182 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the plans he has to provide employment for Customs officials whose work will no longer be necessary as a result of the creation of the barrier free Internal Market in Europe.
176 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the proposals, if any, he has for the future employment of those currently involved in Customs work on the Border once the European Single Market comes into being.
182 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the plans he has to provide employment for Customs officials whose work will no longer be necessary as a result of the creation of the barrier free Internal Market in Europe.
176 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance the proposals, if any, he has for the future employment of those currently involved in Customs work on the Border once the European Single Market comes into being.
2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he has raised with the British Prime Minister the threat to the livelihood of those in the agricultural and food industries of the Dunkel proposals to conclude the world trade talks, in light of the possibility that these matters may be raised at a G7 meeting at which Ireland will not be directly represented.
58 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his views on whether the number of German members of the European Parliament should be increased to take account of the increased size of Germany relative to other member states following German reunification.
11 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his views on whether the proposed article 3 (B) of the Treaty of Maastricht on subsidiarity, (1) can be used to legally limit the scope of action of the Community and (2) is in Ireland's interest.
58 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his views on whether the number of German members of the European Parliament should be increased to take account of the increased size of Germany relative to other member states following German reunification.
13 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he has any plans to meet with other EC Heads of Government in regard to EC matters in advance of the next EC Summit.
12 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he proposes to introduce any system for (a) the briefing of non-Government parties on public business and (b) allowing non-Government parties confidential access to official reports in costing of policy proposals similar to the access enjoyed by the two Government parties during the recent renegotiation of their inter-party agreement.
7 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he proposes to establish an all-party forum on jobs, involving the social partners; and if he accepts the proposed terms of reference for such a forum forwarded to him by Fine Gael.
6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he intends to amalgamate the Government task force on employment and the separate task force established to implement the Culliton report; and, if not, if he will outline the relationship, envisaged between the two task forces.
3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will outline any new initiatives he intends to take to control the growing unemployment crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he has any plans to confer additional powers or functions on the President by law within Article 13 (1) of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
1 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he has any plans to amend Article 12 (9) of the Constitution which states that the President shall not leave the State except with the consent of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
20 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he intends to take any initiatives to improve the climate for the success of the talks process with the Northern Ireland political parties, initiated by the British Prime Minister, with particular reference to changes in Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution.
13 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will outline his plans for (1) a foreign affairs committee, (2) a European affairs committee, and (3) the existing Committee on EC Secondary Legislation.
12 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will propose the establishment of a comprehensive Dáil committee system, covering all Government Departments, which will be able to deal with spending Estimates and Committee Stages of Bills sponsored by these Departments on a line by line basis.
11 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will introduce an explicit ethics code for serving politicians with an accompanying institution to enforce such a code.
56 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment if any decision has yet been made in respect to the system of election to apply in Ireland for the European Parliament Elections of 1994.
56 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment if any decision has yet been made in respect to the system of election to apply in Ireland for the European Parliament Elections of 1994.
2 Mr. J Bruton asked the Taoiseach whether the task force on employment set up in the summer of 1991 have completed their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
13 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the meetings he has had with leaders of the trade unions, the employers and the farmers on the Programme for Economic and Social Progress.
6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the plans the Government have to encourage the political parties in Northern Ireland to enter discussions with each other; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
4 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on Irish security and defence policy, in the context of the reference in paragraph 4 of Article D of the provisions of the Treaty of Maastricht governing a common foreign and security policy to show respect for the specific character of the security and defence policy of certain member states.
3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if the Western European Union is an integral part of the new European Union created under the Treaty of Maastricht; and if so, if he will outline Ireland's future relationship with the Western European Union.
2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will outline his proposals as to the method of selection of the nine Irish members of the Committee of the Regions to be set up under article 198A of the Maastricht Treaty.
1 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will outline his views as to the way in which the European Community should use the powers conferred on it by Title XVI of the Treaty of Maastricht in cultural matters.
43 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Labour if Ireland currently complies, in full, with all provisions of the EC Social Charter; if not, if he will outline the areas of non-compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
38 Mr. J. Bruton 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.
38 Mr. J. Bruton 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.
43 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Labour if Ireland currently complies, in full, with all provisions of the EC Social Charter; if not, if he will outline the areas of non-compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
16 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce his views on the proposals made in the current GATT round to phase out the current multifibre arrangement; and the implications of such phasing out for employment in the Irish textile and clothing industries.
8 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce his views on whether the US-Canada Trade Agreement is compatible with the GATT system in light of the recent GATT working party report to the GATT on the subject.
5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the number of occasions in the past 12 months in which he visited the President to keep her informed on matters of domestic and international policy in accordance with Article 28.5 (ii) of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
88 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for his Department and the Departments of Justice and Industry and Commerce to co-operate closely with a view to introducing legislation to require all those who act as investment brokers, or who accept people's money for investment in third party companies, to subscribe towards a fund to compensate investors in the event that the brokerage becomes insolvent.
88 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he will arrange for his Department and the Departments of Justice and Industry and Commerce to co-operate closely with a view to introducing legislation to require all those who act as investment brokers, or who accept people's money for investment in third party companies, to subscribe towards a fund to compensate investors in the event that the brokerage becomes insolvent.
43 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether, he sought a repudiation of the statement reportedly made last week at a meeting of the Anglo-Irish Parliamentary Body by the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, claiming to speak for the Northern Ireland Office, that commitments in the communique issued with the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 to the early implementation of the agreement, specifically in this instance the early implementation of Article 7c of the agreement through the application of the principle of accompaniment, save in the most exceptional circumstances, of the armed forces in Northern Ireland by the RUC on occasions when they are likely to come in contact with the community, are not under the agreement binding international obligations.
43 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether, he sought a repudiation of the statement reportedly made last week at a meeting of the Anglo-Irish Parliamentary Body by the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, claiming to speak for the Northern Ireland Office, that commitments in the communique issued with the Anglo-Irish Agreement of 1985 to the early implementation of the agreement, specifically in this instance the early implementation of Article 7c of the agreement through the application of the principle of accompaniment, save in the most exceptional circumstances, of the armed forces in Northern Ireland by the RUC on occasions when they are likely to come in contact with the community, are not under the agreement binding international obligations.
4 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach (1) the number of times the National Heritage Council have met as a council, (2) the number of meetings that have taken place with interest groups, (3) the number of interest groups that were met; and if he will give details of the interest groups, if any, which were met.
28 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce when he expects his discussions with the Minister for Energy in regard to alleged unfair trading by the ESB in selling electrical goods will be concluded; and when he will make an announcement on the matter.
28 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce when he expects his discussions with the Minister for Energy in regard to alleged unfair trading by the ESB in selling electrical goods will be concluded; and when he will make an announcement on the matter.