1775/’17
Hon. Jayantha Samaraweera,— To ask the Minister of Home Affairs,—
(a) Will he inform this House—
(i) of the number of Gram...
(i) of the number of Grama Niladari Divisions available in Sri Lanka as at 31.03.2017;
(ii) separately of the aforesaid number as per each province, district and divisional secretariat division;
(iii) of the number of Grama Niladaris deployed in service as at 31.03.2017;
(iv) separately of the aforesaid number as per each province, district and divisional secretariat division?
(b) Will he also inform this House—
(i) of the number of vacant GN positions as at 31.03.2017;
(iii) whether a competitive examination has been held to recruit Grama Niladaris to fill the aforesaid vacancies;
(iv) if so, of the year in which the particular examination was held and the number of applicants who sat for the examination;
(v) whether an interview has been conducted for those who obtained the highest marks at the examination;
(vi) if so, of the number of applicants who appeared for the interview;
(vii) of the number of applicants who got qualified for the GN appointments; and
(viii) of their names and addresses?
(c) If not, why?
1748/’17
Hon. Indika Anuruddha Herath,— To ask the Minister of Home Affairs,—
(a) Will he inform this House —
(i) of the measures that have been tak...
(i) of the measures that have been taken at present to fill the existing vacancies for volunteer Grama Niladharis;
(ii) whether the government has made some arrangements in regard to the retired Grama Niladharis;
(iii) whether Grama Niladharis who work on Divisional Secretariat Division basis can be transferred (whether divisions assigned to them can be changed); and
(iv) of the number of years for which a Grama Niladhari can serve in a particular division?
(b) If not, why?
1731/’17
Hon. Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana,— To ask the Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development,—
(a) Is he aware that—
(...
(i) a project of dredging Batticaloa lagoon closer to the sand Bar had taken place in 1980; and
(ii) this project was stopped half-way due to terrorist activities?
(b) Is he also aware that the outcome of this project will have the following benefits—
(i) there will not be annual closing of the mouth that connects the sea and lagoon;
(ii) lagoon fishermen will have the fishing benefits throughout the year;
(iii) deep sea fishing boats and trawlers will have easy access to lagoon for anchoring;
(iv) paddy fields will not be damaged during floods as the flood water will be quickly drawn to the sea; and
(v) flood water will easily be drawn to the sea minimizing flood relief efforts to be undertaken by the government?
(c) Will he inform this House—
(i) whether action will be taken to re-commence this project; and
(ii) if so, when?
(d) If not, why?
1732/’17
Hon. Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana,— To ask the Minister of Education,—
(i) the number ...
(i) the number of Muslim schools under each Educational zones in the Northern and Eastern provinces;
(ii) names of Assistant Directors of Education (Islam) of above zones who supervise teaching of Islam, Islamic Studies and Arabic;
(iii) names of Education zones which do not have ADE (Islam);
(iv) supervisors assigned to supervise the teaching of above subjects in these zones;
(b) Is he aware that—
(i) only two vacancies for Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service (Special cadre-Islam) were depicted in the gazette notification;
(ii) religious education is compulsory in the Curriculum;
(iii) non-supervision of Islam will have an adverse effect on the religious education of Muslim students;
(c) Will he also inform this House—
(i) whether action will be taken to increase the cadre of SLEAS (Special grade - Islam); and
(ii) if not, whether action will be taken to appoint ADE (Islam) on acting basis?
(iii) if so, when?
1734/’17
(i) a question was raised on 0...
(i) a question was raised on 02.12.2016 regarding 41 teacher trainees posted to Vanni district from Teachers Colleges without conducting the final examination;
(ii) the State Minister in his reply assured to take necessary action and give a reply again, but the issue has not been rectified yet;
(iii) these teachers could not sit for the final examination due to not conducting the final examination by the Ministry immediately after the training; and
(iv) it will be a violation of the fundamental rights of these teachers by giving them a separate effective date for their appointments, who sat for the final examination with their junior batch?
(b) Will he inform this House—
(i) whether same effective date be given for appointments of those 41 teachers; and
(ii) whether it is wrong to use the terminology “Teacher Trainee” while undergoing training in the teachers’ colleges prior to become trained teachers?
1712/’17
Hon. Vasudeva Nanayakkara,—To ask the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine,—
...
(i) how many dengue patients have been admitted to the Kinniya hospital in the year 2017 up to now;
(ii) how many of them died while being under treatment;
(iii) is there a serious shortage of doctors, staff, beds and space in the Kinniya hospital as a result of the dengue epidemic;
(iv) of the steps will be taken to relieve this situation; and
(v) the fact that the shortage of doctors in the Kinniya hospital compelling the transfer of patients to the Trincomalee hospital?
1707/’17
Hon. Vidura Wickramanayaka,— To ask the Minister Industry and Commerce,—
(i) the loan scheme named SMILE III was impl...
