2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received to date in 2006; the way in which this compares with the comparable periods in 2003, 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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223 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Fingal County Council has not appointed all of the community and environmental pillar representatives to its Strategic Policy Committees; and the measures which will be taken to ensure that same is done.
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172 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the terms of reference of the remit given to the steering group comprising representatives of the Forest Service, National Parks and Wildlife Service and Coillte to examine the impact of forestry operations on the freshwater pearl mussel catchments areas and to draw up operational guidelines.
[21512/06]
7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in implementing the Lisbon Agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[16194/06]
1 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the level of imports and exports over the past 12 months for which information is available for all timber, energy and fibre crops, meat, poultry, dairy, mushroom, potato and various vegetable and herb products.
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618 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the efforts being made by State agencies in providing visitor facilities and signage for the Burren National Park; the reason no work has taken place on these issues since the demolition of the Burren centre at Mullaghmore in 2001; and when work on the draft management plan for the Burren will commence.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Oideachais agus Eolaíochta an gcuirfidh sí na staitisticí seo a leanas ar fáil maidir le Díolúine ón nGaeilge: cad iad na figiúirí ó 2002 ar aghaidh ar na miondealú de réir contae, de réir inscne, de réir bliana (an Idirbhliain san áireamh), de réir earnála (Dara Leibhéal Saorálach, Pobalscoileanna, Scoileanna Cuimsitheacha agus Coistí Gairmoideachais) chomh maith le pé eolas eile a bheadh ad rem chun pictiúr soiléir a fháil den díolúine.
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509 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will evaluate the operation of the Garda’s TrafficWatch facility especially at Bank Holiday weekends; if he will report on the annual budget of TrafficWatch; the number of calls which have been received by TrafficWatch in the past year; the number of these calls which have resulted in action by An Garda Síochána; the form these actions take; the number of drivers who have been charged or notified as a result of TrafficWatch; the feedback given to people who call or write to TrafficWatch; and if it is necessary for Gardaí to log the calls or can such logging be carried out by civilian personnel.
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160 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of applications he has received to date under the SEI greener homes scheme for each of the product categories that are covered; if there are limits on the number of applications that can be approved in any one year; if the amount of grant approved to each application is flexible or is fixed dependent on the size and type of heating system that is being has decreased since the introduction of the scheme; and when is the projected exhaustion of moneys allocated to the scheme.
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145 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide details on the usage of each of the metropolitan area networks that have been introduced to date; and the revenue received from transactions on the MAN system up to the end of the latest accounting period.
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18 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the official foreign travel he has planned over the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Australian Prime Minister, Mr John Howard; the topics which were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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16 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of Venezuela, Mr. Hugo Chávez, in Vienna; 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 his attendance at the EU-Latin America summit in Vienna; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[20709/06]
7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach his priorities for the June 2006 EU summit; if an agenda has been received for that summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[16193/06]
2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his 12 April 2006 meeting with the President of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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281 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made with regard to establishing primary and secondary level schools in Donabate, County Dublin; if a date for commencement of construction has been set; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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133 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the fact that many of the latest reports confirm that flights which have stopped in Shannon have also been used for rendition purposes; and his further views on whether this represents a breach of International law; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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89 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied that the latest legislative proposals discussed in the United States will deal adequately with the undocumented Irish in the United States; the representations he has made on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in implementing the recommendations of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[16191/06]
537 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has required a housing association to drop plans for gas-fired heating in social housing schemes in favour of electric heating; and if so, the schemes involved.
[19606/06]
536 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has approved social housing schemes with electric heating in areas on the gas network; and if so, the housing schemes involved.
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535 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the performance indicators his Department has for the length of time it takes to make a decision on social housing schemes submitted by local authorities for approval and funding.
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533 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the length of time on average it has taken for his Department to make a decision on social housing schemes submitted by local authorities for approval and funding in each of the past three years.
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534 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the performance indicators his Department has for the length of time it takes to make a decision on social housing schemes submitted by housing associations for approval and funding under the capital assistance scheme, in view of the fact that local authorities are required to give their decision within eight weeks.
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532 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the length of time on average it has taken for his Department to make a decision on social housing schemes submitted by housing associations for approval and funding under the capital assistance scheme in each of the past three years.
