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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
18 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the US President, George Bush, in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8685/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
9 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his official visit to Bulgaria and Poland in February 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6761/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
8 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the bilateral meetings he had on the margins of the EU-US summit in February 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6760/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the President of Hungary, Mr. Ferenc Madl, in Dublin on 21 February 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6759/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will be attending the proposed EU-US leaders’ meeting at the end of February 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5704/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
1102 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will increase central Government support for recycling in view of the recent growth in the sector following the spread of pay-by-volume schemes. [10750/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
1077 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of quarries legally registered with planning permission in County Donegal; if he can provide a list of them and when they were last inspected; if the same procedures apply to older established quarries that predate the introduction of presently applied legislation on quarrying; and if not, when the present legislation will be applied to those older established quarries. [10261/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
1050 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the coming into effect of the Kyoto Protocol will result in an easing of restrictions on the building of wind farms and bio-gas plants. [10748/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
645 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she intends to declare Ireland a genetically modified free zone to protect Ireland’s natural biodiversity and green food producing image especially in view of Clare County Council’s decision to ban genetically modified crops. [10742/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
620 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide him with the correspondence between the Irish authorities and the European Court of Auditors during the discussions about the forestry audit report on Ireland. [10271/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
619 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures she has taken or intends to undertake to ensure there is a separation of duties of forest inspectors to eliminate the fact that forestry projects are approved and checked by the same person as stated in the European Court of Auditors report. [10270/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
618 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the failures in checks and assessments of forestry funding in the European Court of Auditors report on Ireland and the measures she has taken or intends to take to rectify the matter. [10269/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
617 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken by her Department or which she intends to take to ensure that the level of premia payable to farmers for loss of income is paid only to those who have genuinely farmed the land previous to their application and are not, in fact, investors for whom there is no justification for obtaining the higher compensation, as noted by the European Court of Auditors report on Ireland. [10268/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
616 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken by her Department or which she intends to take to ensure that the level of premium aid given to forestry applicants reflects the true loss of income from the land involved and not an inflated value as suggested by the European Court of Auditors report on Ireland. [10267/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
615 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken by her Department or which she intends to take in regard to the calling into question in a report of the European Court of Auditors of Ireland’s failure to give social and environmental considerations equal weight to economic consideration and so implement sustainable forestry. [10266/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
614 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken by her Department or which she intends to take regarding the European Court of Auditors report on Ireland of the aid granted to a company (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10265/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
613 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken by her Department or which she intends to take regarding the calling into question by the European Court of Auditors report on Ireland of the aid granted to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10264/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
612 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken by her Department or which she intends to take regarding the calling into question by the European Court of Auditors report on Ireland of the aid granted to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10263/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
611 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures taken by her Department or which she intends to take regarding the calling into question by the European Court of Auditors report on Ireland of the aid granted to Coillte Teoranta’s reconstitution of woodland after gale damage which they determined had been completed before the approval of the application by the forest service. [10262/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
458 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has met all of its pledges of overseas aid, in particular to Honduras and countries affected by Hurricane Mitch, Liberia, Afghanistan, Haiti and Iraq. [10749/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
457 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Governments around the world have met their pledges of aid in the aftermath of the tsunami of 26 December 2004; and if not, the action which can be taken to ensure that they do. [10747/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
456 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to help counteract the increased pressures on aid agencies, in the aftermath of the tsunami of 26 December 2004, in coping with emergencies in other parts of the world, such as Darfur and the AIDS crisis; and if, in view of these pressures, he will accelerate progress in Ireland’s commitment to reach the UN target of 0.7% of GNP. [10746/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
455 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had, or plans to have, any contact with the new Palestinian Authority; and if the Government plans to increase aid to Palestine. [10745/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
454 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s position on the current instability in Lebanon and the continuing presence of Syrian troops in that country. [10744/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
438 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the issue of the persecution of Christians and other religious minorities was raised with the Chinese Government during the recent visit to that country. [10743/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
376 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the total VAT charged on the sales of the Band Aid DVDs and CDs launched at the end of 2004; and the way in which this compares to the money donated to the Band Aid Foundation by the Government. [10751/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
140 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mileage claimed by members of jail visiting committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10870/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
