542 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department.
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526 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department.
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417 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will report on gender balance at each grade in her Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of her Department.
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405 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children the measures she is taking to deal with the backlog of school children waiting for treatment at the Health Service Executive dental clinic, Roselawn Road, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 due to lack of staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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326 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if the cross-departmental team on housing, infrastructure and public private partnership has discussed ways of ensuring that cost-benefit analyses are conducted on all major infrastructural projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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304 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department.
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219 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department.
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182 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on gender balance at each grade in his Department and in agencies that come under the aegis of his Department.
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94 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if recent announced measures extending the capacity of credit unions are the extent to which he will allow reforms of this sector; and his plans to introduce amending legislation.
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14 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on staffing in the Attorney General’s office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the progress made on remedying problems with the on-line Irish Statute Book; the amount expended on this project to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the changes effected on foot of the establishment of the group in his Department to oversee the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers; if that group has reported to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on assistance and briefing to Members of Dáil Éireann in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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285 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grade and job description and role of the environmental economist employed by his Department and who works as part of the team to provide advice on climate change.
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259 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will amend the remit of Coillte in relation to the provision and management of recreational woodland; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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220 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way she will respond to the Irish Farmers Association’s claim that the vegetable growing industry will be gone within three years if the present situation with regard to the dominance of supermarket multiples persists.
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160 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of basic grade speech and language therapists to be hired by the Health Service Executive in 2007; her views on whether this is adequate; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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71 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if bans on genetically modified crops must be provided for under EU law if they are to be put into effect on a regional or national basis; if she will support such bans as have been adopted by local public representatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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67 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on whether Austria’s ban on genetically modified crops, upheld at the December 2006 European Council, leaves the way open for Ireland and regions within Ireland to establish similar restrictions; her further views on whether such restrictions would be consistent with EU law; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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260 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on allowing regions within Ireland to establish bans on genetically modified crops, in view of the fact that Ireland supported Hungary’s bid to uphold its ban on GM maize in a recent meeting of EU Environment Ministers; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the threats to the vegetable industry identified by consultants (details supplied); the way she will respond to these threats.
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262 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the way she will respond to the Irish Farmers Association’s claim that the vegetable growing industry will be gone within three years if the present situation with regard to the dominance of supermarket multiples persists.
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261 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason there is no requirement to use a native species of tree in the national afforestation programme, Growing for the Future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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232 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport if he is confident that changes will be made to the existing open skies agreement with the US in time for the summer 2007 season to allow Aer Lingus fly to more destinations in the US.
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218 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of visits to County Clare sites by foreign owned companies looking to invest here organised by Shannon Development in 2006.
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217 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created by the IDA in County Clare and the mid-west in 2006; the breakdown of the number of visits by foreign owned companies looking to invest, organised by the IDA to Clare and the mid-west in 2006; and the geographical breakdown of the areas the companies visited.
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206 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the existence of green energy services companies; the support he has provided for these companies; the support he will provide for these companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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170 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drug seizures in County Clare in 2005 and 2006; and the quantity and make up of each seizure.
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169 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the Garda operation at Shannon Airport in 2006; and his views on whether there is merit in continuing with the operation in order to prevent security breaches by anti-war protesters.
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158 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the use of the Government jet by the Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence his views on the Chief of Staff’s statement that the Irish Defence Forces are increasingly becoming involved in more complex and robust missions overseas; the implications of this for military expenditure and Ireland’s peace keeping reputation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if procurement procedures in his Department take into account carbon footprint of the goods and services sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of decentralisation in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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532 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason the regulations, giving full effect to Directive 2003/35 of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to Justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC, have not been implemented.
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531 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide the reasons Directive 2003/4 of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information has not been transposed into Irish law; and the defence he will be presenting to the European Court of Justice in the case being taken by the European Commission against Ireland due to the fact that transposition is already two years late.
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530 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a timeframe for the regulations giving full effect to Council Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of 18 January 2006 regarding the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register.
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504 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used to determine the reason two county Clare secondary schools were removed from the DEIS scheme; and if in view of on-going underfunding of education she will ensure that funding of the two schools in question remains unchanged.
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398 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will review the amount of family income supplement being granted to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3.
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148 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the exemption of doctors in training under Section 17 of the Protection of Employees (Fixed Term Work) Act 2003.
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128 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that current regulation of the work permits scheme is sufficiently robust to ensure against specious declarations of student and self-employment status; the monitoring mechanism of the same that is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will request a British-Irish summit on collusion between paramilitaries and security forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the procedures in place in his Department in respect of the use of Government jets; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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92 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will use his powers to direct the activities of the newly established Citizens Information Board, as provided for in the Citizens Information Act 2007 in such a way as to direct at local level the activities of the area based citizens information services, the citizens information phone service and the National Association of Citizens Information Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if, in the view of the Citizens Information Act 2007 Comhairle, the Citizens Information Board will continue to provide resources and supports to information providing Non Governmental Organisations other than the citizens information centres for example community resource centres, centres for the unemployed, youth information centres and so on on the same basis as applied under the Comhairle Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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155 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take action in view of reports of cruelty inflicted on tame cats by shooting at close range in the Swords area of north County Dublin where the killer holds a gun licence; and if specific legislation will be introduced regarding the safety and welfare of cats in order that abuse like this can not go unchallenged in future.
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101 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the closure of an estimated 500 post offices will have a devastating social impact on rural communities; and the measures he proposes to put in place to deal with such an eventual fallout.
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8 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on appointments made to State boards since he took office in 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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