Results 27,501-27,520 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 211: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that employees of Trinity College Dublin pre-1995 have been informed that the State will not guarantee their pension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the reason why they have been charged with the pension levy for public servants. [12027/09]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 214: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the impact of the proposed increase in betting tax from 1% to 2% on employment in this sector; and if he has identified options to introduce more broad based tax measures on the gambling sector. [12092/09]

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of statutory instruments enacted which affect the scope of the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act, 2003; the purpose of each of the statutory instruments enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12228/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the date when she expects the bilateral adoption agreement between Ireland and Vietnam to be signed in view of the imminent expiry of the existing agreement and the risk it poses to parents seeking to adopt in Vietnam. [11621/09]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 504: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has assessed the Goodbody report on the supply and demand for taxis; his views on whether measures need to be taken to address the balance of supply and demand for taxi services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11224/09]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Transport the maximum hours which taxi drivers can work and the breaks and rest periods required; and if his attention has been drawn to the excessive hours being worked just to earn sufficient income. [11225/09]

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 511: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the recent assessment of the taxi business (details supplied) on behalf of the taxi regulator; if initiatives are necessary to provide a stable basis for developing the sector through this difficult recession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11710/09]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 541: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps necessary to adopt a non-Irish child from a country (details supplied) under the Adoption Act 1990; if a visa is automatic for the child that will be adopted; the steps in acquiring a visa for that child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11244/09]

Written Answers — Public Procurement Policy: Public Procurement Policy (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 615: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he has taken to ensure that the agencies to which he provides funding put large contracts out to public tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11243/09]

Written Answers — Civil Registration: Civil Registration (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 792: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way a person can change their name on their birth certificate when their Christian name has been mistakenly entered. [11001/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 832: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual and total allocations for investment in water infrastructure under the National Development Plan 2009 to 2012. [11032/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 835: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the capital expenditure to date, and the capital resources budgeted for 2009, under the National Development Plan in the sector of water infrastructure, broken down by Exchequer and non-Exchequer funding. [11280/09]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 833: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the annual and total allocations for investment in social and affordable housing for each year 2009 to 2013. [11033/09]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 862: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of staff in local authorities and his Department who work in the area of motor taxation. [11279/09]

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 896: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the capital expenditure to date, and the capital resources budgeted for 2009, under the national development plan in the sectors of broadband communications, energy research, strategic energy infrastructure and State energy companies, broken down by Exchequer and non-Exchequer funding. [11280/09]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Question 1078: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of secondary school building projects and the estimated value of the projects which are in band one, band two, band three and so on of the secondary school building programme; and the number of and value of building projects which have been approved to commence construction in the past 12 months. [11761/09]

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: I interrupt on a point of order. Normally the Minister for Finance would circulate a statement in advance that would provide a perspective for this debate.

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: Is it coming from the Department of Finance or from the Department of Transport?

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: On a point of order, earlier the Ceann Comhairle disallowed questions from party leaders about the prior documentation we would get in order to facilitate a debate on the budget. Here we have the high farce of the Minister for Transport coming to the House, who is not even the Minister concerned——

Pre-Budget Statements (24 Mar 2009)

Richard Bruton: This is not serious.