3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the recent activities of the Working Group on Basic Income; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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2 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if he will meet experts and formulate policy urgently in the area of sterilising and minimising waste caused by SRM and BSE infected carcases using the combined techno logies of alkaline hydrolysis and anaerobic digestion which, unlike incineration, is proven to kill the BSE prion and has satisfied customers throughout the USA, Europe and Asia.
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6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach when the report from Mr. Justice Barron on the Dublin, Monaghan and Dundalk bombings is expected; if he has satisfied himself that the British authorities have fully co-operated with the inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on current research projects by the National Economic and Social Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on progress made in the implementation of the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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10 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with the social partners in July 2002; when he will next meet the social partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the Government's proposals to amend the Constitution during the lifetime of the 29th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if the Cabinet committee on social inclusion and drugs has been re-established since the general election and, if so, when it last met; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the recent contacts he has had with US President, George Bush; his plans to meet President Bush before the end of 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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28 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the recent ASEM Summit in Copenhagen which he attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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26 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation in the World Summit on Sustainability in Johannesburg; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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25 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the agenda for the upcoming European Council meeting on 24 and 25 October 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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259 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will request the IMB to stop classifying food supplements such as cod liver oil, royal jelly and kelp with medicines in their rulings.
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258 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children when a lung transplant facility as sought by the Cystic Fibrosis Association and as promised in the 1997 Fianna Fáil manifesto will be operational.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Sláinte agus Leanaí an gcuirfidh sé ar bun polasaí dátheangachais don Roinn agus do na boird sláinte sa tslí is gur féidir le gach duine an Béarla agus an Ghaeilge a léamh taobh le taobh in ionad an pobal a dheighilt ina dhá chuid mar a tharlaíonn sa litríocht ón Roinn agus ó na boird faoi láthair.
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22 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the referendums the Government is intending to hold in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visits to Sweden and Finland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting in Dublin with the Spanish Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the findings of the second interim report of the National Forum on Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the official foreign visits he will be taking during the remainder of 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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17 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence the cost to the Defence Forces of attaining interoperability with NATO forces which have common membership of PfP above and beyond the Irish peacekeeping role with the UN.
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6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach his views on the latest arms decommissioning move by the IRA; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the steps he is taking to publicise and act upon the findings of the report of the Forum on Europe; if the report's conclusions will be discussed with other EU leaders; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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6 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the type of declaration on neutrality the Government is seeking to attach to the Nice treaty; the progress made in this regard at the Barcelona Summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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8 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the finalised agenda for his visit in March 2002 to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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20 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage Gaeltacht and the Islands the options which have been considered in relation to the new Abbey Theatre; and the weighting in relation to the use of the Carlton Theatre which was given in this evaluation.
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17 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting in Dublin with the Austrian Foreign Minister, Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Hungarian Prime Minister, Mr. Viktor Orban; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the way in which and when the Irish nominations for the Convention on the Future of Europe were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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13 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.
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52 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence the exercises or programmes of NATO's Partnership for Peace in which the Defence Forces took part during 2001; the Partnership for Peace programmes and exercises in which the Defence Forces intend taking part during 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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52 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Defence the exercises or programmes of NATO's Partnership for Peace in which the Defence Forces took part during 2001; the Partnership for Peace programmes and exercises in which the Defence Forces intend taking part during 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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127 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if the Government will make an agreement payment to RASA members; and if their pensions will be index linked prior to the Government leaving office.
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127 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if the Government will make an agreement payment to RASA members; and if their pensions will be index linked prior to the Government leaving office.
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5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the agreement which has now been reached with the Brit ish Government concerning the hand-over of files to the independent commission of inquiry into the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; if a time limit was placed on the handing over of files; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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3 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach when the commission of inquiry into the Dublin and Monaghan bombings will complete its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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70 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the work being done by and the job description of the official or officials in his Department appointed to deal with coastal zone management; the way in which he will address the criticism of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report that this management issue is fragmented in view of the fact that Ireland is losing up to 700 acres of coast each year due to coastal erosion; and when legislation in this area will be enacted.
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70 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources the work being done by and the job description of the official or officials in his Department appointed to deal with coastal zone management; the way in which he will address the criticism of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report that this management issue is fragmented in view of the fact that Ireland is losing up to 700 acres of coast each year due to coastal erosion; and when legislation in this area will be enacted.
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2 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the progress of the cross-departmental team on infrastructure and public-private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness; when the next scheduled meeting of the social partners under the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness is to be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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11 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science when a senior official in his Department will be appointed to deal exclusively with Traveller education.
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