593/’18
Hon. Susantha Punchinilame,— To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs,—
(a) Will he inform this House with rele...
(a) Will he inform this House with relevance to the period from the time that former Chief of Staff of the President’s staff, Dr. I.H.K.Mahanama and Mr. P.Dissanayake,the former Chairman of the State Timber Corporation started serving in public and statutory institutions up to now—
(i) of the positions held by them;
(ii) of the periods when those positions were held;
(iii) of the institutions where they have served in such capacity; and
(iv) of the allegations were and the steps taken in that regard, if any disciplinary or other allegations have been leveled against them during the said periods of service?
(b) Will he also inform this House of the person who made the recommendations to appoint Dr. I.H.K.Mahanama to the post of Chief of Staff of the President’s Staff and Mr. P. Dissanayake to the post of Chairman of the State Timber Corporation?
(c) If not, why?
595/’18
Hon. Susantha Punchinilame,— To ask the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine,—
(a) Will he inform this House—
(...
(i) of the number of researches underway on the Kidney disease prevalent in the North Central and Eastern Provinces of which a cause has not been specifically identified by now;
(ii) of the names of the researchers and institutions that conduct those researches;
(iii) of the dates on which the conclusions of those researches are due; and
(iv) of the amount of money allocated for those researches?
(b) Will he also inform this House—
(i) of the steps that have been taken to prevent the people from afflicting with this disease, in addition to treatment given to patients with the disease;
(ii) whether a water filter known as LIFE SAVER which is said to be a product of IOCN LIFE SAVER in Britain has been introduced to this country in addition to Reverse Osmosis Plant that produce distilled water; and
(iii) whether he will explain why it cannot be used to control the spread of the kidney disease?
608/’18
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara,— To ask the Minister of Social Empowerment, —
(i) of the amount of assets owned...
(i) of the amount of assets owned by the Sumurdhi Bank at present;
(ii) of the number of Samurdhi Banks and Samurdhi General Societies throughout the island, separately; and
(iii) the amount of assets owned by all Samurdhi Societies at present?
(i) whether the Samurdhi (Divineguma) Bank will be taken over by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka as stated by the Hon. Prime Minister at the 2018 May day celebration;
(ii) whether there is any possibility of that bank which has been exempted from the control of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka under Divineguma Act, No.1 of 2013, being taken over again by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka; and
(iii) if it is to be taken over in that manner, the reasons for that?
610/’18
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara,— To ask the Minister of City Planning and Water Supply,—
(i) the government app...
(i) the government approved amount that is charged on a unit of domestic water at present;
(ii) the number of instances of water tariff revision from 2015 up to date;
(iii) whether he will mention the revised prices in relation to each such instance; and
(iv) the date when the tariff of a unit of water was revised last and the amount that way increased or decreased at that time?
(i) the profit earned by the National Water Supply and Drainage Board last year;
(ii) whether the government has decided to increase water tariff in future;
(iii) if so, the methodology of increasing water tariff; and
(iv) whether he will state the reasons if water tariff is increased?
383/’18
Hon. Mahindananda Aluthgamage,— To ask the Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development,—
(i) whether he admits that nearly 08 lakhs of Tamil workers residing in the estates have been living in 10x12 feet line rooms up to now;
(ii) of the number of houses that had been built by 31.12.2014 under the programme commenced by the previous government to provide housing for them;
(iii) of the estates and the districts where the houses mentioned in (ii) above have been built;
(iv) of the provisions allocated for this project in 2015, 2016 and 2017;
(v) of the number of houses constructed in 2015, 2016 and 2017 separately, as per each year and district;
(vi) of the number of houses provided to the people in the estate sector by the previous governments;
(vii) the time required to fully solve this housing problem; and
(viii) whether information on that arrangement will be submitted?
(b) If not, why?
242/’18
Hon. Heshan Withanage,— To ask the Minister of Industry and Commerce,—
(i) whether he ...
