72 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has tried to include peace groups in the former Yugoslavia in negotiations for a resolution to the conflict rather than just talking to the warring factions, some of whom are named war criminals.
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79 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if he intends to introduce a charter of rights for contract workers in order that they may enjoy the same rights as those enjoyed by permanent and pensionable employees.
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11 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the progress, if any, which has been made in selecting a site for a science and technology park in County Dublin; and the third-level institutions he proposes to link to such a park.
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79 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment if he intends to introduce a charter of rights for contract workers in order that they may enjoy the same rights as those enjoyed by permanent and pensionable employees.
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8 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment whether he intends to introduce a charter of rights for contract workers in order that they may enjoy the same rights as those enjoyed by permanent and pensionable employees.
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97 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform in view of the financial provision for the free legal family law services, the plans, if any, he has for the national development of comparable professional marriage and family therapy services in preparation for the impending divorce referendum.
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30 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the plans, if any, he has for the national development of professional marriage and family therapy services in preparation for the impending divorce referendum similar to and in view of the financial provision for free legal family law services.
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97 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform in view of the financial provision for the free legal family law services, the plans, if any, he has for the national development of comparable professional marriage and family therapy services in preparation for the impending divorce referendum.
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30 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the plans, if any, he has for the national development of professional marriage and family therapy services in preparation for the impending divorce referendum similar to and in view of the financial provision for free legal family law services.
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20 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he has considered favourably the application from the Dublin Leader Planning Group for Leader funding in view of the fact that many rural areas in County Dublin are more agricultural and further from the capital than parts of the surrounding counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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12 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice the number of community gardaí and the responsibilities and difficulties they face in the constituency of Dublin north.
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12 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach his views on whether a reasonable fee scheme should be among the issues requiring further consideration as part of the restructuring of the Attorney General's Office to ensure that the huge fees paid to barristers, such as during the Beef Tribunal, will not need to be paid by the taxpayer again.
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11 Mr. Sargent asked the asked the Taoiseach, in view of the fact that the review of the Office of the Attorney General makes no suggestion that the post of Attorney General should be a full-time post, if he will honour the commitment made in A Government of Renewal for a full-time Attorney General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [
31 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Marine if he will publish, in full, the supplement of the 1993 report of the sea trout working group which is understood to have been completed by his Department in March 1994.
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31 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Marine if he will publish, in full, the supplement of the 1993 report of the sea trout working group which is understood to have been completed by his Department in March 1994.
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59 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to shorten the period of two months which it takes to respond to a complaint by a citizen in relation to the access to information on the environment regulations in view of the fact that other member states can reply within 10 days to a complainant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment his views on whether information on planning should be included in the access to information on the environment regulations as being relevant to the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment the plans, if any, he has to shorten the period of two months which it takes to respond to a complaint by a citizen in relation to the access to information on the environment regulations in view of the fact that other member states can reply within 10 days to a complainant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment his views on whether information on planning should be included in the access to information on the environment regulations as being relevant to the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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27 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the current situation regarding his request to all political parties to indicate their positions regarding the issue of the dual mandate as outlined by the Second Commission on the Status of Women; the way in which he intends to pursue this reform; and the steps, if any, he and his Department have taken in order to pursue it to date in 1994 and 1995.
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27 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the current situation regarding his request to all political parties to indicate their positions regarding the issue of the dual mandate as outlined by the Second Commission on the Status of Women; the way in which he intends to pursue this reform; and the steps, if any, he and his Department have taken in order to pursue it to date in 1994 and 1995.
