199 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when he will finalise a scheme to tackle the problem of sheep scrapie disease; when he will be introducing a compensation programme to remove the infected animals; and the number of animals and flocks notified with the disease.
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181 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the expected announcement of the tender for Comerama, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, has been delayed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Competition Authority should provide the public with details of compromises or arrangements reached by the authority with a vested interest relating to potential proceedings or a prosecution; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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179 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the failure of the Competition Authority to bring a prosecution relating to an alleged cartel of wholesale suppliers of packaged beer and soft drinks was attributable to delay within the Competition Authority in which files on the matter lay dormant for well over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will make a statement on the recent decision of Eircom to float on the Dublin and London Stock Exchanges, with particular reference to the large gains that will accrue to senior executives and the losses incurred by ordinary members of the public who purchased shares in the company on the advice of the Government in 1999.
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57 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the planned date for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reasons Ireland has established diplomatic relations with Burma; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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215 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the European working time directive can be changed; if so, the process for making such changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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119 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Transport when a driving test will be arranged for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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66 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will take steps to ensure that young farmers will retain the farm entitlements under the Fischler reforms in circumstances in which the transferee is a participant in the farm retirement scheme.
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47 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if changes will take place to the structure of local FÁS community schemes from July 2004; if it will be a requirement for each local group to form a limited company as well as to have two directors on the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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99 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science when stage five of the extension to the Presentation Convent, Carlow, will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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100 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science if the three teachers will be maintained at Johnswell national school, County Kildare, in the interests of a good standard of education for the pupils attending; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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43 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to replace jobs at Comerama, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, in view of the serious impact that these job losses have had on the local economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will review at any stage the redundancy package for the workers at Comerama, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny, with a view to increasing the level of redundancy paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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398 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children when a third paediatrician will be appointed to St. Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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397 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will be appointing new consultants at St. Luke’s General Hospital, Kilkenny, in 2004 in view of the European Working Time Directive and the reduction of junior hospital doctors at that particular hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Finance the grounds on which the Commission has initiated a court action against the Council of Ministers in respect of enforcement of the rules of the stability pact.
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153 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the refusal of an immigration card in November 2003 for a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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69 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she intends to review the operation of the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs to ensure it is given the necessary additional powers to investigate complaints about the public and private sector by consumers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the need for greater transparency in the setting of insurance premiums following the recent posting of high profits by a number of insurance companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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383 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny under the post-nuptial citizenship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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265 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be provided for an autism centre (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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177 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, in the light of the severe cutbacks to community development projects contained in the Revised Estimates for 2004, such as local development and social inclusion by 6% and the young people’s facilities and services fund by 27%, if he accepts that dormant account funds will be used to top-up these initiatives, thereby undermining the promise that the latter funds would be used as additional and not substitute funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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112 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason section 36 of the Dormant Accounts Act 2001 cannot be changed to provide additional staff to the Dormant Accounts Fund Disbursements Board; his views on whether the disbursement report issued by the board was compromised by the lack of administrative staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has consulted the surveys and cores that were undertaken in 1993 on the lands for the proposed extension of the M9 route for mineral extraction; if the Geological Survey of Ireland has any information available on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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84 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if extra milk quota will be allocated under the animal disease scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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94 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children if the expert body recommended by the forum on fluoridation to advise the Minister has been set up; and, if so, the advice he has received to date.
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354 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Transport the number of people tested in 2003 under the national car testing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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343 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Transport when a person (details supplied) in County Carlow who applied for a driving test will be called; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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309 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason no action was taken in respect of allegations of child abuse at Cappoquin, County Waterford, in the year 1994, even though this information was available to the Garda Síochána, the South Eastern Health Board and his Department.
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308 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason no action was taken in respect of allegations of child abuse at Cappoquin, County Waterford, even though this information was available to the Garda Síochána, the South Eastern Health Board and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science if and when a resource teacher will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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213 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the necessary documentation in respect of the milk quota of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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210 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Defence if a piece of furniture (details supplied) is stored at Army headquarters in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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200 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures her Department has transposed following direction from the European Union since June 2002; and the measures which remain to be transposed into law.
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199 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will review the criteria for eligibility of community employment schemes, to remove the three year cap and make allowance for workers over 50 years old to have unlimited time to work on community employment projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Transport when the fifth progress report on road safety will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Hogan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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63 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that as drafted, aspects of the Garda Síochána Bill 2004 will retain in many instances the status quo of gardaí being investigated by gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the purpose which lies in the decision to appeal a case (details supplied) in view of the fact that the Immigration Bill 2004 has been passed in acknowledgement of the legislative weakness in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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116 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the progress being made in the implementation of the recommendations contained in the report New Horizons for Irish tourism, an agenda for action, on the high absolute levels of and high rates of increase in insurance costs for tourism enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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256 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the delay in releasing a passport in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when forestry premia will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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131 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the counties which have received funding to deal with coastal erosion in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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158 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he consulted the Geological Survey of Ireland about the volume, quality and type of mineral resources adjacent to the proposed route of the N9 road at Ballyreddin, Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, before he lodged an objection to the original preferred route; the outcome of the consultation; if he was satisfied with the company’s expertise reports that viable deposits of mineral existed before he lodged his objection; the basis on which his Department can confirm the validity of its objection, particularly in view of the impact that the change of the N9 route will have on individuals and the community of Bennettsbridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Education and Science his educational priorities for Ireland’s Presidency of the European Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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164 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases that the personal injuries assessment board is expected to handle in its first year of operation; when the personal injuries assessment board will start dealing with cases other than employer liability cases; the number of public offices that the personal injuries assessment board will be opening and the date on which these will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the personal injuries assessment board will be in operation; the measures that the PIAB or her Department will be undertaking to make the public aware of its operations; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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