Results 17,721-17,740 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn
- Departmental Offices. (21 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: It kind of makes my point about the black economy.
- Departmental Offices. (21 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: The Department has primary responsibility for it rather than the Revenue Commissioners.
- Price Inflation. (21 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for that reply. I am happy to share his optimism about the underlying strength of the economy. Will he agree, however, that focusing on inflation per se is not enough and that we must isolate the factors over which we have some control, such as domestic pushers of inflation as distinct from international pushers like energy, over which we have no control? In that context,...
- Price Inflation. (21 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: That is the point of my question.
- Economic Competitiveness. (21 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister for the information. Perhaps he might come back to me later, if not today, as regards the following. If they are to be used for micro businesses, surely the county enterprise boards are obvious bodies for administering these funds. Will the Minister indicate, either today or later, the level of funding it is intended to allocate during the programme in the period 2007-13?...
- Labour Inspectorate. (21 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: On what statutory basis is it proposed to establish this new inspectorate for workers' rights? What is the Minister of State's current thinking on this? Will it be a stand-alone body or will it be linked to the Labour Court or the Labour Relations Commission? What will be the relationship between the Health and Safety Authority and the Labour Relations Commission, not to mention the Labour Court?
- Labour Inspectorate. (21 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: What is the timetable for the establishment?
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the estimated figure as to the number of absent parents who are not paying required levels of child maintenance for their children; the action he intends to take to address this trend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22989/06]
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby many companies with defined benefit pension schemes are unilaterally changing the terms and conditions of those schemes to defined payment schemes; the number of companies who have informed his Department regarding these changes; if he has undertaken to ensure that employees...
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Absolutely.
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: The Minister should tell the House the full story.
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Along with others.
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: I think he is being remarkably restrained.
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: That is even before the Minister has heard it.
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Will the Minister turn off his phone?
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: On a point of order and to facilitate the House, some type of electronic interference is making it extremely difficult for Members to hear the Minister.
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: I am reluctant to rise again. I do not know what the Minister is reading from but it has no relevance to the script that has been circulated. There is a convention in this House that a Minister circulates the script he or she reads from to facilitate Deputies who do not have back-up resources.
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: This is not the script the Minister is reading from. That is outrageous. The Minister is breaching a convention of the House.
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: We do not have the script.
- Waste Management: Motion. (20 Jun 2006)
Ruairi Quinn: Courtesy to the House is allââ