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101 records in IE in 2005
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2005
39 Mr. English asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the date for the referendum on the EU constitution here will be announced; and ifhe will make a statement on the matter. [18582/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2005
35 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent EU referendums in France and the Netherlands; the implications for the future of the EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18640/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2005
31 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the referendum on the EU constitution will be held in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18598/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2005
28 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the upcoming referendum on the EU constitution in the Netherlands. [18578/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2005
22 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Referendum Commission will be established in respect of the Twenty-eighth amendment of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18585/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2005
13 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the upcoming referendum on the EU constitution in Denmark. [18580/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2005
12 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland is eligible to join the EU constitution’s new permanent structured co-operation in view of the fact that the states involved must have military capabilities which fulfil high criteria and have made binding commitments to one another in the military area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17555/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2005
4 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the ratification of the EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18863/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2005
2 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the outcome of the referenda on the European constitution in France and the Netherlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18782/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2005
40 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Defence the relationship between the new EU battle groups and the EU constitution’s permanent structured co-operation; if most of the battle groups will be a part of permanent structured co-operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17556/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2005
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
189 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action that has been taken or that he plans to take following the report of the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution on the cost of building land; the measures that have been implemented arising from this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16331/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
31 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Taoiseach the role which the National Forum on Europe will play during the referendum on the proposed EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16174/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
30 Mr. Sargent asked the Taoiseach the role of the National Forum of Europe in regard to the proposed EU constitution referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16067/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
25 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the proposed work of the Forum on Europe for the rest of 2005; if he envisages it playing any role in regard to informing members of the public on the proposed new EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15980/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2005
16 Mr. J. Higgins asked the Taoiseach the role he envisages the National Forum of Europe playing in regard to the proposed new EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15229/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 May 2005
310 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has examined whether the system of direct provision and the placing of asylum seekers in accommodation centres is in contravention of the Equal Status Act 2000, Article 40.1 of the Constitution or the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16482/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 May 2005
112 Mr. Boyle asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism whether the reply to Question No. 59 of 1 December 2004 was correct in view of the fact that the Joint Committee on the Constitution has stated that, in its view, there would be no constitutional problem with legislation providing for better access to the countryside. [14956/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2005
38 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of projects which have been allocated funding under the Communicating Europe initiative in 2004 and 2005; the amount allocated to each of these programmes in 2004 and 2005; the number of these projects which are aimed at increasing understanding and awareness of the European constitution; the success of these projects in raising public awareness of the European constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13686/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2005
89 Mr. G. Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when his Department will publish the necessary legislation to enable the referendum on the EU constitution to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13504/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2005
86 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the date of the referendum on the EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13503/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2005
76 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the White Paper on the new EU constitution will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13680/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2005
55 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the proposed amendments to Article 29o of the Constitution to allow the State to ratify the EU constitution will be published; if there will be any provision in the amendment for Ireland to join closer defence co-operation in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13675/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2005
17 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken to enhance public knowledge of the new EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13513/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2005
8 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has held discussions with his counterparts in other countries in which referenda on the EU constitution will take place regarding their approach to informing the public on the content of the document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13514/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
199 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the event of a French vote against the proposed EU constitutional treaty on 29 May 2005, the Government will demand that the French electorate vote again until it produces a “Yes” vote. [12471/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
198 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the referendum on the proposed EU constitutional treaty will not take place in 2005 and will take place in 2006. [12470/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
197 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will not put the EU constitutional treaty to another referendum vote if the Irish people vote against it. [12469/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
196 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the choice the Government will make if it must choose between passing the EU constitution and maintaining the unanimity requirement on taxation matters in the event of a French “No” vote on 29 May 2005. [12467/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 April 2005
98 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that there are sufficient legal safeguards in place to ensure the right of all employees to be represented by a trade union; if he intends to legislate for collective bargaining arrangements in accordance with the principles of the ILO and enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights and the proposed EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12087/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 April 2005
125 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to calls from a lone parents organisation, One Family, for recognition for lone families under the Constitution; his views in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11849/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
272 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has approved or appraised income limits in respect of eligibility for housing loans under SDA or shared ownership and rehousing directly by the local authority; if any provision has been made in such income limits in respect of non-earning adult or child dependents or if such income limits are applicable regardless of family size and, if so, the way in which this is deemed to be in keeping with the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11364/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
140 Mr. M. Higgins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action that has been taken or that he plans to take following the report of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution on the cost of building land; the specific measures that have been implemented arising from this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11063/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 April 2005
78 Mr. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the Law Reform Committee of the law society’s view that positive discrimination in terms of one-off housing is in some cases in breach of the Constitution, the European Convention on Human Rights and EU law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11022/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
1051 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the decision by the European Parliament’s budgetary committee to spend €8 million on a biased pro-EU constitution campaign is consistent with the Referendum Act 2001; the restrictions imposed on such a campaign by the Act. [9881/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
430 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that the handing over to a private company (details supplied) of the responsibility for the health and safety of residents of Rossport in north County Mayo, who are being forced to live perilously close to an unprecedented high-pressure gas pipeline, does not constitute a derogation of sovereignty and therefore is not repugnant to the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10972/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 April 2005
3 Mr. Rabbitte asked the Taoiseach the progress with regard to the implementation of the recommendations of the Oireachtas All-Party Committee on the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4634/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 March 2005
211 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the designation of safety zones by the Health and Safety Authority under the terms of the Seveso directive implicitly imposes a restriction on the property rights of numerous indigenous landowners and that such restriction amounts to the taking of an easement by the State over such lands together with the associated transfer of such property rights to private corporations; his further views on whether such blatant capture of property rights from numerous landowners throughout the State for the direct benefit of these large corporations is contrary to the property provisions both of the Constitution and of the European Convention of Human Rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8257/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
76 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the areas of enhanced co-operation which are envisaged by Protocol 24 of Article I-41(2) of the EU constitution which states that the Union shall draw up, together with the Western European Union, arrangements for enhanced co-operation between them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6751/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
163 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a recent Eurobarometer study which shows that while voters here are generally supportive of the EU, they are also hesitant with regard to the proposed EU constitution; his views on the consequences this may have for a future referendum on the constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7696/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
160 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the outcome of the recent referendum on the EU constitution in Spain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7697/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
134 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has held discussions with his Spanish counterpart with regard to the recent referendum on the EU constitution held in that country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7625/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
133 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of countries within the European Union that will put the EU constitution to public referendum; if he has held consultations with his counterparts in these countries with regard to the timing of referenda on the constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7611/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
130 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he will take to raise the profile of the European Union within Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7617/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
108 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans for a major public information campaign in advance of a referendum on the EU constitution; if he will consider sending a copy of the draft constitution to every home in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7695/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
81 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent Eurobarometer reports that public awareness of the EU constitution is worryingly low here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7633/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
66 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the new EU constitution will be put to referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7596/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 March 2005
58 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the referendum on the EU constitution will be held in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8063/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2005
167 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether Irish citizens without individual means, property or pension but who are now elderly having been home-makers in the 1950s and not in a position to accumulate stamps should be entitled to a State pension in accordance with the unequivocal intent of Article 42.2.1 of the Constitution; the plans he has to ensure that the hundreds of elderly Irish mothers who now find themselves without pension or individual means or property are to be given a fair pension. [7143/05]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2005
22 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that there are sufficient legal safeguards in place to ensure the right of all employees to be represented by a trade union; if he intends to legislate for collective bargaining arrangements in accordance with the principles of the ILO and enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights and the proposed new EU constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6144/05]