178 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children his views in relation to electrosensitivity; if he has consulted with sufferers; and the actions that have been taken following the recommendations of the All-Party Committee on Non-Ionising Radiation in November 1998.
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116 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will oppose lifting the EU arms embargo on China; and if he will consult with non-governmental organisations or issue a public report before any decision is made by the EU.
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24 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the knowledge his Department has of Sweden’s Lindgren law; and his views on its implementation in food production.
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21 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his attention has been drawn to the pressure on tomato growers with the rising cost of gas; and if he will examine with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the case made by the IFA of the extent to which CO2 sequestration is a feature of glasshouse tomato production.
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87 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the EU is considering sending troops to Sudan, as suggested by the chairman of the EU’s military committee, Gustav Hagglund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the outcome of the Conference on Conflict Prevention held in Dublin in April 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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126 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is a review in progress, or a review being considered, in relation to the policy of allowing US military aircraft and civilian aircraft carrying military personnel to land at Shannon Airport in view of the recent reports of systematic abuse of Iraqi detainees by US soldiers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a clear protest against the torture of Iraqi detainees by US soldiers when President Bush visits Ireland in June 2004; if he has already made such a protest to the US administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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271 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the eel population here was reduced in recent years; the scale of the reduction; its causes; and his plans to deal with the problem.
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119 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the report commissioned in Britain by the RNID and to the damage caused to hearing by loud music in clubs; if she intends to introduce some of the recommendations contained in that report; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will provide samples of the information pack provided to Fianna Fáil candidates and education spokespersons; when he notified each political party of the availability of the information service funded by his Department; his views on whether, in hindsight, the use of such public funds for dissemination for candidates of any party is unethical; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role of her Department in overseeing the work of the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs.
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150 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed about the Irish Society for Autism and the very large emoluments paid to the executive director; and if his Department have made any inquiries about this or about the relationship between ISA and a sister organisation called Autism Alliance about which very little seems to be known.
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102 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the number of times the new Government jet has been used in 2004; the persons by whom; the purposes for which; the costs incurred to date by its use; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the joint research projects being undertaken with the Department of Agriculture and Food, Teagasc and the farming organisations to develop the potential of renewable energy and biofuel sources from agriculture and forestry resources.
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40 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has carried out an analysis of the possible use of waste wood products from the forestry industry as a fuel mix in peat and coal powered electricity generation stations; and the level of substitution he views as possible in each case.
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273 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the percentage of the overall health budget that is allocated to the area of mental health; the percentage that is used for research into conditions such as bipolar depression and schizophrenia; and the reason mental health charities such as Aware do not receive State funding.
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115 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the public process which took place for the issuing of a tree felling licence (details supplied) at Derrybrien to complete the requirements of the environmental impact assessment; his views on whether, in cases in which such felling gives rise to a large amount of replanting above the 70 hectare limit, albeit spread over several dispersed plots, this should form part of the environmental impact assessment; and if the licence has been re-assigned to the project developer who claims to be the current land owner.
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114 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 15 April 2003 concerning the Derrybrien wind farm, the reason his Department subsequently issued a felling licence to Coillte on 20 May 2003, to fell 263 hectares of conifer type trees, with an obligation to replant 119 hectares at least in part in Christmas tree plots; and the further reason his Department accepted an environmental impact statement which was prepared up to six years earlier, in two separate stages, before many changes to the project had taken place which did not deal at all with the environmental impact of felling the trees and never mentioned the need for replanting.
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66 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence , further to his reply of 25 March 2004 concerning security preparations for the visit of President Bush to Ireland, if the security arrangements have been finalised; if so, the nature of the input from the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the meetings to date of the Government’s task force on emergency planning; the number of such meetings during the same time period in 2003; the initiatives this task force has taken in relation to the EU-US Summit in June 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance the number of tax expenditure currently made available; the estimated annual tax foregone from each measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance the numbers of civil servants who have been working in Dublin and are now working in another location after his recent Budget Statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the time of the last visit to a person (details supplied) from Irish embassy personnel; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person must buy all their own food, toiletries and clothing; if the Irish embassy can help with such costs as is the practise with embassies of other countries such as Britain, Germany and France.
