6 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the implications, if any, for Ireland of the recent announcement of a reduction from 85 per cent to 80 per cent in funding for water schemes under the EU Cohesion Funds.
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4 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if he has already or if he intends to change planning and development Acts in relation to local authority activities.
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6 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if he will make further payments to local authorities in view of the serious financial situation which has arisen following the abolition of water charges and his failure to bring forward the necessary legislation to implement his local Government package.
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5 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the hazardous condition of chimneys in the Cranmore Estate in County Sligo; and the plans, if any, he has to resolve the issues involved in view of the protracted involvement of the local authority and the National Building Agency and the continuing dissatisfaction of the residents with the works carried out by these bodies to date.
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8 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice if she will reply fully to Deputy Noel Dempsey's Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 3 December 1996 in view of the fact that Regulation 14 gardaí were used on the night of the riots in Lansdowne Road specifically and on a number of other occasions from Store Street and Pearse Street Garda stations for ordinary duties; and the reason she was unable to elicit this information from the Garda authorities for the original parliamentary question.
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14 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the decisions, if any, the Government made further to his meeting with the Federation of Group Water Schemes.
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13 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the number of convictions for litter offences in 1995 and 1996; and if he is satisfied with enforcement in relation to litter.
[5209/97]
14 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the decisions, if any, the Government made further to his meeting with the Federation of Group Water Schemes.
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13 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the number of convictions for litter offences in 1995 and 1996; and if he is satisfied with enforcement in relation to litter.
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Bill entitled an Act to enable members of the public to access, subject to certain limitations, information relating to the environment; to set out the duty of certain public bodies in this regard; to provide for the establishment of an appeals officer; and to provide for related matters.
24 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if he has satisfied himself that the relevant local authorities are co-operating with the inquiry into water pollution at Nenagh, County Tipperary.
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23 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give details of the proposed system of equalisation in the new arrangements for local government.
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24 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if he has satisfied himself that the relevant local authorities are co-operating with the inquiry into water pollution at Nenagh, County Tipperary.
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23 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if he will give details of the proposed system of equalisation in the new arrangements for local government.
[1788/97]
15 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment his views on whether the health and safety criteria can be met in relation to future engineering developments at Mutton Island, County Galway, and if he will give details of all discussions held between his Department and Seghers Engineering.
[21303/96]
14 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the outcome, if any, of his Department's representations to the United Kingdom authorities in relation to the treatment of Irish medical waste in the United Kingdom in view of his responsibility in relation to waste management.
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15 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment his views on whether the health and safety criteria can be met in relation to future engineering developments at Mutton Island, County Galway, and if he will give details of all discussions held between his Department and Seghers Engineering.
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14 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the outcome, if any, of his Department's representations to the United Kingdom authorities in relation to the treatment of Irish medical waste in the United Kingdom in view of his responsibility in relation to waste management.
[21302/96]
8 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Education the reason mature students attending third level institutions and living independently from home are only receiving the adjacent rate of the higher education maintenance grant from their local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to a situation whereby he has indicated that he does not favour incineration as a waste disposal option, the Department of Health in its tender document for disposal of hospital waste specifically rules out incineration as an option but an interdepartmental committee has been established to examine the feasibility of a national incinerator to cope with BSE; if he will clarify the Government's intentions in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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34 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if his attention has been drawn to a situation whereby he has indicated that he does not favour incineration as a waste disposal option, the Department of Health in its tender document for disposal of hospital waste specifically rules out incineration as an option but an interdepartmental committee has been established to examine the feasibility of a national incinerator to cope with BSE; if he will clarify the Government's intentions in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider changing the regulations for the issuing of passports for minors in cases where one parent is deceased in order that the surviving parent does not need to get a sworn affidavit to confirm sole guardianship of the child, particularly in the case of a passport renewal.
[13618/96]
9 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the enforcement measures, if any, he intends to put in place to effectively implement any antilitter measures he may be contemplating.
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5 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the impact, if any, on sustainable development of an increase in cars on the roads in the order of 5 per cent in the last year and 20 per cent in the last five years.
[12440/96]
4 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the steps, if any, he proposes to take to strengthen the hand of local authorities dealing with tenants who are involved with drugs or other anti-social behaviour.
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Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of an Independent Referendum Commission having the function of preparing and presenting to the public, information in an objective, impartial and informative manner thereby assisting the exercise of informed choice by the public in both constitutional and ordinary referenda
6 Mr. Dempsey asked the Taoiseach when the attention of the Attorney General was first drawn to the problems in relation to the warrant for the extradition of Anthony Duncan; when the attention of the Attorney General was drawn to the fact that the document involved was not an original; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the current position regarding the World Equestrian Games; the contacts, if any, he has had with the International Equestrian Federation; whether the State will become liable for the £1.5 million bond signed in connection with these games; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the current position regarding the World Equestrian Games; the contacts, if any, he has had with the International Equestrian Federation; whether the State will become liable for the £1.5 million bond signed in connection with these games; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade his views from a tourism point of view of the licensing of a casino in this State; whether he has studied the benefits for the tourism industry of the establishment of a casino; if so, the findings of these studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to address the concerns of people regarding forestry that are not addressed in his recently announced regulations, namely forestry planted by more than one person or over a period of greater than three years.
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9 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to provide funds for local authorities to improve pedestrian facilities.
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94 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to address the concerns of people regarding forestry that are not addressed in his recently announced regulations, namely forestry planted by more than one person or over a period of greater than three years.
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54 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade his strategy regarding the negative impression that the Ulster marching season has on tourism.
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14 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the calculations, if any, made by his Department on the effects on Irish exports of the high value of the punt against sterling.
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54 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade his strategy regarding the negative impression that the Ulster marching season has on tourism.
[7421/96]
78 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if he will publish his correspondence with Commissioner Wulf-Mathies and between his Department and the EU Commission regarding Mutton Island, Galway.
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19 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the dates for the publication of the reports on aspects of local government being prepared under the aegis of his Department.
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78 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if he will publish his correspondence with Commissioner Wulf-Mathies and between his Department and the EU Commission regarding Mutton Island, Galway.
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18 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment if he will publish the correspondence between himself and Commissioner Wulf-Mathies and between his Department and the EU Commission regarding Mutton Island, Galway.
[6774/96]
48 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the number of tests carried out on adjoining farms as a result of detention of reactors in pre-movement tests; and the number of reactors discovered in these subsequent tests.
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48 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the number of tests carried out on adjoining farms as a result of detention of reactors in pre-movement tests; and the number of reactors discovered in these subsequent tests.
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2 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, which are proposed for the disposal of sludge from Mutton Island, County Galway.
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1 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the current status of his commitment to the Joint Committee on Sustainable Development of producing his Department's programme on sustainable development before the beginning of Ireland's Presidency of the EU in June 1996.
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11 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the dissatisfaction among gardaí in view of the discrimination in relation to the away-from-home allowance payable to those who serve in Cyprus as distinct from the allowances paid to other overseas postings.
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93 Mr. Dempsey asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to increase the State's current input into environmental research.
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