1 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for the Marine the plans, if any, he has to improve the air/sea rescue services, particularly night-time operations.
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19 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for the Marine the steps, if any, he has taken to ascertain from the British Government the amounts and the composition of all hazardous wastes dumped by British Authorities in the Irish Sea and the North East Atlantic and the dates on which such dumping occurred; the further steps, if any, he has taken to ensure that there is no further development of this kind; and the resources available to protect the Marine environment from this lethal danger.
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17 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Defence the progress, if any, he has made on the restructuring of the Defence Forces and new recruitment; the consultative procedures he has put in place with representatives of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Defence if he has satisfied himself with the level of manpower available in the Naval Service; if he considers the existing levels to be adequate for fishery protection, surveillance on the importation of illicit drugs and emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for the Marine if he is accepting the proposal which was put forward by EU Agricultural Commissioner, Mr. Franz Fischler, which will force Irish fishermen to pay for hygiene checks.
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2 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Defence if he will approve the lands for disposal to Wicklow County Council to enable the west Wicklow water scheme to proceed in view of the substantial sums already spent on site investigation and the need for a water supply in the west Wicklow area.
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1 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Defence if the voluntary retirement package promised to members of the Defence Forces will be introduced in 1995; and if he will ensure the present proposals with regard to cutbacks in his Department will not interfere with this scheme.
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9 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the deterioration in the quality of water in many of our lakes and the consequential effect on fishing and fishing stocks; and his views in relation to the suspension of the control of farmyard pollution schemes.
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6 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Defence the plans, if any, he has to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Naval Service; and if he will present a silver jubilee medal to serving and past members to honour this historic occasion.
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4 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for the Marine his views on the measures proposed by the EU Commission for the partial financing of national early retirement schemes for fishermen, individual compensatory payments to fishermen, aid for the establishment of a bad weather unemployment fund and a mechanism for the financial compensation of fishermen; if he will support these measures; and the likely timespan for implementation of these measures.
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1 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Defence the proposals, if any, he has for the expansion of the Naval Service which is urgently required for the control and patrolling of our fishery waters.
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79 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the number of farmers who have applied for and been approved for payments under the REPS scheme on a county by county basis.
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79 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the number of farmers who have applied for and been approved for payments under the REPS scheme on a county by county basis.
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4 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for the Marine if he will increase the effectiveness of the Foyle Fisheries Commission by broadening its mandate, giving it a clear development role and adequate funding and increasing its membership to ensure local representation from fishery interests from the Innisowen peninsula, County Donegal.
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21 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Defence if he has studied a report commissioned by PDFORRA which claims that there are high levels of untreated post-traumatic stress disorder among soldiers who have served overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
1 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Defence if he has studied a report commissioned by PDFORRA which claims that there are high levels of untreated post-traumatic stress disorder among soldiers who have served overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
1 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for the Marine if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Fisheries Council meeting in December 1994; and the action, if any, he intends taking to ensure protection and conservation measures in the Irish Box after 31 December 1995.
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5 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself that there are sufficient orthodontists available in each of the health board areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Health if he has received reports on alleged incidents of child sex abuse in any of the residential care centres under the aegis of his Department; if so, the investigations, if any, that have been undertaken on foot of those reports; the stage of each investigation, at which the Garda authorities were made aware of the problems; the actions; if any, he is taking or proposes to take to ensure that no repetition occurs in residential care centres operating within the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Health the total number of women and children respectively who have tested positive for the hepatitis C virus arising from Anti D immunoglobin; the treatment, information, counselling and advice which has been made available in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Mr. M. Smith asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has for the introduction of a nation-wide breast cancer screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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