Results 401-420 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — Penalty Points System: Penalty Points System (22 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the practice whereby dangerous drivers who accrue penalty points trade these points with other drivers; if he considers the penalties for such an offence offer a sufficient deterrent; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the practice of speed cameras photographing car licence plates is flawed...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (22 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress he has made in transposing EU Directive 2002/15/EC and EU Directive 2002/85/EC into Irish law. [21207/05]

Written Answers — Garda Personnel: Garda Personnel (23 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to increase the number of juvenile liaison officers in view of their proven success in dealing with juvenile offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/05]

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (23 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he intends to take to deal with vandalism and anti-social behaviour which is causing major problems in many communities with families harassed and property vandalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21467/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (28 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 100: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the significant variations between local authorities in their responses to waste management complaints during 2004, particularly the variations in legal and enforcement action in the form of prosecutions and legal orders taken under the Waste Management Acts 1996-2003; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (28 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 132: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he expects to receive a report from the interdepartmental high level group established to study the judgment of 26 April 2005 by the European Court of Justice in relation to waste disposal here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22218/05]

Written Answers — Patents of Precedence: Patents of Precedence (28 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 146: To ask the Taoiseach if he will identify the first five persons granted patents of precedence at the Irish Bar by the Government and give the date of each grant. [22194/05]

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (28 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the employment dispute between an employee (details supplied) of the Irish Embassy in Paris, France; the position at present; and if he will ensure that this person will be treated in accordance with the modern standards of Irish and French labour law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21990/05]

Written Answers — Garda Complaints Procedures: Garda Complaints Procedures (28 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 575: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received formal representations from a person (details supplied) in County Meath who made a complaint regarding the attempted abduction of his 12 year old daughter; the refusal of the local Garda station to take the complaint; the identification by the girl and a neighbour of the alleged abductor who is a serving...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (28 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 591: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received representations from a person regarding the murder of their brother (details supplied); the action he has taken; the if has spoken to the Garda Commissioner and Dublin City Council regarding the ongoing intimidation of the community and the alleged involvement of the IRA; and if he will make a statement...

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach misled the House earlier this morning in reply to Leaders' Questions. Will he take the opportunity before the House rises to correct the record? He may not have been aware of it, but he said in regard to the commitment to overseas aid that the United States had no dedicated target. He was wrong. In the year 2002 in the Monterey——

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: I want to facilitate the Taoiseach. I want to tell him where he was wrong and give him the opportunity to correct it.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: If you had not interrupted me, a Cheann Comhairle, I would have been finished by this stage.

Order of Business. (29 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: In the Monterey consensus, the United States committed itself to the 0.7% ODA target. The Taoiseach may wish at some stage to correct the wrong he told the House earlier today.

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (29 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his reaction to the granting of official EU status to the Irish language; if he will back up this achievement with a renewed effort to get people to speak Irish, as opposed to concentrating on its legislative status at home and in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22586/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (30 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position with regard to the habitual residency condition for social welfare payments; if the concerns raised by the European Commission regarding the HRC have been clarified; if he will provide assurances that the HRC does not inflict poverty on persons arriving to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23027/05]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (30 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which currently exist and which must be made by her or the Government; the reason, in each case, for the vacancy; and when each vacancy will be filled. [24177/05]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (30 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a list of boards of statutory or State bodies and statutory appointments to which vacancies are expected to fall due between now and 31 December 2005 for appointments to be made by her or the Government; and the mechanisms envisaged by which the appointees will be selected. [24191/05]

Written Answers — Communications Masts: Communications Masts (30 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 242: To ask the Minister for Finance the services that avail of the mast on the Garda station in Letterkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23754/05]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (30 Jun 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of the vacancies on the boards of statutory or State bodies and other statutory appointments which currently exist and which must be made by him or the Government; the reason, in each case, for the vacancy; and when each vacancy will be filled. [24178/05]