Results 32,021-32,040 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (2 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Transport his estimate of the passenger miles which will be travelled in 2005 by the mainline rail, DART, other suburban rail, provincial bus, Dublin Bus and Luas. [18920/05]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (2 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 245: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the policy of her Department in providing bus escorts on school buses; the proportion of buses on which they are employed; and if they make a worthwhile contribution to safety on school buses. [18835/05]

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (2 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 246: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the information technology system linking Institutes of Technology, including its cost; the selection process and its performance to date; her plans to undertake a formal assessment of its performance which has come in for some criticism. [18836/05]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (2 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 255: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of outstanding loans under the shared ownership scheme in 2004; and the total subvention awarded towards the cost of the rental element. [18915/05]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (2 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 256: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of social houses completed in 2004; and his estimates of the average cost per unit. [18916/05]

Written Answers — Development Levies: Development Levies (2 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 257: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his estimate of the total revenue raised by local authorities from development levies in 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005. [18917/05]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (2 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 258: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses completed in 2004 under part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and his forecast for the full year 2005. [18918/05]

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (2 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 259: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the revenue received from motor taxation in 2004; and the expected revenue in 2005. [18919/05]

Undocumented Irish Emigrants. (2 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the Government with regard to the Kennedy-McCain immigration Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18621/05]

Written Answers — Standards in Public Office Commission: Standards in Public Office Commission (1 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the Standards in Public Office Commission should be provided with the authority to appoint inquiry officers on its own initiative rather than being able to do so only on foot of a complaint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18654/05]

Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: The Minister reduced it to zero.

Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: There is no day——

Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: No.

Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: It is prejudicial to a former Member.

Public Capital Investment. (1 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a new programme for prioritising capital projects; and the measures he is proposing in order that the past deficiencies in project evaluation, in cost overruns and waste will not be repeated in the next five years. [18653/05]

Public Capital Investment. (1 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: I am disappointed there will not be a new national development plan that would start to prioritise projects in a more coherent way. If the Minister is so happy with the delegated authority he is giving to Departments, will he assure the House that in all the many cases we have seen, these Departments have complied in every respect with his guidelines? For example, in the Kilkenny drainage...

Public Capital Investment. (1 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: I revert to the question I asked. Did these Department breach the guidelines issued to them by the Minister? For example, was the failure to cost 16% of the roads projects in breach of those guidelines? Regarding the changes in the scope of projects which accounted, between the non-standard and the standard, for 44% of the increases, did that comply with the Minister's requirements that a...

Public Capital Investment. (1 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: The ESRI considered nothing on a project basis.

Tax Code. (1 Jun 2005)

Richard Bruton: Will the Minister indicate the shipping sectors in which the four vessels in question operate? Do they operate in the freight sector, for example, or the private passenger sector? Can the Minister estimate the total amount of taxation that has been foregone? He mentioned that €100,000 was paid under the scheme in 2003, but how much tax has been foregone? Will the tonnage tax regime, which...

Written Answers — Hospital Charges: Hospital Charges (31 May 2005)

Richard Bruton: Question 125: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the time of admission and discharge determines if a daily charge for a hospital inpatient will be levied on a patient and if this results in the hospitals collecting two charges on the same day when a bed is vacated and the patient is replaced by another. [17841/05]