that all Government expenditure be subject to a formal review under that initiative every three years; and if not, the areas of expenditure in respect of which the three yearly review has not taken place.
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166 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if all public services provided by his Department that are capable of electronic delivery are available electronically through a single point of contact, as was promised in the joint programme; and if not, if he will make a statement or explanation in respect of each service not yet so provided.
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164 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the spread of the grey squirrel, at the expense of the red squirrel, is having a negative impact on forestry development and biodiversity.
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150 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Defence if he proposes to publish the decentralisation implementation plan of his Department; and if not, the reason therefor.
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149 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the reason he did not provide a reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 91 and 92 of 2 June 2004.
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147 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the areas of expenditure of his Department in respect of which an expenditure review under the expenditure review initiative has not yet been completed and published.
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146 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Defence if his Department has achieved the target, set out in the initiation of the expenditure review initiative in 1997, that all Government expenditure be subject to a formal review under that initiative every three years; and if not, the areas of expenditure in respect of which the three yearly review has not taken place.
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145 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Defence if all public services provided by his Department that are capable of electronic delivery are available electronically through a single point of contact, as was promised in the joint programme; and if not, if he will make a statement or explanation in respect of each service not yet so provided.
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143 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Defence if the integrated personnel management system, promised in the Joint Programme, has been introduced; and the way in which this programme interacts with decentralisation.
135 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the decentralisation implementation plan for her Department was not completed within the time limit set; and if the preparation of this report has involved the diversion of staff resources from other work.
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133 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the areas of expenditure of her Department in respect of which an expenditure review under the expenditure review initiative has not yet been completed and published.
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132 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department has achieved the target, set out in the initiation of the expenditure review initiative in 1997, that all Government expenditure be subject to a formal review under that initiative every three years; and if not, the areas of expenditure in respect of which the three yearly review has not taken place.
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131 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all public services provided by her Department that are capable of electronic delivery are available electronically through a single point of contact, as was promised in the joint programme; and if not, if she will make a statement or explanation in respect of each service not yet so provided.
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123 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the areas of expenditure of his Department in respect of which an expenditure review under the expenditure review initiative has not yet been completed and published.
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122 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if his Department has achieved the target, set out in the initiation of the expenditure review initiative in 1997, that all Government expenditure be subject to a formal review under that initiative every three years; and if not, the areas of expenditure in respect of which the three yearly review has not taken place.
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121 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if all public services provided by his Department that are capable of electronic delivery are available electronically through a single point of contact, as was promised in the joint programme; and if not, if he will make a statement or explanation in respect of each service not yet so provided.
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77 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when the requirement whereby a person reaching 65 must first retire for a period before being able to work again and retain a pension will be removed, as promised in the Joint Programme.
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288 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the work done to date by the audit committee in her Department in examining the implementation of her Department’s risk management strategy in accordance with paragraph 6.51 of the Mullarkey report.
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291 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her Secretary General has tendered advice to her in pursuance of his personal responsibility as Secretary General under public financial procedures for economy and efficiency in the administration of her Department on the impact in the short or long-term on the economy and the efficiency of administration of her Department or its agencies arising from the Government’s proposals for decentralisation.
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290 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the audit committee of her Department will consider a risk assessment with regard to strategic, operational, financial and reputational risks of the implementation of the Government’s decentralisation proposals as they affect her Department or its agencies; and if not, the reason therefor, in view of the recommendation of the Mullarkey committee that such risk assessment be carried out.
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289 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will take steps to ensure that the annual report of her Department will contain a risk assessment of decentralisation, as it affects her Department or agencies under its aegis, dealing with strategic, operational, financial and reputational risks as set out in paragraph 6.31 of the Mullarkey report.
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287 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the Secretary General of her Department has provided her with advice in pursuance of the Secretary General’s responsibility as Accounting Officer under public finance procedures as set out in table 2 of the Mullarkey report; and if not, if she has requested such advice from the Secretary General.
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286 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has had a risk assessment carried out on possible consequential risks to the effectiveness of services provided by each Department or agency under her aegis which is to relocate under the Government’s decentralisation programme; if not, the reason therefor; and if so, if the risk assessment will be published, furnished to the Comptroller and Auditor General and accessible under the Freedom of Information Act 1997.
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281 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department’s audit committee will consider a risk assessment with regard to strategic, operational, financial and reputational risks of the implementation of the decentralisation proposals as they affect his Department or its agencies; and if not, the reason therefor, in view of the recommendation of the Mullarkey committee that a risk assessment be carried out.
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279 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work completed by the audit committee in his Department in examining the implementation of his Department’s risk management strategy in accordance with paragraph 6.51 of the Mullarkey report.
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282 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his secretary general has stated his personal responsibilities under public financial procedures for economy and efficiency in the Department; has he given advice on the impact in the short or long-term on the economy and the efficiency of the Department or its agencies arising from the decentralisation programme.
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280 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that hid Department’s annual report will contain a risk assessment of decentralisation, as it affects his Department or agencies under its aegis, dealing with strategic, operational, financial and reputational risks as set out in paragraph 6.31 of the Mullarkey report.
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278 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his secretary general stated his responsibilities as Accounting Officer under public finance procedures as set out in table 2 of the Mullarkey report; and if not, if he sought such advice from him.
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277 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a risk assessment of possible risks to the effectiveness of services provided by each Department or agency under his aegis that will decentralise has been carried out; if not, the reason therefor; and if so, if the assessment will be published, furnished to the Comptroller and Auditor General and accessible under the Freedom of Information Act 1997.
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266 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the work completed by his Department’s audit committee in examining the implementation of its risk management strategy in accordance with paragraph 6.51 of the Mullarkey report.
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230 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the work completed by the audit committee in his Department in examining the implementation of his Department’s risk management strategy in accordance with paragraph 6.51 of the Mullarkey report.
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