82 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timetable he has given the dairy expansion activation group to report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he anticipates the 50% growth target for dairy production, set out in the Food Harvest 2020 report, will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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77 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the timetable he has given the dairy expansion activation group in which to report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the way he anticipates the 50% growth target for dairy production set out in Food Harvest 2020 can be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the single biggest challenge in the negotiations on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy post-2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in the context of the forthcoming negotiations on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, he believes in the continuation of the two-pillar structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the consultation that has taken place to date in relation to the future of the Common Agricultural Policy post-2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has plans to engage in a comprehensive process of consultation with interested stakeholders in relation to the future of the Common Agricultural Policy post-2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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65 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the basis on which applicants for the new agri-environment options scheme will be classified into category 1 and category 2 applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he anticipates the formal approval of the EU Commission for the new agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount of funding that will be available in 2010 for those participating in the new agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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138 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the maximum number of participants that will be allowed to join the new agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the issues which have emerged in initial discussions between EU member states in relation to the future of the Common Agricultural Policy post 2013.
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44 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views in relation to the need for an adequately funded Common Agricultural Policy post 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views in relation to the need for a strong well funded Common Agricultural Policy post-2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the discussions which have taken place at the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers in relation to the Common Agricultural Policy post-2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the level of support his Department provides to voluntary animal welfare organisations.
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144 Deputy Noel Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the function of Animal Health Ireland, which he formally launched recently.
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4 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the date on which legislation will be published for the ultrahigh frequency retransmission television schemes in order to provide multi-channel television programme services to all parts of Ireland on an equitable basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade if he has sought EU approval for a scheme to assist Irish exporters through the current difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade if he has sought EU approval for a scheme to assist Irish exporters through the current difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the percentage shareholding, if any, the regional tourism organisations and the two tourist boards will retain in the Gulliver system under the recently negotiated deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if he will allocate a special sum of £5 million to upgrade the Limerick-Sligo railway line in 1997; the date on which this will be done; the nature of the works to be executed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the proposals, if any, he has or intends to put forward on behalf of Ireland, during its Presidency of the EU; the progress, if any, on each aspect of these proposals to date; his goals under the Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Social Welfare whether the transfer of the disability allowance to his Department from the Department of Health has gone smoothly; and the amount which persons under the rehabilitation employment section are allowed to earn without it affecting their allowance under the new regulations recently published in view of the fact that the amount under the disabled person's maintenance allowance was £35.20.
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59 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Social Welfare whether the transfer of the disability allowance to his Department from the Department of Health has gone smoothly; and the amount which persons under the rehabilitation employment section are allowed to earn without it affecting their allowance under the new regulations recently published in view of the fact that the amount under the disabled person's maintenance allowance was £35.20.
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95 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the total cost to date of the Tourism Brand Ireland project; and the proportion of this cost which came from the private sector, from the EU and from Northern Ireland sources.
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95 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the total cost to date of the Tourism Brand Ireland project; and the proportion of this cost which came from the private sector, from the EU and from Northern Ireland sources.
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23 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the cost to date of the Gulliver computerised reservation system; and by whom these costs were met.
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5 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the date on which the Government appointed the current Chairman of Bord na Móna; the instructions given to the Chairman on his appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for the Environment if he will ensure that adequate funds are made available for the rural resettlement programme; and the contribution that this Government has made to this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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75 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for the Environment if he will ensure that adequate funds are made available for the rural resettlement programme; and the contribution that this Government has made to this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the amount of grants paid out by the Irish Energy Centre since its establishment; the categories of grants paid; the number of organisations that have received these grants; the amount of Exchequer and European funding involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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39 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the implications, if any, for Irish trade of the recent Quad trade meeting in Kobe, Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the problems being encountered by Irish road hauliers on the British mainland; if his attention has been further drawn to the high rate of sub-confinement being imposed by British police; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the development of a new system and operation for the production of brailled books and the provision of a comprehensive brailling service for braille dependent students.
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57 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the development of a new system and operation for the production of brailled books and the provision of a comprehensive brailling service for braille dependent students.
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54 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take to ensure immediate improvement in road signage in Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the serious difficulties being encountered with bilingual signs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for the Environment if he has sanctioned powers to local authorities throughout the country to charge items of expenditure to applicants for planning permission, which are the responsibility of either the local authority itself, his Department, or alternatively, the National Roads Authority; if his attention has been drawn to the exorbitant charges being imposed on applicants for planning permission including double charging; if his attention has further been drawn to the detrimental effect this is having on employment and economic development; if he will have these matters reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on this serious discriminatory situation.
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54 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for the Environment the action, if any, he proposes to take to ensure immediate improvement in road signage in Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the serious difficulties being encountered with bilingual signs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Taoiseach the action, if any, he proposes to take to redress the serious depopulation of the West of Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the current seriousness of this situation; the action, if any, that has been taken over the past year by the Government; the plans, if any, he has prepared for implementation in 1996 and beyond; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the proposals, if any, he will pursue in 1996, in order to fulfil the recommendations of the National Minerals Policy Review Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the proposals, if any, he will pursue in 1996, in order to fulfil the recommendations of the National Minerals Policy Review Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the number of companies who applied for the right to provide Ireland's second GSM mobile phone licence; if all of these companies had the technological and financial ability to deliver the service; the reason he awarded the licence to ESAT Telecom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the effects, if any, the recent acquisitions of Irish oil companies will have on this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the number of companies who applied for the right to provide Ireland's second GSM mobile phone licence; if all of these companies had the technological and financial ability to deliver the service; the reason he awarded the licence to ESAT Telecom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade the total grant aid envisaged and the total investment involved in 1995 under the operational programme for tourism.
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19 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Tourism and Trade if he has satisfied himself with the work of Bord Fáilte in marketing Ireland abroad.
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7 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the consequences, if any, for Ireland of the recent report on electricity systems by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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60 Mr. N. Treacy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry his Department's position regarding the White Paper on Foreign Policy in view of the forthcoming Intergovernmental Conference and given the expected impact on agriculture.
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