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Interpretation Bill 2000: From the Seanad (5 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: This is a technical amendment to improve the clarity of section 26(2)(d).

Interpretation Bill 2000: From the Seanad (5 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: This is a technical amendment to improve the clarity of section 26(2)(e). It substitutes "express" for "appear to have expressed". This reflects the greater use of the present tense, which is appropriate in this case. The word "but" is inserted after "form of words" to improve clarity and the reference to "ideas" has been made singular to reflect the first reference to the word "idea" in the...

Interpretation Bill 2000: From the Seanad (5 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: On Committee Stage in the Seanad I did not deal with section 28 of the Bill as passed by this House. Acts of the European Communities and European Union, normally directives and regulations but also the Treaty of the European Community, are often referred to in Acts of the Oireachtas and statutory instruments. From time to time, these regulations and directives are revoked and made again with...

Interpretation Bill 2000: From the Seanad (5 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: Some of this is very technical. An example supplied by my officials concerned a directive on trout. If there was secondary legislation for this matter and Brussels decided to introduce a new directive on trout and salmon, new legislation would be necessary. It would be difficult to connect the two. We were trying to connect one directive with another but I was told that it is safer in such a...

Interpretation Bill 2000: From the Seanad (5 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: This kind of effort to connect one piece of legislation with another would work in primary legislation. However, in terms of secondary legislation, the advice is that it is best to deal with issues on a case by case basis rather than provide generally for them in the Interpretation Bill. It is a matter of using language in our statute law which may be re-used. That is the background to this...

Interpretation Bill 2000: From the Seanad (5 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: This is a technical amendment which deletes an obsolete definition of Valuation Acts and inserts the appropriate reference to the Valuation Act 2001.

Interpretation Bill 2000: From the Seanad (5 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: The additional words inserted by the Seanad are in the definition of "year" in the Interpretation Act 1937. They were not carried over into the Bill because a general provision was included in section 4 of the Bill providing that the proposed Act would apply except in so far as the contrary intention appears. However, the words when used without qualification in the definition of "year" in...

Interpretation Bill 2000: From the Seanad (5 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: This amendment provides for a commencement date of 1 January 2006. A new commencement date was necessitated as the Bill passed by this House on 1 July 2003, providing for a commencement date of 1 January 2004. This amendment came in the form of a proposal from the Senate, which I accept.

Interpretation Bill 2000: From the Seanad (5 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: This is very much a technical Bill. Work is on-going in every parliament on the issue of how we interpret law. It is the kind of legislation that would not excite the public to any great extent. The Law Reform Commission produced a report on this issue and work has been on-going on the legislation for years. I will clarify the issues surrounding the interpretation of parliamentary debates....

Written Answers — Overseas Visitors: Overseas Visitors (4 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: The CSO estimates of overseas visits to Ireland by non-residents are national estimates. Regional destination estimates are not available. The information concerning the number of overseas visits to Ireland by non-residents is contained in the following table. Estimated number of overseas visits to Ireland: 2000 to 2004 Visits '000 2000 6,310 2001 5,990 2002 6,065 2003 6,369...

Order of Business. (4 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: Deputy Stagg is a gentleman.

Membership of Committee: Motion. (4 Oct 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Deputy Jerry Cowley be discharged from the Select Committee on Health and Children and that Deputy Paudge Connolly be appointed in substitution for him, and that Deputy Paudge Connolly be discharged from the Select Committee on Social and Family Affairs and that Deputy Jerry Cowley be appointed in substitution for him.

EU Parliament and Council Decision: Referral to Joint Committee. (29 Sep 2005)

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 measure:...

Membership of Committee: Motion. (29 Sep 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Deputy Paddy McHugh be discharged from the Select Committee on Finance and the Public Service and that Deputy Catherine Murphy be appointed in substitution for him.

Written Answers — Industrial Wage: Industrial Wage (28 Sep 2005)

Tom Kitt: The average gross earnings of industrial workers in all industries for March 2005, the latest date for which figures are available, are as follows: average earnings per week —€572.84 — and average earnings per hour —€14.35. The category industrial worker includes operatives, maintenance workers, storekeepers, packers, cleaners, basic supervisory staff and apprentices. Annual mean...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (28 Sep 2005)

Tom Kitt: The most recent information on housing characteristics relates to the April 2002 census of population. Of the 1,279,617 occupied private dwellings distinguished in the 2002 census, 141,459, or 11.1%, were private rented dwellings.

Written Answers — Labour Force Statistics: Labour Force Statistics (28 Sep 2005)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on labour force estimates are compiled from the quarterly national household survey. The latest statistics available are for the period March to May 2005. The information regarding percentages of females aged 15 or over in the labour force from 2002 to date are set out in the following table. Participation Rates for females 2002 to date. % Dec-Feb-02 48.7 Mar-May 02 48.8...

Business of Dáil. (28 Sep 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of this day, Private Members' business shall be taken now and shall adjourn after 90 minutes.

Tributes to Head Usher of the Houses of the Oireachtas. (1 Jul 2005)

Tom Kitt: I thank the Ceann Comhairle, the Clerk of the Dáil and all the staff of the Houses, those on the frontline and those working in offices, who have been so co-operative over this long session. Deputies should take the advice of the Ceann Comhairle and take some time out during the summer recess. We have a busy schedule of committee work in July and September. Last year there were 22 committee...

Treaty of Amsterdam: Motions. (1 Jul 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set out in the Treaty of Amsterdam, to notify the President of the Council that it wishes to take part in the adoption and of the following proposed measure: a proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the European...