4 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action, if any, being taken and the guarantees, if any, that can be put in place by the international community for the voluntary and organised repatriation of the more than two million refugees back to Rwanda; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. R. Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in view of the Dayton Agreement's commitment to preserving Bosnia-Hercegovina as a single state, a principle which Ireland supports, while simultaneously providing for the establishment of two separate political entities within that state, the steps, if any, he will take through the available channels to assist in ensuring that the degree of autonomy conceded to these entities will not render the commitment to a united Bosnia meaningless.
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1 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make representations to the British Government to have the Prevention of Terrorism Act scrapped in view of the recent court decision in the Gallagher case.
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16 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the agreed perspective taken at the recent Majorca EU Summit meeting with regard to the enlargement of the EU; and the enlargement timetable agreed at the meeting.
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15 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the discussions that took place and any decisions that were taken with respect to the key issue of the future relationship between the EU and the Western European Union as a result of his deliberations in Helsinki; and the possible implications for Ireland's neutrality in view of such relationship.
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32 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent comments by the Secretary General of the Western European Union, Mr. Cutileiro, to the effect that he envisaged a nuclear strategy as part of a European defence.
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32 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent comments by the Secretary General of the Western European Union, Mr. Cutileiro, to the effect that he envisaged a nuclear strategy as part of a European defence.
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5 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will respond to the recent call by the German Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Klaus Kinkel, for a gradual merging of the Western European Union military alliance into the EU to give Europe an independent military capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on warnings, particularly by Trócaire, that Governments and the United Nations must act quickly to stabilise a deteriorating situation in Rwanda and neighbouring countries or risk escalating violence across the entire region.
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2 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the report on the decommissioning of IRA weapons will be published if Irish and British civil servants are unable to produce the report in time for the planned meeting between the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister in Cannes.
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1 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action, if any, he proposes to take with regard to the announcement by France that it is to resume nuclear testing on Muroroa Atoll in the South Pacific in view of the forthcoming Inter-Governmental Conference and in view of the fact that it will damage the goodwill and integrity of the 1996 negotiations on creating a more coherent and effective EU foreign and security policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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143 Mr. R. Burke asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as the Fourth European Poverty Programme has been held up in the Council of Ministers for almost one year there has been no funding from this source for Irish anti-poverty projects since June 1994; and the action, if any, he intends to take in this regard. [10013/95]
143 Mr. R. Burke asked the Minister for Social Welfare if his attention has been drawn to the fact that as the Fourth European Poverty Programme has been held up in the Council of Ministers for almost one year there has been no funding from this source for Irish anti-poverty projects since June 1994; and the action, if any, he intends to take in this regard. [10013/95]
32 Mr. R. Burke asked the Minister for Social Welfare if he is aware that the Fourth European Poverty Programme has been held up in the Council of Ministers for over one year and that no funding has been forthcoming from this source for Irish anti-poverty projects since last June; and the action, if any, the Government proposes to take in this regard.
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71 Mr. R. Burke asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to study the environmental impact of the Government's decision to shut down the control of farm pollution scheme in view of the impact this will have on his responsibility for pollution control.
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71 Mr. R. Burke asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to study the environmental impact of the Government's decision to shut down the control of farm pollution scheme in view of the impact this will have on his responsibility for pollution control.
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5 Mr. R. Burke asked the Taoiseach if he will comment on the recent survey conducted regarding the lack of knowledge by the public on Europe; and the actions, if any, he intends to take to better inform the public.
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52 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government supports the legitimate Bosnian government which is committed to a pluralistic and democratic policy and is fighting to reverse systematic ethnic cleansing and to recover its territory to permit its people to return home.
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35 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he agrees with the recent comments of the President of the European Commission, Jacques Santer, that majority voting in the Council of Ministers must become a fact of daily life and that unanimity should be reserved for essential institutional and constitutional decisions.
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52 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government supports the legitimate Bosnian government which is committed to a pluralistic and democratic policy and is fighting to reverse systematic ethnic cleansing and to recover its territory to permit its people to return home.
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35 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he agrees with the recent comments of the President of the European Commission, Jacques Santer, that majority voting in the Council of Ministers must become a fact of daily life and that unanimity should be reserved for essential institutional and constitutional decisions.
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7 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and his Department have formulated a position on the European Parliament's Bourlanges/Martin report, in particular its recommendation that the commission appoint a commissioner with specific responsibility for defence policy.
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6 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made, or will make, a submission to the Northern Ireland police authorities as part of the consultation process on future policing.
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19 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will assist and facilitate the proposed hearings on Northern Ireland planned by Congressman Ben Gilman in the Congress of the United States.
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17 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action, if any, he is taking in relation to the treatment of prisoners and visits by their relatives at Belmarsh Prison, England.
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16 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to respond to the World Court's invitation to States to make submissions on the United Nations General Assembly's theme related to whether the threat or use of nuclear weapons in any circumstance is permitted under international law.
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5 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make representations to the US Administration and to members of the Congress, regarding the impact on the UN ability to conduct peacekeeping operations in the event of of cuts in US budgetary contributions to the UN as contained in a Bill currently before Congress.
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4 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure in the allocation of EU funds that the position of the six Border counties in the Republic will receive a fair allocation; and the representations, if any, he has made to ensure this.
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2 Mr. R. Burke asked the asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, in order to facilitate meaningful discussion on the Framework Document, if consequential constitutional proposals affecting our Constitution and the UK legislation will be published at the same time. [
1 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that all democratic parties in Northern Ireland will be entitled to participate in talks on the Framework Document without precondition.
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1 Mr. R. Burke asked the Taoiseach if he will raise with the British Prime Minister at their next meeting the desirability of ending the system of political vetting of community work and the introduction instead of a proper system of financial accountability for the expenditure of public funds.
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50 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the facilities, staff, resources and responsibilities that have been assigned to the two Ministers of State at his Department.
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50 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the facilities, staff, resources and responsibilities that have been assigned to the two Ministers of State at his Department.
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24 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason he has not been more active in expressing the Irish people's revulsion at the current situation in Chechnya.
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22 Mr. R. Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the appointments he has made or intends to make in his private offices, including special advisers, programme managers and press staff; the name, task, salary and conditions of employment of these appointees; and the reasoning behind the appointment of an official to the rank of Second Secretary in his Department.
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20 Mr. R. Burke asked the asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, in view of the ongoing EU enlargement process, the proposals, if any, he has to utilise Ireland's diplomatic and consular representation in the EU to support the public and private sector in attracting tourism, trade and inward investment. [
59 Mr. R. Burke asked the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed regarding the validity of our foreign trade statistics; if there is a large transfer pricing element; and if he has satisfied himself that the change in the method of gathering information as a result of the completion of the Single Market will improve the situation.
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59 Mr. R. Burke asked the Taoiseach if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed regarding the validity of our foreign trade statistics; if there is a large transfer pricing element; and if he has satisfied himself that the change in the method of gathering information as a result of the completion of the Single Market will improve the situation.
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