Results 81-100 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (2 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the proposed route for the extension of the red Luas line to Spencer Dock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26975/04]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons on community employment places at 1 January 2003 and 1 January 2004; the anticipated numbers at 1 January 2005; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by many community and voluntary groups due to the shortage of community employment places; if changes are planned with regard to...

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (16 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 123: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is intended to publish the review of the community employment scheme conducted by FÁS, which was submitted to him some time ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28348/04]

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: It is a lie.

Order of Business. (23 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: What is causing the delay with the introduction of the building control Bill, which deals with radon gas among other things? Can it be prioritised? Has the Government had a chance to consider the timing of the referendum to ratify the European constitution? The British Government is likely to have that referendum in spring 2006 and it is desirable that we have our referendum before that....

Roads Infrastructure: Motion. (23 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: I join my colleagues in supporting this reasoned and reasonable motion which, no doubt, the reasonable Minister, Deputy Cullen, will accept. The Labour Party did not table this motion because it is opposed to progress or because it does not recognise the chronic traffic problem confronting Meath and other parts of the country. In many respects, traffic jams are the problems of success and I...

Roads Infrastructure: Motion. (23 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: Yes. Yet that was a short-term alleviating measure, which in one respect will become redundant once the main N4-N6 motorway is built. It is possible to justify the apparent additional cost of those interim bypasses by completing them in the short term. The cost offset against the legal fees, the delays and the opportunity cost associated with those delays would be more than sufficient to...

Roads Infrastructure: Motion. (23 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: No reasonable citizen on either side of the political divide would look unfavourably at the Government having second thoughts on the basis that, while it did so for the best possible reasons and in the best possible way because of the necessity to move quickly, it might have got it wrong. The Government could think about the matter for a second time and, because of issues it did not fully...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (23 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Finance the latest information available from the central applications facility in respect of applications from civil servants and other public servants currently located in Dublin who wish to transfer to new locations outside of Dublin under the decentralisation programme; the way in which this compares with the target of 10,300; his views on the...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (23 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Finance if the year 2007 remains his target for completion of the decentralisation programme; the proposed date for the transfer of the first Department and the first State agency; the number of staff involved in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29863/04]

Written Answers — Institutes of Technology: Institutes of Technology (23 Nov 2004)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that institutes of technology have been effectively prevented from promoting the formation of campus companies, capable of sharing their economic potential with external partners who have available investment capital, due to an interpretation of the Regional Technical Colleges Act 1992,...

Written Answers — Hearing Impairment Claims: Hearing Impairment Claims (26 Jan 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of claims for damages for deafness determined in court or settled out of court at the latest date for which figures are available; the amount paid out to date in terms of damages or legal costs; the number of such claims outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1508/05]

Written Answers — Communications Masts: Communications Masts (26 Jan 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 387: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give a categorical assurance in writing to residents living in the vicinity of Ardee Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6 that the erection of telecommunications equipment on an OPW building by a company (details supplied) will not pose a health threat to the residents in the vicinity or the pupils of St. Mary's College, Rathmines and if, in the...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (26 Jan 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 457: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take all appropriate steps to urge the Zimbabwean authorities to secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1408/05]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (26 Jan 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 458: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline official practice relating to the laying of international agreements to which the State becomes a party before Dáil Éireann in compliance with Article 29.5.1° of the Constitution; if all treaties, within the meaning of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, together with all amendments, variations and repeals...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jan 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 459: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to claims (details supplied) relating to a Gulfstream-V jet; if his attention has further been drawn to claims that the plane has flown between Washington DC and destinations that include the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba and US overseas military bases, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan; that Shannon...

Written Answers — Sports Capital Funding: Sports Capital Funding (26 Jan 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 498: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has received an application from a club (details supplied) in Dublin 6 seeking funding from the sports capital grant programme; if his attention has been drawn to the very important role that this long-established club plays in the community and the critical importance of the receipt of the grant to enable it to participate...

Written Answers — Shannon Airport Landings: Shannon Airport Landings (26 Jan 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 578: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to claims (details supplied) relating to a Gulfstream-V jet; if his attention has further been drawn to claims that the plane has flown between Washington DC and destinations that include the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba and US overseas military bases, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan; that Shannon Airport is...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (26 Jan 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 749: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to claims (details supplied) relating to a Gulfstream V jet; if his attention has further been drawn to claims that the plane has flown between Washington DC and destinations that include the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba and US overseas military bases, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan;...

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1253: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will immediately sanction the provision of 20 hours of special needs assistance support and five hours of resource teaching for a person at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2048/05]