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Wage Levels. (31 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister of State responded and the Ceann Comhairle allowed him. I am trying to maintain balance.

Wage Levels. (31 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Within the realm of his responsibility, and given that he quoted the figures in response to my supplementary question, can the Minister of State ask the CSO to examine why there has been an increase in the long-term unemployed, by which I mean those out of work for a year or more, including those under the age of 30, from approximately 43,000 to approximately 45,000 in the past year, against...

National Stadium. (31 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position on the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road as the new national stadium; if there are further delays arising either from the objections lodged to the planning application submitted to Dublin City Council or from the dispute between a rugby club (details supplied) and the IRFU; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (31 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether there are sufficient secretaries available to the Employment Appeals Tribunal; if his attention has been drawn to reports that a lack of secretaries has caused material delays in hearings at the tribunal; if, in view the small number of additional secretaries appointed in recent years and the...

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology. : Institutes of Technology. (31 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Dublin City Manager will continue to sit as chairperson of the Grangegorman Campus Development Committee after his departure from the post of Dublin City Manager, or if the position is an ex-oficio appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21232/06]

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: On a point of order——

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: It would be a minimal courtesy for the Opposition spokespersons who will respond to the Minister during this debate to be given a copy of the Minister's speech. Almost 20 minutes have passed since the Minister started to speak.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Not even the party spokespersons have received a copy.

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Transport the level of funding provided for quality bus corridors in 2006; the information available to his Department on the way in which this is spent; the amount and percentage of such funding drawn down in each of the past five years; the information available to his Department on the total number of bus lane kilometres in greater Dublin; the...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (7 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 98: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress made to date on integrated ticketing; the amount expended on this project; the timescale the project is working to; and the interim measure being taken to provide greater compatibility among ticket providers and between modes of transport. [21969/06]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (7 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 233: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of civil servants who will be decentralised to locations within County Dublin or the City of Dublin; the number of employees of State agencies who will be decentralised to locations within County Dublin or the City of Dublin; the percentage in each case of the total number of jobs to be decentralised that this comprises; and if he will...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (7 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures that were undertaken for the appointment of the person to head the new Garda inspectorate; if an interview process took place as part of the selection procedure; the membership of the interview panel; if any person from outside the jurisdiction was part of the interview panel or was used to advise on the...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (7 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 346: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures that were undertaken for the appointment of each member of the Garda Ombudsman Commission; if an interview process took place for each appointment to the Commission; the membership of the interview panel; if any person from outside the jurisdiction was part of the interview panel or was used to advise on the...

Deportation Orders. (8 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions since June 2002 on which aircraft have been chartered to facilitate the deportation of persons from this country; the cost involved in such charters; the number of persons deported in this way; the number who were children; the overall costs involved, including Garda man hours; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (8 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to reform the law relating to the protection of personal privacy; if the heads of a Bill have been approved by the Government; if so, if he will publish same; when he expects to bring a Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the consultations he is planning prior to the publication of the Bill; and if he...

Written Answers — Chemicals Regulation: Chemicals Regulation (8 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Government's position on the mandatory substitution of hazardous chemicals by suitable safer alternatives where they already exist on the market; if he will report on discussions that have taken place at European level on this matter involving his Department; the position taken by his Department in votes or...

Written Answers — Chemicals Regulation: Chemicals Regulation (8 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in view of the fact that the principle of mandatory substitution was upheld by the European Parliament in November of 2005 and is used in other European legislation such as the Biocide Directive, he will explain his Department's attempts to oppose mandatory substitution in the REACH directive; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Waste Disposal: Waste Disposal (13 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 65: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the costings made in relation to the proposed Ringsend incineration plant in 1997 are still valid; and if he intends to reassess the financial analysis and costing model of the incineration process in view of the possibility that a range of costs may have been omitted from the original...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (13 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 124: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the Government intends to replace rent supplement with housing benefit in view of the Comptroller and Auditor General expressing concern regarding the rise in the cost of rent supplement and the assertion of the report that there was little incentive in the scheme to keep rents low. [22484/06]

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (13 Jun 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 157: To ask the Taoiseach the breakdown by gender, age and geographic location of those listed by the Central Statistics Office as long-term unemployed; the trends of note in these figures over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22309/06]