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Tue, 27 May 2014
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Financial Services Regulation
Lucinda Creighton
41. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Finance the total number of cases where suspicions of a criminal offence arose and the Central Bank of Ireland reported the matter to An Garda Síochána, as required under section 33AK of the 1942 Act, in the past five years; the nature of the complaints reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22173/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Credit Availability
Seán Kyne
42. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Finance in the context of ensuring credit availability for small to medium-sized enterprises, his views on facilitating credit unions in lending amounts under a certain value to businesses at a local level to encourage expansion and job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17478/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Economic Management Council Meetings
Pat Deering
43. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place of the Economic Management Council since the troika left in December 2013. [22182/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Grant Aid
Catherine Murphy
44. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will itemise in tabular form all grants and grants-in-aid paid by his Department each year for the previous five years and to date in 2014, including the amounts, recipients and purpose in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22183/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Medical Aids and Appliances Provision
Seán Fleming
45. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Taoiseach the number of defibrillators that are located in Government offices and buildings under the remit of his Department throughout the country; if these are available in emergency cases outside of office hours to the community in the locations where they are based; the number and cost of same; if he will consider putting some arrangement in place whereby these defibrillators can be located where the public can access them out of office hours, in the interest of health and safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22392/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Public Procurement Contracts
Pearse Doherty
46. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach if his Department received correspondence from the European Commission public procurement unit last November, or at any point in the past year, following an investigation undertaken into complaints regarding the awarding of the postal code contract by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources; and if his Department forwarded this correspondence on to that Department. [22404/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Cabinet Committee Meetings
Micheál Martin
47. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committee meetings he has attended in the month of April. [22601/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Dáil Reform
Terence Flanagan
48. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Taoiseach the Government's achievements to date in the area of Dáil reform and its future plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22803/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Boston College Archives
Micheál Martin
49. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the release of the Boston College papers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22178/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Human Rights Issues
Finian McGrath
50. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update regarding the kidnapping of 260 teenage girls in Nigeria; if he will clarify the action that the United Nation is taking regarding this serious violation of human rights and abuse of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22214/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Passport Services
Clare Daly
51. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the passport express facility, which states a guaranteed ten-day return, is not producing passports within that timeframe but actually taking considerably longer, causing huge distress and travel disruption; and the action he will take regarding same. [22326/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Maritime Jurisdiction
John Browne
52. Deputy John Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with regard to SI 86 of 2014 titled Maritime Jurisdiction (Boundaries of Exclusive Economic Zone) Order 2014 whose purpose is to designate the economic zone of the State, if he will provide a map of the new exclusive economic zone detailing changes from the previous exclusive economic zone of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22472/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Foreign Conflicts
Finian McGrath
53. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the peace talks in Havana, Cuba concerning the conflict in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22208/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Consular Services Representations
Clare Daly
54. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to secure the release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who has been imprisoned for eight months in Egypt; if the EU will publicly demand their immediate release prior to the case going before the criminal courts and that the outrageous violation of their human rights be condemned. [22272/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Northern Ireland Issues
Clare Daly
55. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent contact he has had with the British and Northern Ireland authorities regarding prisoner conditions and issues. [22273/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Northern Ireland Issues
Finian McGrath
56. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will push for the implementation of the Haass proposals in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22319/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Northern Ireland Issues
Micheál Martin
57. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent comments by the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland regarding possible party political activities within the PSNI; if he and his Department are concerned about same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22603/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Northern Ireland Issues
Micheál Martin
58. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to Secretary of State Villiers regarding the allegations made by the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland regarding possible activity within the PSNI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22604/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Boston College Archives
Micheál Martin
59. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding threats and use of provocative labels such as touts being made against persons who co-operated with the Boston College tapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22705/14]
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Consular Services Representations
Pat Deering
60. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that he is doing everything possible to secure the release of Ibrahim Halawa who remains imprisoned in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22748/14]