Results 2,181-2,200 of 2,500 for speaker:Ciarán Cuffe

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (20 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the contact his Department has had with the Department of Foreign Affairs, particularly Development Co-operation Ireland, in relation to economic partnership agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12193/05]

Written Answers — Enterprise Strategy Group: Enterprise Strategy Group (20 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and when he intends to implement the recommendation of the Enterprise Strategy Review Group that IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Forfás operate under a common chairman. [12192/05]

Social and Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed). (20 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I wish to raise another housing issue that has not been addressed amidst all the hullabaloo in the past ten days about rural planning guidelines, that is the problem of affordability and housing in urban areas. Unless one is lucky enough to own a site or for one's family to own a patch of land it is very difficult for those living in villages, towns and cities to provide housing for...

Social and Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed). (20 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Fridges have an energy label on them. The Minister of State should provide the same for housing. Why not provide grants for greenhousing solutions? Why not provide and foster the innovation that people want to provide? Instead we get a dumbing mediocrity when it comes to the Government's housing policy. While the Minister of State often boasts about the record number of completions, 70,000,...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (19 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of advisers he intends to put in place by the end of 2005 to serve the more than 80,000 persons receiving the one parent family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11807/05]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (19 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 127: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to bring in advisers on education and employment for those with a disability, in the same way that he is introducing advisers for lone parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11808/05]

Written Answers — Charitable Trusts: Charitable Trusts (14 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 16: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the measures being taken by his Department in responding to the recent Law Reform Commission consultation paper on charitable trusts. [11436/05]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (14 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy. [11434/05]

Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 112: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action the Government has taken to implement the recommendations of the All Party Oireachtas Committee's Ninth Progress Report on Building Land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11165/05]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason for delays in the implementation of the regional waste management plans; the action he intends to take in regard to speeding up the implementation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11164/05]

Archaeological Sites. (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Minister should withdraw that remark.

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in regard to the revision of the energy performance aspects of the Building Regulations in their presentation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment and Local Government on 6 April 2005. [11277/05]

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I am concerned that the Government is allowing the construction of second-rate homes rather than meeting the requirements of EU standards. An official from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government stated that it would be difficult for hollow block construction, used widely in the Dublin area, to survive if standards were raised. This comes from a memorandum dating back...

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: ——is exporting its goods to the UK because it has no market here. I am concerned——

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: ——that we are not meeting best practice in Europe. Does the Minister believe we are meeting best practice? In reality the standards in Ireland are lagging behind. Regardless of what his officials might say, the "as built" construction in Ireland does not meet building regulations and in some cases is performing at half the values prescribed in the building regulations due to bad...

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I did not say that. The Minister is putting words into my mouth.

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I did not say we were.

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: I said we were lagging behind.

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: That may be true in theory but not in practice.

Building Regulations. (13 Apr 2005)

Ciarán Cuffe: Some 200,000 homes have been built since then.