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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2005
6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the social partners is planned; the agenda for the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14828/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2005
51 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the timeframe and budget for the first phase of the new grant aid scheme to remove excess capacity from the whitefish fleet; and the extent of capacity reductions it is hoped to achieve. [14555/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2005
96 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he restricted the excise duty exemption on bioethanol and biodiesel to 1 million litres each, in view of the fact that such fuels can be used in any vehicle once blended with conventional mineral oils and that the existing sugar beet industry here has the capacity to deliver 600,000 tonnes of sugar beet to produce such products; if he expects to achieve the targets set out in the 2003 biofuels directive that 5.75% of diesel and petrol sales in 2010 come from biofuels. [14554/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
333 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will act to make a reality the prospect outlined at the Teagasc national tillage conference in 2003 of Ireland supplying all its energy requirements from fuel crops; and if she will encourage the development of the biofuel sector for the sake of all farmers, especially those who depended on the Carlow sugar factory. [14481/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
120 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her Department will be restructured in view of the projected staff surplus of 400 in 2005 and 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14221/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
104 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will urgently introduce initiatives to encourage organic farming here and to rescue Ireland’s green clean image in the food industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14220/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
9 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the cost of his Department’s communications unit for the first quarter of 2005; the way in which this compares to the first quarter of 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11885/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in the implementation of the Quigley report’s recommendations in regard to the appointment of public relations consultants by Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11884/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his appointments to State boards and other agencies since June 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11883/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 May 2005
46 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will report on the implementation of recommendations in the organic development report; the acreage of organically farmed land in 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2004 in each EU member state; the action she is taking to remove the impediments to organic conversion for farmers; and the locations at which farmers can benefit from training to farm organically. [14479/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2005
91 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his official visit to the United States in March 2005; the discussions he had at the Irish Immigration Centre in Boston on 14 March 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13685/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2005
65 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the April 2005 meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council in Luxembourg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13684/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2005
191 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the plans he has to introduce legal protection for coarse fish in addition to the protection afforded to the pike species in order to protect stocks of other coarse fish such as bream and tench from destruction by both commercial and non-commercial interests. [13640/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2005
68 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if, in light of the price recently paid for a site in Thornton, to which Mountjoy Prison is to be relocated, and in view of difficulties encountered in acquiring a site for FÁS in Birr at a reasonable price, he envisages that the State will incur similarly massively inflated costs when buying sites to facilitate the decentralisation programme; his proposals that would avoid such scenarios; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13379/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2005
59 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Revenue Commissioners has quantified the likely impact on revenues of the recent European Court of Justice ruling facilitating the repatriation of foreign losses by EU companies. [13378/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2005
12 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the last meeting of the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11882/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2005
8 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests which have been received in his Department; the number refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11881/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2005
4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the number of staff vacancies in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11880/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2005
332 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the file number, date and area of each and every forestry pre-planting application submitted by a person (details supplied) and their spouse or any party acting on their behalf which was subsequently planted by another person; the file number, the date of pre-planting approval, date of planting, date and amount of grant awarded in respect of each and every other such new applicant and the forestry contractor who carried out the work. [13060/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2005
331 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the file number, date and area of each forestry pre-planting application submitted by a person (details supplied) and their spouse or any other party which has not been planted by this person. [13059/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2005
330 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the file number, date and area of each forestry pre-planting application submitted by a person (details supplied) and their spouse or other party acting on their behalf; the date of pre-planting approval, the date of planting and the date and amount of grant awarded to this person. [13058/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2005
263 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if postal delivery staff are required to post unaddressed direct marketing material through letter boxes even if householders have displayed a “no junk mail please” sign or similar on the letter box; if there is any way in which a householder can avoid receiving such mail from An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13240/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2005
100 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science if any research is currently funded by her Department into biofuels; the plans in place for the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13121/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2005
73 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the measures which will be put in place to ensure that the National Council for Special Education can handle the workload involving deaf education; her views on whether it would be better to reconstitute the advisory committee for the deaf and hard of hearing for a further fixed period with a majority and minority report arrangement in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13120/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2005
