Results 521-540 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (18 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 594: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason the Ringsend and Irishtown areas of Dublin 4 are not included in the RAPID programme; the steps he will take to ensure their inclusion in that programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28774/05]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (18 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 638: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the types of visa available to non-nationals wishing to enter the State; the minimum and maximum durations for which it can be issued for each type of visa; the authorities who can issue these visas; if the holder is permitted to seek or obtain employment within the State; the restrictions in the range of persons who may...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (18 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 639: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria, restrictions and applicability of a single journey joint spouse bearer only D visa. [28775/05]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (18 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 784: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when a decision will be made in relation to the redevelopment of flats (details supplied) in Dublin 2; the budget he plans to allocate to such redevelopment; the discussions he has had with Dublin City Council in relation to the flats; the length of time for the redevelopment; when the redevelopment will be...

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (19 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport the funding set aside for the implementation of the so-called Clare Street initiative; and the timescale envisaged for the introduction of the reforms proposed. [29069/05]

Written Answers — Traffic Management: Traffic Management (19 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposal from the National Pensions Reserve Fund to buy the Dublin Port tunnel and finance the building of the eastern bypass around Dublin. [29068/05]

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (19 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to address the serious backlog of cases still in existence at the State Laboratory since its move to new premises in County Kildare; if he intends to increase the level of staffing at the State Laboratory in the foreseeable future; the percentage by which he intends to increase funding for the State Laboratory in budget 2006; and if he...

Written Answers — Coroners Service: Coroners Service (19 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin 2 have to date been waiting for four months and have been told that they will be waiting for eight months, for the return of toxicology reports from the State Laboratory; if he will take steps to intervene in this case; if he will take steps to intervene in all cases referred to the State Laboratory...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (19 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 28 September 2005, if he will answer the question relating to Dublin Airport, Knock Airport, Casement Aerodrome and all other airports and aerodromes in the State, and with regard to all aircraft with such a destination or origin regardless of whether they fly under the flag of the US military. [9619/05]

Decentralisation Programme. (20 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: It is a horrible building.

Extradition Application. (20 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: I wish to share time with Deputies Carey and Gormley. The fact that they are from different parties is an indication of the cross-party concern at what amounts to the snatching of an Irish citizen outside this jurisdiction by the United States. I refer to the arrest on 7 October of Seán Garland on a visit to Belfast, his remand under trial the following morning on foot of a warrant executed...

Extradition Application. (20 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: The presumption of innocence, as the Minister rushes out of the House, belies his partisanship in this matter. What is at issue is the right of an Irish citizen to enjoy the protections of the Constitution of this State. It is my view and the view of many others who have listened to the case that, irrespective of the merits of the case, the rights of the citizen in question have been denied....

Extradition Application. (20 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: He must also stay within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (20 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he proposes to seek approval for his recently selected three person Ombudsman Commission for the Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29750/05]

Written Answers — Garda Disciplinary Proceedings: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (20 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances (details supplied) in which a member of the Garda Síochána has felt obliged to lodge a complaint against the Garda Commissioner and his predecessor to the European Court of Human Rights. [29751/05]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will reverse his decision to withdraw the €9 weekly fuel allowance from 237 senior citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29950/05]

Order of Business. (25 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Will the Taoiseach indicate if the Cabinet dealt with the building control Bill yesterday?

Personal Explanation by Member. (25 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: As I indicated earlier to the Ceann Comhairle, in response to a request by the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, I wish to have the record of 17 June 2005 corrected when, in the course of an exchange on the Morris tribunal, I used a word that was inappropriate for use in this House.

Lisbon National Reform Programme: Statements (Resumed). (25 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: I commend the Government and the Minister of State for debating this document. It would be useful for us to reflect on how we got here and why we are examining this document at this time. The first European-wide attempt to integrate, modernise and create the Single Market goes back to the 1980s. The Commission, under the Presidency of Jacques Delors, and a commissioner, Lord Caulfield,...

Written Answers — Homelessness Policy: Homelessness Policy (25 Oct 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 104: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will guide local authorities and State agencies towards a broader and more realistic definition of homelessness, as recommended by the Simon and Combat Poverty Agency report published earlier in 2005, to inform policy and planning in a more effective way; and if he will make a statement on the matter....