Results 1,181-1,200 of 2,500 for speaker:Ciarán Cuffe

Written Answers — Road Network: Road Network (6 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport the role his Department has had in the devising of a new traffic management regime for the opening of the port tunnel; the city centre travel restrictions that will apply on trucks exiting the port; and the enforcement measures that will ensure trucks use the port tunnel rather than the existing road network to access the port. [41708/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for a shortfall of €101.3 million in capital spending within the 2006 transport budget; the specific projects that did not use up their spending target; when did he become aware that there would be a shortfall in spending in each case; the reason the spending was transferred to the roads budget; and when the need for such additional...

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (6 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 159: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will request An Garda Síochána to investigate the mystery illness of former Russian premier Yegor Gaidar on his visit here, in view of the fact that news of his illness comes after a series of mysterious incidents involving Russian public figures over the past month; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Radiation Levels: Radiation Levels (6 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 315: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will request the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland to investigate the mystery illness of former Russian Premier Yegor Gaidar on his Irish visit, in view of the fact that news of his illness comes after a series of mysterious incidents involving Russian public figures over the past month; and...

Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: They are on the long finger.

Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Minister is singing his song.

Budget Statement 2006 (6 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: What about the Lexus?

Written Answers — Health Information: Health Information (5 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason it took so long to introduce an education campaign on antibiotics as was recommended in 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41445/06]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (5 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the opposition of many patients to the proposal to move cancer treatment facilities from St. Luke's to St. James's; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41444/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department is currently drafting legislation or intends to draft legislation in the lifetime of the current Government to regulate the use of closed circuit television cameras on private dwellings in residential areas. [41111/06]

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (5 Dec 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the number of calls to the Women's Aid helpline that went unanswered in 2005; her plans to provide additional funding to Women's Aid to enable the organisation to provide adequate staffing; when such funding will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36333/06]

Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion (30 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: I intend to share time with Deputies Catherine Murphy and Morgan.

Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion (30 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: I first became aware of climate change a long time ago, in the late 1970s when I was barely out of short trousers. I read an influential book called Eco Science by two American authors who pointed out that climate change was an important issue. They wrote about the hole in the ozone layer, air pollutants and other problems facing the planet on a global scale. We have been able to address...

Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion (30 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: The Minister needs a reality check. He expresses an interest in hybrid cars and then purchases a Lexus, which is the Exxon Valdez of the hybrid world. The Minister could set a better example. There are three options for tackling climate change. We can make reductions here at home, we can buy carbon on the international market or we can buy our way into reducing emissions elsewhere, and we...

Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion (30 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: The European Commission sent it back for significant adjustments.

Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion (30 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: I grant this was also the case with other countries. The Minister had 15 minutes to speak and I have only five.

Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion (30 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: I think the Minister has barely scraped a pass mark on this issue and the European Commission made it clear what is required in its publication yesterday.

Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion (30 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: If the Minister is not up to the challenge, the Green Party is. We will improve building standards to ensure people have warmer homes that cost less to heat. We will provide Luas lines in cities other than Dublin and to communities in Dublin stuck without a decent public transport system. We will tackle urban sprawl instead of giving carte blanche to developers to build housing estates in...

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will put a moratorium on trials of genetically modified organisms in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40580/06]

Written Answers — Genetically Modified Organisms: Genetically Modified Organisms (29 Nov 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she perceives a conflict between promoting a clean, green image for Ireland's food industry, including the organic sector and her failure to put in place a moratorium on genetically modified field trails; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40581/06]