Results 17,541-17,560 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (17 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 581: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when funds will be allocated to North Tipperary County Council to carry out work in an estate (details supplied) in County Tipperary, specifically for the building of front and dividing walls for residents of the estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32842/06]

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (12 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the projected staffing level of the Garda central vetting unit in Thurles, broken down by number and rank or grade; the number of such posts already filled, broken down by number and rank or grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32517/06]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (12 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases detected by the gardaí of cars with exhaust systems in excess of noise pollution levels in respect of the latest year for which figures are available; the number of such cases where prosecutions were initiated; the number of convictions secured; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Business Regulation: Business Regulation (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 166: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made by the Business Regulation Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32208/06]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 162: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has made a determination on the request for additional staff made by the Office of the Director for Corporate Enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32204/06]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 163: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position on the consolidated companies legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32205/06]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contacts he has had with his Northern Ireland counterpart; the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32206/06]

Written Answers — Small Business Forum: Small Business Forum (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made on the implementation of the Report of the Small Business Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32207/06]

Company Registration. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is an indication that the strong growth in company registrations indicated for the first half of 2006 is part of a trend of false contracting, whereby employees are being required to register as companies and be employed as contractors in order for their employer to avoid many regulations, costs and duties involved...

Company Registration. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I welcome the Minister of State's comprehensive reply, but I am somewhat concerned about the complacency at the top of his response, where it is suggested these are matters for the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Revenue Commissioners. Yet he goes on to say that in Towards 2016, the social partners acting in a joined up way have recognised there is a need for co-operation...

Company Registration. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: May I take it that my request for co-operation on an interim basis in advance of the legislation is not being accepted by the Minister of State?

Employment Rights. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I do not know how many companies like Gama Construction Ireland Limited are operating here but there is more than one. What lessons have the Department and the inspectors learned from the quashing of the inspector's report? The Supreme Court must follow its own path, over which the Department has no control. The Minister has control over the reasons the report was quashed and whether other...

Employment Rights. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Is that the outcome of the quashing?

Equal Opportunities Employment. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Does the Minister of State recognise that perhaps it is time we began obtaining the official statistics from the Companies Registration Office? It should not be too difficult to do so. Software is now available which can read the gender of a particular name of a director fairly easily. Notwithstanding that departmental responsibility for the matter rests with another Department, there is...

EU Enlargement. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Will the Minister repeat that?

EU Directives. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the status of the proposed services directive; if this matter has been raised at a European Council of Ministers meeting since the European Parliament vote earlier in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32166/06]

EU Directives. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Ireland is becoming a service economy, rather than a manufacturing or primary produce economy. What steps are the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the agencies under that Department taking to alert small and medium sized Irish companies to the potential benefits of utilising the provisions of the draft directive? This directive is now essentially a done deal and I am told...

EU Directives. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I am surprised at the Minister's dismissal of the potential of the services directive beyond the €200 million mentioned, which is not a lot of money at one level. He mentioned that the focus was on the client companies of Enterprise Ireland, rather than those under the county enterprise boards which would be very small in terms of reaching beyond the county, let alone the country. I am...

EU Directives. (11 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Are these barriers in place at the moment or will they arise after the implementation of the services directive?

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Oct 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 152: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps he intends to take to ensure that people on low incomes or dependent on social welfare payments will be able to meet fuel costs in winter 2006, in view of the increase in the cost of fuels generally and particularly in the view of increases in electricity and gas prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter....