Results 501-520 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Written Answers — Information Society Commission: Information Society Commission (8 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: Since 1997, the Government has established two successive Information Society Commissions to act as an independent advisory body to Government on matters relating to the information society. The first Information Society Commission was established by the Government in May 1997, in response to the report of Ireland's information society steering committee, entitled Information Society Ireland:...

Written Answers — Vehicle Sales: Vehicle Sales (8 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: Data on the number of new cars and other vehicles sold are not available from the CSO. However the CSO does publish data on the number of vehicles licensed in its annual release entitled "Vehicles Licensed for the first time". The details of new private cars and new other vehicles classes, including the classes goods vehicles, motor cycles, tractors, public service vehicles and others,...

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2006: First Stage. (9 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: No.

Greyhound Industry (Doping Regulation) Bill 2006: First Stage. (16 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: No.

EU Council Decisions: Referral to Joint Committee. (21 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve in accordance with Article 29.4.6° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the exercise by the State of the option, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set out in the Treaty of Amsterdam, to notify the President of the Council of the European Union that it wishes to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measures:...

Diseases of Animals Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee. (21 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann resolves that section 17A (inserted by section 2(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 3 of 2001) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) shall continue in force for the period ending on 8 March 2007, be referred to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food in accordance with paragraph (2) of the Orders of Reference...

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (21 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: The live register figures for the counties of Leitrim and Roscommon for the period 2001 to date as requested by the Deputy are set out in the following tables. The live register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit and other claimants registered with the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Figures are published...

Written Answers — Immigration Issues: Immigration Issues (21 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: The 2002 census was the first in which a question was asked on nationality. According to the results of that census, some 224,300 persons, representing 5.8% of the usually resident population, indicated a nationality other than Irish. Based on migration trends between April 2002 and April 2005 it is estimated that non-Irish nationals numbered about 330,000 in April 2005, that is, 8% of the...

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (21 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on employment and unemployment are compiled from the quarterly national household survey. Sub-regional statistics of the kind requested by the Deputy are not available from the survey. The live register, age by duration series, gives a bi-annual breakdown of the number of people claiming unemployment assistance,...

Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: Deputy Stagg voted against it yesterday.

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (22 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 178 together. The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on employment and unemployment are compiled, at a regional level, from the quarterly national household survey. The latest statistics show that there were 27,500 people classified as unemployed in the Dublin region, equating to an unemployment rate of 4.5%, in...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: A fax was sent to Deputy Stagg's office last night.

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: On a final point of order, as someone who believes we have an honourable working relationship, I shall be glad to discuss this afterwards. Those are the facts I have with regard to this fax. I am more than happy to discuss the matter with the Whips. In the context of the tradition of honourable working relationships in the House, it is important to sort this matter out. That is the...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the resolution of the Dáil of 6 June 2002 setting out the rota in which questions to members of the Government are to be asked, questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Transport, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Minister...

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Instruction to Committee. (28 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Transport that it has power to make provision in the Bill to provide for the establishment of a Road Safety Authority, to provide for a change in the name of the Bill to the Road Safety Authority Bill and to amend section 9 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 to provide for the procedures in...

Allocation of Time: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or the Order of the Dáil of this day, No. 11a, motion re Public Disorder in Dublin City Centre on 25 February 2006, shall be taken on the conclusion of No. 20 and shall be decided without debate and Private Members' Business shall be taken for 90 minutes on the conclusion of No. 11a.

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (28 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on employment and unemployment are compiled, at a regional level, from the quarterly national household survey. The latest statistics show that there were 27,500 people classified as unemployed in the Dublin region, equating to an unemployment rate of 4.5%, in the September-November quarter of 2005. Sub-regional...

Written Answers — Wexford Festival Opera: Wexford Festival Opera (1 Mar 2006)

Tom Kitt: The CSO's annual release titled Vehicles Licensed for the First Time 2005 indicated that there were 219,284 new vehicles licensed in 2005. This represents an increase of 23,777 or 12.2% on 2004. Full details of all classes of new vehicles licensed for 2004 and 2005 are set out in Table 1. Table 1: Details of new vehicles licensed in 2004 and 2005 Taxation Class Year 2004 Year 2005...

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Tom Kitt: We must stop these debates at some stage.

Order of Business. (2 Mar 2006)

Tom Kitt: This is the Order of Business.