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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 1991
10 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach his views on whether defence related industries should be fully integrated into the disciplines of the European internal market.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 1991
9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will outline his views on the proposal by the Government of the Netherlands that, in the context of the current intergovernmental conferences, consideration should be given to improving compliance by member states with rulings of the European Court of Justice by considering the imposition of financial sanctions such as periodic penalty payments or punitive interest payments.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 1991
8 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if, in the context of the current inter-governmental conference, he will outline his views on the proposal of the Government of the Netherlands that the Court of Auditors of the European Community should be empowered to take legal steps to secure information from member states, from local Government and from offending institutions.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 1991
43 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline in relation to the proposed Government White Paper on marriage breakdown (1) the Minister or Ministers responsible for preparing same, (2) when it is likely to be published, (3) if the Government have given any direction as to the issues to be covered in it and (4) if it is intended to contain Government policy decisions on these matters.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 May 1991
43 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline in relation to the proposed Government White Paper on marriage breakdown (1) the Minister or Ministers responsible for preparing same, (2) when it is likely to be published, (3) if the Government have given any direction as to the issues to be covered in it and (4) if it is intended to contain Government policy decisions on these matters.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 1991
10 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the action he proposes to take on the conclusion of the European Council in Rome in December to the effect that the European Council emphasised the importance of the family as an essential aspect of solidarity and social cohesion; if he will outline the way he expects this conclusion to be translated into practical policies at Community and member state level; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 1991
9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if, having regard to the conclusions of the European Council meeting of 14 and 15 December 1990 in Rome, he will outline his view on the proposed involvement of the European Parliament in the appointment of the Commission of the European Communities and of its President; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 1991
8 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach his views on the arrangement that should be made to allow national parliaments to play their full role in the Community's development, having regard to the conclusions on this matter of the European Council on 14 and 15 December 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 1991
7 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach his view on the appropriate relationship, if any, between the Western European Union and the European Community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 1991
6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will outline his position in relation to the creation of a concept of European citizenship, having regard to the conclusions of the Rome Summit on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 1991
5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will outline his policy with regard to the conclusion of the Rome Summit that the concept of equality of opportunity for all Community citizens should be enshrined in the treaty governing the European Communities; if he will outline the way this Treaty provision might affect educational and other social policies which govern equality of opportunity both within states and within Europe as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 1991
4 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if, having regard to the conclusions of the Rome Summit on the matter, he will outline his views, on the possible establishment of a mechanism for the defence of European citizens' rights as regards European Community matters namely, a European Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 1991
3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will outline his views on the extension of competence of the European Community to each of the areas specified in paragraph 4 of the conclusions of the European Summit at Rome in regard to political union, namely (1) the social dimension, (2) economic and social cohesion, (3) the environment, (4) health, (5) research, (6) energy policy, (7) infrastructures and (8) European heritage, cultural exchanges and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 1991
2 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will outline his position on the view expressed by Chancellor Kohl and Prime Minister Andreotti, that parliaments of member states will need to have the conclusion of both the Intergovernmental Conferences ratified before the end of 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 April 1991
66 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the implications for the Irish economy in general and for employment in the food and agri-supply industries in particular of the reforms of the Common Agriculture Policy tabled by the EC Commission, he will initiate a series of visits to the Prime Ministers of all EC states to impress upon them the unique dependence of Ireland on agriculture-related employment.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 April 1991
66 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of the implications for the Irish economy in general and for employment in the food and agri-supply industries in particular of the reforms of the Common Agriculture Policy tabled by the EC Commission, he will initiate a series of visits to the Prime Ministers of all EC states to impress upon them the unique dependence of Ireland on agriculture-related employment.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 April 1991
14 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline his views on the recent recommendation of NESC that all tax expenditures be re-examined annually as an integrated part of the general public expenditure decision-making framework.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 March 1991
7 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Marine if he will give a breakdown on the achievement of the targets for 2,000 extra jobs in the sea fishing industry in paragraph 23 section 5 of the Programme for National Recovery; the number employed in this sector in (1) 1987 and (2) at the latest date for which figures are available; and his views on whether job creation in this sector has lived up to the targets agreed for it between the Government and the social partners in 1987.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 1991
76 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if financial assistance is being provided to have the birth place of George Bernard Shaw, at 33 Synge Street, Dublin, restored.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 1991
58 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications when NESC had the matter of An Post referred to them; the terms of reference given to NESC for the study; the date of commencement and deadline for conclusion for the study; the reason certain aspects of the An Post plan were excluded from the study; and the reason the Government themselves were not capable, within their own resources, of appropriately identifying the social role of An Post without the involvement of NESC.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 1991
58 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications when NESC had the matter of An Post referred to them; the terms of reference given to NESC for the study; the date of commencement and deadline for conclusion for the study; the reason certain aspects of the An Post plan were excluded from the study; and the reason the Government themselves were not capable, within their own resources, of appropriately identifying the social role of An Post without the involvement of NESC.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 March 1991
76 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if financial assistance is being provided to have the birth place of George Bernard Shaw, at 33 Synge Street, Dublin, restored.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 March 1991
