1 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of the Government's plans to support the construction of a memorial monument in Messines, Belgium, to commemorate Irish First World War dead.
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3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the individual who will represent his Department on the forum to examine the operation and regulation of the taxi business.
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2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of the terms of reference for the forum to examine the operation and regulation of the taxi business; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of the additional staff, if any, that will be dedicated to overseeing his Department's Customer Services Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans, if any, she has to introduce a statutory minimum wage in view of the commitments given on this matter.
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8 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current position in relation to the proposals for a digital park to develop content industries using the most modern information technology as announced on 9 April 1997, as part of the information society initiative.
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74 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans, if any, she has to introduce a statutory minimum wage in view of the commitments given on this matter.
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10 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of his visit and address to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the meetings he had with political leaders on his visit to Derry on Friday, 10 October 1997.
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3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the progress, if any, which has been made on establishing a structure of co-operation between the Irish Food Safety Authority and the Independent Food Standards Agency proposed to be established by the new British Government in view of discussions by his predecessor with Prime Minister Blair on the matter and in view of the level of official contacts that have taken place in this regard.
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2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the discussions, if any, he has had with the British Prime Minister on the possibility of Ireland participating in the British Government initiative to set up a National Grid for Learning, franchised as a public and private partnership to help teachers update their skills and assist in the development of information technology in schools in view of the discussions by his predecessor on the matter.
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1 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the current position regarding the National Centre for Partnership; if all the relevant staff have been appointed to date; and if he will give details of the work programme of the centre.
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4 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will elaborate on his remarks to the Institute of Personnel Development's conference on 6 October, 1997.
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3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will give details of the main points in his speech to the Teagasc Amenity Horticulture Awards in the Botanical Gardens on 6 October, 1997.
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2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the steps, if any, which have been taken in his Department to protect its information systems against the millennium bug; the cost of such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will elaborate on his reported remarks when he met a delegation from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy recently.
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11 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his remarks at the opening of the Enterprise Ireland exhibition on 3 October, 1997.
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9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will summarise the principal points which he conveyed in his recent address to IBEC's conference on Irish business in the information age.
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6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach his views on the comment by the Northern Ireland Secretary, Dr. Mo Mowlam, that the talks in Northern Ireland could be completed by Christmas, 1997.
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9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach his views on the strategy statement recently published by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the plans, if any, he has to re-establish the all-party committee on the Constitution; 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 meeting with Prime Minister Juncker of Luxembourg; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the plans, if any, he has to travel overseas, in his official capacity, between 30 September and the end of December 1997.
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2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the meetings, if any, he has had with the social partners since 26 June 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the plans, if any, he has to meet the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, to discuss a follow-up to the Prime Minister's statement of 25 June 1997, or any other matters.
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3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the person under whose direction Minister Andrews will act in exercising his ministerial responsibility for European affairs.
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1 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the additional powers, if any, he proposes to transfer to the Minister for Social Welfare to enable him to fulfil his new responsibilities as Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs; and the existing Departments from which these powers are to be transferred.
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16 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry whether he has requested the European Commission to remove the concept of eligible land for grain production; whether both grain producers and landowners will have access to IBAs; and the criteria upon which quota will be available from a national reserve.
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68 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry whether he and his officials have co-operated fully with the live export trade to resolve the shortage of adequate ferry facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment the precise criteria by which particular parts of towns are chosen for urban renewal status as against other parts of the same town; the persons by whom the decisions are taken; the procedures, if any, that exist to ensure transparency and lack of favouritism in the making of decisions of this kind which can have the effect of enriching some property owners rather than others.
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12 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the steps, if any, he has taken as required under Article 28.5.2 of the Constitution, to keep the President informed on matters of domestic policy.
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