2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the arrangements which are in place for his Department to provide assistance to certain Independent Deputies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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107 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions his Department has taken following Trócaire’s call for increased efforts by the Government to bring about an end to child labour in developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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103 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the decision to send Irish troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent developments in the social partnership process; the recent meetings he has had with the social partners concerning this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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79 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the measures his Department has taken to reduce the economy’s exposure to the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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48 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if an independent evaluation study of investment needs over the period 2007 to 2013 in preparation for the next national development plan has been completed; and if same will be made available to the public.
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72 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she is taking to end the fraudulent and dangerous practise of agricultural produce being imported and labelled in restaurants or in processing as Irish products in view of an FSAI report being known to her Department for over a year now.
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48 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will liaise with the Department of the Environment and Local Government to put in place a strategy to allow farmers engage in direct sales of vegetables and dairy products, etc., on the basis of 60% minimum own produce and 40% maximum bought in produce.
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540 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the events that he will attend in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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509 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence the events that he will attend in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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466 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the events that she is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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383 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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337 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the events that she is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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324 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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299 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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291 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on his plans for the future development of the money advice and budgeting services which are funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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287 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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273 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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249 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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240 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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236 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to review the terms of reference of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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235 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his proposals to fill vacancies in the membership of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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234 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the membership of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: when the current members were appointed and the term for which they were; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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227 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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216 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the events that he is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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195 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps recommended by her Department to those hospitals that provide accident and emergency services to the general population to protect against the transmission of the MRSA virus from the general population to the hospitalised population.
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194 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the information which is available to her Department on the incidence of the MRSA virus in the general population; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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180 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the events that she is attending in an official capacity to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
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8 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if the year to date figures for freedom of information requests received by his Department will be updated; the way in which this compares with the comparable figures in 2004-05; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the progress by the MacEntee commission of investigation into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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44 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the representations his Department has made under trade related aspects of intellectual property rights to improve access to patented medicines for poor countries.
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15 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he has taken to ensure the inclusion of the Oireachtas and Irish society generally in broader consultation on the development and implementation of the national reform programme.
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256 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if it is true that Shell intends to cold leak approximately 238,000 kg of methane gas in the Irish jurisdiction; if this is the case, if the Government has to pay the associated fine under the Kyoto Agreement; and the amount the fine will equate to.
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203 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason three additional trustees were appointed to the board of Kilconnell Cow Park, Ballinasloe, County Galway; her plans for the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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64 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department maintains statistics on the number of children born here not entitled to be in receipt of child benefit payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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82 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the cost implications of the High Court case regarding the Government’s move in 2003 to cut a mature student’s back-to-education grant payment during college holidays; and if there are similar cases being taken against his Department.
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11 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on contacts he has had with the UK Government or with the Northern Ireland political parties following the 25 February 2006 riots in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the UK Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, in early March 2006 in London on the future of the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the SDLP in early March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Sinn Féin Party on 1 March 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on contacts he has had with the UK Government or with the Northern Ireland political parties following the 25 February 2006 riots in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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774 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science her views on the application for a technology teacher which was submitted to her by a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 in view of the fact that, following research by teachers and parents at open nights, it was found that the lack of non-academic subjects on the school curriculum was deemed a strong disadvantage for the pupils by parents and prospective parents alike and that the school has served the population of Artane, Coolock and beyond since the mid-1950s and has a team of dedicated teachers who are fully supported by the parents in their objective to ensure the school is able to offer a broader-based education to its pupils.
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300 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance in regard to the mobile phone transmitters which are placed on Howth Garda station, the plans which exist to put further transmitters at this location; his views on same in view of the presence of a cluster of three transmitters at Howth yacht club which is some distance from residences, schools and so on and as a location is therefore more in line with the precautionary principle; and in further view of the fact that it is stated Government policy to encourage co-location of mobile phone transmitters, would it not be more appropriate to use this alternative location rather than one immediately surrounded by houses.
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219 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will report on the current usage and future plans for the Health Service Executive property (details supplied) in Dublin 5; the structural condition of this building; when the site will be cleaned and the derelict containers removed; if her attention has been drawn to reports of rodent and pigeon infestation in and around the building; and if she will have this matter investigated.
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218 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if this person should have been charged for his stay in hospital in view of the fact that he is a PAYE worker paying PRSI.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an nglacann sé leis gur maith an smaoineamh é múnla a chur ar fáil a chabhróidh le foilsitheoirí freastal ar chuspóirí Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla agus a chinnteoidh go mbeidh an dá theanga nasctha le chéile taobh le taobh mar a bhíonn amhlaidh i gcáipéisí Bwrdd Yr Iaith Gymraeg / Bord Teanga na Breatnaise agus an nglacfaidh sé leis go gcuireann múnla mar sin le foghlaim an dá theanga agus le laghdú chostas na clódóireachta.
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106
D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta ó thaobh chur i bhfeidhm alt 7 Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla.
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8 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the recent communications he has had with the family of the late Mr. Pat Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the recent communications he has had with the family of the late Mr. Pat Finucane; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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