Results 161-180 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Rotterdam Convention: Motion. (19 Apr 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves in accordance with Article 29.5.2° of Bunreacht na hÉireann the accession by Ireland to the Rotterdam Convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade.

Written Answers — Register of Births: Register of Births (19 Apr 2005)

Tom Kitt: The geographic classification of birth registrations by residence of the mother is not undertaken below local authority level in Dublin. Thus data are not available for postal districts in Dublin. The following table summarises the number of births registered since 2002 where the residence of the mother was in the Fingal local authority: Year 2002 3,882 2003 4,369 2004 3,305 (...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2005: First Stage. (27 Apr 2005)

Tom Kitt: No.

Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (4 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: The live register series gives a monthly breakdown of the number of people claiming unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit and other claimants registered with the Department of Social and Family Affairs. Figures are published for each county and each local social welfare office. A breakdown by postal district is not available. The most recent information available is for March 2005. It...

Child Abuse Act 2000: Referral to Joint Committee. (5 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve 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, be referred to the Joint Committee on Education and Science in accordance with paragraph (2) of the Orders of Reference of that committee, which, not later than 19 May 2005...

Written Answers — Live Register: Live Register (10 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 to 120, inclusive, together. The exact information as requested by the Deputy is not available as there is no Department of Social and Family Affairs local branch office in Shannon, County Clare. The live register figures for all the local branch offices in County Clare for 2005 and 2004 are set out in the following table. The live register series gives a...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion. (12 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Resolution of the Dáil of 6th June, 2002, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Agriculture and Food Minister for...

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.

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: I agree with Deputy Joe Higgins in that we should be doing our best to deal with this, but the rate of population increase is extraordinary. The Government cohesively pursues a wide range of policies in this regard, although I have no doubt that the Deputy would fundamentally disagree with some of them. He has indicated such in the House on previous occasions. We are talking about attracting...

Central Statistics Office Report. (17 May 2005)

Tom Kitt: The Deputy has decided to expand the debate and I am touching upon many of the policy issues for which he criticises us. It is his right to do so, but I argue that this good mix of policies has brought about success. That, in turn, has brought additional pressures to bear on all of us, but I guarantee that we are doing our level best. The Deputy also referred to facilities. The Central...