(i) the loan scheme named SMILE III was implemented for the small and medium scale industries and micro industries on a concessionary interest rate and with a two years grace period in order to empower entrepreneurs;
(ii) the Project Director published newspaper advertisements on 10th July 2016 and gave publicity regarding granting loans;
(iii) eventhough ten commercial banks came forward to grant loans under this scheme and nearly five thousand applicants applied for those loans, granting of loans has now been stalled;
(iv) eventhough most entrepreneurs have completed the signing of deeds of security and deeds of mortgage by making the preliminary expenses, loans have not been granted; and
(v) this situation has resulted in improving businesses and emerging businesses being stalled while being a blow to the national economy?
(b) Will he inform this House as to why people were inconvenienced by publishing newspaper advertisements on 10.07.2016, if granting of loans is not possible?
1703/’17
Hon. (Dr.) Nalinda Jayathissa,—To ask the Minister of Law and Order and Southern Development,—
(i)...
(i) whether certain parts of Waseem Thajudeen’s corpse have been discovered in Nevil Fernando Hospital, Malambe or in SAITM;
(ii) if so, of the date on which the said parts were discovered;
(iii) whether authorization has been obtained to take away the aforesaid parts of the corpse from the General Hospital Colombo and to keep those in the said location;
(iv) if not, of the legal measures taken with pertinence to that matter?
1698/’17
Hon. Thushara Indunil Amarasena,—To ask the Minister of Lands and Parliamentary Reforms,—
(a) Will he admit that—
(i) t...
(i) the government has taken a policy decision to grant title deeds to the persons who have resided in state lands for a period of more than 10 years; and
(ii) the aforesaid fact was reconfirmed by the policy document of the government on Mid-Term Economic Vision, which was declared by the Prime-Minister on 27.10.2016?
(i) the steps taken to put the aforesaid policy into action;
(ii) the number of allotments of land for which title deeds were granted after 08.01.2015;
(iii) the number of allotments of land that has been identified by now each Divisional Secretariat Division in each District to grant title deeds, separately;
(iv) the number of allotments of land in each Divisional Secretariat Division in each District, for which plans have been prepared by the government, out of the allotments of land mentioned in (iii) above, separately;
(v) whether he admits the fact that there is a huge delay in the implementation of the aforesaid project which is highly important to the national economy; and
(vi) if so, the steps that will be taken to make the aforesaid programme of work successful?
(c) If not, why ?
1696/’17
Hon. Bimal Rathnayake,— To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs,—
(i)&n...
(i) whether the land and the house used by Mr. Rohana Wijeweera, which is situated in Ulapane area in Kandy District is used by the government for some activity at present;
(ii) if so, whether it is after paying some amount of money as compensation to his family or any other institution that the aforesaid land and the house have been acquired for an activity of the government;
(iii) if so, the amount of compensation paid along with the date on which it was paid; and
(iv) if not, the basis on which the aforesaid land and the house have been acquired by the government along with the basis on which it is being used at present?
1695/’17
Hon. Mohamed Navavi,— To ask the Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government,—
(a) Will he state this House —
(i) ...
(i) whether the Kalpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha in Puttalam District has given approval to set up a Children’s Park in Norochcholai village in year 2013; and
(ii) if so, whether such a Children’s Park has been set up?
(i) the amount of funds received for the purpose; and
(ii) who has received that amount of funds?
1694/’17
Hon. Imran Maharoof,— To ask the Minister of Industry and Commerce,—
(i) the approved cadre of the Lanka Min...
(i) the approved cadre of the Lanka Mineral Sands Limited in Pulmudei;
(ii) the number of employees in that company at present;
(iii) the profit earned by this company in the previous year;
(iv) the divisions that are operative under this company; and
(v) separately, the number of employees who are serving in each of the aforesaid divisions?
(i) the number of newly recruited employees to the company; and
(ii) the scheme of recruitment that was followed to recruit those employees?
1689/’17
Hon. Douglas Devananda,—To ask the Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development,—
(a) Is he aware that —
(i)&...
(i) 14 families are still living in a highly vulnerable situation in the lower division of the Wogen estate in Mathugama after the land slide which occurred there in the year 2014;
(ii) the National Building Research Organization has instructed the management of the estate in June 2014 that the houses of the aforesaid people should be removed from that place;
(iii) providing optional lands has been delayed due to the clash between these people and the management over the allocation of optional lands; and
(iv) 21 families have been living in the Iluppuwatta division of the Delkith estate in Agalawatta for the last 2 years , in which a similar landslide risk is prevalent?
(b) Will he inform this House —
(i) whether steps will be taken to commence some housing project for the people who have undergone much strain and encountered threat to their lives as is mentioned above; and
(ii) if so , the current progress of it?
If not, why?
