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Written Answers — Labour Force Statistics: Labour Force Statistics (13 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on the labour force are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The latest statistics available are for the period March to May 2007. Unemployment details as requested by the Deputy are set out in the table. Persons aged 15 years and over unemployed (ILO), 1997-2007 Period Unemployed Unemployment '000 % 1997 159.0 10.3 1998 126.4 7.8 1999 96.9 5.7 2000 74.5...

Written Answers — Labour Force Statistics: Labour Force Statistics (13 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on the labour force are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The latest statistics available are for the period March to May 2007. Details of numbers in employment as requested by the Deputy are set out in the table. Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) 1999 -2007 Period '000 1997 1,379.9 1998 1,494.0 1999 1,589.1 2000 1,671.4 2001 1,721.9...

Order of Business (14 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: Hear, hear.

Ministerial Rota: Motion (14 Nov 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 Health and Children, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food;...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs: Motion (14 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the Orders of Reference of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs be amended in paragraph (1)(a) by the deletion of '11 members' and the substitution therefore of '13 members'.

Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security: Motion (14 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: (1) That a Select Committee, consisting of thirteen members of Dáil Éireann, be joined with a Select Committee to be appointed by Seanad Éireann to form the Joint Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security to consider, inter alia:- (a) medium and long term climate change targets and the key measures needed to meet those targets; (b) the role of the agriculture sector in...

Joint Administration Committee: Motion (14 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby amended as follows: (1) in Standing Order 99 by the deletion of paragraphs (1)(d), (1)(e) and (4); (2) by the adoption of the following as an additional Standing Order relative to Public Business: 101A. (1) There shall stand established, following the...

Membership of Committees: Motion (14 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the following members be appointed to the Committee on Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann:— Deputies Noel Grealish, Peter Kelly, Pádraic McCormack, Noel O'Flynn and Jack Wall; that the following members be appointed to the Committee on Procedure and Privileges:— Deputies Seán Ardagh, Seán Barrett, Cyprian Brady, Thomas P.Broughan, Ciarán Cuffe, John Curran, Noel...

Regional Fisheries Boards: Motion (14 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the following Orders in draft: (i) Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2007, (ii) Fisheries (Miscellaneous Commercial Licences) (Alteration of Duties) Order 2007, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 8th November, 2007, be referred to the Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources,...

Order of Business (15 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: That is absolutely true.

Written Answers — Quarterly National Household Survey: Quarterly National Household Survey (20 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The following statistics are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. In 1997 there were 290,200 persons aged 70 years and over living in the State, the comparable figure for 2007 was 333,800.

Written Answers — Meat Imports: Meat Imports (20 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is presented in the following table showing the total quantity of meat imports by country (top 21). Imports Country of Origin Year (Jan-July) 2007 Year (full) 2006 Meat (tonnes) Great Britain 41,126 69,718 Netherlands 18,111 31,368 Germany 24,521 18,143 North. Ireland 5,263 13,280 Ireland 6,833 11,361 Brazil 6,879 10,147 France 5,842 9,594...

Order of Business (21 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: Does the Deputy know the title of the Bill?

Universal Postal Union: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of Certain Acts of the 2004 Congress of the Universal Postal Union, signed at Bucharest on 5th October, 2004, namely: The Seventh Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union; The General Regulations of the Universal Postal Union; The Universal Postal Convention and Final Protocol thereto; and The Postal Payment Services...

International Agreements: Motion (21 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China concerning the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 5th October, 2007.

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (21 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on the labour force are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. Statistics from this source are only available at a NUTS3 regional level. Unemployment rate details as requested by the Deputy are set out in the following table. Persons aged 15 years and over classified by unemployment rates (ILO), sex and region, 1997-2007 Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002...

Written Answers — National Statistics: National Statistics (21 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 to 137, inclusive, together. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the value added generated in the total economy from the production of goods and services, valued at market prices. Gross National Product (GNP) differs from GDP by the value of "net factor incomes" to or from abroad and is measured only at national level. Factor incomes are incomes from...

Parliamentary Committees: Motion (22 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: (1) That a Select Committee consisting of thirteen members of Dáil Éireann be joined with a Select Committee to be appointed by Seanad Éireann to form the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children to: (a) examine the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2007; and (b) consider the text set out in the Schedule to that Bill with regard to the...

Appointment of Members to Committee: Motion (22 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the following members be appointed to the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children:— Deputies Thomas Byrne, Olwyn Enright, Paul Gogarty, Brendan Howlin, Michael Mulcahy, Dan Neville, Michael Noonan, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Mary O'Rourke, Peter Power, Alan Shatter and Michael Woods

Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Appointment of Representatives and Alternates. (22 Nov 2007)

Tom Kitt: I wish to inform the House that the following persons have been selected and nominated as representatives and alternates from Ireland to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe until the end of 2007: Representatives: Deputies Frank Fahey, Pat Breen and Joe Costello and Senator Cecilia Keaveney. Alternates: Deputies Peter Kelly and Tony Gregory and Senators Terry Leyden and Paul...