19 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the number of occasions on which the Council of Defence has met in the last ten years; his views on whether the Council is performing an effective role; and, if not, if he proposes to disband it.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 March 1991
6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if the Director of the National Archives has, to date disposed of any archives on the basis that they do not warrant preservation; and if so, if he will give details of same.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 March 1991
5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if the Director of the National Archives has, to date, published any guides, lists or indexes of material in the National Archives, so as to make the material accessible to the non-specialist reader.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 March 1991
4 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if the National Archives have, to date, purchased any archival material under section 4 (1) (f) of the National Archives Act, 1986; whether funds exist for such purchases; and the criteria governing same.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 March 1991
7 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he has any plans to include further noncommercial State bodies as scheduled bodies under the National Archives Act, 1986.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 March 1991
6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the number of occasions to date on which the powers in section 8 (4) of the National Archives Act, 1986 have been used to certify records which are over 30 years old, as ones which should not be available to the public for inspection.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 March 1991
8 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment the reason there is no reference to the National Roads Authority in the Programme for Economic and Social Progress having regard to the various proposals for road development in the programme.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 1991
18 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Justice when he proposes to introduce legislation to deal with the recommendations in Report No. 32 of the Law Reform Commission on child sexual abuse.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 1991
6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will give a Cabinet Minister full-time responsibility for Northern Ireland affairs for the duration of the present Brooke initiative in view of the fact that Mr. Brooke has stated that one of the complications right through the process has been that the Minister for Foreign Affairs has been going around the world.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 March 1991
5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if any special arrangements will be made to commemorate the 75th anniversary of th death of John Redmond which occurs in 1993.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 February 1991
19 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will outline the way in which the activities of the National Development Corporation and the IDA are to be integrated, in accordance with his statement in December 1990, and if such integration will involve any change in the statutory independence conferred by the Oireachtas on the board of the National Development Corporation.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 February 1991
3 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he has received representations from the National Youth Council in respect of a statement made by him to Dáil Éireann on 30 January 1991 relating to the attendance of the council's representatives at meetings of the National Economic and Social Council; and if he will outline his response to these representations.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 1991
42 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his views on the recent recommendations of NESC that Irish agricultural structural policy should give priority to achieving effective land use rather than to maintaining the maximum number of holdings; and if he will outline the policy change he will make to achieve that end.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 1991
12 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposals he intends to make to the EC Commission in fulfilment of the commitments given in section VI (13) of the Programme for Economic and Social Progress to the effect that the Government is committed to examine with the EC Commission the need to extend the disadvantaged areas benefit to disadvantaged farms outside the designated areas particularly in the context of the outcome of the GATT talks.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 February 1991
42 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his views on the recent recommendations of NESC that Irish agricultural structural policy should give priority to achieving effective land use rather than to maintaining the maximum number of holdings; and if he will outline the policy change he will make to achieve that end.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 1991
6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if there has been any developments in respect of his suggestion made in April 1989 to President Gorbachev that he and the US President might hold a summit in Ireland.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 February 1991
5 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the present position in relation to the development of the proposed network of genealogical centres; the relationship between such centres and those already providing services of this kind on a commercial basis; and the developments in these matters since his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 28 November 1989.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
68 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland has tabled any proposals as to the (1) Constitution, (2) powers and (3) representative character of the proposed European Central Bank.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
68 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland has tabled any proposals as to the (1) Constitution, (2) powers and (3) representative character of the proposed European Central Bank.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
19 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the level of new car registrations to date in 1991; and if he will outline the extent to which this represents an increase or decrease on the level of new car registrations in the equivalent period in 1990.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
14 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will establish a clear procedure for the circulation of official documents to Members of the House with a view to ensuring that, where a general circulation is taking place of documents printed at public expense, the circulation should be to all Deputies simultaneously and that Government Deputies will not obtain advance copies of documents as occurred in regard to the recently published report of the Primary Education Review Body.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
13 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will issue any necessary advice to Ministers and Ministers of State as to whether they should be candidates in the forthcoming local elections.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
11 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach his views on the proposal in paragraph 953 of the White Paper on the arts Access and Opportunity that there be an annual President's evening at the National Concert Hall, to be televised by RTE, featuring the outstanding performers of the year in various branches of the arts.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
10 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the present position in relation to the establishment of an Irish National Film Archive.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach the present position in relation to the proposal to establish a National Gallery of Modern Art in accordance with paragraph 9.12 of the White Paper Access and Opportunity.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
8 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach his views on whether members of the Government should meet regularly with the NESC as envisaged in the terms of reference of that body.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
7 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will outline (a) the number (b) date (c) method of initiation and (d) purpose of each meeting between members of the Government and the NESC in accordance with paragraph 3 of the body's constitution and terms of reference in the past five years.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 1991
6 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Taoiseach if he will ask the National Economic and Social Council to conduct a study into the effect on the total Irish economy of the proposals by Commissioner Ray MacSharry to reform the Common Agricultural Policy.