2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the preliminary census results made available in July 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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563 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the rationale for making the edited register of electors available to commercial interests in order that it can be used for direct marketing and other purposes; if he will provide a list of the commercial or other organisations which have been provided with a copy of the register; the revenue which has been generated through this scheme; and the non-statutory uses which the register has been put to since 2004.
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169 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the advances which have been made in relation to the development of a national carers strategy.
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117 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the proposals put forward by CORI in its socio-economic review 2006 as they relate to his Department’s responsibilities.
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7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Nally report on the Chief State Solicitor’s office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad atá á dhéanamh ag a Roinn chun daoine a spreagadh chun poist mar aistritheoirí a lorg de bharr go bhfuil an Ghaeilge anois ina teanga oifigiúil san Aontas Eorpach.
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223 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the directive name, directive reference number and number of cases where Ireland has been formally cautioned under Article 226 of the Treaty of the European Community, issued a reasoned opinion under Article 226 of the treaty of the European Community, the Commission has declared its intention to go the European Court of Justice, taken to the European Court of Justice by the Commission, formally cautioned under Article 228 of the Treaty of the European Community, issued a reasoned opinion under Article 228 and issued with daily fines by the European Court of Justice in regard to environmental protection.
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167 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends introducing legislation to reduce waste production in the current Dáil session.
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12 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach when the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnerships last met; when its next meeting is scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the functions and cost of special political advisers appointed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the functions and cost of the communications unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to date to end the practice of detaining children in adult jails in breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; the action which has been taken to address reports of mistreatment of children in custody; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way he which he will use the proceeds of the sale of Shanganagh Castle, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent meetings with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if the National Economic and Social Council has plans to analyse the effect of peak oil on the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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15 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his Department’s expenditure in the first half of 2006; the way in which this compares with the first half of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2006; the estimated revenue generated by payments relating to these requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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35 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the estimated final cost of the second terminal for Dublin airport and associated infrastructure; and the way in which the project is to be funded.
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14 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the reason his Department has not sought the Dublin Airport Authority’s cost benefit analysis in respect of the proposed runway project; the process under which a decision will be made on whether a new runway will be built; and the expected timetable for such a process.
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1508 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a list of the 125 rivers known to host the fresh water pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera giving their location by county and their length; the 45 catchments involved with their location by county and their extent in hectares; and the amount of afforestation by hectares in each of these catchments.
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1187 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the enforcement provisions she has to control unapproved plantations of trees; and the powers she has to require that the development be reversed and the owner be prosecuted.
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1185 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Forest Service has the ability to regulate forest road construction if it is not being approved for grant aid to ensure the protection of the environment.
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1184 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide an assurance that sufficient information is required to be provided in the application for all felling licences to ensure that the Forest Service is able to assess the impact on the environment; and if she will further provide the information required for each application.
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1186 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the Forest Service has the ability to regulate hand fertilisation if it is outside the grant aid period to ensure the protection of the environment.
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1183 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the maximum amount of phosphates fertilisers permitted to be applied per hectare for afforestation projects over their rotation.
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1182 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she is satisfied that the foliar analysis, upon which her Forest Service’s approval of fertilisation of forestry is based, is sufficient to determine phosphorous deficiency in the soil.
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1181 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the definition of peat soils incorporated in Schedule 1 of the Nitrates Regulations 2006 (details supplied) as soils with an organic matter content exceeding 20 per cent will also be applied to soils used for forestry.
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1180 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will confirm that she revealed the full terms of reference of the Forestry and Margaritifera Group’s technical working group for the proposed forestry guidelines in her reply to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 1 June 2006, and that no agreement was reached with Coillte Teoranta to ensure that the terms of reference included the requirement for the guidelines to be cost efficient.
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1179 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will institute a review of the 1996 strategic plan for the development of the forestry sector in Ireland which reflects the current planting rates and accepts the impossibility of reaching the targets required for critical mass as specified in that plan and in the terms of reference of the review of that plan by a person (details supplied).
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1178 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the date on which Coillte Teoranta reimbursed the Government for the grant aid intended for farmers claimed by Coillte Teoranta, which was clawed back by the European Commission.
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194 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children if she is confident that we will see a marked improvement in accident and emergency services in winter 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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172 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in providing step down beds in the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent developments in the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter
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6 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position regarding the roll-out of the nationwide audit of sports facilities.
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305 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will request journey details from the relevant US Government departments of all prisoners both military and civilian who were detained, captured or arrested outside of the US and transported as prisoners to the US for detention, trial or release since 2001 to determine if there have been other administrative errors, in view of the recent administrative error on the part of the US Government in failing to request the permission of his Department to transport a military prisoner through Shannon Airport, and the statement by him that there is no record in his Department of applications for permission to transport prisoners via Irish airspace or facilities by the US Government since 2001.
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182 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the action she is taking on the crisis in the schools dental health service where in Clare, for example, there are only four dentists working where there should be eight.
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109 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will confirm that the Government has given a commitment to the EU that it will meet scientific advice in 2007, ensuring that fisheries will only take place in estuaries and rivers on stocks which have been shown to be above their conservation limit; when he expects the independent group to make their report to him; and if he will publish the same.
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884 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the budget he allocates annually by county for the implementation of the European Charter of Pedestrian Rights which has been adopted by various local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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850 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the plans he has or guidelines available regarding the increase in membership of various town and city authorities and the revision of boundaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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849 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will confirm that the decision has been taken to build a new waste treatment plant for the counties of Limerick, Kerry and Clare; and when this incinerator will commence operation.
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729 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science if a site for the permanent accommodation of a school (details supplied) has been identified and purchased by the Department; and if not, the timescale for such accommodation.
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728 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science when will she commence implementation of the recommendations of the report School Matters; if she intends to identify priority areas; what these areas will be; and the timescale for same.
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470 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport further to comments (details supplied) by the chairman of the Dublin Airport Authority that Shannon Airport is losing money, the way in which he, with the DAA and the SAA, will overcome the problems outlined by the person in a presentation to the Joint Committee on Transport on 20 June 2006 on Shannon becoming independent; and his views on whether separation of the airports can occur before May or June 2007.
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469 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport if he will commit to funding the €53 million economic plan drawn up by the Mid West Regional Authority in consultation with others in response to the ending of the Shannon stop-over and the beginning of open skies; when he will commence funding the plan; and the amount his Department will commit to the plan over the next five years.
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467 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the Department that has responsibility for bridges over the river Shannon in view of the Foynes Port Company’s plans in this regard.
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