Results 1,001-1,020 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I was making the point with regard to wage negotiations that if there was an increase in excise duty of, say, 25 cent on a packet of cigarettes, it would add approximately 0.4% to the rate of inflation. Any discussion on this issue relates to national agreements and agreements with the social partners. There are realities and facts with regard to consumer goods, irrespective of whether we...

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Those policies are working. The answer to the Deputy's question is that this is part and parcel of the consumer goods index and the European criteria, and will remain so.

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I explained the matter clearly to the Deputy, but I repeat I accept the realities. The issues have been raised in the context of health and of pay agreements, and they will come up for discussion. I am very much aware of the position of the social partners and the trade union movement on the issue.

Industrial Disputes. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The Central Statistics Office compiles statistics on industrial disputes from details supplied by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and from information it collects directly. The latest figures, published on 14 March 2007, related to the four quarters of 2006. Ten industrial disputes began or were in progress in 2006, involving ten firms and a total of 7,352 days lost....

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Certainly.

Convention on the International Hydrographic Organisation: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Article 29.5.2° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, approves the terms of the accession to the Convention on the International Hydrographic Organisation.

Allocation of Time: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of this day, the proceedings on the recommittal on No. 25 shall adjourn at 7 p.m. tonight.

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The number of occupied housing units which are rented from private landlords is given in the following table for the counties requested in respect of the 2006 census. Private rented unfurnished Private rented furnished or part furnished Total Private Rented State 16,621 128,696 145,317 Dublin 5,474 52,439 57,913 of which Dublin City 3,186 33,395 36,581 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown...

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: We will do as Deputy Howlin suggested and complete Committee Stage today.

Allocation of Time: Motion (5 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of this day, in the event of the next business concluding before 4 o'clock we will go straight to Question Time.

Planning Issues: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following order in draft: Specification of an area of the Poolbeg Peninsula as an area for which the Dublin Docklands Development Authority may prepare a planning scheme, a copy of which was laid in draft before Dáil Éireann on 22nd March, 2007.

Written Answers — Employment Statistics: Employment Statistics (24 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on sectoral employment are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The most recent information relates to the fourth quarter of 2006 (September to November). The information as requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and NACE Economic Sector '000 Economic sector (NACE Rev. 1)...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Additional staff were required for a six to nine month period to work on the processing of 2006 Census of Population in the CSO's Swords office. A number of these additional staff were drawn from the ranks of existing Dublin based Civil Servants on the understanding that they would be re-deployed within the Dublin area on completion of the Census work. These temporary arrangements were not...

Written Answers — Migrant Statistics: Migrant Statistics (24 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The CSO have taken a number of steps to capture statistical information on the Non-Irish population in recent times. Nationality data is captured in a number of CSO surveys including the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), the EU-Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), the National Employment Survey (NES) and the Census of Population (COP). It is therefore possible to...

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: What about the local authority?

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (1 May 2007)

Tom Kitt: I thank Members for the detail already discussed in the debate on this Bill. Amendments Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, 30 and 31 relate to section 7. Amendment No. 1 is a drafting amendment to improve the wording of section 7. Amendments Nos. 2 to 4, 30 and 31 are also drafting amendments that concern changes to the numbering of two Drainage and Improvement of Land Supplemental Acts of 1867 which...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision Bill 2007 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil]: Report and Final Stages. (1 May 2007)

Tom Kitt: I thank SenatorsCummins and Moylan for being here today, as well as the Leas-Chathaoirleach. We are grateful for the support we received from this House during the many long debates on this legislation. Senator Cummins referred to the Fairs Act. I, too, have fond memories of the fairs in places such as Mountbellew in east Galway. He is right in saying those events now seem long distant...

Business of Dáil: Motion. (14 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. tonight and business shall be interrupted on the conclusion of No. 5 and the Dáil shall adjourn forthwith; the proceedings on the nomination of the Taoiseach shall be brought to a conclusion not later than 4.30 p.m. and the House shall suspend immediately thereafter until 6.30 p.m.; and that...

Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle (Resumed) (26 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: I congratulate Deputy Howlin who has many friends across the political divide in the House, among whom I include myself.

Allocation of Time: Motion. (26 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil on this day, the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. and business will be interrupted on the conclusion of Private Members' time which shall be taken for 90 minutes on the conclusion of the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007; the debate on Second Stage of No. 2 shall be brought to a conclusion not later than 8 p.m....