38 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delay in the provision of a new classroom extension to Hewetson School in Clane, County Kildare, in the knowledge that there has been overcrowding in the existing school since 1987, approval for the extension was granted by the then Minister for Education in December 1989, and full planning permission was granted for the extension in January 1992 by Kildare County Council; the reason one of his officials (details supplied) failed to meet an arranged deputation led by the Bishop of Meath and Kildare on 23 April in order to discuss the extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
38 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delay in the provision of a new classroom extension to Hewetson School in Clane, County Kildare, in the knowledge that there has been overcrowding in the existing school since 1987, approval for the extension was granted by the then Minister for Education in December 1989, and full planning permission was granted for the extension in January 1992 by Kildare County Council; the reason one of his officials (details supplied) failed to meet an arranged deputation led by the Bishop of Meath and Kildare on 23 April in order to discuss the extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
2 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has formed an opinion as to the desirability of establishing a joint committee on Foreign Affairs.
62 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment when the assessment of housing needs, carried out by his Department earlier this year, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
62 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment when the assessment of housing needs, carried out by his Department earlier this year, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
26 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of applications received for carer's allowance up to 10 January 1992; the number of applications approved at that date and the number refused at that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
9 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties experienced by old age pensioners arising from the limited availability of black and white television sets and the difficulty in having such sets serviced; and if in view of this he will consider changing the free TV licence to cover colour televisions.
26 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of applications received for carer's allowance up to 10 January 1992; the number of applications approved at that date and the number refused at that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
8 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will list the positions within the United Nations and other international organisations, which are required to be advertised as available to Irish citizens; the number of such positions which have been filled within the past five years; and the number expected to be filled in the next five years.
17 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will outline such discussions as have taken place between officials of his Department and officials of the Department of the Environment so as to ensure the acceptability of a rent book as the basis for qualifications for a rent allowance.
17 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Education if she has reached a conclusion on the desirability of including the subject political and social studies on the school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
35 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the arrangements which are being made to ensure that local elections in respect of urban areas will take place next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
35 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment if he will outline the arrangements which are being made to ensure that local elections in respect of urban areas will take place next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach an bhfuil sé ar intinn ag an Rialtas na geallúintí i leith fheabhsú céibheanna in Inis Oírr agus Inis Meáin a chomhlíonadh.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach an bhfuil sé ar intinn ag an Rialtas na geallúintí i leith fheabhsú céibheanna in Inis Oírr agus Inis Meáin a chomhlíonadh.
11 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is discrimination against male primary teachers in the provisions of the social welfare pensions scheme and that the scheme provides for the payment of a widow's pension to teachers who pay class D PRSI and while all permanent and temporary teachers, male and female, are liable for PRSI at class D rate, a male teacher is not entitled to a survivor's benefit if his spouse dies; if he will make a statement on this matter and on the steps being taken by his Department and Government to eliminate this discrimination.
5 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Welfare the number of applications received for a carer's allowance up to 18 September 1991; the number of applications approved at that date and the number refused at that date; if, in view of the very restricted means testing applied to the carer's allowance and the reduction in uptake caused by such means testing, he will consider amending the regulations for the allowance to remove the means testing condition from the eligibility test for the allowance and to recoup part of the cost by designating the allowance as a taxable income; if he will further amend the scheme to prevent the exclusion of living alone benefits payable to persons before the carer came to live with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
42 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the most recent discussions on Cambodia that have taken place among the Foreign Ministers of the European Community and with representatives of ASEAN countries.
42 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the most recent discussions on Cambodia that have taken place among the Foreign Ministers of the European Community and with representatives of ASEAN countries.