8 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in implementing the OECD recommendations on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11879/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2005
4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Newfoundland and Labrador business partnerships which fall within his Department’s remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8694/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 April 2005
1 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the level of recycling taking place in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8690/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2005
35 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Act 1954, Chapter III, section 85 allows members of the Defence Forces serving on a State ship or service aircraft to operate outside the State without a UN mandate; if members of the Defence Forces could serve abroad without a UN mandate if they volunteered to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12400/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2005
18 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence, further to a question concerning the legal basis for the triple lock, the section of Defence Acts which state that service outside the State by the Defence Forces can only be with a UN force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12399/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
315 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the schemes in place which allow a teacher from Ireland at primary, secondary and adult education level to exchange with a teacher in other countries for a fixed period, in order that each can gain experience in other’s language, in view of the expanding requirement for teaching foreign languages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12420/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
152 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and when he intends to implement the recommendation of the Enterprise Strategy Group regarding the establishment of two new divisions within Enterprise Ireland to focus on export marketing and research and development and the incorporation of county enterprise boards into Enterprise Ireland. [12198/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
81 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland will be part of the EU like-minded group on the basis of the UK position expressing concerns in relation to economic partnership agreements; if Ireland will outline EPA concerns in any international fora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12199/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
16 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his address to the Ireland-America Economic Advisory Board during his visit to the United States in March 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8693/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
15 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent meetings he has had with the Northern Ireland political parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8692/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
14 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, in London on 3 March 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8689/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
13 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the McCartney family concerning the murder of Robert McCartney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8688/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
12 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the agenda for his visit to the United States on St. Patrick’s Day last; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8686/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the Northern Ireland peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6762/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2005
372 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will consider the issues and concerns raised by retired farmers who have lost entitlements following the introduction of the CAP mid-term review on 1 January 2005 to ensure that retired farmers can have an income which is adequate for their needs; and if she will consult with retired farmers in order that a satisfactory outcome can be reached. [11793/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2005
357 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on Government policy regarding providing a rail link from Dublin city to Dublin Airport; and the Government’s views on extending that line through Swords and meeting the Dublin-Belfast line at Donabate for passenger transfer in view of the fact that this provides logical access to and from the airport by rail from the north, south and all the rail network throughout the country. [12213/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2005
311 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will report on the findings of the recent survey on income and living conditions (details supplied) collated by the Central Statistics Office and published in January 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9299/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2005
203 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in the health service in recruiting and retaining speech and language therapists, as pointed out in the Bacon report; and the measures the Government is taking to ensure that adequate speech and language therapy is available to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin. [11782/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2005
149 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has carried out or commissioned any research specifically on the needs of separated fathers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11815/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2005
106 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he is excluding children of refugees and asylum seekers from his plans to alleviate child poverty; if, alternatively, he will be providing them with the same allowances as other children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11816/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2005
3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if the agenda has been finalised for the March 2005 meeting of the European Council in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6763/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 April 2005
41 D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an aontaíonn sé liom gur cheart na giorruithe i mbuiséad Údarás na Gaeltachta a chealú chun níos mó tacaíochta a chur ar fáil do na ceantair Ghaeltachta. [11426/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 April 2005
6 D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta céard iad tuairimí an Aire i dtaobh an athbhreithnithe ar na Gaeltachtaí, nach n-aontaíonn an tAire liom gur cheart níos mo tacaíochta a thabhairt do na Gaeltachtaí go léir chun iad a láidriú agus nach ceart brú a chur orthu spriocanna éagsúla a bhaint amach faoi bhrú ama. [11427/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
129 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether most new apartment developments comply with Part M of the building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11174/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
135 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the benefits that have accrued to the State to date from the receipt of dwellings, financial contributions and sites under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11175/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
19 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting in February 2005 with the President of Lesotho; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8687/05]