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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2004
1 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the break-up of Aer Rianta and Shannon Development and the ending of Shannon Airport’s dual gateway status. [16011/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2004
214 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a tenant who is housed under the voluntary housing association Respond can purchase their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15972/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2004
161 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare did not qualify for the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15875/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2004
121 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person, details supplied, in County Clare can expect to receive their 15% grant under the farm waste management scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15842/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2004
385 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to issue instructions to applicable planning authorities on the designation of public safety zones in the vicinity of State and regional airports; if so, the procedure for the introduction of such public safety zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15272/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2004
373 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will issue a visa to a person, details supplied, who wished to visit Ireland on a holiday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15726/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2004
357 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Garda investigations have been finalised in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15516/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2004
329 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 640 of 27 April 2004, if, in relation to the earlier draft public safety zone, PSZ maps (details supplied) and taking cognisance of the fact that such maps differed significantly from those contained in the subsequent ERM report of June 2003, he will outline in tabular form, in respect of all runways at each State airport, the respective levels of perceived air traffic movements on which such PSZs were based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15271/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2004
328 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, during Report and Final Stages of the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Bill 1997, the then Minister, Senator O’Rourke, stated in Dáil Éireann on 27 May 1998 that protected area powers, if granted to Aer Rianta, would represent a wide range of safety related powers to transfer to a commercial State body and that, in effect, a person’s rights in relation to private property could be limited by enabling the company to restrict development if such proposal were adopted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15270/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2004
327 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the ICAO aerodrome obstacle chart, type A, for runway 11/29 at Dublin Airport, in particular obstacle 11 thereon; the 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 1.1% 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. [15269/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2004
326 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 27 April 2004 relating to the differences between the ERM maps and the Aer Rianta EIS consultation brochure, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the western threshold of proposed runway 10/28 as shown on the ERM maps is approximately 250 metres east of Kingston cross roads whereas this very same threshold is shown on the Aer Rianta EIS consultation brochure of October 2002 as being approximately 500 metres east of the aforementioned Cross Roads leading to considerable confusion on the part of the public regarding the precise location of this proposed runway threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15268/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2004
325 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 23 March 2004, his Department or the IAA has been able in the interim period to ascertain the number of landowners affected by the three orders in question at Dublin, Shannon and Knock Airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15267/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2004
125 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance when an application for a waiver for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15198/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2004
52 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the future role of Shannon Development, in tourism promotion, in the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15354/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 May 2004
22 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his plans to move his Department personnel from Model Farm Road, Cork City to Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14764/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2004
146 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science when works will be carried out at a school (details supplied) in County Clare for a general-purpose hall as it is preventing the school from implementing the revised primary curriculum due to the lack of facilities for PE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14726/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2004
71 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an account of the political situation in Haiti; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14521/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2004
34 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the situation in Eritrea; the matters discussed with the President of Eritrea whom he met recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14493/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2004
367 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to appoint more gardaí to Scariff in County Clare to deal with law and order incidents which take place over the weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14177/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2004
358 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if there are mechanisms in his Department where an applicant (details supplied) can claim their award; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14445/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2004
305 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Health and Children if his Department plans to launch a campaign on the dangers of eating disorders and promote healthy eating (details supplied). [14176/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2004
226 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if travel concessions can be given for a person (details supplied) in County Clare who needs the assistance of a resource teacher to go to a school not in the catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14615/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2004
80 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will report on the standing of the Linguistics Institute of Ireland; the arrangements that have been made with regard to staff and the future use of the library resource at the institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14285/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2004
61 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of NEPS psychologists to be recruited during 2004; the number currently employed within the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14290/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2004
45 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she intends to take to ensure that Ireland increases its expenditure on research and development (details supplied) to the EU target of 3% by 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13772/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2004
16 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employees in FÁS classified as grade seven or above in respect of December 1997 and December 2003; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13765/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2004
177 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of offenders that are currently on bail or waiting trial who have committed serious offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13777/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2004
