Results 341-360 of 11,433 for speaker:Michael Kitt

Seanad: Order of Business. (15 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: I support the calls for a debate on child care and I commend the Government on the major funding provided for child care. Eery successful group in Galway has received approximately €1 million. However, I am concerned that there is now talk of putting a limit of €1.1 million on all child care projects, something with which I disagree. While expensive child care proposals are submitted,...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: I rise to follow up on the failure to draw down funding in the Departments of Health and Children and Education and Science. There is a great deal of concern about smaller schools losing teachers. The INTO published figures in Roscommon recently on 12 schools nationally, each of which lost a teacher because the schools were just one pupil under the retention figure last September. At a time...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: I would like the Leader to find out more about underspending and the failure to draw down funds in the Departments in question.

Seanad: Hospital Services. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise this issue and thank the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Power, for coming to the House. As Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, he will have a particular interest in this issue. There is in Tuam a very efficient committee called the Tuam cancer care committee. For many years it has raised funds in many ways for cancer...

Seanad: Hospital Services. (21 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: I also look forward to generosity on the part of the Minister.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: This has nothing to do with the Bill. The Senator is not discussing the Bill.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank him for the Bill he has brought before us. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this short but extremely important Bill. I join with the Minister of State in complimenting the Constituency Commission, whose recommendations are now the focus of the Bill. The commission had a difficult task and tried to bring a fair balance to the Bill....

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: It was too natural.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: Senator Leyden won that one.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: The amendment is self-explanatory. It is considered that six months is an adequate amount of time to enable interested parties to apprise themselves of the Act.

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: There are no covert conspiracies on my part. I read what the Senators said in the debate on the Bill. This is a technical area, we are updating legislation and re-enacting law. Nobody is shivering in his or her boots waiting for the results of our deliberations. We are trying to deal with this in an honest, transparent way. As Chief Whip I assure the Senators that whenever this legislation...

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: We will come to that.

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: I have an answer for the Senator.

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: I always enjoy my visits to the Seanad and try my best to accommodate reasonable suggestions. I am willing to consider this in the light of what both Senators have said. With regard to the rationale behind our wording, Senator Hayes mentioned section 15 which states: "The date of the passing of an Act of the Oireachtas is the date of the day on which the Bill for the Act is signed by the...

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: The Cathaoirleach has clarified that the Government intends to delete section 28 which refers to the European communities. There are issues relating to cross-referencing of European legislation and Council directives with which I will be glad to deal. On Senator Ryan's specific question, section 2 deals with domestic law and concentrates on that. I may have to come back to Senator Brian Hayes...

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: Where are the relevant references? My officials cannot find them.

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: I have been told that the word "absurd" is well used by the courts. This section provides that this legislation does not apply to another Act if "the other enactment would be changed in intent or become unclear or absurd". Like the Senator, I favour more user-friendly language. The explanation I have been given is that the word in question is well used by the courts.

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: I thank the Senator.

Seanad: Interpretation Bill 2000: Committee Stage. (29 Jun 2005)

Michael Kitt: This technical drafting amendment will clarify the language being used in this section. While the words "except in so far as the contrary intention appears in this Act" in section 4(1) mean that the Interpretation Act can apply, in part, to another Act, this is expressly provided for by the insertion in the section of the phrase "a provision of this Act". It is a technical drafting amendment.