Results 801-820 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (13 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on the labour force are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The latest statistics available are for the period December 2005 to February 2006 and show that there are 26,200 persons classified as long-term unemployed. The duration of unemployment figures for the past three years, classified by gender...

Written Answers — National Transport Survey: National Transport Survey (13 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. Comprehensive statistics on Road Passenger kilometres can only be obtained by means of a detailed survey of road users. A report prepared by the National Statistics Board on Policy Needs for Statistical Data on Enterprises has recommended that a National Transport Survey, collecting this type of information, should be carried...

International Development Association: Referral to Select Committee. (13 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposals that Dáil Éireann approve, in accordance with Article 29.5.2° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, (i) Ireland's contribution of €58,640,000 to the International Development Association's multilateral debt relief initiative, to be paid at a time and in a manner as the Minister for Finance may determine, and (ii) Ireland's contribution of €70,000,000 to the...

Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: No.

Order of Business. (8 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: He is warming up.

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (2 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: Hear, hear.

Business of Dáil: Motion. (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the order of the Dáil today is hereby amended by the substitution of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006 for the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2006 in each place where it occurs.

Business of Dáil: Motion. (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: It is simply a correction of the title. It is a technical matter.

Business of Dáil: Motion. (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: Yes.

Sexual Offences (Age of Consent) (Temporary Provisions) Bill 2006: First Stage. (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: No.

European Council Decision: Referral to Joint Committee. (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: "That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of the following proposed measure: a proposal for a Council Decision concerning the signing of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway on the...

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion. (1 Jun 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: "That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders: (1) The Dáil shall sit at 10.30 a.m. on Friday, 2nd June, 2006 and shall adjourn not later than 2.30 p.m.; there shall be no Order of Business within the meaning of Standing Order 26, and unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the following business shall be transacted in the following order on that day: (i) Second Stage of the...

International Trade. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy, with the exception of energy and fibre crop goods, is presented in table 1. For comparative purposes, information for the years 2001 to 2005, inclusive, is presented in table 2. Table 3 identifies the main constituents of each of the required commodity categories for 2005 with comparative data for 2004. Table 1 2005 Exports Imports € (000)...

International Trade. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: The data presented here are a combination of custom base, non-EU trade statistics. It estimates from the Interstat survey of Irish traders involved in trade with other EU member states. With regard to food, some of the questions relating to traceability would be more appropriately directed towards the Minister for Agriculture and Food.

International Trade. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: We do not have that detail. We simply have a list of commodity types such as beef — fresh, chilled or frozen — lamb, pork etc. Questions on traceability are more appropriate to the Minister for Agriculture and Food.

International Trade. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: I will be glad to revert to CSO officials to ask them what they can provide in addition to the detailed information they have given. I will be interested to see what further details are available to get to the bottom of the question, as the Deputy has requested.

Wage Levels. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: The Central Statistics Office publishes quarterly releases on earnings in the following sectors: industry, distributive trades and business services, the financial sector and the public sector. The latest figures available are for the fourth quarter of 2005. They showed an annual increase of 3.4% in average weekly earnings for all employees in the industrial sector, 5.7% in the distributive...

Wage Levels. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: That relates to a different area but I will comment on it. Interesting data have been published today in the latest quarterly national household survey on employment. Deputy Quinn raised the issue of manual workers in industry. Over the past five years, up to December 2005, hourly earnings for those workers grew by 32.8% and prices rose in the same period by 17.3%, which paints a different...

Wage Levels. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing us to explore these issues. According to the data published today the total number in the labour force stands at 2,086,300, which accounts for 62.2% of all persons aged 15 or over. The Deputy's question was about long-term unemployment, which actually decreased by 1,600 to 26,200, the corresponding rate falling from 1.4% to 1.3%. That is an important...

Wage Levels. (31 May 2006)

Tom Kitt: The employment heading covers all persons engaged by public bodies, including full-time employees, permanent and temporary, part-time employees and persons on holidays, maternity leave or temporary absence due to illness. The CSO is carrying out a new survey to measure earnings more comprehensively. The information from this survey will be more comprehensive than the statistics available from...