130 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights report for the week 13 to 20 January 2005, which stated that eight Palestinians, five of whom were civilians, including two children and an elderly woman, were killed and at least 20 others injured by the Israeli Defence Forces in Palestinian territories; his views on whether these actions are consistent with the human rights obligations of the Israeli Government under Article 2 of the Association Agreement between Israel and the European Union; his further views on whether the Israel versus Ireland match scheduled for 26 March 2005 and the Ireland versus Israel match on 4 June 2005 should be called off in view of continued human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his discussions with the Foreign Affairs Ministers of other EU states regarding EU battlegroups; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance when he will implement promised measures in relation to favourable tax treatment for the production of biodiesel.
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58 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the effects that the recent gas prices have had on tomato growers’ gas bills, which have increased by over 40% in one year; and the action she plans to take to alleviate the problem.
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1392 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the public appointments made in his Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September, 2004.
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1333 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to reduce air pollution in cities; if he intends to introduce legislation to allow local authorities to random test for smoke emissions and to impose fines for those in breach of emission limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1297 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the public appointments made in his Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September, 2004.
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1254 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science the public appointments made in her Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September, 2004.
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802 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the public appointments made in his Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September, 2004.
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682 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the public appointments made in her Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September, 2004.
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620 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the public appointments made in his Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September, 2004.
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598 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport the public appointments made in his Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2004.
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576 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport if he will encourage State companies, particularly transport companies, to use gas, biodiesel or fuel cells to reduce air pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter
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575 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport if he has had discussions with the developer of a new product of a company (details supplied); the steps he intends to take to encourage the use of this product; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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559 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the public appointments made in his Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2004.
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530 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the public appointments made in his Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2004.
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506 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the public appointments made in his Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2004.
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501 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if support will be given to Leinster Cricket Club’s application for the sports capital grant programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the public appointments made in his Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2004.
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446 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that funding for the UNFPA is assisting China’s one child policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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490 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made any representation to the Government of China regarding the death sentence imposed on a person (details supplied); if he has sought this person’s release or an open retrial of the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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489 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he raised the persecution of Falun Dafa in China with the Chinese Vice-Premier, Huang Ju, on his recent visit to Dublin, in particular the Vice-Premier’s personal endorsement of such persecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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431 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the public appointments made in his Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2004.
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410 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason a company (details supplied) has been given a licence to operate here; his views on whether competition is needed in the areas in which it operates to ensure a better service for customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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328 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the public appointments made in her Department since the Cabinet reshuffle in September 2004.
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215 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her plans to investigate the way in which health boards apparently paid out €85 million in 2004 to keep just 600 children in residential care; the fact that one health board is paying out €19,000 a week for special arrangements for one child; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. Gormley asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent trade delegation visit to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he has investigated allegations reported in publications (details supplied) that a Gulfstream V turbojet (details supplied) has been transporting tortured and kidnapped Muslims through Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the signing of contracts for four Air Corps helicopters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he plans to abandon the triple lock, amend the Defence Acts or seek amendment of the Constitution to facilitate Ireland’s participation in the EU battle groups or other military arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average length of time it has taken to process work permit applications which were made from January to June 2004; and the number of these applications which have not yet been processed.
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301 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will introduce a tax on plastic bottles similar to the tax on plastic bags; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of SSIAs; the way in which the current cost compares to the estimated cost to the Exchequer; if studies have been conducted of the impact of SSIAs on the retailing sector if this can be quantified; if there are possible negative consequences of a sudden consumer boom when the SSIAs reach maturity; if the Government has an overall strategy to deal with SSIA money re-entering the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which social welfare means testing arrangements are not to be applied to earnings gained from the special savings investment accounts.
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74 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures he intends to put in place in the event of threatened postal disruption.
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50 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which funding is to be used, having been diverted to his Department from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, for the administration of community employment, job initiative and social employment schemes.
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49 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the meaning of the concept of hosting new community development projects in which such organisations are prevented from interacting with development structures in their own right.
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208 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the cut in resource teaching time of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 4 who transferred from a school on 30 August 2004 and whose resource teaching time allocation was reduced due to the transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if it has come to his attention that many persons in television production are concerned about funding to TG4; his views on whether TG4’s funding needs to increase incrementally over the next four years from €30 million in 2005 to €44 million in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a mobile phone mast is being erected on the roof of the OPW buildings in Rathmines close to a school; if he shares concerns of local residents that this poses a serious health threat to the neighbourhood and particularly to school children; if he will therefore reconsider locating the mast in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has put procedures in place to determine the prospect of or to deal with the reality of human rights abuse of Irish citizen children of deported non-nationals who are taken out of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which he is to vindicate the constitutional rights of Irish citizen children of deported non-national parents who are taken out of the country, in terms of rights guaranteed by the Constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to legislate for the mandatory use of daytime running lights outside built-up areas in view of the experience in other countries in which this measure has yielded a significant reduction in certain types of accident.
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127 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to set up a redress board in order to assist the victims of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she intends to set up a redress board in order to assist the victims of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to implement the recommendations of the latest report on MRSA; the likely cost of implementing this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to implement the recommendations of the latest report on MRSA; the likely costs of implementing this; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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