Results 1,021-1,040 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Restoration of Bills to Order Paper: Motion. (26 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Bills which lapsed on the dissolution of the 29th Dáil, and are set out in the Schedule to this motion, shall be proceeded with at commencement of the Stage each Bill had reached prior to dissolution unless specified otherwise in the Schedule. SCHEDULE Bill Title Stage reached at dissolution of 29th Dáil Civil Law...

Allocation of Time: Motion. (26 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following arrangements will apply to the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: the speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokesperson for the Fine Gael Party and the Labour Party, who shall be called upon in that order, shall not exceed ten minutes in each case; Members may share time; a Minister or Minister of State...

Order of Business (28 Jun 2007)

Tom Kitt: It is a matter of getting agreement on seating.

Standing Orders: Motion (3 Jul 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, with effect from September 2007, and until further notice in the 30th Dáil, the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby amended as follows— (a) STANDING ORDER 39 — QUESTIONS NOMINATED FOR PRIORITY In Standing Order 39, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (1)(iv): (iv) The...

Order of Business (4 Jul 2007)

Tom Kitt: In response to Opposition requests to amend the Order of Business, I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of this day, the proceedings on the resumed Second Stage of No. 11 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 12.45 p.m.; and the proceedings on Committee and Remaining Stages shall, if not previously concluded, be...

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Tom Kitt: I speak in support of the Government amendment, as one would guess, and I wish to follow on from Deputy Mary O'Rourke, who spoke of standing in solidarity with the Minister, Deputy Gormley, and the Green Party on this issue. It is good to see the return of Deputy O'Rourke to the House, which we all welcome. We have made major strides as a society in regard to the recycling of waste. The...

Waste Management: Motion (Resumed). (4 Jul 2007)

Tom Kitt: It is not even clever politics. Those who are monitoring this debate, if anyone is, know exactly what is going on. Fine Gael's motion is not motivated by concern for the environment or for the people of Dublin South-East, sadly, but by blatant opportunism. We have seen Fine Gael pursue negative tactics in the past. I am disappointed that this new Fine Gael parliamentary party, with its...

Order of Business (5 Jul 2007)

Tom Kitt: Deputy O'Rourke is back.

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion. (26 Sep 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Resolution of the Dáil of 14th June, 2007, 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 Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Education and Science...

Order of Business (3 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: Deputy Durkan has not gone away.

Order of Business (4 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: This is good, old-fashioned Fine Gael.

Council of Europe Representatives. (4 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I wish to inform the House that Deputy Costello has been selected and nominated as a representative from Ireland to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe as a replacement for Deputy Gilmore.

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: Having been Chief Whip for the past three years, I am a firm believer in the value of the committee system to the workings of the Oireachtas. I believe it is an excellent committee system, of which all Members can be proud. However, we need to build on and strengthen our system, a view shared in this House. In the early 1990s, the then Minister, Deputy Noel Dempsey, introduced the new...

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I apologise, I was taken up with one of the matters the Deputy raised.

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: There will be something for Fine Gael and the Labour Party as well.

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: The people decide.

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: Do not be afraid of it.

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: This debate takes place at the request of the Fine Gael Party and particularly Deputy Michael D. Higgins. I sat through most of the debate today and listened carefully to what was said, and I will respond as best I can to the points raised. However, I will not be able to deal to everybody's satisfaction with all of them. I speak in that regard to the Deputies opposite. There is an onus on...

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: A valid point was made about accountability issues in terms of the HSE, CIE and many other bodies and agencies. This issue must be addressed as soon as possible. I have some ideas in this regard. I thank Members for their contributions. We have a record of the debate and I will do my utmost to follow up on many of the valid points made.

Written Answers — Official Statistics: Official Statistics (16 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is not available on an annual basis at county level. The table contains the relevant Census of Population data for the years 1996, 2002 and 2006. Persons aged 15 years and over at work in the construction industry in County Kildare, 1996, 2002 and 2006. Census Year Persons 1996 3,866 2002 7,665 2006 10,981