5 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has taken any action arising from the recent TV programmes on BBC2 and Channel 4 relating to the blooding of greyhounds with live rabbits at a prominent greyhound track in County Tipperary and the brutal baiting and killing of badgers near Portlaoise, County Laois; the steps, if any, taken by the Gardaí in respect of the above; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
5 Mr. Gregory asked the Taoiseach if he intends to grant a six months extension to participants on the community enterprise development programme who are due to end their 12 months work experience at the end of February 1994, as was done for those who finished in recent months.
16 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider arrangements to provide for a percentage of local employment on all major public/State financed building projects, particularly where those projects are located in disadvantaged areas, with high levels of unemployment in the immediate indigenous community.
65 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health the findings of the recent interdepartmental report on the Dublin Dental Hospital; if he intends to make the necessary financial assistance available to rebuild the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
65 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health the findings of the recent interdepartmental report on the Dublin Dental Hospital; if he intends to make the necessary financial assistance available to rebuild the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
5 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons addicted to hard drugs in Dublin; the number of those currently on treatment programmes; the number on waiting lists for treatment programmes; the areas of the city where those addicted reside; the number of hospital beds available for drug treatment and the waiting lists for these; and the estimated level of services required to provide treatment for all those in need.
21 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment if he will consider additional measures such as the compulsory production of identification by all voters to provide against personation at elections, particularly in the light of recent evidence and court proceedings indicating that personation continues to be a problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
5 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice her views on whether there has been a serious increase in the availability of heroin in Dublin city, and on whether this is now a major problem with open selling on city streets; and the steps, if any, she intends to take to deal with this problem.
2 Mr. Gregory asked the Taoiseach if, in view of the absence of an official ceremony on the anniversary of the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings, and no appropriate memorial to the 33 victims, he will have arrangements made for the 20th anniversary in 1994.
4 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adults on the waiting list for treatment by dentists and orthodontists in the Dublin area and, specifically, in the North Strand and Quarry Road health centres of Dublin 1, 3 and 7; and the approximate waiting periods for those on the lists.
8 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform his views on the level of inequality experienced by young people in some inner city areas of Dublin; if he has any plans to examine this serious social problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
14 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if he will give details of the progress of the CEDP; if all places approved by the Programme for Economic and Social Progress monitoring committee have been sanctioned; the plans, if any, he has to expand the scheme beyond the 12 partnership areas; and the manner in which the participants will be involved in the evaluation of the programme.
7 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education her views on the fact that the north inner city of Dublin has for decades been educationally severely disadvantaged; if she will give details of the percentage of children there failing to complete second level education; and her views on whether there is an urgent need for a second level community college to meet the special needs of the local children.
9 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will amend the cruelty to Animals Act, 1965 to remove the exemption from the legal prohibition on animal cruelty given to coursing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
9 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice her views on claims that a disco hall (details supplied) in Dublin 1 is used as a major distribution centre for the illegal drug ecstasy between 1.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. at weekends which is outside the opening hours provided for under licence, that the gardaí have no powers to force its closure and so curtail the drug distribution and that three other disco halls (details supplied) are also used as drug distribution centres.
4 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education the steps, if any, she will take in 1993 to move towards a reduction in class sizes in primary schools in line with the commitment contained in the Programme for Partnership Government 1993-1997.
26 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health his views on a recent report (details supplied) that heroin abuse showed a marked increase in 1991 and 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
26 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health his views on a recent report (details supplied) that heroin abuse showed a marked increase in 1991 and 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
9 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health his views on a recent report in the Irish Medical Times (details supplied) that heroin abuse showed a marked increase in 1991/92, and that illicit opiates such as MST and methadone appear to be widely available; the action, if any, he is taking; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
218 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the if he will number of items of mail from abroad he has received within the past 12 months protesting against the operation of live hare coursing, either directly or through other parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
59 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will have live hare coursing replaced by drag coursing, as practised in Canada, Germany and Australia, which does not involve the use of a live hare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
218 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the if he will number of items of mail from abroad he has received within the past 12 months protesting against the operation of live hare coursing, either directly or through other parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
59 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will have live hare coursing replaced by drag coursing, as practised in Canada, Germany and Australia, which does not involve the use of a live hare; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
3 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if he will raise the IDA grant aid for industries starting up in Dublin's Inner city to 60 per cent so that it is a level similar to other employment black spots.