1691/’17
Hon. Douglas Devananda,—To ask the Minister of Agriculture,—
(i) the farmers paid Rs. 150/- for paddy field insurance...
(i) the farmers paid Rs. 150/- for paddy field insurance on each 50 kilogrammes pack of fertilizer when fertilizer was provided to farmers involved in paddy cultivation at concessionary rates during the previous government;
(ii) the farmers who subscribed to that scheme, received compensation easily when there were destroyed;
(iii) the scheme of charging that insurance premium is not functional at present;
(iv) there have been delays in paying compensation to formers when paddy cultivations were destroyed owing to rapidly changing whether conditions experienced recently?
(i) whether there is a system to pay compensation to farmers who get affected in the manner stated above;
(ii) whether there is a possibility of implementing a scheme similar to that of the paddy field insurance scheme that prevailed in the past?
1686/’17
(i) names of all the ...
(i) names of all the National Schools in Batticaloa District;
(ii) number of students in each national school, grade-wise;
(iii) number of available teachers category-wise in each national school;
(iv) approved cadre of teachers, subject-wise in each national school;
(v) number of teacher vacancies, category-wise in each national school;
(vi) names of the subjects for which teacher vacancies exist in each national school; and
(vii) names of national schools which have been provided with facilities such as technical laboratories and language laboratories?
(b) Will he also inform this House of the—
(i) steps that have been taken by the Ministry of Education to fill these vacancies; and
(ii) date on which the aforesaid vacancy will be filled?
1685/’17
Hon. M.H.M. Salman,—To ask the Minister of Home Affairs,—
(i) the date on which the Lahugala Divisional Sec...
(i) the date on which the Lahugala Divisional Secretariat Division in Ampara District was established;
(ii) whether a copy of the Gazette Notification issued in that regard will be tabled in this House;
(iii) the total extent of land coming under the aforesaid Divisional Secretariat Division;
(iv) the number of Grama Niladhari Divisions in the aforesaid Divisional Secretariat Division; and
(v) the names and numbers of the aforesaid Grama Niladhari Divisions?
(i) whether an official delimitation was carried out when establishing the aforesaid Divisional Secretariat Division; and
(ii) if so, the details of it?
(c) Will he state—
(i) whether the administrative activities or management of the any Division/Divisions out of the aforesiad Grama Niladhari Divisions coming under the Divisional Secretariat mentioned above is carried out by some other Divisional Secretariats; and
(ii) if so, whether the information including the names, numbers of the aforesaid Grama Niladhari Divisions will be submitted?
1626/’17
Hon. S. C. Muthukumarana,— To ask the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine,—
(i) whether he...
(i) whether he is aware that Thambuttegama Hospital is one of the Base Hospitals in the Anuradhapura district that belong to the North Central Provincial Council; and
(ii) if so, will he admit that patients from Divisional Secretariat Divisions such as Thambuttegama, Galnewa, Rajanganaya, Thalawa, Ipalogama and Nochchiyagama in the Anuradhapura distirct, and patients from areas such as Mahawa, Galgamuwa and Meegalewa in the North Western Province get treatments from this hospital?
(i) the number of in – house patients who get treatments in the first ward/ accident ward in this hospital per day;
(ii) the number of beds in this ward;
(iii) whether he can be satisfied about the facilities provided to the patients;
(iv) whether he is aware that a new ward complex has been built for this hospital in the previous year;
(v) the reason for non completion of its work up to now; and
(vi) whether he intervenes to complete the work on the new building and declare open it?
1627/’17
Hon . Ajith Mannapperuma,— To ask the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy,—
(i) whether the reports...
(i) whether the reports carried by national newspapers to the effect that 100% of electricity requirement of Sri Lanka will be met by renewable energy sources including solar power and wind power by the year 2050 are true;
(ii) if so, the extent to which such objective is congruent with the National Energy Policy; and
(iii) the activities planned by your Ministry for the attainment of the said objective?
1629/’17
(i) the number of consu...
(i) the number of consumers who have obtained solar power electricity connections under the “ Sooriya Bala Sangramaya” Project;
(ii) the price paid per one unit of electricity added by a consumer to the Ceylon Electricity Board under the “Sooriya Bala Sangramaya” project;
(iii) the capacity of electricity expected to be added to the national grid within the next 5 years under the initial projects; and
(iv) the reason for the lackadaisical approach shown by the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy to add solar power to the national grid?
1630/’17
Hon. Ajith Mannapperuma,— To ask the Minister of Power and Renewable Energy,—
(i) wh...
(i) whether he admits that the generation of electricity from solar power is the renewable energy source with the lowest production cost in the world as of now;
(ii) if so, the measures initiated by the government for generating electricity from solar power;
(iii) the amount of electricity added to the national grid by now through the programme called “Soorya Bala Sangramaya” launched by the government on 06.09.2016?
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