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Question· writtenPQ 280asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2004
311 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Transport if the introduction of public safety zones at European Union airports is one of the principal priorities of the Irish EU Presidency with regard to that part of the transport sector for which he is responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 May 2004
56 Mr. Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the recent war game Black Dawn, organised by the European Union and NATO to counter potential nuclear terrorism; if Ireland participated in this exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 21asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 May 2004
19 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the EU-wide actions that he is instigating, as part of Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union, to combat racism and discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 401asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
460 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has reviewed the availability of European language channels on the Irish network in view of the more central role which the European Union is playing in Irish affairs; if he has had discussions with any of the cable and other distribution networks to encourage the inclusion of channels with programming in European languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 127asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 April 2004
184 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on the issue of work permits here and throughout the European Union to citizens of Kosovo.
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Question· writtenPQ 59asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 April 2004
146 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the reason for the cancellation of a major concert on 1 May 2004 to celebrate the enlargement of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 113asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
102 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions being taken by his Department in the context of Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union to push forward the requirements of the Lisbon Agenda; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
89 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the European Union will co-sponsor a resolution at the 60th United Nations Commission for Human Rights which will deal with the breach of human rights in China in general, and the occupation of Tibet in particular.
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Question· writtenPQ 90asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
71 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that he will take during Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union to address international concerns with regard to human rights abuses in West Papua; his views on the campaign to revisit the act of free choice decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 83asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
101 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the remarks attributed to the European Commission Internal Market Commissioner that Turkey should act as a buffer to Iran, Iraq and Syria for the European Union, and should not be given membership of the EU for that reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 82asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
61 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Turkey fulfils the Copenhagen criteria for membership of the European Union; and if not, the respects in which it is deficient.
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Question· writtenPQ 80asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
59 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will be attending the ceremonies to be held in Kigali, Rwanda in April 2004 to mark the tenth anniversary of genocide in that country; if Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union will mark this date appropriately; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 79asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
57 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the planned date for the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 39asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
131 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the views on Mr Jean-Didier Hache, executive secretary of the Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions’ Islands Commission, who has said that the rights of 13 million people living in offshore and remote locations must be recognised in the proposed constitution for the European Union.
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Question· writtenPQ 34asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
42 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will give his assessment of the prospects of concluding negotiations on a new treaty or constitution for the European Union during the period of the Irish Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 19asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
17 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the attempts by pro-militaristic tendencies in the European Union and the media to construe the democratic victory of Senor Zapatero in Spain as appeasement of terrorism; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 15asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
15 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the necessity of differentiating between the war in Iraq and multilateral support within the European Union and the United Nations community for a concerted approach towards dealing with terrorism on the world scale.
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Question· writtenPQ 11asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
11 Mr. English asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the progress being achieved on the European Union near neighbour policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 9asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
9 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Croatia fulfils the Copenhagen criteria for membership of the European Union; and if not, the respect in which it is deficient.
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Question· oralPQ 6asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2004
5 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position with regard to the possible achievement of an agreement on the new constitution for the EU during Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 14asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 March 2004
128 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Education and Science the progress made by his Department in pushing forward the Lisbon agenda during Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 111asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
178 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has plans during the Irish Presidency of the EU to ensure that Articles 6 and 7 of the Treaty on European Union operate as a framework, whereby there will be EU level accountability for serious breaches of human rights that occur within a member state.
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Question· writtenPQ 37asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 March 2004
135 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding proposals for reciprocal arrangements for free or concessionary travel for pensioners throughout this island and the European Union.
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Question· writtenPQ 307asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
394 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an appeal for a visa application for a person (details supplied) will be given in view of the fact that a similar visa has previously been issued by other countries, including member countries of the European Union, that all considerations have been complied with in the past, and that there are humanitarian considerations involved.
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Question· writtenPQ 95asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
165 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the issues to be discussed at the meeting of European Union drug co-ordinators in June 2004.