(i) whether he is aware that an industrial zone is established at Kuruwita, in Ratnapura District;
(ii) if so, of the date of commencement of the aforesaid industrial zone and its primary objectives;
(iii) of the factories that function in this industrial zone as at today and their names;
(iv) whether the number of the employees serving in each of these factories would be separately stated;
(v) of the names of the factories which were closed down during the aforesaid period, if any;
(vi) of the steps taken by the Ministry to further develop this industrial zone?
7/’18
...
Hon. Kanaka Herath,— To ask the Minister of Public Administration & Management and Law & Order,—
(i) whether he is aware that a large number of graduates are awaiting jobs in Sri Lanka at present;
(ii) of the number of graduates awaiting jobs in Sri Lanka at present;
(iii) if so, whether the government has arranged a programme to provide jobs to them;
(iv) whether the government would make arrangements to provide jobs to all unemployed graduates;
(v) if not, the number of graduates, the government expects to provide jobs to; and
(vi) the criteria to be adopted to make such selections?
(b) Will he also inform this House the time, the government plans to solve this pressing issue of the country expeditiously?
478/’18
Hon. S. C. Muthukumarana,—To ask the Minister of Agriculture,—
(i) whether the procedure that was followed in...
(i) whether the procedure that was followed initially be adopted again when providing the fertilizer subsidy from ‘Yala season’ of year 2018;
(ii) accordingly, the quantity of fertilizer that will be provided to farmers per acre;
(iii) whether the fertilizer subsidy provided to each type of cultivation will be limited; and
(iv) whether that fertilizer subsidy will be provided to other crops as well?
965/'18
Hon. Sunil Handunnetti,— To ask the Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports,—
(i) whether the causeway in Radapola. Paragasmankada, Wellavaya in...
(i) whether the causeway in Radapola. Paragasmankada, Wellavaya in the Moneragala district has been constructed by the Uva provincial council;
(ii) of the amount of money spent on the aforesaid causeway;
(iii) whether he is aware that a loss of Rs.1,874,952.44 has incurred as the aforesaid causeway got damaged prior to the lapse of even six months from its construction since it has not been constructed at the specific location;
(iv) whether disciplinary actions have been taken as per the recommendations of the Public Services Commission of the Uva Province against the relevant officers who have contributed to the aforesaid loss incurred by neglecting the duty and not following the instructions of Deputy Chief Secretary (Engineering Services) of the Uva Province and not acting in accordance with the estimates prepared;
(v) whether arrangements have been made to recover money from them; and
(vi) if so, of the measures taken with pertinence to the said matter?
386 /’18
Hon. K. Cader Masthan,—To ask the Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development & Hindu Religious Affairs,—
(a) Will he inform...
(a) Will he inform this House —
(i) whether he is aware that various forms of assistance was granted by local and international organizations to families in the Menik Farm transit camp in the Vavuniya District between years 2009 and 2012;
(ii) of the number of vehicles received from foreign countries and local and foreign organizations to handle matters pertaining to the aforementioned Menik Farm during the said time period;
(iii) of the make and registration numbers of the aforementioned vehicles;
(iv) of the names of persons who utilized the aforesaid vehicles during the said period; and
(v) of the names of persons who are currently using the said vehicles?
387 /’18
(a) Will he inform thi...
(i) whether he is aware that families which were evacuated during the last stages of war against terrorism were settled in the Menik Farm transit camp during 2009-2012 period;
(ii) if so, separately of the number of families residing in the said camp in each month during the aforesaid period;
(iii) of the total number of members in the aforementioned families;
(iv) of the amount allocated by the government to provide aforementioned persons with cooked meals on a daily basis; and
(v) the amount of money allocated per person a day to provide breakfast, lunch and dinner?
(b) Will he inform this House-
(i) whether the meals mentioned above were of appropriate quality in comparison with the amount of money spent;
(ii) of the contribution made by local and foreign organizations in the provision of food to the aforementioned persons;
(iii) of the complaints received about the quality of the aforementioned food and of the steps taken regarding those complaints?
