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Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (13 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 177: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to introduce laws, regulations and administrative decisions to comply with Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and Council that was agreed on 25 June 2002 and is required to be enacted into national law by 18 July 2004; and the legislative changes intended to be made in this...

Industrial Development. (13 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria which apply to the IDA and Enterprise Ireland on the nature of companies they can support; if restrictions exist for either agency on the basis that their client companies have to be engaged in a certain percentage of exporting activity; if it is possible for companies involved in import...

Maritime Security Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (13 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: I was trying to think, sitting here, of what risks to this State might apply regarding some of the events for which we are preparing. Deputy Broughan mentioned how we had fortuitously had a committee meeting last week on port security in this State. I am raising this because I am wondering what circumstances we should be concerned about. One concern to come out of that meeting was the...

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Transport the role his Department has in the possible extension of the Sandyford Luas line to Cherrywood; when he expects this project to be approved; the length of the planning and construction of the line will take; and the funding sources that are likely to be used to finance the project. [12540/04]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy changes he intends to introduce to ensure that a change to more sedentary transport modes is reversed in view of the concerns expressed by industry groups such as IBEC that changing exercise patterns are the primary cause of the rise in the levels of obesity here and in view of the fact that the latest census statistics have shown a...

Written Answers — Salmon Lice: Salmon Lice (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department's attention has been drawn to reports that lice levels at a location (details supplied) in County Galway in February 2004 were greatly in excess of the levels permitted under the licensing agreement and under State protocol. [12642/04]

Written Answers — Salmon Lice: Salmon Lice (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the action his Department has taken on the follow up to reported levels of lice at a location (details supplied) in County Galway; and the enforcement action which has been taken by his Department in its role as licenser for salmon farms in this particularly sensitive area. [12643/04]

Aviation Matters. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: With regard to the sale of Aer Lingus, has the Department carried out an analysis of whether a trade sale of part of the company or a public offering of part of the shareholding in the company is the preferred option? What is the Minister's preference between those two alternatives or is there another option for the sale of the company?

Leaders' Questions. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: We need a traceable, checkable system.

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for his courtesy and I will not seek to have his decision taken as a precedent. The Minister appears to have indicated recently that in addition to the metro option, he is considering an alternative option by Iarnród Éireann that it would use existing railway lines to develop a link to Dublin Airport from the DART line probably somewhere north of Maynooth....

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Before the last election the Government said the metro would be up and running in 2007. Can the Minister predict in what year the metro will run to the airport? The motorway to Waterford would entail a similar cost. How does the Minister quantify the benefits of one against the other as an investment decision? Why does the road building programme get such large public funding, yet public...

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Capital funding is only €2.3 billion.

Light Rail Project. (4 May 2004)

Eamon Ryan: In what year will the metro run to the airport?

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Eamon Ryan: It is clear we have a problem with immigration. That there is also a problem with maternity services in Dublin is quite evident to anyone who has attended these hospitals in recent times. Are we correctly addressingthese problems through this constitutional amendment? It was interesting to hear on radio this morning discussions involving representatives from the hospitals and asylum seekers....

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Eamon Ryan: That is a problem that needs to be dealt with, but it is not being dealt with in this Bill. If there is a problem in Dublin hospitals, that is part of the cause. One of the masters of the maternity hospitals — I cannot remember which one — was asked on the radio this morning what the problem was and he stated strongly that it was a problem of resources. To anyone who has been in those...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (22 Apr 2004)

Eamon Ryan: If one checks the numbers for the previous year one can make a rough estimate of the numbers this year. It is certain we are not catering for the demand at present. That is an issue that is not being addressed in this debate or by the Government. There is a concern about what the Minister has called citizenship tourism. However, the figures are starting to show clearly that this problem was...

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Eamon Ryan: And no constitutional amendment; it is futile.

Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2004: Second Stage. (21 Apr 2004)

Eamon Ryan: It is a masterstroke.

Written Answers — Physical Education Facilities: Physical Education Facilities (30 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if there are plans to carry out studies regarding the availability of and participation in physical education during school hours, or by pupils outside of school hours on school premises. [9766/04]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (30 Mar 2004)

Eamon Ryan: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will clarify who holds responsibility for the safety of pupils waiting for school transport, either within the school grounds or outside; if within the school grounds, whether this is the responsibility of the school and whether in fact the school management representative bodies acknowledge this; the consultations which have...