123 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Transport his views on the decision taken by Iarnród Éireann to increase by 25%, from January 2005, the rates it charges to its business customers to transport rail freight; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. Coveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on risk equalisation and whether it is necessary in the private health insurance industry here.
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11 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the alternative income he can offer to fishing families whose livelihoods may be in jeopardy arising from conservation regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to outline the unresolved problems related to official grants of arms in this jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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171 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give details of his overseas travel arrangements for the remainder of 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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208 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the work to date of the Irish Language Forum, established following the report of the Gaeltacht Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1094 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to rebuild the prison on Spike Island and close Cork prison; and his views on comments on his proposals to relocate the inmates and prison personnel on Spike Island.
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79 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Transport the action he is taking to reduce the out turn cost of road projects under the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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118 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with Dublin Port regarding access to Dublin Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the level of crime directed against tourists here; the response of his Department to crime against tourists; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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128 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science the way in which the enrolment capacity for colleges of further education and PLC courses will be set for the 2004-05 academic year and subsequent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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108 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science the pupil-teacher ratio in schools which are designated as disadvantaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that sufficient policing capacity on the water is available to enforce water safety legislation around our coastline; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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36 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that fishing efforts by foreign trawlers will not increase in the fishing area, outside of the new Irish box area, but in the area formerly referred to as the Irish box on the west and north west coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that ComReg has sufficient powers to address recent overcharging problems in the mobile phone industry; and if he intends to meet the regulator to discuss this issue.
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49 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government intends to give public support to a campaign by Oxfam and Amnesty International to control the global arms trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the political situation in Zimbabwe; if during the Irish Presidency of the European Union, there has been formal contact between the EU and Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Finance the total value of tax revenue collected from the purchase, registration and use of motor vehicles, distinguishing the amount collected under different tax headings.
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49 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Health and Children the health measures or plans he has introduced or intends to introduce, in view of the release of statistics from the National Disease Surveillance Centre that STI’s, particularly hepatitis B, increased significantly in 2002 when compared with 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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543 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received a letter of formal warning or similar correspondence from the environmental directorate of the EU Commission relating to concerns on the part of that directorate regarding the proposal currently before An Bord Pleanála to develop a large scale landfill at Garrynagree, Dungarvan, County Waterford; if so, if he has responded to this correspondence; if not, when he proposes to respond and the terms in which; if he will publish the text of the correspondence received and his response; if the correspondence received from the Commission has been furnished to An Bord Pleanála and the Environmental Protection Agency in order that their attention may be drawn to the Commission’s concerns in a timely manner having regard to the exercise of their own statutory function relating to the proposal; and if the correspondence will be placed in the library of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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65 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the outcome of his recent meetings with the local drug task forces; if the representatives he met have satisfied themselves with the progress of the national drugs strategy; the measures the local drug task forces wish to see him take to tackle drugs in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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51 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the Bray local drug task force area is the only area not currently implementing their second round of action plans; when he expects that Bray will progress to second round funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Health and Children when he intends to publish the Medical Practitioners Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way in which he intends to implement the dairy premium scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the Government has started to refer to Burma as Myanmar in recent months; his views on the message that this may send to the military rulers of Burma; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the political situation in Iran; if he will advise on the humanitarian situation in the wake of the Bam earthquake and of the progress being made to restore housing and living conditions in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will clarify the level of Spanish fishing effort and access into the new Irish Box area.
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32 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the restrictions that will be put in place on Spanish fishing vessels within the new Irish Box area off the south-west coast of Ireland; if negotiations have been completed with the Spanish on this matter; and if not, if it is his intention to finalise the issue before the end of the Irish Presidency of the EU.
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36 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Finance his estimate of the total value of tax revenue collected from the sites, construction, sale and purchase adaptation, rental, repair and bequest of housing, distinguishing the amount collected under different tax headings.
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459 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the number of containers lost at sea during rough weather; and if he has satisfied himself that the conditions under which containers are stored and carried on vessels is adequate to minimise the risk of loss of containers at sea, which may become a serious hazard for other commercial or leisure craft.
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458 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has plans to examine or improve legislation governing the carriage of containers on cargo ships; and if he plans to raise this issue at European level while Ireland has the EU Presidency.
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173 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the relaxation of planning guidelines, particularly for one-off rural houses, as a result of new guidelines recently published, will apply only in CLÁR designated areas; the result he anticipates in other non-CLÁR rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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115 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress to date in relation to the reform of the law on charities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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145 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the work schedule for the new stadium at Lansdowne Road, including the possible commencement and completion dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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55 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of consultation that has taken place with the interested stakeholders or that will take place before the introduction of a new leisure boat registration scheme is introduced later in 2004.
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38 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will mandate local and regional authorities to include a telecommunications and broadband section in all new development plans to be approved in the future.
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4 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the targets he has set himself to achieve as Minister during Ireland’s Presidency of the EU in his area of responsibility in an EU context.
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1 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason, in the past two years, energy costs here have risen so dramatically; and the action he is taking to bring energy costs back in line with the rest of the EU.
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176 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when funds will be allocated towards dredging costs at Buncrana on Lough Swilly, in County Donegal.
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111 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the findings of the US Council on Foreign Relations task force studying developments in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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83 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the work of the Centre for Cross-Border Studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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258 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Education and Science if his Department will approve the provision of an extra room to a school (details supplied) in County Cork, to provide for a second stream of students due to numbers and demand.
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280 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he plans to provide resources to fund a rescue boat for the Cleggan coastguard unit, to improve the rescue capacity in the area and support the RNLI station in Clifden, County Galway.
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