21 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the implications for tourism promotion of the decision to invest moneys from the International Fund for Ireland in the Border counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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270 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a stamp 4 will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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174 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not receive their 2002 extensification premium; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if he has plans to upgrade the science facilities at a school (details supplied) in County Clare in the interest of the educational safety of the students.
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345 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, further to Question No. 453 of 15 June 2004, any of the numerous private but significantly smaller developments at each of the three State airports had the potential to breach any ICAO associated surface; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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344 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, further to Questions Nos. 111 to 116 of 27 February 2002, the protected area concept contained in section 14 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1950 was specifically enacted by the Houses of the Oireachtas for the very same purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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343 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Question No. 454 of 15 June 2004, the number of landowners in County Clare, other than the landowner from whom the site was acquired, affected by SI 205 of 1993; if these unsuspecting landowners will be informed of such fact and, arising from his reluctance to provide them with a copy map, each will be supplied with the relevant website details in order that they can download copies of the map in question; the reason his Department failed to honour the solemn commitment given by Mr. Cosgrave to Mr. Hawkins on 8 March 1950, particularly given that the amendment in question which was not put to a vote, was put down by the latter with particular reference to such potential landowners in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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342 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, further to Question No. 326 of 25 May 2004, his attention has been drawn to the fact that this threshold is shown both on sheet No. 8 of the Fingal County development plan of 1999 and on the maps forming part of the recently released draft Fingal development plan 2005-11 as being some 250 metres west of the Kingston Cross Road; his views on whether a major discrepancy thus exists between the Aer Rianta and the revised ERM maps on the one hand, and the Fingal maps on the other; if he will clarify the precise magnitude of a discrepancy which can only be described as astounding and inexplicable that has left residents in large areas of north County Dublin utterly perplexed and bewildered with respect to whether their lands or portions thereof are within the existing red zones or the proposed public safety zones associated with proposed runway 10-28; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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306 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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305 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Health and Children the way in which he intends to deal with the huge waiting list for children in the mid-west region for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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246 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the situation with regard to the proposed Doolin Coastguard search and rescue centre; when he envisages the centre to commence; the funding that has been allocated towards the centre; if a site has been acquired for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available for the new Ennistymon community school, County Clare.
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104 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare will not qualify for milk quota from the national reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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87 Mr. P. Breen asked the Taoiseach his views on whether, in all future instances involving proposed regulation or regulatory change whereby property rights are being restricted or curtailed, it will be necessary in keeping with the principles of better regulation both to consult fully all affected landowners and conduct a regulatory impact analysis with particular reference to the impact of the proposals on the stakeholders in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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86 Mr. P. Breen asked the Taoiseach if his Department proposes, as part of the better regulation process, to prepare guidelines on consultation in like manner to the code of practice on consultation prepared earlier in 2004 by the Cabinet Office in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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74 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the restructuring of An Post; the further position regarding financial recovery; the number of times he has met with An Post in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science when a resource teacher will be appointed for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance if, further to Question No. 125 of 25 May 2004, the application for a waiver has been processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has made contact with the United Nations with regard to the situation in west Papua and the possible review of the Act of Free Choice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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61 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance if a review will be arranged of the policies and practices in relation to the disposal of equipment and stocks which are surplus to requirement by public sector bodies to ensure that value for money from such disposal is maximised.
