443 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason for the decline in the frequency of inspections by the pesticides control service of her Department in 2002; and the low frequency of inspections in subsequent years.
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438 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to suggestions that forest brash should be removed from sensitive sites where the nutrients may be causing damage to the ecosystem; her views on whether this would be feasible or if there are difficulties in operating such a policy.
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302 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children the frequency of visits by inspectors from her Department to registered user establishments licensed for animal experiments.
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269 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children if doctor on call charges for children under six weeks old are covered by the mother and child scheme; if this policy has changed recently; and the reasons for this change in policy.
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178 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the position regarding filling vacancies for parliamentary draftspersons in the Office of the Attorney General.
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177 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if the Office of the Attorney General has plans to establish a training programme for parliamentary draftspeople.
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143 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the European Commission’s proposed directive to protect the occupational pension rights of EU workers who change jobs or move between member states.
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113 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the NESC conclusion in the NESC publication Managing Migration in Ireland A Social and Economic Analysis, that the decision to exclude migrants for welfare categories because they were not habitually resident in Ireland was a short term policy which will eventually have to be replaced by one which allows some migrants to establish long term residence in Ireland.
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10 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the Government’s plans for commemorative events in 2007 and 2008; 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 work of the task force on active citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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199 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the measures that she has taken to reduce the number of complaints received by the Ombudsman in relation to the single farm payment scheme.
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153 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide a list of all grants given to the aquaculture industry since 2000 with the name and location of the beneficiary, the amount of the aid, the species, production capacity and duration of each recipient’s licence.
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109 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the measures that he has taken to reduce the number of significant delays that the Ombudsman has encountered in seeking replies from public bodies to her investigations on behalf of complainants.
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108 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the measures that he has taken to reduce the number of citizens who are forced to have recourse to the Ombudsman’s office due to their failure to receive satisfactory responses from public bodies.
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D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aige glacadh le spriocdháta réasúnach agus le 2011 ar a dhéanaí, faoi réir na ndréacht-rialachán de bhun alt 9 d’ Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003.
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D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aige fáil réidh leis an díolúine ón dátheangachas sna dréacht-rialacháin de bhun alt 9 d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 maidir le fógairtí taifeadta béil agus le stáiseanóireacht atá le húsáid taobh amuigh den Stát.
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D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil aird tugtha aige ar thuairimí mhuintir Chorca Dhuibhne mar aon le tuairimí mhuintir Dhaingean Uí Chúis maidir le hainm an bhaile agus cad atá beartaithe aige a dhéanamh faoin gceist anois.
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351 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount each local authority has received in funding from his Department in relation to the provision of accommodation for Travellers in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006.
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350 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount of money each local authority has received from developers in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006 as part of their obligations under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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349 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social and affordable houses each local authority has built in 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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284 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science her plans to end the plight of hundreds of school children being educated in over 40 prefabs (details supplied) in County Clare; the budget she will provide for new accommodation for the schools concerned; and the timescale on which the new accommodation will be provided.
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248 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene to have a business plan for Shannon Airport put in place in view of the little progress being made between unions and management in relation to the survival plan where talks are going on for more than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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247 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will contribute to a €53 million economic plan developed by the Mid-West Regional Authority for Shannon Airport and the mid-west or if EU rules on Government supports prevent the Government from contributing financially to such a plan.
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100 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will enact section 59 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 to subject all local authority sewage treatment works to full EPA licensing regime.
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421 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of times since 2002 her Department’s pesticide control service checked residue levels in produce from a company (details supplied).
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420 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the amount of national development plan grant aid funding provided by her Department each year since 2002 to companies (details supplied).
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155 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Government has decided not to participate in the negotiation and implementation of new EU Commission proposals on divorce and legal separation which proposes to amend the Brussels II Regulation by introducing new EU wide rules determining which member states’ law should apply and which member states’ courts should have jurisdiction in divorce and legal separation cases which have a cross-border dimension; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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91 Mr. Sargent asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the disciplinary action taken in relation to two gardaí (details supplied) who had pleaded not guilty to charges of perjury, forgery and using a forged document prior to the collapse of their trial on charges of committing perjury during the trial of a man suspected of involvement in the Omagh bombing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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14 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the actions he will take on the basis of Mr. Justice Barron’s report on the Dundalk bombing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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9 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on drugs and social inclusion last met; and when the next meeting will take place.
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4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach his Department’s legislative priorities for the remainder of the 29th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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194 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport his views on replacing the level crossings at Coolmine and Clonsilla with either a bridge or tunnels to facilitate movement of road traffic in view of plans to increase the frequency of trains on the Maynooth line, and the addition of services to and from Dunboyne and eventually Navan; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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161 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the recent research (details supplied) which shows that young wild salmon are being infected by sea lice from fish farms located at the mouths of their spawning rivers; and his plans to relocate fish farms from such sensitive sites to ensure ecological separation and meet the legal requirements to conserve this protected species.
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126 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance the status of the recently produced Phoenix Park Transportation Study; if he envisages a period of public consultation on its recommendations; the timescale over which he plans to have the individual recommendations implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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59 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the cost benefit analysis carried out on the second terminal for Dublin Airport; the proposed access links between the south and north second runway; and the proposed traffic management measures for the accommodation of the projected increase in passengers through the eastern campus of the airport.
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41 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport the number of tonnes of goods transported by rail to date in 2006; the estimated annual total for 2006; and his plans for the future regulation and development of national rail freight.
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572 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the research carried out by an organisation (details supplied) linking back pain in children and adults with poorly designed school furniture and with backward sloping school chairs in particular; if she will provide for all children in public funded schools to be afforded the option of using chairs that do not damage their backs and hips in view of the research; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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530 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the communication from the European Commission in early 2006 regarding environmental problems with Ireland’s forestry policy; if the European Commission has contacted her Department since the initial communication; the content of these communications; and if her Department has taken action on the basis of that communication.
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514
D’fhiafraigh Mr. Sargent den Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cathain a bheidh leaganacha Gaeilge agus Béarla de Bhillí ar fáil ag an tráth a bheidh leasuithe á ndéanamh ag baill an Oireachtais.
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513 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if any member of rural Dublin Leader programme has benefited from grant aid whilst a member of the board.
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493 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Transport if he will grant improvement for the improvement of the Irish airlines superannuation scheme; his views on whether the scheme is out of line with appropriate standards and provisions in comparable employments; the size of the pensions deficit; and his plans to remedy same.
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473 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason there has been no increase in payments for dependants under the widow’s pension in nine years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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443 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department intends to promote the In Case of Emergency system in order that individuals’ next of kin can be easily contacted in case of emergency.
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388 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who have been waiting longer than a year for an operation or appointment and who have yet to receive a letter of confirmation that they have been put on the national treatment purchase fund scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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295 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Finance if there has been progress or an outcome to the regulatory inspection which he promised; and the Government’s plans to upgrade and update those aspects of credit union legislation and regulation which are curtailing and hampering the proper development of the credit union movement.
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148 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason she will not agree to a full statutory inquiry into the issue of organ retention as requested by the parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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113 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce the Alcohol Products Bill; if she has been lobbied by the alcohol industry to cancel it in favour of voluntary agreements; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Sullivan report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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4 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Attorney General’s office; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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