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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108 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a new resolution on Iraq is expected before the United Nations Security Council; the elements the Government will want included in such a resolution; if the Government intends to provide troops for a UN peacekeeping force in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a new resolution on Iraq is expected before the United Nations Security Council; the elements the Government will want included in such a resolution; if the Government intends to provide troops for a UN peacekeeping force in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he will discontinue the practice of forcing the Government jet to fly from Baldonnel to Dublin Airport to pick up the Taoiseach or Ministers flying to foreign destinations, thereby saving considerable expense and wear and tear on the aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the reason, following his attendance at an EU defence meeting in Brussels on 20 May 2003, he indicated that the Defence Acts may now have to be amended to lift the restrictions on Irish forces serving abroad without a UN mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he will discontinue the practice of forcing the Government jet to fly from Baldonnel to Dublin Airport to pick up the Taoiseach or Ministers flying to foreign destinations, thereby saving considerable expense and wear and tear on the aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the reason, following his attendance at an EU defence meeting in Brussels on 20 May 2003, he indicated that the Defence Acts may now have to be amended to lift the restrictions on Irish forces serving abroad without a UN mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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73 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the structure which exists for the regulation of hedge funds which are registered or incorporated within the State; and her plans for the introduction of further regulation of such funds concentrating on consumer protection requirements and the regulation of mandatory reporting conditions for such funds.
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73 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the structure which exists for the regulation of hedge funds which are registered or incorporated within the State; and her plans for the introduction of further regulation of such funds concentrating on consumer protection requirements and the regulation of mandatory reporting conditions for such funds.
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81 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which the White Paper on Rural Development has been progressed by the Government.
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81 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which the White Paper on Rural Development has been progressed by the Government.
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3 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the fact that, under Article 30.7 of the draft EU constitution, a referendum would not be required for Ireland to become involved in closer defence co-operation which would include common defence.
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3 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the way in which he can justify replacing the Government jet with two jets, in view of the fact that aviation experts agree that the G4 ought to have, under normal circumstances, many more years of productive life; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her Department will be carrying out a review of the work of the Health and Safety Authority following the refusal by An Bord Pleanála to grant approval of the Bellnaboy gas terminal in County Mayo; the reason the HSA was only available for one day during the An Bord Pleanála oral hearing; the further reason the HSA only carried out an assessment on the area inside the fence of the development; the further reason the HSA described the project as a low tier project which would require no internal safety study from a company (details supplied) or an external safety plan; the further reason the HSA did not examine the pipeline from the landfall of the site to the terminal; and the further reason the dumping of 650,000 cu. m. excavated peat and other material from the site and its dumping onto neighbouring peat bog was not seen as the health and safety problem that An Bord Pleanála recognised.
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10 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science if he proposes to sanction the building of prefabs at Griffeen Valley Educate Together in view of the fact that parents and teachers are being pushed to the wire on the number of classes for September 2003.
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178 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received a detailed document outlining current concerns and recommendations in relation to the human rights situation in West Papua from West Papua Action in advance of the upcoming 59th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights; and the approach the Government will take in Geneva as a member of the Commission on Human Rights in relation to West Papua.
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113 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will call on the UN Secretary General to instigate a review of the UN's conduct in relation to the Act of Free Choice in West Papua in 1968-69, similar to the review he instigated in 1999 into the UN's conduct in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, in view of the fact that the evidence indicates that the conduct of the United Nations in the events surrounding the now discredited Act of Free Choice in West Papua brings the reputation of the UN into disrepute and in view of the Government's repeatedly stated commitment to the primacy of the United Nations in Irish foreign policy.
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110 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's position regarding the recently proposed US-UK resolution on Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has received a detailed document outlining current concerns and recommendations in relation to the human rights situation in West Papua from West Papua Action in advance of the upcoming 59th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights; and the approach the Government will take in Geneva as a member of the Commission on Human Rights in relation to West Papua.
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113 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will call on the UN Secretary General to instigate a review of the UN's conduct in relation to the Act of Free Choice in West Papua in 1968-69, similar to the review he instigated in 1999 into the UN's conduct in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide, in view of the fact that the evidence indicates that the conduct of the United Nations in the events surrounding the now discredited Act of Free Choice in West Papua brings the reputation of the UN into disrepute and in view of the Government's repeatedly stated commitment to the primacy of the United Nations in Irish foreign policy.
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110 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's position regarding the recently proposed US-UK resolution on Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the rules of engagement of the Defence Forces currently deployed to protect Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the rules of engagement of the Defence Forces currently deployed to protect Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if each stage of the proposed study to be undertaken by Forfás to examine aspects of the Irish arms trade, as well as the final report, will be open and inclusive to non-Government bodies that have an interest in the area; and her plans regarding the enactment of recommendations made by the Forfás document.
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112 Mr. Gormley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if each stage of the proposed study to be undertaken by Forfás to examine aspects of the Irish arms trade, as well as the final report, will be open and inclusive to non-Government bodies that have an interest in the area; and her plans regarding the enactment of recommendations made by the Forfás document.
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95 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason he has failed to address the crisis in hospital accident and emergency departments despite the setting up of a task force a year ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason he has failed to address the crisis in hospital accident and emergency departments despite the setting up of a task force a year ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will continue to make airports and airspace available to United States forces if the US carries out an attack against Iraq without a United Nations mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will continue to make airports and airspace available to United States forces if the US carries out an attack against Iraq without a United Nations mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence his views on the proposals contained in the Barnier report of the working group on Defence for the Convention on the Future Europe, in particular, section 49, which raises the concept of EU states agreeing a percentage of their GNP to be devoted to their national defence budgets and that a certain proportion of the defence budget be spent on equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the outcome of the EU Summit in Seville, particularly in relation to the Declaration on Neutrality to be attached to the Nice treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the outcome of the EU Summit in Seville, particularly in relation to the Declaration on Neutrality to be attached to the Nice treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts he or the Government has made with the US or the UK Governments, or at EU or UN level, concerning the condition and status of prisoners from the Afghan War being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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5 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the progress on decommissioning under the Good Friday Agreement.
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7 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to deal with the problem of house and car alarms which cause disturbance in neighbourhoods; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the situation regarding the readiness of the European Union's Rapid Reaction Force; the military capabilities the Government has pledged to this force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the situation regarding the readiness of the European Union's Rapid Reaction Force; the military capabilities the Government has pledged to this force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent meeting in Dublin with the German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer.
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50 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent meeting in Dublin with the German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer.
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78 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he will update reports on the risks to Irish and other soldiers from depleted uranium in Kosovo; and the initiatives he has taken to ensure that Irish soldiers are not exposed to depleted uranium during exercises, training or operations with either NATO'S Partnership for Peace or the EU's new Rapid Reaction Force.
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78 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence if he will update reports on the risks to Irish and other soldiers from depleted uranium in Kosovo; and the initiatives he has taken to ensure that Irish soldiers are not exposed to depleted uranium during exercises, training or operations with either NATO'S Partnership for Peace or the EU's new Rapid Reaction Force.
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43 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the ongoing negotiations for the Treaty of Nice and, in particular, on the results of last week's meeting at Biarritz, France.
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26 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent developments in Yugoslavia and Irish Government and EU policy towards the region.
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43 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the ongoing negotiations for the Treaty of Nice and, in particular, on the results of last week's meeting at Biarritz, France.
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