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Company Registration. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: May I take it that my request for co-operation on an interim basis in advance of the legislation is not being accepted by the Minister of State?

Employment Rights. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I do not know how many companies like Gama Construction Ireland Limited are operating here but there is more than one. What lessons have the Department and the inspectors learned from the quashing of the inspector's report? The Supreme Court must follow its own path, over which the Department has no control. The Minister has control over the reasons the report was quashed and whether other...

Employment Rights. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Is that the outcome of the quashing?

Equal Opportunities Employment. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Does the Minister of State recognise that perhaps it is time we began obtaining the official statistics from the Companies Registration Office? It should not be too difficult to do so. Software is now available which can read the gender of a particular name of a director fairly easily. Notwithstanding that departmental responsibility for the matter rests with another Department, there is...

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made by the Business Regulation Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32208/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has made a determination on the request for additional staff made by the Office of the Director for Corporate Enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32204/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position on the consolidated companies legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32205/06]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contacts he has had with his Northern Ireland counterpart; the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32206/06]

Written Answers — Small Business Forum: Small Business Forum (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made on the implementation of the Report of the Small Business Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32207/06]

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (12 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the projected staffing level of the Garda central vetting unit in Thurles, broken down by number and rank or grade; the number of such posts already filled, broken down by number and rank or grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32517/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (12 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases detected by the gardaí of cars with exhaust systems in excess of noise pollution levels in respect of the latest year for which figures are available; the number of such cases where prosecutions were initiated; the number of convictions secured; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Food Labelling: Food Labelling (17 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 132: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the progress made in bringing about an EU level review of the issue of substantial transformation of meat, and poultry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32881/06]

Written Answers — Criminal Assets: Criminal Assets (17 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to the Twelfth Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission and its confirmation that some members of the IRA remain involved in serious criminal activity, the efforts being made by the Criminal Assets Bureau specifically to target members of paramilitary organisations that are benefiting from the...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (17 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Finance when it is planned to begin construction work on the Central Garda Vetting Unit in Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32841/06]

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (17 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 561: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on increasing the finance made available to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason the funding for the school remains at the 2004 level of the devolved grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33246/06]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (17 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funds will be allocated to North Tipperary County Council to carry out work in an estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary, specifically for the building of front and dividing walls for residents of the estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32842/06]

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (18 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Finance the action he intends to take to protect consumers and business owners in view of the continuing rise of inflation; the inflation rate the Government is predicting for 2006 as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32045/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (18 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 151: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings held by the Hidden Economy Working Group, referred to by him in his response to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 21 June 2006, during 2006; the dates of these meetings; the approximate duration of each of these meetings; the names and offices of the members of this working group; when this working group is expected to...

Written Answers — Exploration Licences: Exploration Licences (19 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the review of the fiscal scheme for hydrocarbon exploration and production that is currently taking place in conjunction with the Department of Finance as outlined in the new Energy Green Paper; when he expects to complete and publish the review; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Energy Regulation: Energy Regulation (19 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will adopt the recent recommendations of the head of the Council of European Energy Regulators in order to ensure that the powers of national regulators under his Department's remit are reinforced to allow them to adequately monitor and enforce market rules; his plans to use his power of Ministerial...