7 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice her views on whether the availability of heroin in particular is again on the increase in view of the worsening crime problem in Dublin city and the high incidence of drug-related crime; and whether more specialised and increased Garda resources are necessary to confront the problem.
14 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline when the Government hope to ratify the Convention for the Transfer of Sentenced Persons.
19 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Marine whether the findings of the investigation into the causes of a collision, involving two ships in Dublin Bay three years ago, have been made available to the Dublin Port Harbour Masters; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
17 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Labour if he will make provision whereby FÁS may grant extensions beyond the maximum 52 weeks, as is currently provided for, on social employment schemes in circumstances where the sponsoring body and FÁS agree that an extension is desirable.
62 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the number on the waiting list for heart by-pass operations at the Mater Hospital, Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
62 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the number on the waiting list for heart by-pass operations at the Mater Hospital, Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
64 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Energy if it has been brought to his attention that his directive to the ESB to terminate their use of the billing system for new appliance sales has met with widespread opposition from consumer associations, St. Vincent de Paul, ACRA and others; and if he will review his decision in the light of this opposition.
64 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Energy if it has been brought to his attention that his directive to the ESB to terminate their use of the billing system for new appliance sales has met with widespread opposition from consumer associations, St. Vincent de Paul, ACRA and others; and if he will review his decision in the light of this opposition.
25 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Social Welfare if a commitment was made to provide a new building for the Navan Road employment exchange, Dublin 7; and if so, when this commitment will be honoured.
25 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Social Welfare if a commitment was made to provide a new building for the Navan Road employment exchange, Dublin 7; and if so, when this commitment will be honoured.
17 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Tourism, Transport and Communications if he has now received the submission from Irish Rail in response to Dublin Corporation's request to acquire land for rehousing of the Sheriff Street tenants; if he has considered the matter; and if he will make a statement as to his decision.
14 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Labour whether, arising out of his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 25 April 1991 he will outline the areas where unemployment is traditional.
8 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a severe educational disadvantage in the north inner city of Dublin; her plans to compensate for this disadvantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
21 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for tonsillectomies in the Children's Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin 1; the waiting time involved; if he has plans to improve this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
8 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Finance whether the Dublin chief fire officer has advised the Chairman of the Commissioners of Public Works on the question of providing access for a turntable ladder to the courtyard of Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 to ensure efficiency of fire fighting operations; the action he intends to take to meet the fire officer's requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
33 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Social Welfare if all families where (a) the main income earner is on long term unemployment assistance (b) the spouse is in part-time employment earning less than £45 per week nett and (c) there are three school going children are refused a school clothes allowance; if this conforms with the general guidelines on this allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
33 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Social Welfare if all families where (a) the main income earner is on long term unemployment assistance (b) the spouse is in part-time employment earning less than £45 per week nett and (c) there are three school going children are refused a school clothes allowance; if this conforms with the general guidelines on this allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
20 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Marine if he will outline the response he received from Sealink following his Department's representations to ensure a continuation of lo-lo operations at the Sealink terminal in Dublin Port.
13 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for Education if she will sanction the necessary grant to St. Finbarr's national school, Cabra West, Dublin 7, for external work to the windows and roof, in view of the excellent community organised activities, including a successful pre-school, which are housed in the school building.
102 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment if he will use the powers available to him under the Derelict Sites Act, 1990, to instruct CIE to dispose of lands off Seville Place, Dublin 1 which are lying derelict and are surplus to the company's needs and are required by Dublin Corporation for housing purposes, in order to relocate the tenants of Sheriff Street, Dublin 1.
102 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment if he will use the powers available to him under the Derelict Sites Act, 1990, to instruct CIE to dispose of lands off Seville Place, Dublin 1 which are lying derelict and are surplus to the company's needs and are required by Dublin Corporation for housing purposes, in order to relocate the tenants of Sheriff Street, Dublin 1.
15 Mr. Gregory asked the Minister for the Environment his decision/response to the detailed plan submitted by Dublin Corporation's housing architects for the rehousing of the Sheriff Street tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter.