67 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether he has been proven completely wrong regarding the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq; if he regrets allowing Shannon Airport to be used by the Americans for their war effort in Iraq; 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 clarify the statement the Taoiseach made in Brussels in December 2003 that he was always against the war in Iraq; if he will outline that opposition; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of unemployed persons who have availed of new measures allowing the collecting of unemployment benefits at any location within the EU.
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111 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the response she has made to the 13 voluntary groups which have reacted negatively to recent cuts within her Department's Estimates.
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224 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to meet representatives of Burma's SPDC during the Irish Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to use the Irish Presidency to raise the issue of logging in Burma with both the Burmese Government and the Chinese Government, which import much of the hardwood; if, as part of Ireland's Presidency, the EU will make it illegal to import conflict timber and timber that has been logged, transported or traded illegally, and punish those companies and persons involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the report from the European Employment Task Force which reported in November 2003; and the way in which it is proposed that the main recommendations in the report will be progressed by the European Union and national Governments.
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135 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the full increase in the minimum wage will take place immediately; and if she will resist calls to defer half of the increase until 2005.
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107 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Dunne Inquiry is in difficulty in view of the fact that it continues to miss its own deadlines for reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the status of the Dunne Inquiry; when it is expected to report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on an end to animal experiments and vivisection; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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97 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science his views on whether the new national special education council should include a member of the INTO; the steps he intends to take to ensure that the INTO is represented on this council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance his views of whether members of the INTO will be met to discuss the proposed changes to pension terms for new entrants to the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made in the establishment of the EU's new armaments agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the amount of occasions the Government jet has been used since its delivery to the Government in December 2003; the purposes for which the Government jet was used; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the agendas for the various meetings of EU Defence Ministers and of EU defence directors during Ireland's EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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214 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the views of his Department on the findings on ecstasy use by the European monitoring centre for drugs and drug addiction on behalf of the National Advisory Committee on Drugs.
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397 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children when the smoking ban is likely to come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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396 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason the Office of Tobacco Control study into the economic consequences of the smoking ban conducted by a company (details supplied) has not yet been published; the cost of the study; when it is likely to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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395 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the details of the pilot primary care initiatives that have been implemented as part of the national health strategy 2001, specifically the costs, the difficulties in implementation, the duration of the pilot schemes and the way in which the pilot schemes will be generalised for other parts of the country.
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338 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will consider the application for a CABAS school in south Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the nature of the relationship between the national spatial strategy and the programme for decentralisation announced on budget day.
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99 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will avail of the Irish Presidency of the EU to support the idea of talks between FARC and the United Nations or the French Government to find a humanitarian resolution for over 800 hostages held in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the 47% rise in the number of persons incarcerated in the State between 1994 and 2002; and if he will give the latest figures for same.
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249 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science when he will sanction the new secondary school building for Muckross Park College in Donnybrook, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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165 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider the introduction of a separate public transport regulator for the greater Dublin area in conjunction with a separate national regulator to deal with other urban, inter-urban and rural services; and, in view of the difficulty in filling the position of taxi regulator, if he will also consider amalgamating the role of taxi regulator with public transport regulator within the one office.
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144 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Transport the direction his Department intends to give local authorities with regard to the introduction of new 30 kph. speed zones; and whether the use of such limits will be restricted to areas close to schools or to residential areas which already have physical speed restrictions or will local authorities be able to apply the new lower speed limit on other roads or on an area wide basis which they feel is appropriate.
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372 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the formulation of an international arms trade treaty; and if he will take to opportunity of the Irish Presidency of the EU to pursue this issue.
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371 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he considers that the Israeli authorities should not be held responsible for the destruction of Palestinian public infrastructure the provision of which was funded by the European Union; if he raised the matter during meetings with Israeli leaders in the course of his recent visit to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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370 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received reports on the Israeli incursion into the city of Nablus from 26 December 2003 to 6 January 2004; if his attention has been drawn to allegations of human rights abuses during this incursion; if he has made or proposes to make representations on the matter to the Israeli authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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357 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a representative of the United Nations human rights committee recently requested a meeting with a representative of Ireland to discuss the Government's response to the findings by the human rights committee that Ireland had violated the rights of a person (details supplied) under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; if such a meeting took place in Geneva during the last session of the human rights committee in October-November 2003, what was discussed at the meeting and the outcome of the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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197 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made in providing more beds in line with the Government's health strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the legislative programme required to implement his health reform and when we can expect to see this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm that the US Presidential aeroplane, Airforce One, accompanied by a number of fighter jets, overflew Ireland during the week of President Bush's visit to Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a rejection of the EU Constitution by Irish voters in a future referendum will endanger Ireland's membership of the EU as stated by the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Finance the reason he is not honouring his commitment to introduce a carbon tax as promised by him in the budget for 2003.
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1 Mr. Gormley asked the Taoiseach the agenda for the upcoming December 2003 EU summit on the Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the contact he has had with the management at Sellafield and the British Government having regard to the industrial action at Sellafield and the wish of the Irish public for the Sellafield plant to be closed.
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47 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government the contact he has had with the management at Sellafield and the British Government having regard to the industrial action at Sellafield and the wish of the Irish public for the Sellafield plant to be closed.
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74 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether certain aspects of the Hanly report may not be implemented due to a lack of support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether certain aspects of the Hanly report may not be implemented due to a lack of support; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether, if the new EU Constitution is passed as it stands, Ireland can participate in closer co-operation as regards a common defence under Article 40.7 without a further referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children if a decision has been reached with regard to the right to use the title, physical therapist, in relation to the Health and Social Care Professionals Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government if he will put in place a programme of support for anaerobic digestion projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that he can adjudicate on an issue regarding Carrickmines Castle (details supplied) given that heritage functions now fall within the remit of his Department.
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5 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the legislative package he intends to introduce to implement the new health reform strategy; when this legislation will come before the Cabinet and the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress which has been made regarding a final decision on a national stadium.
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69 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress which has been made regarding a final decision on a national stadium.
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120 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the preparations the Government is making with regard to the planned towing of 13 derelict US naval warships through Irish waters en route to the English port of Hartlepool for dismantling; the representations he has made to both the US and UK Governments on the matter; and the towing vessels which will be available to come to the assistance of the boats should they come into difficulties in Irish waters.
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