11 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action the Irish Government will be taking during the remaining Dáil session and the recess to address the famine crises in Africa.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach an bhfuil aon saineolaithe ar shochtheangeolaíocht fostaithe go lánaimsireach, go páirt-aimsireach nó ar bhonn conartha ag Bord na Gaeilge le comhairle a chur ar fáil don bhord maidir le pleanáil teanga sa Ghaeltacht agus taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht; agus má tá, an raibh aon bhaint ag na saineolaithe sin le réiteach thuarascáil Uí Eithir ar Staid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach an bhfuil aon iarratas déanta nó á bheartú ag an Rialtas maidir le hairgead a fháil ó scéim MEDIA an Chomhphobail Eorpaigh nó ó chiste ar bith eile de chuid an Chomhphoball chun cabhrú le bunú agus reachtáil theilifís na Gaeltachta; agus má tá, an bhféadfadh an Taoiseach eolas a thabhairt ar an iarratas nó na hiarratais.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach an bhfuil sé i gceist aige duine ó na hoileáin Ghaeltachta a ainmniú ar Bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta nuair a bheas na baill nua den Bhord á n-ainmniú aige go luath.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach ar tugadh geallúint dhá bhliain ó shin do Bhrainse Údarás na Gaeltachta den Cheardchumann MSF mar chuid den réiteach ar aighneas tionsclaíochta in Údarás na Gaeltachta go gceapfaí ball den bhrainse nó de fhoireann an Údaráis ar bhord an Údaráis nuair a bheidh folúntas cuí ann; agus má tugadh, an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an gheallúint sin a chomhlíonadh ag deireadh mí na Bealtaine nuair a bheas folúntais ar Bhord an Údaráis.
36 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been-drawn to the public statements of the Spanish Government in relation to cohesion and the EC within the context of the Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
36 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been-drawn to the public statements of the Spanish Government in relation to cohesion and the EC within the context of the Intergovernmental Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
17 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if he proposes to issue a White Paper setting out the Government's position in relation to economic and monetary union following the report of the Intergovernmental Conference on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
33 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the tragic loss of life in Bangladesh and in particular the avoidable deaths that have occurred due to the failure of western Governments to provide such technical assistance as would have made dykes and sea walls more secure.
33 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the tragic loss of life in Bangladesh and in particular the avoidable deaths that have occurred due to the failure of western Governments to provide such technical assistance as would have made dykes and sea walls more secure.
6 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the initiatives he favours in terms of international action to deal with a Government level response to the structural bases of famine disaster and food shortage problems in Africa and elsewhere; and if the Government have taken any action to secure an international conference on such issues.
9 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Education the up-to-date position in relation to the provision of the new St. Joseph's School, Snipe Avenue, Galway.
15 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the continuing protests over the operation of the carer's allowance scheme, and the fact that only a small proportion of carers in the community are benefiting from the scheme; if, in view of the inadequacy of the scheme, he will consider removing the means testing element of the scheme and target the carer's allowance payments by subjecting them to taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
98 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the Government's position in relation to the recent speech by the President of the EC Commission, Jacques Delors, on the establishment of a Common European foreign, defence and military policy.
43 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the Government's attitude to the present position of the Kurdish people; if he has satisfied himself with the speed at which humanitarian assistance is being delivered to them; the proposals he has to expedite such assistance; if he will outline Ireland's position regarding the establishment of a Kurdish enclave and the territory to be covered by such; if he will further outline whether the proposals favoured by the Government for the relief of the Kurdish population include the Kurdish communities in Turkey, Iran, Syria and the Soviet Union as well as Iraq; and whether the Government will accede to requests they may receive from Kurdish refugees for asylum in Ireland.
43 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the Government's attitude to the present position of the Kurdish people; if he has satisfied himself with the speed at which humanitarian assistance is being delivered to them; the proposals he has to expedite such assistance; if he will outline Ireland's position regarding the establishment of a Kurdish enclave and the territory to be covered by such; if he will further outline whether the proposals favoured by the Government for the relief of the Kurdish population include the Kurdish communities in Turkey, Iran, Syria and the Soviet Union as well as Iraq; and whether the Government will accede to requests they may receive from Kurdish refugees for asylum in Ireland.
