Results 461-480 of 17,531 for speaker:Jan O'Sullivan
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I am pressing amendmentNo. 55. Amendment put.
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 63: In page 15, line 23, to delete "appears" and substitute "can be demonstrated". This and the related amendments deal with the removal of a person from the agency, the committees of the agency and the consultative group. My amendments are designed to make the procedure for removal fairer. It should not simply be based on the opinion of the Minister or because their...
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: It should still be possible to state this in the legislation. If it is not stated in legislation, it is difficult for a person to argue that they should not have been dismissed under the rules of natural, constitutional or administrative law. It usually does not reach that point. Nobody wishes to involve the courts if they are dismissed from an agency, consultative group or a committee....
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 65: In page 15, to delete lines 46 and 47 and in page 16, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following: "(15) The Minister shall ensure that at least 40 per cent of the members of the Agency are men and that 40 per cent are women.". On the basis of the clarification the Minister offered earlier, I will withdraw the amendment. Will she confirm that she will remove...
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for taking that point on board.
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 68: In page 17, line 2, after "removed" to insert "for stated reasons justifying the removal".
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 69: In page 17, line 4, after "dissolve" to insert "for stated reasons justifying the dissolution".
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Amendments Nos. 76 and 77 relate to this issue. Amendment No. 77 is similar to Deputy Gregory's amendment No. 73, except that I want to include the North West Inner City Area Network as a stakeholder in addition to the Dublin Inner City Partnership. I wish to make a similar point to that of Deputy Gregory, namely, that these organisations are clearly involved in what goes on in this area. It...
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 76: In page 17, line 42, after "Minister" to insert the following: ", Dublin Inner City Partnership, North West Inner City Network".
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 78: In page 18, to delete lines 1 to 5.
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 84: In page 23, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: "(3) A register of disclosure under this section shall be made available for public inspection on similar terms to the register under section 27(7).". The amendment is intended to ensure the register of interests will be made available for public inspection under this section on similar terms to the...
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Public access to the register is provided under section 27(7) but public access to a disclosure of a conflict of interest is not provided under section 28. I am concerned that conflicts of interest will not be subject to disclosure. Will the Minister comment on this?
- Grangegorman Development Agency Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 85: In page 24, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: "(3) Reference to this section is inserted in Part I of the Third Schedule to the Freedom of Information Act 1997 and that Act shall apply to the Agency.". The amendment seeks to ensure the Freedom of Information Act 1997 will apply to the agency.
- Written Answers — Ministerial Meetings: Ministerial Meetings (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of his meeting on 12 May 2005 with the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Ms Mariann Fischer Boel to discuss the issue of the tax exemption for stallion fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18282/05]
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (1 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 103: To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has now concluded its consideration of the letter from the Commission directorate general for agriculture and rural development advising that it had come to a preliminary opinion that the stallion tax exemption scheme would seem to constitute an aid that was not compatible with the Common Market; the contents of the reply sent to...
- Overseas Development Aid. (2 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will set a new, short, achievable timetable for the target of 0.7% of gross national product for overseas development aid in time for the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2005 when the UN millennium development goals will be re-examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18496/05]
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (2 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the logic behind, and reasons for the production of a White Paper on Development Aid, in view of the fact that a major review took place in the recent past which led to the establishment of an advisory committee; the new target date for the achievement of the 0.7% target for overseas development aid; if the proposed White Paper will...
- School Transport. (14 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 50: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the review of safety standards on school buses which has been undertaken since the recent County Meath crash in which five persons died; if a decision has been made on the fitting of seat belts in school buses; if the Government will consider the provision of funds to allow for the replacement of old buses with custom built school...
- School Transport. (14 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: What we need the Minister of State to say and what the public and parents of children travelling on school buses would like to hear is that there is an urgency, plan and timescale for implementation. I did not detect in her reply evidence that anything has changed in the Department since the school bus crash in Meath. Is there a plan and a timescale for its implementation? Has the Minister of...
- Multi-Denominational Schools. (14 Jun 2005)
Jan O'Sullivan: Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the concluding observations of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in its judgment of 10 March 2005 on the obligation of the Irish State to promote the establishment of multi-denominational schools; if she will provide adequate funding, estimated at â¬500,000 per annum, to Educate Together to...