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Railway Safety Bill 2001: Motion to Recommit. (5 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to add to what has been said by Deputies Shortall, Olivia Mitchell and Crowe. While I was briefed by the Minister's Department in terms of an indication of some of the changes proposed, I was unable to table amendments to the Bill in regard to the issue about which I was particularly concerned because I did not have a copy of what the Minister was proposing. It was difficult for me to...

Written Answers — Timber Imports: Timber Imports (4 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 168: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to prohibit the importation of illegally sourced timber and timber products; her further plans to negotiate voluntary partnership agreements with timber producing countries to encourage revenue transparency and accountability in such countries and insist on independent forest monitoring in those countries; and if she will...

Written Answers — Organic Farming: Organic Farming (4 Oct 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 192: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to encourage organic farming here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26471/05]

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (29 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for withdrawing Irish troops from Liberia by the end of 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25795/05]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (29 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Defence the implications for Ireland's military procurement of the May 2005 decision by EU defence ministers that the next generation of armoured fighting vehicles must not be developed in separate national programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25796/05]

Job Losses. (29 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister of State said his legal opinion may be that these redundancies will not be liable to further redundancy payments that would ordinarily apply if a company is closing. If that is the route to be taken will he outline further the real consequences for the workers involved and the whole proposal from the company? What would that lead to given that he has signalled that may be the way...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 657: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps which have been taken by his Department to introduce legislation to control the activities of arms brokers and suppliers here in line with the 2004 EU common position on arms brokering. [24828/05]

Departmental Bodies. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: In the main part of his answer the Minister looked backwards saying, correctly, how well we have done over the past ten years. He notes that the enterprise strategy group suggests that we need to change things slightly and gradually. That was the tone in which I understood him to respond. I need to read the full response later. I could not disagree more with him. There is a range of strategic...

Departmental Bodies. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: We can return to the issue of research and development later. In terms of Enterprise Ireland, is it not the case that the Minister has mired the agency in that black hole of bureaucratic nonsense known as decentralisation by adding yet another town to the process by moving Enterprise Ireland to Shannon? Is that an example of the agile change which this report seeks?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Will it move to Shannon?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: How many of its staff voted for that move?

Departmental Bodies. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: How many of its staff have signed up for the move?

Research Funding. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: How does the Minister intend to change the situation whereby in 2003, of the €1 billion invested in applied research, only €32 million came from the State? This places Ireland 21st out of 30 countries in the OECD in terms of state funding for research and development. Does he have any response to the finding in the summer quarterly report from the ESRI that research in this State is...

Research Funding. (28 Sep 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The findings in the ESRI report indicate a different situation.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (30 Jun 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has carried out a recent evaluation of supplementary welfare allowance rent caps with a view to revising caps to reflect actual current market rates for quality accommodation. [23042/05]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (30 Jun 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if the six Departments required to produce outline sectoral plans within 12 months of the commencement of the Disability Bill 2004 should now be encouraged to produce these plans as a matter of urgency. [23043/05]

Written Answers — Natural Gas Grid: Natural Gas Grid (30 Jun 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide details of where the public can view the documents submitted in compliance with the consent issued under EU Directive 85/337EEC as amended, in respect of the development of the Corrib Gas pipeline. [23689/05]

Natural Gas Grid. (30 Jun 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Would the Minister agree to stay on in the circumstances?

Natural Gas Grid. (30 Jun 2005)

Eamon Ryan: What about the first QRA? Has that been published?

Natural Gas Grid. (30 Jun 2005)

Eamon Ryan: What is the situation with the first QRA?