Results 1,221-1,240 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: In this regard, I do not envy our drafters who must deal with this type of legislation. The effect of existing legislation that merely confirms is not being interfered with.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: Correct.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: Exactly.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: The Senator's interpretation is correct. Senator Tuffy rightly referred to the need to improve the language here and we are taking her suggestion under consideration.

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: This amendment brings us to the heart of the debate we had on Second Stage. Although this amendment is straightforward, its consequences are impressive. Government amendment No. 3 replaces the existing Schedule, containing 91 Acts, with a new Schedule, containing 218 Acts to be repealed. As Senators will recall from my Second Stage speech, that the initial research by the statute law revision...

Seanad: Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004: Committee and Remaining Stages. (25 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: Yes, indeed. On a more general theme of statute law revision, I am aware that a number of Departments have already commenced reviews of the legislation within their own remit, either in consultation with the statute law revision unit or of their own accord. For example, the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform has examined land laws. In addition, the customs and excise service is...

Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000: Motion. (19 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the draft Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000 (Section 5) (Specified Period) Order 2005, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 13 April, 2005.

Waste Management Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee. (19 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following regulations in draft: The Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2005, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 18 May 2005, be referred to the Joint Committee on the Environment and Local Government in accordance with paragraph (2) of the Orders of Reference of that...

EU Legislative Proposals: Referral to Select Committee. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves, 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...

Business of Dáil: Motion. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders questions to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform will take place on the conclusion of questions to the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, and shall conclude at 4.15 p.m.

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, together. The Central Statistics Office published the report, Measuring Ireland's Progress 2004, on 31 March 2005. The first edition of this report was published in December 2003 in response to a commitment in Sustaining Progress to establish a set of national progress indicators. The feedback to the initial report was very positive and...

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: Every Government strives to ensure that the country's resources are spread fairly. The Deputy has acknowledged that our economy is successful. That our economic success should lead to an improvement in people's lives is acknowledged in Measuring Ireland's Progress 2004, which is a very valuable report. As it is a statistical report, it highlights the areas in which discrepancies exist and...

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: The statistics show that if social transfers and pensions are not considered, Ireland is doing better than other countries. While our social protection expenditure as a proportion of gross domestic product was lower than in the EU 15 member states, it is worth noting that it increased from 14.3% in 2000 to 16% in 2002. In addition, Ireland has the second lowest proportion of persons aged 65...

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: This is important. I would encourage Deputy Jim O'Keeffe, as a former Minister of State, to make a submission to that consultative process.

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: I will not get into what other Governments did. However, what was done by other Governments was disgraceful.

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: A sum of €1.8 billion will be spent over the next number of years. Following the consultative process, the key for the Government is to prepare for the UN summit in September and to put in place a new target figure. This will be done when the consultative process is completed.

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: That is a bit of a mouthful. I congratulate the Deputy and his party on their conference. The process of feedback was initiated through Sustaining Progress so the feedback came from social partners and other interested parties. Anybody involved in the social partnership process at Government and public service level, as well as those in business or the trade union movement, would have a huge...

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: Deputy Higgins covered a multitude of issues and I will try my best to deal with them.

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: Deputy Higgins strayed from the question on statistics as he knows from his involvement in this part of Question Time. I will do my best to deal with his questions. Deputy Higgins started on the issue of the population and moved on from there. He would agree that it is a fantastic reflection of Ireland's success as an economy that 50,000 Polish people have come here to work. Our...

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: The fertility rate in Ireland remained the highest of the 25 EU member states in 2003 at a rate of 1.98% compared with the EU average of 1.48%. In many ways Deputy Higgins acknowledges the success of the economy.