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47 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the promotion systems operated within the Civil Service are achieving best international practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action he proposes to take to kick start the wind energy industry here in view of substantially increased fossil fuel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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106 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which his Department’s view that the REP scheme is easier to operate and cheaper to enter can be justified in view of matters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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105 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason grant aid under the farm waste management scheme is not available for replacement of one gang slats in slatted cattle houses while such aid is available for the replacement of single slats one or otherwise; his proposals to amend this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Health and Children if, following reports that approximately 400,000 persons here suffer from asthma, he intends to introduce a national strategy for asthma sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on a recent television programme (details supplied) regarding the number of persons taking anti-depressants here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans for Shannon Development following her decision to move 100 jobs to Enterprise Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence his views on the number of Defence Forces personnel serving in Liberia; if he will report on the conditions in which they are serving and the operations in which they are engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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479 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the citizenship application by persons (details supplied) in County Clare will be dealt with in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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457 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if the red zones designated by his Department at Dublin Airport in 1968 were three-dimensional surfaces in the sky or two-dimensional surfaces on the ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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456 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 637 of 27 April 2004, if cross runway 16/34 at Dublin Airport is also protected as an instrument runway; if so, the reason this runway and the cross runways at Cork and Shannon airports are each protected as instrument runways when a similar cross runway 11/29 at Dublin Airport is merely protected as a non-instrument runway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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455 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport, further to his confirmation by way of a reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 447 to 455, inclusive of 1 July 2003, that a minor realignment of runway 10/28 took place prior to its construction, the precise details of such realignment with particular reference to its orientation, any change of overall length and any alteration to either of its proposed end points; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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454 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 325 of 25 May 2004, if following the tabling of amendment No. 1 to section 14 of the Air Navigation and Transport Bill 1949 on 8 March 1950 by Mr. Hawkins in Seanad Éireann, the then Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce (details supplied) gave an assurance in relation to future protected areas promulgated in accordance with the said section 14 that persons interested would receive a map, that is, persons interested in the sense of owner or occupier; if so, the reason such a firm assurance on the part of the said Parliamentary Secretary was not subsequently honoured by his Department many years later in respect of any of the three orders in question at Dublin, Shannon and Knock airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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453 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if obstacle 11 on the current ICAO aerodrome obstacle chart, type A, for runway 11/29 at Dublin Airport was constructed during a period in which his Department had sole responsibility for the preparation and revision of such charts; if so, if he will provide details of the said obstacle with particular reference to its identity, date of construction, distance from the nearby runway threshold, length, breadth, height and its height relative to the notional 1.2% slope on the chart in question at its innermost edge that is nearest to the nearby runway threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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458 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 326 of 25 May 2004, his views on whether the difference in the depiction of the western threshold of runway 10/28 as between the ERM report of June 2003 and the Aer Rianta consultation brochure rather than being of the order of approximately 100 metres is greater than 200 metres; his further views on whether such a major difference in relation to the simple transfer of information from one map to another on the part of ERM is surprising and the public may have serious reservations in respect of the subsequent mathematical modelling and risk analysis conducted by that company behind closed doors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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452 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport, further to Question No. 326 of 25 May 2004, if he will provide consultation facilities for affected parties in keeping with both the spirit and the principles of Regulating Better, the recently launched White Paper on better regulation.
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169 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not received forestry maintenance grant and yearly grant for 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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142 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence the rationale for the determination of the sizes and shapes of the red safety areas at Casement Aerodrome, and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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141 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence , further to his reply to Question No. 212 of 18 February 2004 and the reference therein to a review of policy based on a consultant’s report prepared in 1999, if appendix C of the said report consists of a copy extract relating to Federal Aviation Administration practice and table 2-4 thereof confirms that the largest runway protection zone relating to major international airports in the USA is a mere 750 metres long; if so, the reason it is necessary to have a similar red safety area that is all of 1,370 metres long at either end of both the comparatively minor runways at Casement Aerodrome, particularly so in the case of runway 05 which is classified as non-instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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140 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence , further to Question No. 205 of 27 April 2004, the way in which the map included as part of the Aer Rianta report of 1992 differs from the map included at page 313a of the 1983 Dublin Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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139 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Defence , further to Question No. 206 of 27 April 2004, if the red safety areas at Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel are two-dimensional ground areas or three-dimensional surfaces in the air; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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93 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has satisfied herself that all persons entitled to social welfare payments have their attention drawn to their entitlements; if she has plans for additional promotional or information campaigns to ensure that persons have their attention drawn to their entitlements; if her Department evaluates the effect of information and promotional campaigns on the uptake of entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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146 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the reason commercial driving tests were suspended at centres in Shannon, Kilrush and Ennis and transferred to Limerick; when it took place; and the notification given to the public.
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90 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare can expect to receive forestry premium; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress by the Western Development Commission.
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D’fhiafraigh Mr. P. Breen den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas faoin dul chun cinn atá déanta ó ritheadh Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003.
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325 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform , further to Question No. 373 of 25 May 2004, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the person (details supplied) has made an application for a visa at the Irish embassy in Beijing but was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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192 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if a pre-fab building for a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be erected to cater for the extra teacher in September 2004; if he will reconsider his Department’s decision and permit the erection of a pre-fab building; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if islanders are treated differently in relation to the eligibility of FÁS schemes, details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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