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Question· writtenPQ 83asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2004
155 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his priorities for the remainder of the Irish Presidency of the European Union; the events that are arranged by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
237 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives he proposes to take either at Government or European Union level to advance the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Question· writtenPQ 121asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
200 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures her Department has transposed following direction from the European Union since June 2002; and the measures which remain to be transposed into law.
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Question· writtenPQ 92asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2004
151 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport his priorities for the remainder of the Irish Presidency of the European Union; the events that have been arranged by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 106asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 February 2004
105 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the duties of Article 133 committee of the European Union; her views on the case for greater transparency in relation to this committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 149asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2004
236 Ms Enright asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has read the BirdWatch Ireland proposal entitled Greening Europe; the priorities for the Irish Presidency of the European Union; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2004
131 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his priorities for the remainder of the Irish Presidency of the European Union; the events that are arranged by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 46asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2004
136 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will provide details of the 1 May 2004 celebrations to mark the accession of new states to the European Union; and the cost involved.
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Question· writtenPQ 45asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 February 2004
127 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the events planned to take place in Dublin from 30 April to 1 May 2004 to mark the accession of the applicant countries to the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 162asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2004
255 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will urge the Government to introduce and implement the appointment of an EU special representative for Tibetan affairs during the Irish Presidency of the European Union; if he will make representations to members of the Cabinet to ensure that such an appointment is proposed during the Irish Presidency of the European Union; and if Ireland will maintain its present strong position that there can be no suggestion of the EU lifting the 1989 China arms embargo without substantive progress in China’s human rights record.
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Question· writtenPQ 89asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2004
158 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the outbreak of avian influenza in Asia; the steps being taken by the European Union to prevent the spread of this disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 62asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2004
129 Ms O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the impact on farming income and performance in Ireland of the entry of the accession countries to the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2004
100 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food his priorities for the remainder of the Irish Presidency of the European Union; the events that are arranged by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 February 2004
97 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if his attention has been drawn to recent remarks from the Irish Farmers' Association that he should seek export refunds from the European Union to help Irish farmers export animals to Libya, in view of the easing of relations between the United States and Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 218asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 February 2004
302 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Education and Science his programme and that of his Ministers of State regarding youth work and youth affairs with reference to the Irish Presidency of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 211asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 February 2004
295 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the venue and location at which the meeting on education, youth and culture scheduled for 28 May 2004, as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will take place; and the proposed agenda for the meeting.
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Question· writtenPQ 210asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 February 2004
294 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the venue and location at which the meeting on education, youth and culture scheduled for 27 May 2004, as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will take place; and the proposed agenda for the meeting.
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Question· writtenPQ 209asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 February 2004
293 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the venue and location at which the meeting on education, youth and culture scheduled for 26 February 2004, as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, will take place; and the proposed agenda for the meeting.
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Question· writtenPQ 88asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 February 2004
173 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Finance if he has taken an initiative in the context of the Irish Presidency of the European Union to implement a Single Market regime in respect of insurance products in the interest of cross-frontier trading and the consequential benefit to consumers arising from the increased competition in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 February 2004
136 Mr. Gogarty asked the Minister for Finance the degree of public participation that will accompany the meeting of the European Union Finance Ministers to be held in Punchestown, County Kildare.
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Question· writtenPQ 88asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2004
70 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken to assess the nuclear capabilities of North Korea; if the European Union will hold meetings with representatives of North Korea to discuss international concern at ongoing nuclear developments in North Korea; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 85asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2004
63 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the position regarding the recognition of Irish as an official working language of the European Union; if the Government will be raising this matter at European level during Ireland's Presidency of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 82asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2004
125 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the future enlargement of the European Union is being determined at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 81asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2004
60 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the accession of ten new member states to the European Union in May 2004 will not be considerably tarnished by the growing number of obstacles being placed in the way of these new states in terms of their mobility and equality within the Union; his views on whether the future enlargement of the Union will take place in a two-tiered manner that is contrary to the spirit of enlargement and the Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 78asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2004
56 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, during the Irish Presidency of the European Union, there will be formal contact with Zimbabwe; if he will report on the political situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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