Haughey, Charles J.Wednesday, 20 February 1991 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
Page of 142
|
Order of Business.
It is proposed to take Nos. 16 and 17. It is also proposed, subject to the agreement of the House, that business shall be interrupted at 10.30 p.m. and Private Members' Business which shall be No. 27...
It is promised legislation and I dealt with it yesterday. I would like to——
I want to totally reject any suggestion of disagreement of the type referred to by Deputy Bruton. There is no disagreement. It is a complex piece of legislation with European ramifications and with c...
Both those pieces of legislation are proceeding as rapidly as possible.
In due course.
It is envisaged that there will be one valuable and important piece of reforming legislation and it is the intention to enact it before the summer recess.
It will be introduced as soon as possible. It is bound up with other pieces of legislation and it is hoped to bring the two of them forward as soon as possible.
That is a matter for the Whips.
What an extraordinary interjection. The business of this House is normally decided in a civilised manner between the Whips as to when any legislation or motion is to be taken. These are the normal c...
The question as to when a particular motion will be taken is normally processed through that channel.
If the Deputy would conform to normal procedures he would ask his Whip to raise this matter with the Chief Whip. (Interruptions.)
It is a new tactic of the Fine Gael Party, led by Deputy Bruton, to be as ignorant and objectionable as possible. (Interruptions.)
As someone who is totally committed to Dáil reform I suggest to Deputy Bruton that the first piece of Dáil reform is to have orderly behaviour in this House, to obey the Chair and, in particular, to p...
What I was endeavouring to say was that in regard to any item on the Order Paper about which Deputy Bruton or any other party leader is concerned the normal procedure is to ask the party Whip to raise...
May I also suggest that Deputy Bruton would be doing a service to this House if he would cease trying to treat it like a cattle ring. (Interruptions.)
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Departmental Staffing.
Was asked: the number and grade of each civil servant in his Department who receives an allowance for duties as private secretary or assistant private secretary; the individual sums concerned, to whom such offic...
I propose circulating with the Official Report a schedule which sets out the information requested by the Deputy.
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - GIS Statistics.
Was asked: (1) the number of staff, by grade, assigned to the Government Information Services; (2) the number currently employed there on contract or on temporary assignment from other areas of the public sector...
I propose circulating with the Official Report a statement which sets out the details requested by the Deputy. The Government Information Service (GIS) comprise nine persons in the following grades: o...
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Departmental Staffing and Activities.
Was asked: the nature and role of the Northern Ireland and International Division of his Department; the staffing by number and grade of those assigned there; the differences in role in relation to the Northern ...
Policy on Northern Ireland is and has, for many years, been primarily the responsibility of the Taoiseach.
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Genealogical Office Statistics.
Was asked: the number of inquiries undertaken by tourists and others in the Genealogical Office in 1990; the numbers of grants of coats of arms undertaken there in 1990; the range of fees for the various service...
Was asked: the present position in relation to the development of the proposed network of genealogical centres; the relationship between such centres and those already providing services of this kind on a commer...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 and 5 together. I am circulating in the form of a statement information on the number of inquiries of various kinds undertaken by tourists and others in the Genealog...
Yes, I agree with the Deputy. That is the whole purpose of the project. I am glad that it is coming along very well. It will fulfil the purposes which we have in mind for it.
The Deputy's latter point has been satisfactorily resolved. There will be co-operation. This project is a vehicle for all concerned to contribute to developing genealogy coherently in its own right, ...
The computers are already in place in 22 county centres and will soon be in place in all 35. Then it is necessary to keep adding to the value of the information available on the computers. I will con...
Yes. There will be a major international dimension to this operation. We will have an international marketing campaign to draw the services of these centres to the attention of the Irish community a...
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Summit Meeting Location.
Was asked: if there has been any developments in respect of his suggestion made in April 1989 to President Gorbachev that he and the US President might hold a summit in Ireland.
There have been no recent developments in respect of this matter.
Yes. The Deputy knows that the summit proposed was postponed for a number of reasons but it is still on the cards. We are certainly in the market for holding that postponed summit between President ...
I am firmly convinced of the value of face to face discussions at all levels, particularly at the highest level of international affairs. During the Irish Presidency of the EC I was particularly stru...
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Ministerial Appointment.
Was asked: if he will appoint a Minister of State with responsibility for emigrants.
The best answer to the problem of involuntary emigration is the creation of employment in this country: as indicated in the Programme for Economic and Social Progress this is a primary policy objectiv...
I would not like to be complacent about the problem, but the Deputy will have to agree that we have been making major efforts on behalf of emigrants, particularly in Britain and the United States. Th...
Ceisteanna — Questions. Oral Answers. - Emigration Statistics.
Was asked: the estimated number of citizens of the State who have emigrated in the last ten years.
Written Answers. - Galway Gaeltacht Funding.
Was asked: if he will outline the development committees, voluntary organisations and all other groups in the Galway Gaeltacht which received grants or assistance in 1990; and the amounts paid in each case.
Written Answers. - Trade Carried in Irish Registered Vessels.
Was asked: the percentage of Irish trade conveyed on Irish registered ships in the years (a) 1970, (b) 1980 and (c) 1990.
Information on the quantity of Irish trade conveyed by Irish registered ships is not available. Figures for the number of trading and passenger vessels arriving at Irish ports and their net register t...
Written Answers. - External Trade Freight Traffic.
Was asked: the proportion of our external trade freight traffic each year since 1985 by the following modes (a) land frontier, (b) sea and (c) air.
The following table, which is derived from the external trade statistics, sets out the information requested by the Deputy. External Trade* classified by Mode of Transport
Written Answers. - Port Traffic.
Was asked: if he will outline the statistics for each year since 1985 of the volume of traffic through Irish sea ports in metric tons; the percentage market share for each sea port; and if he will outline the sa...
The following tables, which are derived from the external trade statistics, set out the information requested by the Deputy. TABLE 1. Quantity of external trade* through Irish sea ports.
Written Answers. - Food Exports to UK.
Was asked: (a) the quantity and (b) the value of exports of food to the United Kingdom for each of the years between 1987 and 1990 inclusive.
The information requested by the Deputy is given in the following tables. The latest period for which information is availble is January to October 1990.
Written Answers. - Road Freight.
Was asked: the proportion of road freight carried by (1) own account hauliers and (2) hauliers for hire or reward in each year from 1985 to date.
The available information relates to the proportion of road freight activity by vehicles used mainly (i) for own account carriage and (ii) for hire or reward. The following tables contain estimates d...
Written Answers. - Licensed Hauliers.
Was asked: if he will outline the number of licensed hauliers operating domestically in Ireland; the number employed by same; the vehicle fleet in each year since the liberalisation of the road freight industry;...
The following tables, which are derived from the licensed hauliers survey and the road freight transport survey, set out the information requested by the Deputy: Licensed Hauliers Survey
| Last Updated: 23/05/2011 06:51:25 |
Page of 142
|