63 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy objectives in regard to biofuel production and in keeping with the Kyoto Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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96 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of buses providing school transport which are fitted with seat belts; the number of school bus passengers usually sharing two seats among three; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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68 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science when the Third Level Student Support Bill will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had discussions with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on the future responsibilities of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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109 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has as yet had any contact with the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mr. Mahamoud Abbas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person married to an Irish citizen (details supplied) will be allowed to remain here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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41 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to undertake a study of the impact of the maturity of SSIAs on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she intends to take to address the situation whereby ERS farmers are finding it difficult to lease land; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the assessment carried out by her Department regarding the implications of the SFP on the ERS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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343 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that over 80 children who applied for secondary school places in Limerick in accordance with the scheme negotiated with her predecessor have been allocated no place, despite listing five schools in order of preference; the action she will take to ensure that they are offered appropriate places in secondary school; her views on the manner in which the scheme in question has operated this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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313 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a joint spouse visa will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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312 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently working to assist those affected by the December 2004 tsunami; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the representations he has received relating to the groceries order; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress to date of the consumer strategy group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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110 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons who are eligible for the family income supplement but are not availing of the scheme; the number of persons who avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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123 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that no further funding is available for a special school (details supplied) in County Limerick for autistic children; if she will review the situation with a view to providing funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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348 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet a delegation from the Shannon Rail Partnership to discuss a number of issues arising from the feasibility study being undertaken by Iarnród Éireann to consider the viability of the proposal to develop a Shannon rail link; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the recommendations of the radiation oncology report are still part of Government policy; if they have been modified; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action his Department is taking to increase the number of blue flag beaches and to improve water quality for visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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102 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether his Department’s website is suitably user friendly to meet the needs of its customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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85 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which national oil reserves and storage are adequate to meet contingencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had discussions with the regulator in regard to the development of alternative energy sources; the extent to which he expects such sources to contribute to national energy requirements in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools listed on the schools building programme which have already been granted planning permission for refurbishment and construction works to be undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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186 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the millennium development goals will be achieved; the action being taken by the Government to progress the goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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135 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to the tsunami-affected countries in south-east Asia; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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243 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a REP scheme payment will be made to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick.
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114 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if nurses working in the area of learning disability are earning considerably less than child care workers working in the same area; her views on whether this is anomalous; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty in recruiting qualified nurses to work in this area due to this anomaly; the steps she intends to take to rectify the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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176 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will meet with a delegation from a centre (details supplied) in County Limerick to discuss appropriate grant aid from his Department to fund the construction of a new resource centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the assessment carried out by her Department regarding the implications of the SFP on the ERS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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24 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she intends to take to address the situation whereby ERS farmers are finding it difficult to lease land; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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787 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will discuss with the Garda Commissioner the setting up of an early warning and communications system on child abduction along the lines of AMBER Alert in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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689 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reconsider his decision to refuse a visa to a person (details supplied).
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60 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the amount that has been expended in 2003 and to date in 2004 by his Department in the media for the purpose of advertising programmes, schemes and other activities of his Department; the amount paid to each media outlet in the respective years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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378 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will review the terms of employment of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick who has been given inferior terms of employment to colleagues who held permanent posts with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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330 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of firearm certificates issued to date in 2004; the number issued in 2002 and 2003 under section 3 of the Firearms Act 1925; the make, model and type of each fire arm for which such a certificate was issued; the conditions that were applied to such certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of the request by Limerick City Council to extend its boundary to include Coonagh, Caherdavin, Castletroy, Rosbrien and Mungret; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if any of his officials has forwarded advice from the Office of the Attorney General or other legal advice to Limerick City Council regarding the provision of a waiver scheme in accordance with section 75 of the Waste Management Act 1996 (details supplied); if the purpose of forwarding this advice was to inform the city manager that the city council would be acting ultra vires if it made financial provision in the 2005 estimates for a waiver scheme from charges for collection of domestic refuse by private collectors; if this communication with the city manager was an instruction not to prepare an estimate which included such a provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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404 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science if she has received further evidence in support of an application for resource teaching for a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if she will review the application based on this evidence; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the age profile of the existing nursing staff in psychiatry (details supplied); the steps being taken to remedy this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when she will publish waiting lists for surgical and medical treatments at each hospital in each health board region in view of the fact that the last comprehensive waiting list is from December 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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182 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will make provision in the Social Welfare Bill for a waiver scheme from charges for the collection of domestic refuse by private contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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95 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if a national audit of sports facilities has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has identified services most likely to be complementary to the post offices and the postal services generally; if he has considered the way in which such services might best be incorporated in those already provided by An Post with particular reference to the future of the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Education and Science the reasons behind the considerable underspend in the primary education budget for 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the recently published Amnesty International report on human rights in Nigeria; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the potential for agreement in Northern Ireland before the end of November 2004; if agreement that would see the resumption of the work of the Assembly will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the exposure of the economy to reversals in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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204 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Finance the amount of single premium insurance written by the industry in each year from 1988 to 2001 inclusive; the reason for the variation in amounts from year to year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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