Results 361-380 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: First Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: No.

Legal Practitioners (Qualification) (Amendment) Bill 2007: First Stage (25 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: No.

Orders of Reference of Committees: Motion (25 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: that the Orders of Reference of the following Select Committees be amended in paragraph (1)(a) by the deletion of '11 members' and the substitution therefor of '13 members': Select Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs; Select Committee on Health and Children; Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights.

Appointment of Members to Committees: Motion. (25 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the following members be appointed to the Select Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food:— Deputies Bobby Aylward, Johnny Brady, Michael Creed, Andrew Doyle, Martin Mansergh, Thomas McEllistrim, Christy O'Sullivan, Eamon Scanlon, Tom Sheahan, P. J. Sheehan and Seán Sherlock; that the following members be appointed to the Select Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism,...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (24 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Resolution of the Dáil of 14th June, 2007, 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 Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence: Minister for Justice, Equality and Law...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (24 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with section 8(3)(a) of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 and 2006, appoints the ordinary Members of the Commission as follows: Deputies Tom Hayes, Seamus Kirk, Dan Neville and Pat Rabbitte.

International Agreements: Referral to Select Committee (24 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China concerning the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 5th October, 2007, be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Equality,...

Congress of the Universal Postal Union: Referral to Select Committee (24 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the terms of Certain Acts of the 2004 Congress of the Universal Postal Union, signed at Bucharest on 5th October, 2004, namely: The Seventh Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union; The General Regulations of the Universal Postal Union; The Universal Postal Convention and Final Protocol thereto; and The Postal...

Written Answers — Census of Population: Census of Population (23 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together. The following table contains the relevant Census of Population data for the years 1996 and 2002 for 'Persons usually resident in Dublin County, classified by their means of travel to Work, School or College'. The information for 2006 is due to be published on 15th November 2007. Persons usually resident (and present in their usual...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (23 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: The number of new houses and apartments for which planning permission has been granted by Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council in each year from 2002 to the second quarter of 2007 are set out in the two tables. The figures incorporate* planning permissions granted by An Bord Pleanála in respect of the Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council areas. Planning Permissions...

Written Answers — Construction Industry: Construction Industry (23 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table. Persons aged 15 years and over at work in Construction in County Meath for Census 2002 and 2006.

Written Answers — Marriage Registrations: Marriage Registrations (23 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: Provisional figures for the number of marriages registered in the first 3 quarters of 2007 are given in the table. The table also shows provisional figures for the number of marriages registered in the corresponding quarters of 2006. 2006 2007 Quarter 1 3,267 3,399 Quarter 2 5,094 5,452 Quarter 3 8,341 8,698 Quarter 4 5,139 A breakdown of these figures for each county registrar is not...

Order of Business (23 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: An electoral (amendment) Bill will be introduced next year.

Parliamentary Committees: Motion (23 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: Before I move this motion, I would like to point out in relation to No. 13 within this motion, that wherever “Transport and the Marine” occurs, it should read “Transport”. I move: (1)(a) That a Select Committee, which shall be called the Select Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food consisting of 11 members of Dáil Éireann (of whom 4 shall constitute a...

Aer Lingus Proposal. (18 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: There was no involvement.

Written Answers — Official Statistics: Official Statistics (16 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: The information requested by the Deputy is not available on an annual basis at county level. The table contains the relevant Census of Population data for the years 1996, 2002 and 2006. Persons aged 15 years and over at work in the construction industry in County Kildare, 1996, 2002 and 2006. Census Year Persons 1996 3,866 2002 7,665 2006 10,981

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: Do not be afraid of it.

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: This debate takes place at the request of the Fine Gael Party and particularly Deputy Michael D. Higgins. I sat through most of the debate today and listened carefully to what was said, and I will respond as best I can to the points raised. However, I will not be able to deal to everybody's satisfaction with all of them. I speak in that regard to the Deputies opposite. There is an onus on...

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: A valid point was made about accountability issues in terms of the HSE, CIE and many other bodies and agencies. This issue must be addressed as soon as possible. I have some ideas in this regard. I thank Members for their contributions. We have a record of the debate and I will do my utmost to follow up on many of the valid points made.

Establishment of Committees (11 Oct 2007)

Tom Kitt: The people decide.