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33 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans, if any, he has in relation to the trade embargo agaisnt Cuba; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will examine the feasibility and desirability of amending existing legislation to facilitate the total substitution of drag-hunting for the cruel and unnecessary hunting of live foxes with hounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry in view of the claim that killing foxes is not the object of hunting and in view of his commitment to eliminate the kill from hare coursing, if he will provide for the muzzling of all fox-hounds with a view to ending unnecessary suffering; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is legal, as well as common practice, for a hunt to block up all bolt-holes prior to the commencement of hunting for the purpose of preventing the fox from escaping when its lungs give out; if he will outlaw the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry his views on the practice whereby foxes that have gone to earth are dug out of the ground with the aid of spades and terriers in view of the fact that it entails ill-treatment of both foxes and terriers; if he will outlaw the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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150 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will examine the feasibility and desirability of amending existing legislation to facilitate the total substitution of drag-hunting for the cruel and unnecessary hunting of live foxes with hounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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149 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry in view of the claim that killing foxes is not the object of hunting and in view of his commitment to eliminate the kill from hare coursing, if he will provide for the muzzling of all fox-hounds with a view to ending unnecessary suffering; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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148 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is legal, as well as common practice, for a hunt to block up all bolt-holes prior to the commencement of hunting for the purpose of preventing the fox from escaping when its lungs give out; if he will outlaw the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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147 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry his views on the practice whereby foxes that have gone to earth are dug out of the ground with the aid of spades and terriers in view of the fact that it entails ill-treatment of both foxes and terriers; if he will outlaw the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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37 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans, if any, he has to support the easing of the oil embargo on Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if there is a bilateral agreement between Ireland and Britain on THORP; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
8 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the way in which he responded to the request from Greenpeace for the Government to initiate arbitration procedures on the issue of THORP at Sellafield; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
11 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the plans, if any, he has to ensure that personal tax free allowances are set at high enough levels to ensure that all State employment scheme income will not come into the tax net.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta an bhféadfadh an tAire a rá cén fáth nach bhfuil an Chairt Eorpach do Theangacha Réigiúnacha agus do Mhionteangacha sínithe fós ag an Rialtas; cén polasaí atá ag an Roinn agus ag Bord na Gaeilge faoin gceist; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an ábhar.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta an bhféadfadh sé a rá an bhfuil comhairle curtha ar fáil agus má tá, cén chomhairle atá curtha ar fáil, ag Bord na Gaeilge agus/nó ag An Roinn Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta don Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha maidir le héileamh a dhéanamh ar stádas oifigiúil don Ghaeilge san Aontas Eorpach.
5 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if he will give details of the policy relating to licensing and procedures governing the sourcing, use and disposal of radioactive materials in educational institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
9 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the amount of money that has been expended on monitoring the activity of hare coursing since the change in legislation was introduced requiring that greyhounds be muzzled.
6 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the number of farmers in north County Dublin who have gone out of business as a result of the non-payment of compensation for crop damage earlier in 1994.
11 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Justice the progress, if any, she has made with the investigation into allegations of bribery associated with land rezoning in County Dublin; and the plans, if any, she has to bring this matter to a conclusion.
10 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Marine the criteria for the permitting of dumping at sea following an application to his Department by the developers of the Malahide Marina, County Dublin.
5 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce effective equal pay legislation in view of the fact that the United States State Department's annual report on human rights worldwide found that the average hourly wage for Irish women workers was 60 per cent of that of men.
166 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment if he will ensure that the Kerbside recycling operation continues in view of the requests particularly from north county Dublin for such a facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
166 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment if he will ensure that the Kerbside recycling operation continues in view of the requests particularly from north county Dublin for such a facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
5 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Enterprise and Employment the way in which the announcement of 50 jobs at Sonopress, Balbriggan, County Dublin, was made in a Labour Party leaflet distributed outside Ss. Peter and Paul's Church, Balbriggan, before it had been officially announced by him.
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D'fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Ealaíon, Cultúir agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé tuairisc ar an bpolasaí teanga atá leagtha síos don tseirbhís nua teilifíse Gaeilge agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an ábhar.
5 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, in view of the decision in the 1994 Budget not to allocate funding to renewable energy, the way in which he proposes to ensure that the target of 75 megawatts of electricity generated from renewable sources by the year 1997 is to be reached, as previously announced by the Government.
78 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the plans, if any, the Government has to revitalise rural areas in view of the fact that many major road schemes have done much to alienate and impoverish rural communities resulting in migration to cities and emigration abroad.