80 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he proposes to take in view of the growing level of alcohol abuse among young people and the links between this and assaults and murders here; if a comprehensive programme in which co-operation between his Department and other Departments such as the Department of Education and Science and the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism will actively work together to reduce the central role given to alcohol in socialising by young people in particular. [10151/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the constitutional referendums the Government intends to hold in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5703/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2005
19 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has carried out an analysis of the benefits that may accrue from the introduction of car sharing clubs; if he will consider allocating a number of car parking spaces available to his Department for the use of such car club vehicles, both for official travel uses during the week and personal use at the weekend. [9742/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2005
56 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the way in which a decision will be made on the possible commissioning of a new runway at Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2005
219 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to eliminate inequities in the forestry grant system such as the discrepancy in the rate of premium and the fact that forestry organisations are not interested in holdings under three hectares; her views on whether more smallholders would opt to plant trees if these inequities were eliminated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9638/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2005
129 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will make a statement on the recent food scare caused by the use of Sudan Red 1 in a variety of foods; and the measures which have been introduced to safeguard against these types of incidents. [6983/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2005
38 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when the Health Service Executive working group on cystic fibrosis services, which was set up after a report labelled CF services as dangerous will report to her; her views on whether the analysis of the initial report is accurate; and if, in the meantime, she intends to act on the recommendations of the initial report. [9446/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2005
27 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason Ireland has failed to join 31 other European states in ratifying the Council of Europe’s 1997 Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9445/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 March 2005
1 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recently published CSO report on vital statistics, 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9300/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
651 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn by civil servants in his Department to the suggestions arising from the European Commission’s Kampsax report on the EIA for the M50 at the Carrickmines Castle complex raised with the Irish authorities at a meeting in May 2004 and specified at a meeting of the NDP-CSF environmental co-ordinating committee 2000-2006 held on 12 October 2004; and if he will report on these recommendations and the actions taken by his Department to implement them. [8863/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
637 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make available the Terrascope report on the Kildare bypass and Pollardstown fen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8562/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
416 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if figures are available to indicate the proportion of journalists here who are male and female; and if measures are in place or are planned to ensure gender balance. [8542/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
308 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the principal criteria upon which a determination might be made by the Health Service Executive, in the exercise of its discretion concerning the award of an SWA rent supplement, are in any way amended or qualified by SWA circular no. 1 of 2005 concerning the safety and well-being of the applicants for SWA rent allowance or a situation in which an applicant is being made homeless or forced to use facilities for the homeless unless rent supplement is awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9391/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
307 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether SWA circular no. 1 of 2005 issued on 31 January 2005, restricts in any way the discretion given to the Health Service Executive to award an SWA rent supplement in any case in which it appears to the executive that the circumstances of the case so warrant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9390/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
252 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the legislation, existing or planned, to protect the public interest in an independent press, in particular to prevent a single press group controlling an unacceptable proportion of media here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8543/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
190 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the terms of the Arigna fund and any beneficiaries, including the recipients, the date and the sums so disbursed. [8563/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
19 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the annual budgets expended by the cities designated as European City of Culture since the instigation of this designation; the way in which such budgets compare with the money allocated in 2005 to allow Cork to be European City of Culture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9180/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 March 2005
1 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if his Department has statistics that indicate the numbers of full-time and part-time farmers in the 1950s, in the early 1990s and in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6985/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2005
50 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that he has the necessary time and resources to respond within the one month deadline to the request by the European Commission for greater transparency on the application of public funding by RTE to public service broadcasting purposes; the timeframe within which the Government has to comply with the recommendations set out in the Commission’s letter; and the consequences of failing to meet those recommendations. [8277/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2005
19 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when and how he intends to transpose the European renewables directive into Irish law. [8282/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2005
80 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science if she intends to carry out a systematic review of the Residential Institutions Redress Board in view of the recent court payment of €370,000 which dwarfs the average award from the board and is significantly higher than any other payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7944/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2005
3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the expenditure of his Department during 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5702/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
447 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the principle of no taxation without representation; efforts to ensure Irish citizens living, for example, in the UK who are taxed under Irish tax and PRSI regulations and being in receipt of a Department of Education and Science pension are granted the franchise which tax payers living in Ireland have as a right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7823/05]