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Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will press its EU partners for increased co-operation with ACP countries to attain an extension of the Cotonou waiver at the WTO or to change GATT Article XXIV in order for the EU to continue to give preferential access to poor countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6023/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the assessment his Department has undertaken concerning the impact upon agricultural and industrial producers in Ireland's priority aid countries of the EPAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6024/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 191: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of any EPA impact assessments on Irish priority aid countries, that is, the level of unemployment expected, the nature of industries to be adversely affected and the capacity of these countries to adjust to EU competition within the transition period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6025/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the communications, meetings and other representations his Department has had with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the liberalisation of markets under the proposed EPAs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6026/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the concerns his Department has raised with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment over the opening up of priority country markets to EU competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6027/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 194: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the areas of priority country markets his Department has suggested should be excluded from liberalisation, in EU and inter-departmental meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6028/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the regional groupings required under EPAs; his views on the fact that Zambia is forced by this process to decide between SADC and COMESA, two regional groupings in which it has invested years of energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6029/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (22 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on criticisms that, with the EPAs, the EU is bringing about an effective redrawing of the economic map of Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6030/05]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (22 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the process which has been carried out to determine that the Community Workers Co-operative alone of the ten national anti-poverty networks, has failed to meet the necessary criteria for funding. [5780/05]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (22 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the outcry from hundreds of local and national organisations (details supplied) working against poverty reflects the importance of the anti-poverty work of the Community Workers Co-operative. [5781/05]

Written Answers — Arts Funding: Arts Funding (17 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the amount which has been spent on supporting Irish cultural activities abroad over the past five years; the criteria being used in assessing such activities; if an analysis has been carried out of the way in which other countries promote themselves and their artists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5162/05]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the Minister, my constituency colleague, to the House. I have not had a chance to speak to him in the Chamber since he took up his new office. It might be his last office for a while because the intention on this side of the House is to give the Minister, who has held various ministerial offices in recent years, a well earned rest following the next election. We intend to have a...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (17 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I would encourage him in his last two years in office to be radical, given that he will have a chance to take a break after the next election. In his new brief he should seize the opportunity to make a real difference. Some people welcomed the moderate increases in social welfare contributions, which was a pleasant change to the tenor of previous budgets. Given the state of our economy, he...

Written Answers — Site Acquisitions: Site Acquisitions (16 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the process that has been followed in the selection of a site to replace the Mountjoy Prison complex; if he will further report on the weighting given to the issues of sustainability and cost; and the status of the detailed plans drawn up by the Office of Public Works for the refurbishment and renewal...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (16 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to resolve the potential conflict of interest that arises for Garda ethnic minority liaison officers who are also members of the Garda National Immigration Bureau. [5103/05]

Written Answers — Transport Investment Plan: Transport Investment Plan (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport the process which his Department is engaging in to establish the ten-year transport investment plan proposed in budget 2005; the analysis which has been undertaken to help prioritise projects; and the planning guidelines which are being used to provide a background to the investment decisions that are being made. [4804/05]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Transport the measures he intends introducing to try to prevent the continued incidence of fatal accidents between cyclists and heavy goods vehicles. [4805/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 318: To ask the Minister for Transport the process which his Department is engaging in to establish the ten-year transport investment plan proposed in budget 2005; the analysis which has been undertaken to help prioritise projects; and the planning guidelines which are being used to provide a background to the investment decisions that are being made. [5091/05]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 319: To ask the Minister for Transport the estimated length of new quality bus corridors that are due to come into operation in Dublin in 2005; the number of new buses that will be added to the Dublin bus fleet; and his views on whether Dublin Bus has a sufficiently large fleet to be able to provide the frequency of bus service for these routes to be characterised as quality bus...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (15 Feb 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 327: To ask the Minister for Transport the status of registered driving instructors with regard to the Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4578/05]