Results 31,081-31,100 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Common Foreign and Security Policy. (21 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The proposed White Paper, as the Minister said, includes the possibility of a nuclear option or the use of nuclear armaments in defence actions.

Common Foreign and Security Policy. (21 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: This report is not from an independent think-tank but was commissioned by the European Commission. The institute has an integrated statutory role within the structures of the European Union security and defence policy. This is not a think-tank, it is the future.

Military Escorts. (21 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 8: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs to his Department for providing military escorts to banks; the reviews of this practice that are in progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12398/05]

Military Escorts. (21 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Given the remarkable series of bank raids recently, is the Department of Defence considering increasing the level of Army cover in such raids? Why was the charge not increased since 1995? What is the negotiating position of the banks? Given that the precedent of 72% of the total cost was set in 1995, what possible argument can be given by the banks not to return to that percentage?

Written Answers — Air Services: Air Services (20 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent research by the Air Transport Users' Council regarding charges that are added on to advertised airfares; if he is planning to take action on the basis of the AUC's findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12188/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 216: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend his reply of 24 February 2005 to questions regarding increasing the powers and number of labour inspectors, in view of the recent report by inspectors and of the string of recent cases of abuse of workers' rights; if he will continue to maintain that the current slow augmentation of the labour...

Labour Force Survey. (20 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Will the Minister agree that in the interests of joined-up thinking, it would be good to know not just the numbers of migrant workers coming in but also to have some indication where they are working? The national spatial strategy is now being treated more or less as a joke by reasonable commentators. From what the Minister says, we are possibly looking at 60,000 to 100,000. If a significant...

Flexible Work Practices. (20 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister of State's response to this question makes an utter mockery of his reply to my priority question earlier. This is so if we are to take a leading role, as described in the work place strategy paper already referred to, in providing the flexible working environment that will aid competitiveness and help keep people in the economy who otherwise might leave. Is the Minister of State...

Flexible Work Practices. (20 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Leave it to the market. That is the Fianna Fáil approach.

Economic Competitiveness. (20 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: A total of 87% of our energy needs are met by importing fossil fuels. Since the National Competitiveness Council's report was published last October there has been another spike in oil prices. The price is $55 per barrel today. Does the Minister agree that this is a major threat to our competitiveness? We are uniquely exposed. What analysis has the Minister carried out in that regard and what...

National Workplace Strategy. (20 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the delivery of a national workplace strategy, as outlined in a recent report of the Forum on the Workplace of the Future, particularly in relation to the work and life balance aspects of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12452/05]

National Workplace Strategy. (20 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the report but we have heard the same comment for many years. In 1997, the OECD Ministers, including our own, said they would put a particular urgency on trying to bring flexible work arrangements and work-life balance into the workplace. In 2002, the then Minister of State, Deputy Fahey, the Minister of State's predecessor, said that providing flexibility was an essential part of...

National Workplace Strategy. (20 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: To be practical, on the issue of parental leave, for example, the Minister rightly said we have a social partnership model here. In the negotiation on that Bill, which is one aspect of the type of work-life balance arrangements we could set in place, IBEC almost ruled out any possible changes despite the fact that we are one of the few countries in the European Union that does not allow for...

National Workplace Strategy. (20 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: "Pathetic" is the word.

Written Answers — Social Welfare Fraud: Social Welfare Fraud (19 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he intends to act on the basis of a recent criticism (details supplied) of his Department's [i]modus operandi[/i] when dealing with cases of social welfare fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11813/05]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (19 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 266: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason Irish stocks of motor gasoline doubled from their 10 year average in the first month of 2005, to a level of 1.4 million, as reported in the IEA monthly oil market report of 11 March 2005. [11709/05]

Written Answers — Údarás na Gaeltachta: Údarás na Gaeltachta (14 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding his promised review into the functions of Údarás na Gaeltachta. [11442/05]

Written Answers — Grant Aid: Grant Aid (14 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason grant money given in error by Údarás na Gaeltachta has not been sought back in return. [11437/05]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (14 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: that the current arrangements for drift netting of wild salmon at sea may place the State in breach of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea which places obligations on the State for the conservation of migratory wildlife, and the condemnation by the UK authorities of our drift netting policy...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (13 Apr 2005)

Eamon Ryan: Question 69: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consider changing the planning regulations in order that decisions on proposed local authority development works made under Part 8 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 can be appealed to An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11173/05]