96 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding an investigation into the aquaculture industry shown on a television programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13635/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2004
77 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his investigations into dumping of farm salmon in County Galway in the summer of 2003 and Inver Bay, County Donegal in 2002 have come to an end; if persons have been charged with this dumping; the body from which the results of his investigations can be obtained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13634/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2004
312 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 635 of 27 April 2004, the date that the line and location of south runway 10/28 was eventually decided by the committee in question; the length of the runway proposal so decided by the said committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13438/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2004
311 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if the introduction of public safety zones at European Union airports is one of the principal priorities of the Irish EU Presidency with regard to that part of the transport sector for which he is responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13437/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2004
310 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 16 December 2003, if he has been able in the interim period to ascertain the precise date that red safety areas were formally established at either end of runways 17/35 and 07/25 at Cork Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13436/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2004
194 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science when the refurbishment of the science facilities in Rice College, Ennis, County Clare, will be sanctioned in order that the school can introduce the new science curriculum in September 2004, as a result of the lack of adequate safe science rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13369/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2004
128 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when a person (details supplied) in County Clare can expect to receive forest payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13290/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 May 2004
177 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure required for non-nationals to process their residency claim after their five year work permit; if their spouses can apply for residency and work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13042/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 May 2004
34 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Finance if he is committed to the introduction of a carbon tax in 2005. [12906/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2004
150 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if permission will be granted to a person (details supplied) in County Clare to remain here with their parents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12759/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2004
138 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if FÁS has undertaken an assessment of the labour market needs of the Clare region in the context of the closure of the LES; if as part of this assessment it would bring forward recommendations on the type of employment service activity necessary to address the particular needs of marginalised client groups in the region as defined in Question No. 106 of 12 February 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12569/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
702 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status of a person (details supplied) in the County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11424/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
701 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application in respect of post-nuptial citizenship for an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11393/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
670 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to recruit driving testers through the Civil Service Commission to deal with the large number of applicants who are waiting for their driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11993/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
660 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport the qualifications required for an applicant seeking the position of a driving tester; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11672/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
640 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, in relation to the recent ERM study pertaining to the three State airports and with particular reference to the public safety zones contained in the comprehensive report issued by ERM in June 2003 and the similar but somewhat different PSZs shown in the earlier draft report issued only to the various public representatives on Dublin, Cork and Clare County Councils, if he will outline in tabular form, in respect of all runways at each of the State airports, the respective levels of perceived air traffic movements on which such PSZs are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11123/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
637 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport further to his confirmation of the respective sizes of the various red zones at the State airports by way of replies to recent parliamentary questions, the reason the inner edge width of the red zones at either end of runway 11/29 at Dublin Airport is a mere 150 metres whilst the inner edge widths of similar red zones on all other cross runways at the three State airports are 300 metres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11120/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
639 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an agent engaged by Aer Rianta lodged a planning objection followed by a subsequent appeal to An Bord Pleanála against a proposal to construct an extension/granny flat at Cloghran, County Dublin; the rationale for such seemingly contradictory action conducted on his behalf by Aer Rianta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11122/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
638 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the recent ERM and Llewelyn-Davies reports relating to Dublin Airport together with the Aer Rianta consultation brochure of October 2002, all which differ considerably in relation to their portrayal of the length and respective end points of the proposed northern parallel runway 10/28 at Dublin Airport leading to considerable confusion on the part of the public; the way such major discrepancies could have arisen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11121/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
636 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if, in relation to the Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Bill 1997, if the original scheme of the Bill, as previously prepared under the jurisdiction of the former Minister of State, Deputy Stagg, included a provision to grant protected area powers to Aer Rianta in the vicinity of an airport owned or managed by it; the reason such provision was withdrawn by the then Minister, Deputy O’Rourke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11119/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
635 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if plans for runway development at Dublin Airport in the mid-1970s consisted initially of a proposed east-west runway to the north of the terminal area to be followed by a second parallel runway to the south of this area when traffic growth required it; the reason such proposals were subsequently reversed resulting in the actual construction in the late 1980s of the existing east-west runway to the south of the terminal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11118/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
631 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet a delegation from the Shannon area on the concerns regarding both the future of Aer Lingus and the EU open-skies negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11784/04]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
414 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Education and Science if he will review his position regarding the capping of PLC courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11783/04]