Results 81-100 of 117 for speaker:John Bruton

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (25 May 2004)

John Bruton: Question 65: To ask the Taoiseach the composition of the Management Advisory Committee of his Department; the number of times it has met since its formation; the number of times he has attended it in person; and the issues it has considered. [15126/04]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (25 May 2004)

John Bruton: Question 66: To ask the Taoiseach the implementation plan for each Department or agency under his aegis which is to be decentralised; the costs associated with the plan; and if any alteration will be needed to the multi year financial projections of the Department or agency in question to meet any such costs. [15127/04]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (25 May 2004)

John Bruton: Question 67: To ask the Taoiseach if he will list the number of meetings in the past year of each interdepartmental committee or body on which his Department is represented; the frequency and location of its meetings; and where it is intended those meetings will take place after decentralisation. [15128/04]

Written Answers — Strategic Management Initiative: Strategic Management Initiative (25 May 2004)

John Bruton: Question 68: To ask the Taoiseach the action taken by his Department on each recommendation of the PA consultancy report on the implementation of the strategic management initiative. [15129/04]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2004)

John Bruton: Question 69: To ask the Taoiseach if a management information framework as recommended by the Mullarkey committee has been put in place in his Department; and if he will explain the way it works. [15130/04]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (25 May 2004)

John Bruton: Question 70: To ask the Taoiseach if he has appointed an audit committee for his Department; its members, charter, number of meetings to date; if it has issued any reports to him or to the Secretary General. [15131/04]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 May 2004)

John Bruton: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there is a completion date for the review of applications received between February and August 2003 for special needs assistants in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15629/04]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2004)

John Bruton: Question 208: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the allocation of funds he has granted to Culmullen school to allow the school to hire additional resource teaching staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15642/04]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (25 May 2004)

John Bruton: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps he intends to take to provide funding for an early intervention centre (details supplied) in south-east Meath. [15304/04]

Written Answers — Production Costs: Production Costs (1 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Question No. 125 on 18 May 2004, if she has considered following France's lead and calling on the European Commission to consider measures including a temporary suspension of its anti-dumping duties on steel to stem rising production costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16436/04]

Written Answers — Insurance Industry: Insurance Industry (17 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the urgent consultations on making employers liability insurance compulsory, promised in the Joint Programme, have yet been completed; the timing, scope, agenda and outcome of these consultations; and the decision the Government has taken arising from them. [17946/04]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (17 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's policy in regard to the grant of work permits to persons already married to work permit holders, with particular reference to the constitutional provisions requiring the State to support marriage. [18189/04]

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (17 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her views on whether the economic growth model for the economy here is unduly dependent on foreign direct investment in view of likely market conditions over the next ten years. [18191/04]

Written Answers — Research Funding: Research Funding (17 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of their outlay devoted to research and development by firms here by comparison with the corresponding OECD percentage as a whole and each OECD country. [18202/04]

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (17 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the minimum wage per hour and the equivalent hourly minimum wage in each other OECD country. [18207/04]

Written Answers — Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (17 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will make a statement on Ireland's ranking in the global entrepreneurship monitor report 2001. [18211/04]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has studied the introduction of a flat rate of VAT and income tax, as introduced in Slovakia, in terms of its attractiveness to domestic and foreign investors; and the rate at which such a tax would have to be levied here to collect revenues at the rate collected by the existing tax structure. [18198/04]

Written Answers — State Properties: State Properties (17 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the disposal of State-owned assets over the next five years. [18199/04]

Written Answers — Personal Savings Ratio: Personal Savings Ratio (17 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance the savings rate in the economy here by comparison with the average OECD rate as a whole, and each OECD country. [18201/04]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (17 Jun 2004)

John Bruton: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if agglomeration factors arising from geographic proximity of firms to one another in complementary economic sectors contribute positively to their overall growth rates; and if similar agglomeration factors apply to efficiency and knowledge maximisation in public administration. [18210/04]