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531 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the proposed social housing design guidelines, which have been in preparation since 2004 in his Department, will be published for public consultation.
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530 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a product which has a CE marking is in principle technically acceptable for social housing construction funded by his Department without an additional requirement of an agreement certificate.
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82 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance his views on the Information Commissioner’s annual report 2005 and in particular the disappointment expressed in the report that a number of public bodies of some considerable significance remain outside of the Freedom of Information Act’s scope.
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8 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the studies which are being carried out by the National Economic and Social Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[16190/06]
7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on developments in relation to a possible new national agreement with the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of examinations being carried out on the question of Coillte becoming included as an organisation covered by Freedom of Information legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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169 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make the full and complete minutes of the Consultative Group on Forestry Legislation publicly available on her Department’s website.
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168 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if environmental non-governmental organisations will have direct representation nominated by themselves on the consultative group for the review of forestry legislation being undertaken by her forest service.
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167 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the review of forestry legislation will include review of the principle object of Coillte Teo, which is defined in the Forestry Act 1988 as to carry on the business of forestry on a commercial basis, in view of the fact that this country has assured the United Nations and the European Commission that it is practising sustainable forestry which requires equal consideration of social and environmental factors.
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166 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an assurance will be given that the moratorium on clearfelling in catchments with Margaritifera will remain until an appropriate assessment has been undertaken under Article 6 (3) of the Habitats Directive and that the opinion of the general public will be obtained as part of this process.
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165 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will capitalise on the heightened awareness of the potential for direct sales of farm produce following the popular campaign to have farmers and the wider community exercise traditional market rights before 1 May 2006 in towns and villages and some designated crossroads throughout the country; and if she will meet with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to establish a programme of re-establishing such community run farmers’ markets.
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10 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will capitalise on the heightened awareness of the potential for direct sales of farm produce following popular campaign to have farmers and the wider community exercise traditional market rights before 1 May 2006 in towns and villages and even some designated crossroads throughout the country; and if she will meet with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to establish a programme of re-establishing such community run farmers’ markets.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans in relation to the opposition from most farmers, especially those in the horticultural sector, to an introduction of genetically modified seed, crops or animals to Ireland and of the genetically modified organism trial planned for a farm (details supplied) in County Meath; if her attention has been drawn to the unanimous vote by Meath County Council that the county be declared a GMO free zone; and if she will request within the EU the right of self-determination for a region or a country to be declared free of GM seed, crops or animals as the Austrian Government has demanded.
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261 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on establishing a commission on crime and punishment to identify the factors causing crime and to update and develop measures to address those factors taking into account international best practice in penal systems including the measures developed to rehabilitate offenders; if he will ensure that this includes an assessment of the infrastructural needs which all those involved in the prison system require; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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136 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the 20 per cent increase in workplace fatalities in 2005, he intends to implement the recommendations made by the law Reform Commission in 2005 for a new statutory offence of corporate manslaughter.
[18474/06]
10 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the new task force on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[16188/06]
486 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the number of appeals which have been made to the Secretary General of her Department under Section 29 of the Education Act 1998 in 2005, 2004 and 2003; if she can list the breakdown on a county basis and city basis where applicable; and the school concerned and the outcome in each case.
[18075/06]
280 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has satisfied himself regarding the level of job creation at the Information Age Park Ennis and the efforts by State agencies to attract new enterprise to the location.
[18074/06]
279 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new jobs which have been created at the Information Age Park, Ennis since it was opened in 2005; the number of these jobs which were transferred from existing enterprises at other locations in Ennis; and the number of new jobs which were created by the new enterprises at the IAPE.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfógróidh sé níos forleithne na deiseanna fostaíochta cóir a bheith ann do chainteoirí Gaeilge sa Bhruiséil agus in Éirinn má tá Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúila le cur i bhfeidhm i gceart.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta ar léigh sé alt le duine (sonraí tugtha) agus cad é an plean atá aige chun freastal ar na cuspóirí a bhí ag Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann agus an mbunóidh sé institiúid taighde don Ghaeilge chun téarmaíocht agus straitéis don teanga a fhorbairt agus tacaíocht a thabhairt do na ranganna Gaeilge do dhaoine fásta a bhíonn ar siúl ar fud na tíre.
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