Results 101-120 of 19,032 for speaker:Ruairi Quinn

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (26 Jan 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 1389: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received proposals from Dublin City Council for a scheme to provide for the sale of flats and apartments to their tenants; if he has completed his examination of the proposal; if his recommendations will enable tenants of two storey maisonettes, originally designed for the housing of senior...

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Has the Government yet decided when the necessary legislation will be taken in the House to provide for the referendum on the ratification of the European constitutional treaty? The electoral amendment, No. 2, Bill, to implement the constituency commission report, might usefully be taken with that Bill since they are connected in a way and since the House is under pressure for time. Both...

Order of Business. (1 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: The Government should reconsider that. The referendum must take place before 2006 and we do not want to repeat the mistakes made with the first Nice treaty referendum and have a rushed decision. Taking the Bill in the House does not pre-empt the timing of the date for the referendum.

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (1 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the serious concern recently expressed by the institute of engineers regarding delays in meeting the targets set in the national development plan and its view that unless significant additional funding is provided, it will not be completed until 2013; if he will provide any such additional funding; the role his...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (1 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the end of year Exchequer returns for 2004. [2486/05]

Leaders' Questions. (2 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Because of the election.

European Council Meetings: Statements. (2 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: I thank the Taoiseach for his contribution and his report on the Council. It was not the sort of Council meeting to which we have become accustomed, being quite humdrum at one level. When one reads the conclusions, however, one becomes aware that many decisions were taken and much progress made. I wish to concentrate on some of the more prominent of those decisions. The major issue to emerge...

European Council Meetings: Statements. (2 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: I did not think so. We certainly have one in Slovenia. At an earlier stage, I was involved in ensuring that the exercise of An Córas Tráchtála, as it was then known, in having trade missions in Budapest and Prague, was reversed to a commitment between the then Department of Tourism and Trade and the Department of Foreign Affairs to open embassies in those two countries. That was in the...

European Council Meetings: Statements. (2 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: I return to the question of embassies for which the Minister has direct responsibility. Will the Minister outline the timetable for the establishment of the five embassies and will an Ireland House approach, with which he is no doubt familiar, prevail in the process? Such an approach would provide us with the capacity to accommodate not just consular, diplomatic and ambassadorial facilities...

European Council Meetings: Statements. (2 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Deputy Gormley raised the question of access to documentation and the full text of the constitutional treaty, including the protocols, about which people have concerns. Does the Government intend to distribute the complete text to every library and public representative? What are the Minister's concerns in this area?

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the state of the peace process in the aftermath of the Northern Bank robbery; his views on whether there is a realistic chance of the devolved institutions created under the Good Friday Agreement being restored prior to the Westminster elections of 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2779/05]

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (2 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 128: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the nature of his discussions with British Secretary of State, Mr. Paul Murphy, MP, in Dublin on 17 January 2005; if he maintains the view that the Provisional IRA was responsible for the Northern Bank robbery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2778/05]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (2 Feb 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 — Overseas Students: Overseas Students (3 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her proposals for the establishment of a new statutory body to attract overseas students to Ireland; when such a body is likely to be set up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3010/05]

Written Answers — Third Level Sector: Third Level Sector (3 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the content and context of her discussions with the Department of Finance regarding the establishment of a fund which would reward universities for pushing through a reform programme; if this has been discussed with the university sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3009/05]

Written Answers — Overseas Properties: Overseas Properties (3 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 117: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the purchase by Irish or EU citizens of property in occupied Cyprus, currently under the control of the Turkish military authorities, is fraught with legal difficulties and that Irish persons seeking to purchase property abroad for holiday or investment purposes may unwittingly enter into...

Written Answers — Overseas Properties: Overseas Properties (3 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the purchase by Irish or EU citizens of property in occupied Cyprus, currently under the control of the Turkish military authorities, is fraught with legal difficulties and that Irish persons seeking to purchase property abroad for holiday or investment purposes may...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (8 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the details of the full scale Government review of the energy market here; the issues the review will address; the timescale of the review; if the review will ensure that the national grid and key generation infrastructure are retained in public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3595/05]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (8 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the recent European Commission report on the internal market for gas and electricity here and on the December 2004 EUROSTAT figures on electricity prices; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the report clearly refers to the high costs of using the electricity network; the action he...

Written Answers — Road Accidents: Road Accidents (8 Feb 2005)

Ruairi Quinn: Question 362: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of road accidents and road fatalities recorded in County Meath in 2004; the way in which these compare with similar figures for 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3464/05]