33 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will be visiting the United States during the St. Patrick’s Day holidays; if so, the itinerary for his visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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32 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting of 22 December 2005 with the Chief Constable of the PSNI, Mr. Hugh Orde; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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31 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the recent or planned contacts with the Ireland-America Economic Advisory Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation will be reconvened in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting of 26 January 2006 with the UK Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the UK Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, or with the UK administration regarding the recent Stormontgate affair; the implications of this affair for the peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his contacts with the Northern Ireland political parties; 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 contacts with the UK Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, regarding the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to pursue a separate policy initiative to address the particular support needs of separated fathers.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil ról ar bith aige i gcur chun cinn na Gaeilge do chuairteoirí a thagann go hÉirinn ag lorg cultúir faoi leith.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an eiseoidh sé treoirlínte d’fhoilsitheoirí agus don phobal i gcoitinne chun go mbeidh an Béarla agus an Ghaeilge taobh le taobh ar leathanach ar bith más cur i láthair dátheangach atáá chur ar fáil.
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12 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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9 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his 4 January 2006 talks with trade union leaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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378 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures which are being taken to prevent the spread of New Zealand and Australian flatworms here that pose a threat to the native Irish earthworm; the research which is being carried out on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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308 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of requests which have been received in each year since 2001 to allow foreign military personnel passing through ports and airports here to make unscheduled overnight stays here, and the number of these which applied to US military personnel.
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285 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the legislation covering ethical investment; his plans to review same; the consultation he foresees on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of recent revelations regarding the inadequacy of the law on trading schemes, he intends to carry out a review of the Pyramid Selling Act 1980.
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21 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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18 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his 4 January 2006 talks with trade union leaders; 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 the way in which the Disability Act 2005 has been implemented within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests to his office in 2005; the number of fees collected in respect of these freedom of information requests in 2005; the way in which these figures compare to 2003 and 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the crime statistics 2005, a firearms amnesty system will be introduced in order to remove illegally held weapons from circulation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason possession of small quantities of cannabis was removed from the list of offences which will be covered by the adult caution system to be initiated by the Garda Síochána in the coming weeks; his plans to introduce a separate caution scheme for possession of small quantities of cannabis in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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286 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if copies of documentation from her Department proving the payment of £17,050 to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 in May 1978 by way of compensation for reactors being removed from their herd in 1977 can be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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242 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the relevant legal agreement and other arrangements entered into by the State or its agents for the accommodation of US military personnel stopping overnight in the mid-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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129 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the likely level of disruption on Luas services due to repair work on the bonding material applied on a certain section of the track; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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546 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the current spend or allocation to the various bodies dealing with the travelling community; the amount of the overall spend or allocation in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2006 in funding all services, projects, schemes, grants, loans and resources to the travelling community; his views on whether the return on such spending has been satisfactory; and his plans to improve the effectiveness of such services.
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521 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the current spend or allocation to the various bodies dealing with the Traveller community; the amount of the overall spend or allocation in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2006 in funding all services, projects, schemes, grants, loans and resources to the Traveller community; her views on whether the return on such spending has been satisfactory; and her plans to improve the effectiveness of such services.
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480 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the current spend or allocation to the various bodies dealing with the Traveller community; the amount of the overall spend or allocation in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2006 in funding all services, projects, schemes, grants, loans and resources to the travelling community; his views on whether the return on such spending has been satisfactory; and his plans to improve the effectiveness of such services.
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395 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding Enterprise Ireland’s decentralisation to Shannon, County Clare; the number of public servants who have expressed an interest in moving to Shannon’s Enterprise Ireland headquarters; and the number of these which are currently Enterprise Ireland staff.
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389 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if office accommodation has been secured for the new offices of Enterprise Ireland in Shannon, County Clare; the cost to the taxpayer; the date that it is anticipated Enterprise Ireland will decentralise to Shannon; and his views on the level of interest by public servants in the relocation of Enterprise Ireland to Shannon.
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294 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current spend or allocation to the various bodies dealing with the Traveller community; the amount of the overall spend or allocation in each of the years from 2000 to date in 2006 in funding all services, projects, schemes, grants, loans and resources to the Traveller community; her views on whether the return on such spending has been satisfactory; and her plans to improve the effectiveness of such services.
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253 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, will be called on to hold a full independent public inquiry into the murder of Mr. Pat Finucane in the interest of transparency, in view of the findings of Judge Peter Cory’s investigation into collusion between paramilitaries and security forces in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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144 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department is co-operating with the Department of Agriculture and Food on the question of bird flu; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the Cypriot President, Mr. Tassos Papadopoulos, in November 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the outcome of the Euro-Mediterranean summit held in Barcelona at the end of November 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1499 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the fines imposed on Ireland for non-compliance with EU directives in his area of responsibility since January 2003 including the amounts involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1498 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the research which has been carried out on identifying best practice for separate compartment litter recycling bins; his views on the provision of these aids to recycling on streets, in Government buildings, transport concourses, stations and so on; the number located around the country; the Government’s policy with regard to these aids to recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1497 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the products exempted from the WEEE directive; if he will report on progress regarding recycling computers, parts and mobile phones; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1496 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of tonnes of discarded wood that potentially could be recycled as fuel which is being discarded in landfill sites each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1454 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available to allow refurbishment works to begin on the Fingal Arts Centre in Rush, North County Dublin, to establish the much needed library in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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1384 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress which has been made on the review being undertaken of the way in which one-teacher schools can be assisted with the necessary staffing to meet modern health and safety requirements and still maintain schools in areas where these schools are operating.
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985 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the benefits of more extensive broadleaf tree planting particularly in terms of the quantity of carbon dioxide which can be sequestered per acre of broadleaf trees planted on an annual basis have been assessed.
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