Results 241-260 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Rail Services. (24 Mar 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Transport when the 120 new rail carriages that have been ordered by Iarnród Éireann will be operating on the rail system; the precise routes these carriages will serve; when the new hourly services between Dublin and Cork and Dublin and Limerick will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9681/05]

Constitutional Referenda. (12 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Arising from the question will the Taoiseach confirm that it is desirable to have the Referendum Commission established as soon as possible to address the issues raised by Deputy Ó Caoláin and others that there should be full, objective information available to as many citizens as wish to participate in obtaining that information? Will he agree that following that desirable objective it is...

Written Answers — Commission on Policing and Crime: Commission on Policing and Crime (12 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has completed his consideration of the report of the Dublin Lord Mayor's Commission on Policing and Crime; if he intends to act on the recommendations contained in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10781/05]

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (12 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of juvenile liaison officers in the Garda Síochána at the latest date for which figures are available; if he has plans to extend the scheme given its proven success in dealing with juvenile offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10783/05]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 282: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a new wing of St. Vincent's Hospital, completed for the past 18 months, has not been opened for patients; the date on which patients will be allowed into the wing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10803/05]

Written Answers — Telephone Helplines: Telephone Helplines (12 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 443: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that calls to the customer care inquiry lines (details supplied) to which the public are directed to address departmental queries go unanswered; the reason one of these lines has no voicemail; the staffing levels assigned to these customer care inquiry lines; if they are providing the level of...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 888: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the special circumstances of a school (details supplied) in Dublin 14 in view of the large number of persons in that school who have English as a second language; the recorded pupil-teacher ratio in that school; if the school's request for an additional teacher will be considered; if so, the stage...

Written Answers — Pupil-Teacher Ratio: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (12 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 917: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a national school (details supplied) in Dublin 4 which has a split class in which there are 13 junior infants and 15 senior infants in the same classroom under the care and supervision of one teacher; the way in which this relates to the commitment in the programme for Government which states that...

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: I want to address five issues — the Stability and Growth Pact, the Lisbon Agenda, sustainability, the UN summit and some comments on Europe. In welcoming the necessary changes to the Stability and Growth Pact, we must acknowledge that the primary task for which the pact was established was to make the selling of the euro an acceptable political project, particularly in states such as...

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Market forces are great when markets work but they do not work in quasi-monopoly circumstances. This issue must be addressed. We are falling behind in this area and I invite the Minister to consider it. The second issue that must be considered was drawn to my attention by a constituent by way of coincidence. It is alluded to in page 11, paragraph 34, of the Presidency conclusions: Human...

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: The Minister's position is that we should do nothing.

European Council: Statements. (13 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Perhaps the Minister would outline his brief in respect of the role he will undertake for the Secretary General of the United Nations. What actual territory is defined as being European — does it refer to the European Union or the actual political and geographical Continent? Can he outline his proposals and the timeframe within which he intends to work?

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (13 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 93: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the latest position in regard to the number of his Department's Dublin based staff who have applied through the central applications facility for decentralisation for the proposed new locations for his Department at Kilkenny, New Ross, and Wexford; the grades of staff who have applied; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Elections Management System: Elections Management System (13 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 131: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the total amount of public money spent to date on the storage of electronic voting equipment; if he is satisfied that appropriate guidelines are in place governing the allocation of contracts for the storage of such equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11079/05]

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Private sector investment costs the health service more than public sector investment.

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: I ask the Tánaiste to explain why the long-promised building control Bill has been delayed for so long. It is wonderful to behold that the country is experiencing an unprecedented level of activity in the construction industry. However, it is without the safeguards and consumer protection associated with this Bill. Can one assume that it is due to the influence of the Galway Races...

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Why then is it taking so long? Can it be contracted out to some other parliamentary draftsman with nothing to do? More than three years have passed.

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: This is the standard reply which unfortunately the Tánaiste must give because it is the information she has been given. However, it will be the same next year. I invite the Tánaiste to consult with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Roche, to consider whether the Bill can be contracted out to be drafted.

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: It is a serious problem.

Order of Business. (14 Apr 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Is the Tánaiste sorry she moved?