60 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the plans, if any, he has to bring all means tested payments up to the minimally adequate levels recommended by the Commission on Social Welfare in 1986.
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42 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if he has satisfied himself that the national anti-poverty strategy is proving to be an effective instrument in tackling issues such as child poverty and rural poverty in the light of recent reports which show both of these to be increasing even as the economy generates greater affluence for others; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the plans, if any, he has to bring all means tested payments up to the minimally adequate levels recommended by the Commission on Social Welfare in 1986.
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42 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs if he has satisfied himself that the national anti-poverty strategy is proving to be an effective instrument in tackling issues such as child poverty and rural poverty in the light of recent reports which show both of these to be increasing even as the economy generates greater affluence for others; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his views on whether it would be advantageous in the interests of the public health, and particularly the health and safety of children, to use the powers vested in him under section 5(1) of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1936, to describe the giant hogweed as a noxious weed as defined in that Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposals, if any, he has, either acting alone or in conjunction with the Department of Health and Children, to introduce primary or secondary legislation to provide the term noxious weeds to plants, including the giant hogweed which has become a major coloniser of our semi-urban watercourses in recent years and poses a significant health threat to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his views on whether it would be advantageous in the interests of the public health, and particularly the health and safety of children, to use the powers vested in him under section 5(1) of the Noxious Weeds Act, 1936, to describe the giant hogweed as a noxious weed as defined in that Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the proposals, if any, he has, either acting alone or in conjunction with the Department of Health and Children, to introduce primary or secondary legislation to provide the term noxious weeds to plants, including the giant hogweed which has become a major coloniser of our semi-urban watercourses in recent years and poses a significant health threat to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Mr. Gormley asked the Taoiseach whether he condemned the United States missile attacks on Afghanistan and the Sudan during his recent meeting with President Clinton at Government Buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs whether it is his Department's policy that unemployed young people who are offered employment or training and who refuse to accept may find themselves being cut off from receiving social welfare payments, even if these offers are thought unsuitable or unsatisfactory.
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7 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 34 of 2 December 1997, the status of the proposals on the review of the powers of internment as contained in the Offences Against the State Acts, 1939 to 1985, which he was to bring before Cabinet.
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7 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assistance, if any, that has been offered by this country to Afghanistan in helping to overcome the effects of the recent major earthquake in that country.
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6 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that, despite the recent report on the school transport scheme, it will remain the policy that charges should not be made for this service.
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17 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the regulations, if any, that exists within his Department to limit or to prevent the proliferation of communication masts in national parks and forests.
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17 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the regulations, if any, that exists within his Department to limit or to prevent the proliferation of communication masts in national parks and forests.
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276 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the current policy of the Government on the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment; and whether the Government will impose a moratorium on these releases.
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275 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the Government's policy, if any, on the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment; and whether the Government will impose a moratorium on these releases.
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276 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the current policy of the Government on the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment; and whether the Government will impose a moratorium on these releases.
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275 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the Government's policy, if any, on the release of genetically modified organisms into the environment; and whether the Government will impose a moratorium on these releases.
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