Results 17,841-17,860 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Public Holidays. (17 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Minister of State for his salutary greeting. However, I am confused by his response. If I teed up a good news story, he missed the ball big time with a swipe that was way off the mark. Irish workers work harder, longer and more productively than any of their counterparts in the EU, as numerous figures and data show. They are entitled to the same level of time off as others in the...

Public Holidays. (17 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: The last time a public holiday was granted in this country, it was decided between Labour and Fianna Fáil in the context of a partnership for Government. There was no partnership other than the two political parties involved. The Minister of State should not try to shove this onto the social partners in Dublin Castle. This is a political choice which the Government can make. It is fair...

Public Holidays. (17 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: If the Minister of State is depending on IBEC to give people a day off, he can forget it.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the process of evaluating and considering the findings of the review of the CLÁR areas is complete; if changes to the CLÁR areas are being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18129/06]

Written Answers — Languages Programme: Languages Programme (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 94: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the nature and content of the discussions he had with the Maori Language Commission during his recent visit to New Zealand; the parallels which can be drawn from the New Zealand experience in encouraging the use of native languages and the development of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 166: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 was forcibly removed against their will, from St. James's Hospital and misled into thinking they were going to another location within the hospital campus but instead was place in an ambulance and transported to a nursing home in Lucan, County Dublin; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 218: To ask the Minister for Finance if the results of his request to the Office of Public Works confirmed that Dublin Bus can use the route between the Phoenix Park and the Blanchardstown area and therefore facilitate public transport travellers to Huntstown, Hartstown, Inglewood, Clonsilla and Ongar and reduce journey time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17918/06]

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the mobile telephony transceivers at Ardee House, Dublin 6; the outcome of discussions with the operators of these devices since his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 15 December 2005; if the hold on granting of further installation licences implemented by Office of Public Works in sensitive areas is still in place; and if...

Written Answers — Passport Statistics: Passport Statistics (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of valid Irish passports currently in circulation; the number of passports issued in each year from 2002 to date in 2006; the number of these for each year that were replacements for passports lost or stolen; the cost to the State for each year from 2002 to date in 2006 for running the Passport Office; the number of passports...

Written Answers — Employment Standards: Employment Standards (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had consultations with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to discuss the way in which both Departments, with the assistance of the Competition Authority, can investigate the practices of anti-competitive activity, tax evasion and black market avoidance of social and safety standards...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 273: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received new draft regulations from the health and safety authority to provide for improved safety conditions in the construction sector; if these new regulations have been approved by Government; when he expects same to come into operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18065/06]

Written Answers — Social Partnership: Social Partnership (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date with regard to his consultations regarding the possible establishment of a joint labour committee to protect the interests of domestic workers in the context of the social partnership talks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18066/06]

Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is his intention to introduce legislation to provide for the creation of a new offence of corporate manslaughter as suggested by the Law Reform Commission in October 2003 and recommended by the Commission in its recent report to which a draft Bill is appended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18067/06]

Written Answers — Consumer Strategy Report: Consumer Strategy Report (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress made to date with regard to the implementation of the report of the Consumer Strategy Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18068/06]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 277: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who were made redundant during each year from 2002 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18069/06]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created during each fiscal quarter from quarter one of 2002 to date in 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18070/06]

Written Answers — Arms Trade: Arms Trade (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that secondary school pupils from a school (details supplied) in Co. Laois were able to set themselves up as arms dealers here and were able to broker an electro-stun gun and leg irons from their school as part of a school project; the steps he will take to bring in a system of...

Written Answers — Tax and Social Welfare Codes: Tax and Social Welfare Codes (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 294: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of PPS numbers issued to persons not holding Irish citizenship during each year from 2002 to date in 2006; the number of PPS numbers issued to persons not holding Irish citizenship that are currently idle, such that no activity in relation to tax or social welfare is associated with them for a period of time possibly...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (16 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will reconsider the composition of the Grangegorman Development Agency membership due to there being no representation of the Dublin Institute of Technology students' union; and if in view of the commitment to partnership, she will take steps to appoint a representative of the Dublin Institute of Technology students' union;...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (11 May 2006)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of people who are claiming reduced rent supplement under the terms of SWA Circular 8 of 2000; the number in years one, two, three and four; the steps which are being taken to ensure that all those eligible are aware of the provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17385/06]