19 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the position regarding developments in the Northern Ireland peace process; 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 the British-Irish Council meeting on 20 May 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 his meeting with former US President, Mr. Bill Clinton; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department during April and May 2005; the way in which this number compares with the comparable periods in 2003 and 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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40 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will be cutting its annual direct aid to Uganda to demonstrate the need for political reform in that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposal for an on-line database for illegal Irish emigrants living in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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152 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the implications for Ireland’s EU constitution referendum following the outcome of the referendums held in France and the Netherlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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101 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered the benefits of making specific tax credits refundable; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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50 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if there will be a new tax relief introduced for mental hospitals; if there are any other new tax reliefs under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the cost implications for his Department of the payment of the final phase of the benchmarking award; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the remit of the proposed commission of inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 1974; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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114 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if quality of after care service and customer care generally will be specifically covered in the new consumer agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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58 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the implementation framework as agreed at the inaugural meeting of the high level implementation group on the national workplace strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the studies being carried out by the National Economic and Social Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the way in which the decentralisation programme affects his Department or any agency under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence if the Government intends to view the operation of the triple lock at any stage in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress and opportunities now in place or planned for farmers and all involved in developing the biofuel and biomass sector.
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48 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether the single farm payment entitlement based in the reference years 2000 to 2002 disadvantages farmers who receive lower payment due to extensive farming methods used, compared to an intensive farmer, and that organic farming should be a force majeure category to ensure that the new system is not in effect penalising the most environmentally friendly farmers.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in implementing An Agreed Programme for Government; 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 if his attention has been drawn to the poverty levels, relative, consistent and otherwise, among persons with disabilities; the action his Department is taking to alleviate poverty among persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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56 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the proactive educational measures his Department has taken to advise persons of the dangers of excessive indebtedness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the response of the Government to the horrific school bus crash on 23 May 2005 in Navan, County Meath; the need to revisit the recommendations of measures to improve safety in school buses made in relevant reports published by various bodies including the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Science between 1990 and 1999.
24 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent contacts he has had with the US administration regarding the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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23 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the family of the late Mr. Robert McCartney; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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22 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach when he will next meet the British Prime Minister regarding the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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21 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach when he expects to meet the Northern Ireland political parties following the Westminster elections of 5 May 2005; 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 cén tuairim atá aige i dtaobh chomhlachtaí (sonraí tugtha) atá ag sárú Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla agus an bhfuil plean aige féachaint chuige go bhfuil na hacmhainní ag an gCoimisinéir Teanga chun dul i ngleic leo.
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283 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on progress on, or plans to implement, the recommendations of the United Nations environment programme country profile on Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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282 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the initiatives which are planned regarding extended producer responsibility; the persons who shall have responsibility for their implementation; the roles which local authorities will play; the budget he plans for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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157 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider improvement of the quality and timeliness of his Department’s information on the extent and nature of housing need, including homelessness (details supplied).
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101 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if analyses of soil samples resulting from the spreading of Biofert in County Carlow complied with all aspects of the biosolid recycling in agriculture scheme; if any excesses in heavy metals were noticed as a result of the spreading of Biofert and sludge cake; and if so, if farmers were informed of such findings.
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30 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the role of the National Forum of Europe in regard to the proposed EU constitution referendum; 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 with the President of the European Council, Mr. Jean Claude Juncker; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his visit to Moscow to commemorate the 60th anniversary of VE day; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the foreign visits he intends to take during the remainder of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the costs to date to his Department of the Moriarty tribunal in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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163 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will examine the level of grant assistance and other incentives in countries which are successfully harnessing renewable energy such as solar panels in house construction; and if he will use fiscal measures to incentivise renovation of existing buildings and the incorporation of energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in construction generally.
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150 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the benefit in kind tax incentive to reward efforts to reduce mileage instead of effectively encouraging greater distances to be travelled (details supplied).
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34 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Síochána who have been dismissed from the force or lost their pension entitlements in each of the past ten years; 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 the capital funding which has been allocated to the Mountjoy complex in Dublin in each of the past ten years; and if he will itemise the projects in each instance.
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2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the recent Central Statistics Office report, Measuring Ireland’s Progress 2004.
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112 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the fact that water fluoridation has occurred here without the necessary statutory approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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78 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on recent reports that there are much higher rates of dental fluorosis here than in Northern Ireland as a consequence of water fluoridation; if she intends to address this problem in any way; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the new commission of investigation headed by barrister Patrick MacEntee, SC, to examine questions concerning the Garda inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the role of the new task force on active citizenship he announced in April 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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464 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in preparing a planning authority manager’s report on the progress made in attaining the objectives of its current development plan, as required under Section 15 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, there are objectives that should be left out of the review; if so, the objectives which should be so left out; if he will give an example of best practice and intentions; 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 an bhfuil eolas aige faoi chinneadh stairiúil an Bhoird Pleanála maidir le cúrsaí pleanála sa Ghaeltacht agus an bhfuil sé i gceist aige dul i gcomhairle leis an Aire Comhshaoil, Oidhreachta agus Rialtais Áitiúil féachaint le rialacháin a dhéanamh faoi alt 33 den Acht um Pleanáil agus Forbairt 2000 a cheanglódh ar lucht forbartha an fhaisnéis chuí a sholáthar chun go n-ullmhófaí ráiteas tionchair teanga neamhspleách maidir le forbairt mholta i limistéir Ghaeltachta.
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108 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on the establishment of the National Library of Ireland as an autonomous national cultural institution under the provisions of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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