98 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the Government's position in relation to the recent speech by the President of the EC Commission, Jacques Delors, on the establishment of a Common European foreign, defence and military policy.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach cé mhéad airgid a chosain an tuarascáil a réitigh Údarás na Gaeltachta dar teideal Teilifís na Gaeltachta; cé mhéad de sin a íocadh le RTÉ as comhairle theicniúil agus cé mhéad a íocadh leis an gcomhlacht Stokes Kennedy Crowley as comhairle airgeadais a chur ar fáil.
7
D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach an bhfuil sé sásta le teorainneacha na nGaeltachtaí mar atá siad agus, mura bhfuil, an bhfuil sé i gceist aige iad a atarraingt.
10
D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach an bhfuil scrúdú ar bun ag Bord na Gaeilge faoi láthair maidir leis an nGaeilge sa Ghaeltacht; má tá, cén uair a thosaigh an staidéar agus cén uair a bheidh sé críochnaithe; agus an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an tuairisc ar an staidéar a fhoilsiú.
9
D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach ar chas sé féin nó an tAire Stáit i Roinn na Gaeltachta le haon eagraíocht Ghaeilge nó Gaeltachta le ceist Theilifís na Gaeltachta a phlé; má chas, cérbh iad na heagraíochtaí lenar chas sé agus cérbh iad dátaí na gcruinnithe agus an bhfuil sé i gceist aige castáil le haon eagraíocht eile sula nglacfar le cinneadh maidir le bunú sheirbhís teilifíse trí Ghaeilge.
59 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland has submitted a position paper outlining the concerns and priorities for the Government on the issue of EMU to the Inter-Governmental Conference; if the paper has been circulated to other member states; if it has been debated in whole or in part at the Inter-Governmental Conference; if he will arrange to have a copy placed in the Oireachtas Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
59 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland has submitted a position paper outlining the concerns and priorities for the Government on the issue of EMU to the Inter-Governmental Conference; if the paper has been circulated to other member states; if it has been debated in whole or in part at the Inter-Governmental Conference; if he will arrange to have a copy placed in the Oireachtas Library; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach ar caitheadh fós an £500,000 a cuireadh ar fáil ón gcrannchur náisiúnta do Roinn na Gaeltachta i 1987 ar mhaithe le seirbhís teilifíse trí Ghaeilge; murar caitheadh, an bhfuil sé i gceist é a chaitheamh i 1991; agus má tá, céard air a chaithfear é.
2 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on any initiatives Ireland, as a neutral nation, is willing to take to secure a speedy end to the Gulf war; if he will outline the position taken by Ireland in discussions within the European Community towards securing the basis of a negotiated settlement; and if he will further outline the measures Ireland will take to provide medical or humanitarian assistance to the victims of the war.
5
D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach ar chas sé nó oifigigh Roinn na Gaeltachta le hionadaithe RTÉ fós le bunú Theilifís na Gaeltachta a phlé; má chas, cén uair agus cén toradh a bhí ar an gcruinniú.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. M. Higgins den Taoiseach ar fritheadh aon mholtaí nó tuairimí maidir le bunú seirbhís teilifíse trí Ghaeilge ó Chathaoirleach Bhord na Gaeilge agus/nó ó Phríomh-Fheidhmeannach Bhord Soláthair an Leictreachais; má fritheadh, an raibh na moltaí nó na tuairimí curtha ar fáil ar bhonn pearsanta nó ar iarratas agus cérbh iad na moltaí agus na tuairimí a cuireadh ar fáil.
13 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Education the present position in relation to St. Joseph's Special School for the Mentally Handicapped, Snipe Avenue, Newcastle, Galway; whether it is proposed to now go to tender for the new building, as indicated in late 1990 by the Minister of State at her Department; and if she will say when the work is likely to start on the new school.
11 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he will outline the criteria for issuing invitations to community groups to participate in his pre-budget consultative forum; the basis on which a group like Family Solidarity was invited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.