Results 401-420 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Leaders' Questions (25 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: What about the local authority?

Written Answers — Employment Statistics: Employment Statistics (24 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Statistics on sectoral employment are compiled from the Quarterly National Household Survey. The most recent information relates to the fourth quarter of 2006 (September to November). The information as requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. Persons aged 15 years and over in employment (ILO) classified by sex and NACE Economic Sector '000 Economic sector (NACE Rev. 1)...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (24 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Additional staff were required for a six to nine month period to work on the processing of 2006 Census of Population in the CSO's Swords office. A number of these additional staff were drawn from the ranks of existing Dublin based Civil Servants on the understanding that they would be re-deployed within the Dublin area on completion of the Census work. These temporary arrangements were not...

Written Answers — Migrant Statistics: Migrant Statistics (24 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The CSO have taken a number of steps to capture statistical information on the Non-Irish population in recent times. Nationality data is captured in a number of CSO surveys including the Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), the EU-Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC), the National Employment Survey (NES) and the Census of Population (COP). It is therefore possible to...

Planning Issues: Motion (24 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following order in draft: Specification of an area of the Poolbeg Peninsula as an area for which the Dublin Docklands Development Authority may prepare a planning scheme, a copy of which was laid in draft before Dáil Éireann on 22nd March, 2007.

Allocation of Time: Motion (5 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of this day, in the event of the next business concluding before 4 o'clock we will go straight to Question Time.

Order of Business (5 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: We will do as Deputy Howlin suggested and complete Committee Stage today.

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The number of occupied housing units which are rented from private landlords is given in the following table for the counties requested in respect of the 2006 census. Private rented unfurnished Private rented furnished or part furnished Total Private Rented State 16,621 128,696 145,317 Dublin 5,474 52,439 57,913 of which Dublin City 3,186 33,395 36,581 Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown...

Allocation of Time: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of this day, the proceedings on the recommittal on No. 25 shall adjourn at 7 p.m. tonight.

Convention on the International Hydrographic Organisation: Motion (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move: That Dáil Éireann, pursuant to Article 29.5.2° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, approves the terms of the accession to the Convention on the International Hydrographic Organisation.

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, together. The Central Statistics Office, CSO, has responsibility for compiling the Irish consumer price index, CPI, and in accordance with the Statistics Act 1993 the director general of the office has sole responsibility for, and is independent in, deciding on statistical methodology. The CPI is designed to measure inflation. The CSO...

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The point I made with regard to the negotiations on wages and a new partnership deal was that inflation is a significant consideration in negotiations and the question of the appropriateness of taking account of a measure which includes tobacco can be considered when the pay terms of Towards 2016 next come up for consideration. My comments are made in the context of discussions on wage...

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Issues such as that raised by Deputy Rabbitte will be dealt with by agreement. The Government is trying to reduce the number of people smoking for health reasons. There is an ongoing debate on how tobacco should be treated in the methodology by which the CPI is calculated. The issue may come up for discussion by agreement. It is important to note that in 2000, tobacco accounted for 3.6%...

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Yes, if it could be done by agreement.

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: To discuss mortgage interest rates is to depart from the subject matter. There is no question of removing mortgage interest from the consumer price index. If there had not been upward movements in energy prices and mortgage interest rates, the inflation rate would have been 2.1% rather than 4% because these two areas account for around half of the inflation rate. Unfortunately, both...

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: To put it another way, if, for example, the Minister for Health and Children wanted the price of a packet of cigarettes to increase by €1, a conflict would arise because any such change would immediately increase the consumer price index. These issues are open for discussion in the context of wage agreements.

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The Deputy is obviously not aware that we use European and international standards. There is no question of Ireland being any different from any of the other EU member states. There are EU-harmonised indices of consumer prices. As I said, the HICP reflects all the standard items used, including energy prices and mortgage interest rates, for example, which make up a major part of our...

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: A huge element of the housing situation is built in with regard to the consumer price index.

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The standards used are independently based. The CSO uses internationally recognised standards and is very much in line with our European colleagues. There is no official HICP sub-index that excludes tobacco, so tobacco is used in the indexes of other countries also.

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The cost of mortgages is included.