Results 901-920 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion. (28 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the resolution of the Dáil of 6 June 2002 setting out the rota in which questions to members of the Government are to be asked, questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Transport, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government Minister...

Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Instruction to Committee. (28 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Transport that it has power to make provision in the Bill to provide for the establishment of a Road Safety Authority, to provide for a change in the name of the Bill to the Road Safety Authority Bill and to amend section 9 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 to provide for the procedures in...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: On a final point of order, as someone who believes we have an honourable working relationship, I shall be glad to discuss this afterwards. Those are the facts I have with regard to this fax. I am more than happy to discuss the matter with the Whips. In the context of the tradition of honourable working relationships in the House, it is important to sort this matter out. That is the...

Order of Business. (23 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: A fax was sent to Deputy Stagg's office last night.

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (22 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 178 together. The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on employment and unemployment are compiled, at a regional level, from the quarterly national household survey. The latest statistics show that there were 27,500 people classified as unemployed in the Dublin region, equating to an unemployment rate of 4.5%, in...

Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: Deputy Stagg voted against it yesterday.

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (21 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: The live register figures for the counties of Leitrim and Roscommon for the period 2001 to date as requested by the Deputy are set out in the following tables. The live register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit and other claimants registered with the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Figures are published...

Written Answers — Immigration Issues: Immigration Issues (21 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: The 2002 census was the first in which a question was asked on nationality. According to the results of that census, some 224,300 persons, representing 5.8% of the usually resident population, indicated a nationality other than Irish. Based on migration trends between April 2002 and April 2005 it is estimated that non-Irish nationals numbered about 330,000 in April 2005, that is, 8% of the...

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (21 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available. Statistics on employment and unemployment are compiled from the quarterly national household survey. Sub-regional statistics of the kind requested by the Deputy are not available from the survey. The live register, age by duration series, gives a bi-annual breakdown of the number of people claiming unemployment assistance,...

EU Council Decisions: Referral to Joint Committee. (21 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve in accordance with Article 29.4.6° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the exercise by the State of the option, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set out in the Treaty of Amsterdam, to notify the President of the Council of the European Union that it wishes to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed measures:...

Diseases of Animals Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee. (21 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann resolves that section 17A (inserted by section 2(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 3 of 2001) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of 1966) shall continue in force for the period ending on 8 March 2007, be referred to the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food in accordance with paragraph (2) of the Orders of Reference...

Greyhound Industry (Doping Regulation) Bill 2006: First Stage. (16 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: No.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2006: First Stage. (9 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: No.

Written Answers — Information Society Commission: Information Society Commission (8 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: Since 1997, the Government has established two successive Information Society Commissions to act as an independent advisory body to Government on matters relating to the information society. The first Information Society Commission was established by the Government in May 1997, in response to the report of Ireland's information society steering committee, entitled Information Society Ireland:...

Written Answers — Vehicle Sales: Vehicle Sales (8 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: Data on the number of new cars and other vehicles sold are not available from the CSO. However the CSO does publish data on the number of vehicles licensed in its annual release entitled "Vehicles Licensed for the first time". The details of new private cars and new other vehicles classes, including the classes goods vehicles, motor cycles, tractors, public service vehicles and others,...

Order of Business. (7 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: The Whips will meet afterwards to arrange it.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee. (2 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise and Small Business, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.

National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (1 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I will take Deputy Burton's question first. She will see that section 36 brings this matter under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 so people will be entitled to information subject to the normal conditions. We are grouping amendments Nos. 23 and 24 but, if it is in order, I will refer to a discussion with Deputy Bruton on an amendment he tabled on Committee Stage, following which I have...

National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (1 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I agree.

National Economic and Social Development Office Bill 2002: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (1 Feb 2006)

Tom Kitt: I move amendment No. 24: In page 21, to delete lines 29 to 32 and substitute the following: "(4) The Office shall, as soon as may be after each financial year of the Office, but not later than 6 months thereafter, submit a progress report in relation to the strategic plan, including the strategic plan for each body, during the year to the Taoiseach for his or her comment and, after having...