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Chief Executive of Centre for Public Inquiry: Statement by Minister. (13 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Minister appears to be saying the threat to national security lay in the possibility of external funding being provided to the Provisional IRA. Did he feel it was the threat of external funding for the Provisional IRA that posed a threat to the State? If so, what faith does he have in the peace process at this stage?

Chief Executive of Centre for Public Inquiry: Statement by Minister. (13 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: How did the Minister obtain the documentation he has used? From whom did he obtain it and when?

Chief Executive of Centre for Public Inquiry: Statement by Minister. (13 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: When did Independent Newspapers first approach the Minister looking for this documentation? In what form was this request made?

Chief Executive of Centre for Public Inquiry: Statement by Minister. (13 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: One of our party members, Ingrid Bettancourt, has been in captivity in Colombia for the past two years. Therefore, the Minister should not imply that we sympathise with FARC because we have never sympathised with it and never will. He has not answered the question I asked him about how he obtained the documentation in question, from whom and when.

Chief Executive of Centre for Public Inquiry: Statement by Minister. (13 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I intend to share time with Deputies Ó Snodaigh and Finian McGrath. The events of the past few days have a dangerous similarity to Senator McCarthy's witch-hunts in the United States in the 1950s. Demagoguery, arrogance and innuendo were used then to destroy people's careers and they are being used to the same ends by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform today. There is a touch...

Written Answers — Sugar Beet Industry: Sugar Beet Industry (8 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 40: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason she intends to compensate Greencore for the decline in the sugar beet industry here, at the expense of farmers whose livelihoods depended on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38450/05]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (8 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many of the clothes worn today are made from genetically modified cotton, that cheese is made using genetically modified rennet, and that other substances, such as riboflavin, are genetically modified. [38449/05]

Order of Business (Resumed). (8 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: We have three days left to debate this.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (8 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the remarks made by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform under Dáil privilege, and the implications that these have for the independent watchdog body the Centre for Public Inquiry.

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (7 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 95: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on his attendance at the military display by the Army Ranger Wing at the Curragh on 16 November 2005, marking the 25th Anniversary of the Army Ranger Wing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38202/05]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (7 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the meeting in Brussels of the European Defence Agency on 21 November 2005; the voluntary code of conduct for defence procurement agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38201/05]

Budget Statement 2005. (7 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: The devil is in the detail.

Written Answers — Jobs for People with Disabilities: Jobs for People with Disabilities (6 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason so many disabled persons do not take part in ordinary FÁS courses in view of the initial decision to mainline the training of disabled persons, especially when statistical evidence reveals that participants of segregated courses are at a disadvantage in the labour market. [37925/05]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to regulate the operation of housing management companies. [36674/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (6 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the plight of Afghani citizens seeking leave to remain in Ireland and the uncertain future they face if returned to Afghanistan.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if an independent social welfare appeals office that is separate to the Department of Social and Family Affairs will be established. [37123/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (1 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent report on the social welfare appeals system commissioned by the Northside Community Law Centre; and if he intends to tackle the barriers faced by persons making appeals as identified in the report. [37124/05]

Written Answers — Hunting Licences: Hunting Licences (1 Dec 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 247: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if she will intervene to stop the Ward Union deer hunt on the grounds that it breaches the Protection of Animals Act. [37478/05]

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (30 Nov 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 63: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs when he expects the new national rural development scheme to be approved and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36765/05]

Written Answers — Countryside Recreation Strategy: Countryside Recreation Strategy (30 Nov 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the percentage of the increased expenditure announced in the Estimates 2006 for the national rural development scheme which will be spent on the national countryside recreation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36766/05]