Results 421-440 of 1,415 for speaker:Tom Kitt

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: All of the data can be accessed from the available statistics. Some 36 new items have been introduced while 33 have been deleted from the basket of goods and services and a further 48 items have been modified with respect to definition and coverage. The net effect is that where the previous basket of goods and services had 613 items, the new basket comprises 616 items. The main changes to...

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: ——Indian and Chinese meals——

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: There was the elimination of ladies' raincoats, streaky rashers and zips. So the bottom line——

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: People are no longer buying zips. This is up-to-date information. I have dealt with the issue of mortgage interest rates, based on the European standards. The position is the same as any other European country.

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The answer is no. It is one of the goods consumed by the people. In weighting the goods, one must accept the realities. The main issue comes into play with regard to a new national agreement. There are also the health aspects, of which we are very conscious. My colleague, the Minister——

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: That is correct.

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I have checked this. The only Government or departmental correspondence came from the Department of Health and Children, to which I referred earlier, on the basis of queries from the Irish Cancer Society, which was making a point in principle with regard to the inclusion of tobacco. This data is compiled based on international standards. We must accept the realities of modern living.

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Yes. What I said earlier——

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I was making the point with regard to wage negotiations that if there was an increase in excise duty of, say, 25 cent on a packet of cigarettes, it would add approximately 0.4% to the rate of inflation. Any discussion on this issue relates to national agreements and agreements with the social partners. There are realities and facts with regard to consumer goods, irrespective of whether we...

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Those policies are working. The answer to the Deputy's question is that this is part and parcel of the consumer goods index and the European criteria, and will remain so.

Price Inflation. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I explained the matter clearly to the Deputy, but I repeat I accept the realities. The issues have been raised in the context of health and of pay agreements, and they will come up for discussion. I am very much aware of the position of the social partners and the trade union movement on the issue.

Industrial Disputes. (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: The Central Statistics Office compiles statistics on industrial disputes from details supplied by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and from information it collects directly. The latest figures, published on 14 March 2007, related to the four quarters of 2006. Ten industrial disputes began or were in progress in 2006, involving ten firms and a total of 7,352 days lost....

Order of Business (4 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: Certainly.

Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (3 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move amendment No. 15: In page 35, to delete lines 7 and 8. These amendments propose to delete Acts from either Schedule 1 or Schedule 2 on the basis that they are fully repealed. Amendments Nos. 15, 82, 83, 84, 93 and 101 propose to delete Acts which on further examination are considered to be wholly repealed on the grounds that prior to independence they were repealed as to all British...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (3 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move amendment No. 16: In page 38, between lines 7 and 8, to insert the following: " 1849 (12 & 13 Vict.) c. 69 Indictable offences Indictable Offences (Ireland) Act 1849 ".

Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (3 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move amendment No. 17: In page 42, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following: " 1856 (19 & 20 Vict.) c. 47 Joint stock companies Joint Stock Companies Act 1856 ".

Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (3 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move amendment No. 18: In page 43, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: " 1857 (20 & 21 Vict.) c. 14 Joint stock companies Joint Stock Companies Act 1857 ".

Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (3 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move amendment No.19: In page 46, between lines 43 and 44, to insert the following: " 1861 (24 & 25 Vict.) c. 111 Court of Probate (Ireland) Court of Probate (Ireland) Act 1861 ". These amendments involve two changes in the case of the Court of Probate (Ireland) Act 1861. Further examination of the Act suggests that it might be relevant to the appointment of members of the Commissioners...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (3 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: That is correct. The 1908 Act will be repealed when the Pharmacy Bill is enacted.

Statute Law Revision Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (3 Apr 2007)

Tom Kitt: I move amendment No. 20: In page 47, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: " 1862 (25 & 26 Vict.) c. 89 Companies Companies Act 1862 ".