159 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, arising from the report of the Consumer Strategy Group, it is intended to implement the recommendation to expand social partnership to include consumer representatives on both the Government and voluntary sides, which the group indicated was the responsibility of his Department.
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19 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the meetings he held on the margins of the recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he has been in touch with the US administration to convey the sympathy of the Irish people on the deaths and destruction caused by hurricane Katrina; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach his plans for official trips abroad up to the end of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with Pope Benedict XVI on 6 July 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will expand on his recent statement that older persons should be able to remortgage their property to the State in return for an annual income to supplement their pension; if he plans to table formal proposals on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if any progress has been made on the development of a 20 year strategic plan for the Irish language; his plans to promote the use of the Irish language over the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he has plans for future meetings of the Cabinet outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the National Implementation Body; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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682 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools which are designated as disadvantaged; the number of schools which have staffing concessions; the number of schools which are losing posts under the revised system of allocation to schools with special education needs; the location of these schools; her proposals, in view of this, to support such schools to ensure no decrease in their resources; if she will review the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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681 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 is losing one and a half teachers under the general allocation system; her views on whether this is a serious and unacceptable decrease in resources for a school designated as disadvantaged; the steps she will take to have these positions restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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612 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider using the powers available to him, under section 1 of the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1998, to have the Attorney General consult with Mr. Justice Morris with a view to seeking his consent for an amendment to the terms of reference so that the Morris tribunal be requested to inquire into the circumstances of a fatal fire in Bundoran, County Donegal in 1980 in which ten people lost their lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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611 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a request from a person (details supplied) in County Donegal for access to his Department’s files on the circumstances of a fatal fire in County Donegal in 1980; if, in view of the exceptional circumstances of this case, he will consider granting access to these files; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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610 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider asking the Garda to reopen its investigation into the fatal fire at a hotel (details supplied) in County Donegal on 8 August 1980; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of labour inspectors that have been appointed to date in regard to his announcement of the recruitment of an additional 11; when the full number will be appointed; the current establishment level of the labour inspectorate; the number currently serving as labour inspectors; if any of the labour inspectorate staff are working in any other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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396 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he intends to make any changes to the membership of the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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395 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received representations from a number of organisations within the greyhound sector expressing concern at the appointment of a person (details supplied) to the Irish Greyhound Board; if he has responded to these representations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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394 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if, when reappointing a person (details supplied) to the Irish Greyhound Board, his attention has been drawn to the very critical comments made regarding the person in a judgment delivered in the High Court in 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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393 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he gave an undertaking to six representatives of the greyhound industry at a meeting in December 2004 that a person (details supplied) would not be re-appointed to the Irish Greyhound Board; the reason this person was subsequently appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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392 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the basis on which he re-appointed a person (details supplied) to the Irish Greyhound Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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124 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the RPII’s anti-radon programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he met with two persons (details supplied) regarding the future of Thom’s Directory, arising from changes to section 4 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001; if his attention was subsequently drawn to a newspaper report of the meeting; if his office was the source of the information in the newspaper article; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the outcome of his talks with the DUP in London on 15 June 2005; his assessment of the prospects for political progress in Northern Ireland in view of these talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of his meeting on 15 June 2005 with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair.
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2 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social inclusion and drugs last met; and when the next meeting is due to be held.
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231 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason eight full-time special needs assistants employed at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24 will be required to present for interview for four full-time and five part-time special needs assistant posts in September 2005 when most of the staff have three years' service with the school; the reason specific purposes contracts have been issued to special needs staff who were informed at the start that their posts would be permanent and pensionable; the reason there are no agreements in place with regard to issues of redundancy for special needs assistants who may be let go after three years' service; the reason the school in question has not been informed of the type of contracts that will be issued to the special needs assistants in September 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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230 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason for the delay in announcing budgetary decisions for capital projects; when she will provide capital funding for the Tallaght Institute of Technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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229 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department decided to let go three teachers in a primary school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; if this decision means a 20% reduction in the teaching staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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46 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government is considering taking disciplinary action against any Garda officer above the rank of superintendent arising from the second report of the Morris tribunal; if the resignation or early retirement of any such officer has been sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action the Government has taken or plans to take arising from the very serious findings of the second report of the Morris tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport the length of time the issue of mutual recognition of penalty points system in Ireland and the UK has been under consideration by the British Irish Council; if a resolution is expected soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the results of the meeting of the cross-departmental committee of infrastructure and public private partnership held during May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach when he expects to receive the next report from Mr. Justice Barron; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding her consideration of the report of the pharmacy review group; if her attention has been drawn to the call made by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland for the urgent introduction of legislation to regulate pharmacies and pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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160 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her proposals to continue the roll-out of BreastCheck; the proportion of the population currently covered; when the service will be available in all areas of the country and to all women; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the referenda it is proposed to hold before the end of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the European summit on 16 and 17 June 2005; if it is intended to proceed with the planned referendum on the EU constitution in view of the outcome of the summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he has received a final agenda for European summit meeting on 16 and 17 June 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he plans to meet or have discussions with other EU leaders in advance of the European summit to discuss the implications of the referenda results in France and Holland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the outcome of his meeting with Chancellor Schröder of Germany on 2 June 2005 in regard to EU issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the outcome of his meeting with the Prime Minister Juncker of Luxembourg on 2 June 2005 in regard to EU issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position with regard to the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road; the timeframe for the planning and construction stages; when the redevelopment will commence; the current estimated overall cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Transport the steps which have been taken to try to ensure the security and the safety of the travelling public as well as workers and persons living in the vicinity of Shannon Airport in the event of serious accident, sabotage or terrorist attack, in view of the quantity of munitions, explosive substances and other dangerous materials such as depleted uranium and napalm-equivalent incendiary bombs which are widely reported to be regularly transported through the airport by the US military; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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245 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when and the person by whom a decision was made to change long-standing criteria whereby permissions for foreign military overflights or landings in the State were conditional on an aircraft being unarmed, not carrying arms, ammunition or explosives, and not being an integral part of training manoeuvres by foreign military aircraft, or in the case of troop-carrying aircraft, not being en route to military exercises, operations or a theatre of war; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his reaction to the recent report from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment which revealed very low investment in ICT in Irish primary and post-primary schools compared to schools in Northern Ireland, the UK and the USA; his views on the disappointing placing of Ireland for broadband access on a wide range of international indices including the EU e-readiness index; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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53 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the current levels of economic activity on the metropolitan area networks, including the levels of income and traffic being generated by e-Net; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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90 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will list the sections of the Children Act 2001 for which her Department has responsibility, which are already in operation; if she will list those sections that have yet to be brought into operation; if any timetable has been set for the implementation of the remaining sections; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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