Results 581-600 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (16 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on Industrial Disputes are compiled from details supplied by the Monitoring Unit of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and from information collected directly from other sources by the Central Statistics Office. In 2004 20,784 days were lost to industrial disputes and in 2005 there were 26,670 days lost to industrial disputes.

Health (Hospitals Inspectorate) Bill 2006: First Stage. (18 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: No.

Membership of Committees: Motion. (18 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Deputies Brendan Howlin and Kathleen Lynch be discharged from the Select Committee on Enterprise and Small Business and that Deputies Ruairí Quinn and Breeda Moynihan-Cronin be appointed in substitution for them. That Deputy Ruairí Quinn be discharged from the Select Committee on European Affairs and that Deputy Joe Costello be appointed in substitution for him. That Deputy...

European Council Framework Decision: Referral to Joint Committee. (18 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of the following proposed measure: a proposal for a Council Framework Decision on simplifying the exchange of information and intelligence between law enforcement authorities of the member states of the...

European Council Framework Decision: Referral to Joint Committee. (18 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: The contents of the motion will be debated in committee.

Address by the Prime Minister of Australia: Motions. (18 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move the following motions: That, to welcome the visit to Ireland of the Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable John Howard, MP, and to mark the event in a signal manner, the Prime Minister be invited to address the Dáil at 5.15 p.m. on Tuesday, 23 May, the proceedings at such address shall consist of a speech by the Ceann Comhairle welcoming the Prime Minister, the Prime Minister's...

Written Answers — Labour Force Statistics: Labour Force Statistics (23 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on the labour force are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The latest statistics available are for the period September to November 2005. Details of hours worked are shown in the following table. Persons in employment (ILO) classified by sex and average Annualised usual hours of work per week Average annualised usual hours per week q1 to q4 2000 q1 to q4...

Departmental Expenditure. (24 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: Deputy Gormley could do with some make-up.

EU Accession Treaties: Motion. (24 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Treaty concerning the Accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, done at Luxembourg on 25 April, 2005, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 17 January, 2006.

Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2006: Motion. (24 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Freedom of Information Act 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations 2006, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 28th April, 2006.

Membership of Committee: Motion. (24 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Deputy Michael Ring be discharged from the Committee on Procedure and Privileges sub-Committee on Members' Services and that Deputy Shane McEntee be appointed in substitution for him.

Courts (Register of Sentences) Bill 2006: First Stage. (25 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: No.

European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2006: Referral to Select Committee. (30 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the Order of the Dáil of 25th May, 2006, referring the European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2006 to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, be discharged and that the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on European Affairs pursuant to Standing Order 120(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business and paragraph (1)(a)(i) of that Committee's Orders of Reference.

Written Answers — Farmer Statistics: Farmer Statistics (30 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: Comparable figures are not available on the numbers of full-time and part-time farmers for all the years requested during the period 1946 to 2006. Up to 1991 the focus of agriculture surveys was on the land holding, without distinguishing between the holder's full-time or part-time involvement in farming. Table 1 shows the number of Agricultural Holdings over 1 acre for available years during...

Written Answers — Marriage Statistics: Marriage Statistics (30 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the deputy is not available. However information from the Census of Population 2002 does provide some details in relation to the numbers of people in their first marriage, and numbers of people who have remarried. The relevant information is outlined in the following table: Total Male Female First Marriage 1,423,884 711,302 712,582 Remarried 30,529...

International Trade. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy, with the exception of energy and fibre crop goods, is presented in table 1. For comparative purposes, information for the years 2001 to 2005, inclusive, is presented in table 2. Table 3 identifies the main constituents of each of the required commodity categories for 2005 with comparative data for 2004. Table 1 2005 Exports Imports € (000)...

International Trade. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: The data presented here are a combination of custom base, non-EU trade statistics. It estimates from the Interstat survey of Irish traders involved in trade with other EU member states. With regard to food, some of the questions relating to traceability would be more appropriately directed towards the Minister for Agriculture and Food.

International Trade. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: We do not have that detail. We simply have a list of commodity types such as beef — fresh, chilled or frozen — lamb, pork etc. Questions on traceability are more appropriate to the Minister for Agriculture and Food.

International Trade. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: I will be glad to revert to CSO officials to ask them what they can provide in addition to the detailed information they have given. I will be interested to see what further details are available to get to the bottom of the question, as the Deputy has requested.

Wage Levels. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: The Central Statistics Office publishes quarterly releases on earnings in the following sectors: industry, distributive trades and business services, the financial sector and the public sector. The latest figures available are for the fourth quarter of 2005. They showed an annual increase of 3.4% in average weekly earnings for all employees in the industrial sector, 5.7% in the distributive...