246 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to Question No. 329 of 2 November 2005 if any payment was sought or obtained from France for the transfer of ownership of the Loran C mast in April 2005; if the figure of €27,829 for storage costs in 2005 covers only the time prior to this transfer and his plans for the 137 acres at Loop Head.
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220 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance his views on extending the Freedom of Information Act on a partial basis to the Garda Síochána in a manner comparable with its partial application to the Labour Court and the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in order to make it obligatory that the Garda Síochána and its subsidiaries, including the Garda National Immigration Bureau, would be obliged to produce FOI sections 15 and 16 reference manuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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217 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance his views on extending the Freedom of Information Act on a partial basis to the Garda Síochána in a manner comparable with its partial application to the Labour Court and the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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173 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance his views on the findings of the recent OECD report which estimated that Irish inflation would have been almost 1% higher if all house price costs were included in official data, thereby suggesting that inflation figures underestimate the real cost of living by ignoring a large part of soaring house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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125 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out or commissioned cost-benefit analyses of reforms to current tax residency rules; if he intends to undertake a reform of tax residency rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of officials from his Department who have applied to relocate under the Government’s decentralisation proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach his Department’s legislative programme for the current Dáil session; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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184 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science if she will report on the current roll-out of educational welfare officers; when the full complement of 300 will be employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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569 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to allow mother and baby homes to be covered by the redress board; if there are alternative investigations that could be set up; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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111 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science her response to calls from the National Heart Alliance for schools to play a crucial role in terms of promoting a healthy diet and adequate physical exercise for children; if she will reintroduce the sports equipment grant and ban the sale of sugary fatty energy-dense food from schools.
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6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the recently published progress report on implementation of An Agreed Programme for Government.
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318 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to issue guidelines to local authorities on the issue of development on flood plains in view of recent research and experiences worldwide.
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317 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the communications he has had with the European Commission in relation to the use of jet skis and quad bikes and so on in areas designated for protection as Natura 2000 sites; and the actions he proposes to take to ensure these activities are fully assessed for their potential impact on the conservation value of the site.
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316 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the outstanding complaints of which the European Commission has notified to Ireland for which he has ministerial responsibility, detailing the main causes of the complaint and the stage of same.
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315 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take in regard to fees which are being, and which have been, paid to local authorities and An Bord Pleanála for submissions made by the public under the EIA directive if the European Court of Justice rules that such a fee infringes European law.
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314 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to contest to the end the case brought before the European Court of Justice against Ireland for requiring a €20 fee for making submissions regarding a development which is covered by the EIA directive.
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313 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to abolish Comhar, the national sustainable development partnership; if not, when he intends to fill the post of chairman, which has been vacant since June 2004; and when new members will be appointed as the term of office of most of the previous members expired in May 2005.
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64 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence if he has received the report presented to the EU by the centre for strategic and international studies, European Defence integration, which is due to be debated in the EU in October 2005 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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586 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the current measures employed to ensure that all buildings used for full-time education are both accessible from an equality point of view and compliant with health and safety standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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461 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the current regulations for health and safety on farms; her plans for review or update in view of the number of deaths on farms; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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444 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if, in view of recouping from Coillte Teoranta circa €8 million of forestry premium grants awarded to it but subsequently excluded from Community financing under the guarantee section of the European agricultural guidance and guarantee fund, and confirmed by a European Court, she has made a decision regarding seeking the return of these funds from Coillte Teoranta.
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408 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport his views on the call from the communities of Donabate and Portrane for the proposed metro via Dublin Airport and Swords to be extended to Donabate in order to allow connections with the Dublin-Belfast rail service (details supplied).
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329 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to locate the Loran C mast on Loop Head or any other Irish location; the cost of purchasing the mast; the legal costs associated with the project; the cost of purchasing and leasing land at Loop Head; the amount of land involved; the costs of storage of the mast, giving a breakdown of the storage costs over the past five years as well as its location; and if there is any proposal to dispose of the mast.
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325 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the person who briefed his press officer to inform a person (details supplied) that his Department would not answer questions concerning corporate hospitality, if any, accepted by staff of the petroleum administration division from developers of the Corrib gas field; and if the named person wanted such information it should be sought under the Freedom of Information Act 1997.
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324 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the title and role of all officers of his Department who accepted corporate hospitality by attending sporting events during the past two years as guests of parties engaged in the development of the Corrib gas field; the date of attendance of each officer at such events and the title of such events.
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323 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the programmes in place or planned for the use of methane from landfill for energy generation purposes here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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178 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of private rental properties and landlords in the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, the four Dublin counties, in the State in the figures available from Central Statistics Office from the most recent period for which figures are available.
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137 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria by which a person (details supplied) was appointed to the board of the new National Consumer Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he has taken to meet the €15 million reduction from the European Social Fund; and the steps he has taken to redress the departmental irregularities that led to the decrease.
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8 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests made to his Department to date in 2005; the number acceded to; the way in which this compares to a comparable period in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the entire cost to the State to date of the Moriarty tribunal; the estimate of future costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the economies and extra efficiency that will derive from the establishment of the welfare reform agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the position regarding developments following his representations to the British Government regarding further investigations of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; 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 progress of the commission of inquiry into the Dublin-Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the expenditure to date by his Department in 2005; the way in which this compares with the Estimates for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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640 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has advised emanations of the State as to whether Directive 2003/4/EC has direct effect, notwithstanding the failure of the Government to transpose the directive within the prescribed timeframe.
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616 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the ESRI report, aspects of Irish energy policy, and its assertion that without a carbon tax it is unlikely that Ireland will meet its emission targets set under the Kyoto Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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490 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a potential crime such as a vehicle being driven without tax or insurance is brought to the attention of the Garda by citizens who provide registration numbers, the response the citizens may expect; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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456 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will require advertisement by signs for afforestation projects similar to those used to ensure public consultation under the planning system.
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455 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide a breakdown of prosecutions undertaken by her Department for unauthorised felling, in view of the number of reports received; the number of proceedings undertaken and their outcome over the past five years.
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454 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if sites have been approved for the native woodland scheme which were already clear-felled; if so, if she will provide a list of those sites; the names of the applicants; the date of approval; the areas concerned; the nature and extent of these applications; their cost and the status of their implementation.
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453 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the native woodland scheme since its establishment; the date of approval; the areas concerned, nature and extent of these applications; the source and amount of funding involved; and the status of their implementation differentiating between establishment and conservation schemes and giving the names of the successful applicants.
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452 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the remit, structure and membership of the woodlands of Ireland, together with the sources and extent of funding.
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442
D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cé na treoirlínte atá aige maidir le cur i láthair na Gaeilge ar chomharthaí sa Ghaeltacht nó san iarGhaeltacht agus cén tuairim atá aige faoi chomharthaí nuair a bhíonn na focail Ghaeilge orthu níos lú ná na cinn Bhéarla, a ndath níos éadroime agus iad mílitrithe chomh maith.
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D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an dtuigeann sé an imní atá ann i measc an phobail i dtaobh forbairtí atá á bplé maidir leis anmBlascaod Mór i gContae Chiarraí agus an baol a bheadh ann le cé níos faide go ligfí francaigh isteach san oileán chun dúlra eile, uibheacha éan go mórmhór a scriosadh.
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400 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the regulations relating to the maximum noise levels from motorised vehicles in residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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399 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the legislation available to counter the growing number of cars with loud exhausts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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393 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is a requirement for employment as a nurse attendant in his Department that a successful candidate be a registered nurse; if the term nurse can be used forthwith and these professionals paid according to their qualifications.
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