Results 161-180 of 32,030 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Garda Recruitment: Garda Recruitment (2 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of new recruits into the Garda Síochána in 2004 and in each of the past three years; the persons who come from Dublin city and county in terms of recruits as against recruits from every other part of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27120/04]

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (2 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 427: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of officers within the Garda Síochána who are from Dublin city and county as against officers from every other part of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27121/04]

Written Answers — Currency Fluctuations: Currency Fluctuations (16 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 97: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the impact which the continued strength of the euro against the US dollar and the pound sterling has had on Irish exports; if he has adopted a strategy to assist the export sector as a result of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28389/04]

Written Answers — Workplace Absenteeism: Workplace Absenteeism (16 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he concurs with IBEC's assessment that absenteeism in the workplace costs business here €1.5 billion per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28388/04]

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (16 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Finance the total space occupied in Dublin by the Civil Service which is leased; the total which is owned; and the breakdown in respect of the units proposed for relocation from Dublin under the decentralisation programme. [28516/04]

Written Answers — Wage Agreements: Wage Agreements (16 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if workers in An Post have to date obtained a pay increase under the terms of the national wage agreement; the reasons this has not happened; if, in respect of his discussions with An Post, there is a likely timeframe involved in terms of paying all the outstanding moneys concerned to such workers; and if he...

Fiscal Policy. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the extra tax collected in the past seven years is delivering value for money through the spending increases they were used to finance. [30128/04]

Fiscal Policy. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: The Minister admits that the tax take has doubled in the past seven years and that tax as a proportion of gross national product, GNP, has also increased. Do people ask him, in the same way as they ask me, what we get for all this extra money? Have we made an impact? For example, do they ask him about the trebling of spending in the health area which appears to have produced only a few...

Fiscal Policy. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: There has been no commensurate improvement.

Fiscal Policy. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: May I ask the Minister——

Fiscal Policy. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: The Minister is trying to attack a straw man. Does he agree it was the Comptroller and Auditor General who reported that the increase in administrative staff at a rate of 90% dwarfed the increase in frontline staff medical staff which was only 20%? He has drawn the attention of the Oireachtas to this imbalance. Does the Minister agree significant new layers of bureaucracy have been created in...

Fiscal Policy. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: The Minister ought to at least brief himself before he speaks. He should read the audit he has done and not pretend the problems do not exist.

Fiscal Policy. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: It is for the Minister to answer them. It is for me to state the problems——

Fiscal Policy. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: No, the Minister is distorting the facts.

Fiscal Policy. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: That is not what the Comptroller and Auditor General said and it is not what I said. The Minister is deliberately misinterpreting what I said.

Fiscal Policy. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: The increase in the number of administrative staff——

Tax Collection. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: Would the Minister consider going part of the distance along this route? I have in mind particularly the family income supplement. Family income supplement has a very low take-up, not because there are not many people in the income categories that are eligible but because they must apply for it. Would the Minister consider making administrative arrangements to pay family income supplement...

Tax Collection. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: That is not what I asked.

Tax Collection. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: The problem is that we are time limited.

Tax Collection. (23 Nov 2004)

Richard Bruton: As we are time limited, we do not have the luxury of waiting for answers.