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- Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: "The Taming of the Shrew".
- Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: The Order Paper shows the Building Control Bill to be on Report Stage and therefore no longer in the hands of the Select Committee. When is the Bill likely to come back to the House?
- Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: The Tánaiste is pretty good at taking a prompt but he does not understand the question. The Government is in control of business. The Select Committee has considered the Bill and the scheduling of Report Stage is a matter for the Chief Whip, who is sitting behind the Tánaiste.
- Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: If the Tánaiste does not have the answer today, can he convey it to me?
- Order of Business (1 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: I remind the Tánaiste that if people who occupy the seat he occupies now had answered questions to elected people in the House we would not have had the Moriarty tribunal, that spent ten years trying to get answers to questions that Deputy McDowell and his like have refused to answer. The Tánaiste is a disgrace.
- Written Answers — Defence Forces Allowances: Defence Forces Allowances (1 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an annual subvention to assist the Irish United Nations Veterans Association in the valuable work they perform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2811/07]
- Leaders' Questions (6 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: If I were the Taoiseach, I should not go there.
- Order of Business (6 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: From our calculations, the Taoiseach probably has between 22 and 25 legislative days remaining before he leaves office. Is it his intention to tidy up legislation currently on the Order Paper, specifically the Building Control Bill which is now on Report Stage and whose return to this floor is a matter for the Chief Whip and the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government?...
- Written Answers — World Trade Negotiations: World Trade Negotiations (6 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the status of the World Trade Organisation talks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3741/07]
- Written Answers — National Climate Change Strategy: National Climate Change Strategy (6 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking to ensure that agriculture here can thrive in a climate changed world. [3761/07]
- Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (6 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders issued to date. [3411/07]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (6 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to the impact on domestic law that may arise from the EU consolidated VAT directive 2006/112/EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3502/07]
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of launching the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 on 23 January 2007, including the cost of producing multimedia resources such as CDs and DVDs, the cost of rental and operation of audio-visual equipment, the cost of design, production and printing of the document and supporting documentation used at the launch, the cost of event...
- Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (6 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the work that is being undertaken by a project (details supplied); if, following the publication of the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013, she will make available the essential resources to ensure that the work of the organisation which commenced as an initiative from a voluntary organisation...
- Written Answers — Small Schools Scheme: Small Schools Scheme (6 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 509: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3594/07]
- Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: The Taoiseach relaxed the standards by a further two years.
- Finance Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: The cynicism is on the part of the Minister for Health and Children.
- Finance Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: The need for gender proofing, poverty proofing and equality proofing which have characterised previous Government policy frameworks must now be met with a new addition, that of climate proofing. For those who do not already believe it, the recent Stern and IPCC reports have made it clear that we are facing the next great test of humanity. Climate change is happening and there is no longer...
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (7 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest information available from the Central Applications Facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants currently located in Dublin who wish to transfer to new locations outside of Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; the way this compares with the Government target of 10,300; if...
- European Communities Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Feb 2007)
Ruairi Quinn: It is with some sadness and reluctance that I rise to speak on this Bill because I have great respect for the Minister of State, Deputy Treacy, and the commitment to the European project that the present Administration and its predecessor have displayed. I am on record as having admired the way in which the last Irish Presidency carried out the responsibilities of this Republic on behalf of...