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92 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) obtained an Irish passport from the embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in the name of another person; if it subsequently emerged that this person was not entitled to an Irish passport; if this person succeeded a second time in obtaining an Irish passport under a false name; 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 the response he has made to the serious concerns raised in writing to him on 3 March 2004 by the principals of ten second level schools in Dun Laoghaire regarding the difficulties faced by the 30 leaving certificate students transferred to Kilmallock House from the Old School House in Eblana Avenue, Dún Laoghaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the reference to partnership, equality and mutual respect contained in the Good Friday Agreement is being honoured in his treatment of the citizenship referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance if he has received a letter from a person (details supplied) with regard to a DIRT anomaly regarding minors; the actions he will take to rectify this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport when he expects negotiations with the public sector transport unions on the opening up of the Dublin and intercity bus markets to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the progress of these negotiations to date.
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114 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the Dublin Port tunnel to be open for use; and when a final decision will be made on the maximum height for vehicles using the tunnel.
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9 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress being made in implementing the waste water directive in light of delays in bringing into operation waste water secondary treatment plants to serve Balbriggan, Skerries, Loughshinny, Rush, Lusk, Donabate and Portrane in Fingal, County Dublin.
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120 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will give details regarding the impact of a recent court decision relating to absentee fathers.
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75 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the measures being put in place to protect citizens of EU accession countries, currently availing of supports, after 1 May 2004.
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830 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to intervene directly to ensure that the sewage treatment plant which he opened in Ringsend is functioning properly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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676 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of bodyguards he takes with him on foreign visits; if his bodyguards have immunity from prosecution if they shoot anybody in a foreign country in the line of duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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576 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of children suffering from inflammatory bowel disease; if this represents an increase based on the previously published figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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479 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps he intends to take to ensure that proper quality care is provided to the older person; the system that is in place to measure staffing levels in centres for older persons; and the further steps he intends to take to ensure that nappies are distributed to older persons.
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150 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the further reports on the matter he has received since the decision of Údarás na Gaeltachta to abandon the tender for sale of its 13-house complex at Eanach Mheain, Chontae na Gallimh.
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107 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the report received by his Department conducted by persons (details supplied) on subsidies made available to air and ferry services to the islands.
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126 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider setting up a task force on allergies and asthma with a view to initiating a strategy on these matters in order to reduce the number of persons suffering from allergies and asthma and to help those who do suffer to manage their problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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45 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Government has managed to increase breastfeeding rates in the past two years; the strategy he has to increase the number of women who breastfeed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the statistics available to his office on the amount of antidepressants prescribed to persons here by doctors; his views on whether too many antidepressants are being prescribed, as is the case in the UK; his plans to ensure that fewer antidepressants are prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department will consider pursuing a policy of buying churches and church lands on sale; and if his Department has developed a policy to deal with the large number of churches and lands coming on the market.
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325 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport if he intends to impose restrictions on heavy goods vehicles going through residential areas at night due to the high noise levels; if legislation can be used by local authorities to restrict such movements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been an increase in vandalism in the Pudding Row area of Dublin South East and that residents are not just concerned with damage to cars and homes but also have been subjected to intimidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the monitoring carried out of fish both caught and sold on the Irish market to measure the level of mercury that consumers may become exposed to.
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18 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the powers of direction he has to direct ESB National Grid or the energy regulator with regard to moratoriums on connection agreements with wind farm operators; his views on whether the recent moratorium on new wind farm connections was necessary and proportional in relation to the issues raised by ESB National Grid; and the targets and obligations outlined in the EU renewables directive.
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92 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if US Air Force Eagle fighters based in the UK will provide air cover during President Bush’s visit here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the US Air Force will be patrolling Irish airspace during President Bush’s visit here; if so, will special legislation required for foreign aircraft to police Irish airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter
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4 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his meeting in early March 2004 with the Bush administration on plans for the EU-US summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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