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Tony Gregory

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Bill· Public1997/17lapsed

Wildlife Bill 1997

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 March 1997

Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Wildlife Act, 1976

Question· writtenPQ 342asked

342 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to ensure that the welfare of the potentially dioxin contaminated pigs held at present on restricted farms is fully protected; when these pigs will be slaughtered; if this slaughter will take place at a slaughterhouse or on the farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47589/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2008

342 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps he is taking to ensure that the welfare of the potentially dioxin contaminated pigs held at present on restricted farms is fully protected; when these pigs will be slaughtered; if this slaughter will take place at a slaughterhouse or on the farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47589/08]

Question· writtenPQ 397asked

397 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if progress has been made on the proposal to swap sites in East Wall, Dublin 3 between his Department’s site on East Wall Road where a school (details supplied) is located and the privately owned site at Ravensdale Road in the centre of East Wall which would have much more potential for the development of a school for the docklands area; and if in view of the market changes, this proposal will be examined urgently. [47534/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2008

397 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science if progress has been made on the proposal to swap sites in East Wall, Dublin 3 between his Department’s site on East Wall Road where a school (details supplied) is located and the privately owned site at Ravensdale Road in the centre of East Wall which would have much more potential for the development of a school for the docklands area; and if in view of the market changes, this proposal will be examined urgently. [47534/08]

Question· writtenPQ 395asked

434 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the standards used to determine the safety levels at Haulbowline Island by a company (details supplied) in its recent report were in fact the threshold values for industrial use, not residential use; the way, in view of the fact that these levels exceed the internationally accepted limits for residential use by many multiples, it is appropriate to reassure persons working on the island as well as the residential inhabitants of Cork Harbour that there are no identified risks to the residents. [46537/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008

434 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the standards used to determine the safety levels at Haulbowline Island by a company (details supplied) in its recent report were in fact the threshold values for industrial use, not residential use; the way, in view of the fact that these levels exceed the internationally accepted limits for residential use by many multiples, it is appropriate to reassure persons working on the island as well as the residential inhabitants of Cork Harbour that there are no identified risks to the residents. [46537/08]

Question· writtenPQ 396asked

435 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make available to the public and consult with it over the alternative proposals for the future of the toxic dump on Haulbowline Island before he brings a report to Government for decision on whatever actions are shown to be necessary. [46538/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008

435 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make available to the public and consult with it over the alternative proposals for the future of the toxic dump on Haulbowline Island before he brings a report to Government for decision on whatever actions are shown to be necessary. [46538/08]

Question· writtenPQ 523asked

562 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the results of the data obtained by the sustainable management of interactions between aquaculture and wild salmonid fish funded by the EU and partnered between Ireland, Scotland, and Norway and the data obtained by the national fish stock assessment programme of the Central Fisheries Board in 2007 which demonstrated the increased mortalities in wild salmon as a result of marine salmon farms and their sea lice infestations; and the measures he plans to take to protect the Irish wild salmon as the competent authority under the Habitats Directive which list the salmon for protection. [46539/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008

562 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the results of the data obtained by the sustainable management of interactions between aquaculture and wild salmonid fish funded by the EU and partnered between Ireland, Scotland, and Norway and the data obtained by the national fish stock assessment programme of the Central Fisheries Board in 2007 which demonstrated the increased mortalities in wild salmon as a result of marine salmon farms and their sea lice infestations; and the measures he plans to take to protect the Irish wild salmon as the competent authority under the Habitats Directive which list the salmon for protection. [46539/08]

Question· writtenPQ 524asked

571 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on the recommendations of the high level sea lice monitoring and control working group which was established by the then Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in 2005 and comprised representatives of the Department, the Fisheries Boards, Marine Institute and Bord Iascaigh Mhara to examine and review the systems and processes for controlling sea lice levels at marine finfish farms. [46546/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008

571 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will report on the recommendations of the high level sea lice monitoring and control working group which was established by the then Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in 2005 and comprised representatives of the Department, the Fisheries Boards, Marine Institute and Bord Iascaigh Mhara to examine and review the systems and processes for controlling sea lice levels at marine finfish farms. [46546/08]

Question· writtenPQ 527asked

565 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will identify the person permitting processes within his Department that are not in line with EU Directive 2003/35/EC on public participation in environmental decision making; and the action he will take to bring them into compliance with this Directive to enable Ireland to ratify the Aarhus Convention. [46540/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008

565 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will identify the person permitting processes within his Department that are not in line with EU Directive 2003/35/EC on public participation in environmental decision making; and the action he will take to bring them into compliance with this Directive to enable Ireland to ratify the Aarhus Convention. [46540/08]

Question· writtenPQ 528asked

566 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason Ireland no longer avails of European funding for the forestry programme here taking into consideration the requirement for Departments to reduce expenditure; and the cost to the Exchequer through the loss of this funding. [46541/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008

566 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason Ireland no longer avails of European funding for the forestry programme here taking into consideration the requirement for Departments to reduce expenditure; and the cost to the Exchequer through the loss of this funding. [46541/08]

