Results 2,141-2,160 of 4,363 for speaker:Arthur Morgan

Social Welfare Benefits. (25 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: A couple of points arise from the Minister's reply. Is her Department engaging with other Departments on house building, especially local authority housing, to ensure that the best insulation systems are in place to capture the maximum heat in the home? Does the Department have a role in that regard? Regarding the €123 million extra it would cost to provide the fuel allowance all year...

Social Welfare Benefits. (25 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: The €123 million will end up being spent anyway through expenditure on health services. Why not cut out the middle person and have it dealt with through the Department of Social and Family Affairs?

Pension Provisions. (25 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I agree with the Minister on the diversity of views on this matter. Virtually everybody I talk to has a different view. That is evidenced by the 360 submissions the Minister has received. The submissions are being assessed and the Minister hopes to have that report by the end of June. Will the Minister publish that report immediately or make it available to Members of this House? The...

Order of Business (24 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Legislation relating to basic protection of employment rights was promised four years ago and it is still urgently required. The trade union movement is pressing for it. I refer to the Employment Rights Compliance Bill, which was published in March. Will it before the House during this session?

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (19 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the new initiatives the Government has planned to tackle the growing rates of unemployment. [23563/08]

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (19 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the latest figures on unemployment which show a marked increase in the past year. [23562/08]

Employment Rights. (19 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply, which did not inform me about very much, other than the two complaints made this year. I was aware of the rest of his reply but I thank him for his courtesy. Is he aware of the widespread abuse of the payment of caretakers and secretaries across the State? A number of trade unions have run a campaign for more than a year to highlight this issue....

Employment Rights. (19 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Is the Minister of State aware a number of secretaries and caretakers have not complained to NERA out of loyalty to their schools? That is the main reason for them not making complaints to the agency but they are concerned. In other cases when the issue was raised with boards of management and the staff threatened to go to NERA, their hours of employment were reduced substantially but they...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (17 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of Bus Éireann buses that can accommodate passengers with impaired mobility. [23433/08]

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (17 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 504: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is possible for a recruitment agency registered as an employer to avail of work permits for non-Irish staff; and if not, if it is legal for a recruitment agency to have staff on its books and to be supplying staff to the labour market without permits. [22615/08]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (17 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I wish to seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the phenomenal rise in fuel prices which now add up to 10% of a person's weekly income, an increase of 70% on 16 years ago; the fact that the Government did not raise the fuel allowance in the last budget, which means that those who failed to meet the price of fuel before the...

Public Transport. (17 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Transport the percentage of Bus Átha Cliath buses that can accommodate passengers with impaired mobility. [23432/08]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (5 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the immediate action she will take to implement in full the recommendations of the health protection surveillance centre on the spread of Clostridium difficile and other hospital-based infections. [22275/08]

Written Answers — Social Partnership Agreements: Social Partnership Agreements (4 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the ICTU economic outlook for 2008, in particular its assertion that the cost of living will continue to rise in 2008; and his views on whether this will have an impact on the current round of pay talks. [16607/08]

Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I would not expect——

Decentralisation Programme. (4 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I would not expect the Minister for Finance to admit the decentralisation process is a mess and sitting high and dry. Does the new Minister for Finance accept that — none of us would see it as a shame or a disgrace if the Minister was to take a practical view — relocating An Bord Iascaigh Mhara to Clonakilty is simply a non-starter? Will the Minister accept there is a fresh opportunity...

Fiscal Policy. (4 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Question 80: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review public private partnerships as a method of financing public projects; and if he will support a full review of the use of PPPs by the Comptroller and Auditor General. [21934/08]

Fiscal Policy. (4 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: I agree with the earlier comment from the Acting Chairman that a full debate on this issue is appropriate, but I will not attempt to have such a debate during Oral Questions. Is the Minister confident that public private partnerships represent value for money for taxpayers, especially given the contracting public finances? Will the Minister support a review of PPPs by the Comptroller and...

Fiscal Policy. (4 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Am I not entitled to ask a supplementary question?

Fiscal Policy. (4 Jun 2008)

Arthur Morgan: Can I even ask a brief supplementary question?