Results 461-480 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Departmental Bodies. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: In the main part of his answer the Minister looked backwards saying, correctly, how well we have done over the past ten years. He notes that the enterprise strategy group suggests that we need to change things slightly and gradually. That was the tone in which I understood him to respond. I need to read the full response later. I could not disagree more with him. There is a range of strategic...

Departmental Bodies. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: We can return to the issue of research and development later. In terms of Enterprise Ireland, is it not the case that the Minister has mired the agency in that black hole of bureaucratic nonsense known as decentralisation by adding yet another town to the process by moving Enterprise Ireland to Shannon? Is that an example of the agile change which this report seeks?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Will it move to Shannon?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: How many of its staff voted for that move?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: How many of its staff have signed up for the move?

Research Funding. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: How does the Minister intend to change the situation whereby in 2003, of the €1 billion invested in applied research, only €32 million came from the State? This places Ireland 21st out of 30 countries in the OECD in terms of state funding for research and development. Does he have any response to the finding in the summer quarterly report from the ESRI that research in this State is...

Research Funding. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The findings in the ESRI report indicate a different situation.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 657: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which have been taken by his Department to introduce legislation to control the activities of arms brokers and suppliers here in line with the 2004 EU common position on arms brokering. [24828/05]

Job Losses. (29 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister of State said his legal opinion may be that these redundancies will not be liable to further redundancy payments that would ordinarily apply if a company is closing. If that is the route to be taken will he outline further the real consequences for the workers involved and the whole proposal from the company? What would that lead to given that he has signalled that may be the way...

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (29 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for withdrawing Irish troops from Liberia by the end of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25795/05]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (29 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence the implications for Ireland's military procurement of the May 2005 decision by EU defence ministers that the next generation of armoured fighting vehicles must not be developed in separate national programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25796/05]

Written Answers — Timber Imports: Timber Imports (4 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to prohibit the importation of illegally sourced timber and timber products; her further plans to negotiate voluntary partnership agreements with timber producing countries to encourage revenue transparency and accountability in such countries and insist on independent forest monitoring in those countries; and if she will...

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (4 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to encourage organic farming here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26471/05]

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to add to what has been said by Deputies Shortall, Olivia Mitchell and Crowe. While I was briefed by the Minister's Department in terms of an indication of some of the changes proposed, I was unable to table amendments to the Bill in regard to the issue about which I was particularly concerned because I did not have a copy of what the Minister was proposing. It was difficult for me to...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (5 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Finance the reporting and accountability procedures which have been put in place by his Department to oversee the National Development Finance Agency's new role of managing the procurement of PPP projects and bringing them through to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26553/05]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who have applied for decentralised positions since the Government introduced the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26554/05]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (5 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the terms and conditions which apply with the proposed new fixed price renewable energy support mechanisms and his reason for only providing a partial index of the fixed prices that have been set. [26953/05]

Written Answers — Marina Development: Marina Development (5 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the proposed development of leisure marinas in County Donegal; the amount of state or local authority funding that is available any such marinas; the procedures followed in the analysis of such support mechanisms, in particularly with regards to the existence of other private developments in the...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the economic and financial parameters that will determine whether Ireland will be able to meet the target of 0.7% of GNP by 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27057/05]

Irish Ferries: Motion. (11 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I commend my colleagues in the Technical Group, and the Independents in the Dáil, for tabling this important and timely motion, which we in the Green Party wholeheartedly support. It is interesting to listen to Deputy Cowley talking about the conservative nature of Irish politics; I agree with him. One of the definitions of conservatism is the sense that things cannot change and that, if the...