Question· writtenPQ 529asked

567 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the Court of Auditors on the failure of cross compliance (details supplied); and if he proposes to publish for farmers the precise obligations deriving from the relevant 19 directives and regulations and define a complete set of verifiable requirements and standards which are understandable for farmers, limited to the farmer’s responsibility, applicable and controllable and which take account of the specific characteristics of the areas and farming practices, as recommended in this report. [46542/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008

567 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the Court of Auditors on the failure of cross compliance (details supplied); and if he proposes to publish for farmers the precise obligations deriving from the relevant 19 directives and regulations and define a complete set of verifiable requirements and standards which are understandable for farmers, limited to the farmer’s responsibility, applicable and controllable and which take account of the specific characteristics of the areas and farming practices, as recommended in this report. [46542/08]

Question· writtenPQ 530asked

568 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the Court of Auditors on the failure of cross compliance; and if he will assure the Houses of the Oireachtas that Ireland is not one of the member states that have not implemented effective control and sanction systems which provide sufficient assurance on farmers’ compliance. [46543/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008

568 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his attention has been drawn to the recent report of the Court of Auditors on the failure of cross compliance; and if he will assure the Houses of the Oireachtas that Ireland is not one of the member states that have not implemented effective control and sanction systems which provide sufficient assurance on farmers’ compliance. [46543/08]

Question· writtenPQ 532asked

570 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason Ireland no longer avails of European funding for the aquaculture industry, taking into consideration the requirement for Departments to reduce expenditure; and the cost to the Exchequer through the loss of this funding. [46545/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008

570 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason Ireland no longer avails of European funding for the aquaculture industry, taking into consideration the requirement for Departments to reduce expenditure; and the cost to the Exchequer through the loss of this funding. [46545/08]

Question· writtenPQ 533asked

572 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will recall for assessment aquaculture licenses which operations have been conclusively linked to mortalities of wild salmon by the sustainable management of interactions between aquaculture and wild salmonid fish project funded by the EU and partnered between Ireland, Scotland, and Norway and by the data obtained as part of the national fish stock assessment programme. [46547/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2008

572 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will recall for assessment aquaculture licenses which operations have been conclusively linked to mortalities of wild salmon by the sustainable management of interactions between aquaculture and wild salmonid fish project funded by the EU and partnered between Ireland, Scotland, and Norway and by the data obtained as part of the national fish stock assessment programme. [46547/08]

Question· writtenPQ 161asked

161 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 161 of 19 November and 182 of 26 November 2008, if he will expedite a reply to question 182 from the Garda authorities in view of a recent murder (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45836/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2008

161 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 161 of 19 November and 182 of 26 November 2008, if he will expedite a reply to question 182 from the Garda authorities in view of a recent murder (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45836/08]

Question· writtenPQ 164asked

220 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers teaching the English language as a foreign language in second level schools, community and comprehensive colleges and VEC schools. [45666/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008

220 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of teachers teaching the English language as a foreign language in second level schools, community and comprehensive colleges and VEC schools. [45666/08]

Question· writtenPQ 165asked

221 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level schools, community and comprehensive colleges and VEC schools with one of more teachers who teach the English language as a foreign language. [45667/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008

221 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level schools, community and comprehensive colleges and VEC schools with one of more teachers who teach the English language as a foreign language. [45667/08]

Question· writtenPQ 166asked

222 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level schools, community and comprehensive colleges and VEC schools with an excess of two teachers teaching English as a foreign language. [45668/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008

222 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of second level schools, community and comprehensive colleges and VEC schools with an excess of two teachers teaching English as a foreign language. [45668/08]

Question· writtenPQ 167asked

223 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the second level schools, community and comprehensive colleges and VEC schools with one or more teachers teaching the English language as a foreign language; the number of such teachers in the case of each school. [45669/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2008

223 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the second level schools, community and comprehensive colleges and VEC schools with one or more teachers teaching the English language as a foreign language; the number of such teachers in the case of each school. [45669/08]

Question· writtenPQ 239asked

296 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities on the action they are taking against a company (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in view of the fact that there is a constant and daily offending in relation to illegal parking on footpaths and so on; and the number of prosecutions they have instituted to date in 2008 against this company for parking offences. [43821/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008

296 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request a report from the Garda authorities on the action they are taking against a company (details supplied) in Dublin 3 in view of the fact that there is a constant and daily offending in relation to illegal parking on footpaths and so on; and the number of prosecutions they have instituted to date in 2008 against this company for parking offences. [43821/08]

Question· writtenPQ 316asked

373 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the basis of the decision to specify a five and a half month hunting season in the recent licence granted to a hunt (details supplied). [43827/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008

373 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the basis of the decision to specify a five and a half month hunting season in the recent licence granted to a hunt (details supplied). [43827/08]

Question· writtenPQ 446asked

506 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the legislative basis for the threatening letters sent to teachers who have not joined the Teaching Council telling them that they will not be paid their salaries. [44013/08]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2008

506 Deputy Tony Gregory asked the Minister for Education and Science the legislative basis for the threatening letters sent to teachers who have not joined the Teaching Council telling them that they will not be paid their salaries. [44013/08]