513/’18
Hon Premalal Jayasekara,—To ask the Minister of Highways & Road Development,—
(a) Is he aware ...
(a) Is he aware that —
(i) work on 05 road projects in the Nivithigala electorate of the Ratnapura District commenced in December 2015 under the “iRoad” project;
(ii) work in 02 of the aforesaid projects has reached final stage while work has been suspended in 03 of the projects;
(b) Will he inform this House —
(i) of the date on which the suspended projects will re-commence;
(ii) of the deadlines set for these projects which are expected to be completed within year 2017?
491/’18
Hon. Shehan Semasinghe,— To ask the Minister of Public Administration & Management and Law & Order,—
(i) of the annual staff transfer policy of the Sri Lanka Police;
(ii) separately of the number and the names of Police OICs that received transfers from July to October, 2017 together with reasons for their transfers;
(iii) whether the aforesaid transfers are in violation of Circular 2017/01 of the National Police Commission;
(iv) if so, of the requirement that resulted in making the aforesaid transfers?
9/’18
Hon. Kanaka Herath,— To ask the Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources & Disaster Management,—
(i) whe...
(i) whether a reservoir will be built in the Holombuwa area of the Galigamuwa electorate;
(ii) of the number of ancient stupa, vihara and places of worship with historic significance that will be submerged in the waters of the said reservoir including Kotawehera of Dedigama and rock cave temple of Sthripura;
(iii) of the number and the names of villages of the Galigamuwa and Dedigama electorates that will be submerged in the waters of the said reservoir;
(iv) of the number of families that will lose their lands in the aforesaid villages;
(v) whether there is a programme to divert water to Ma-Oya by a tunnel from Holombuwa;
(vi) whether he admits that the construction of a reservoir in an area like the aforesaid area which is not prone to any natural disaster, will have immense detrimental effects on the people of the said area?
139/’18
Hon. (Mrs.) Rohini Kumari Wijerathna,—To ask the Minister of Fisheries & Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs,—
(a)&nb...
(i) of the date on which the Dambulla Dedicated Economic Centre was established;
(ii) of the names of persons running stalls in the aforementioned Economic Centre; and
(iii) of the steps that will be taken by your Ministry to resolve issues that have cropped up in the aforesaid Economic Centre and to make the administration of this Economic Centre methodical?
25/’18
Hon. Ananda Aluthgamage,— To ask the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine,—
(a) Will he inform this House&mdash...
(i) of the number of the hospitals and central dispensaries in the Kandy district that are coming under the purview of the Central Provincial Council;
(ii) of the names and the addresses of aforesaid hospitals and central dispensaries;
(iii) separately, of the number of employees of each aforesaid hospital in terms of their designations;
(iv) of the measures that have been taken and that would be taken to develop the hospitals and the dispensaries of the Kandy district by the present good governance government?
2677/’17
Hon. Janaka Bandara Tennakoon,—To ask the Minister of Ports and Shipping,—
(i) whether t...
(i) whether the 2018 budget proposal to 100% open the shipping industry to foreign companies is agreed to by;
(ii) whether measures will be taken to stop this opening as informed in a letter by the Ceylon Association of Ships Agencies to the responsible officials of the government; and
(iii) of the measures taken to prevent a monopoly of shipping companies coming into effect?
962/’18
(a)...
(ii) whether measures will be taken to stop this opening as informed in a letter by the Ceylon Association of Ships Agencies (CASA) to the responsible officials of the government; and
24/’18
(i) of the number of approved cadre as M.R.I. Examination Officers of the Kandy Hospital;
(ii) of the number of officers currently employed in the aforesaid post;
(iii) of the names of the aforementioned officers;
(iv) of the number of vacancies prevalent at present; and
(v) of the steps that will be taken by the Ministry to fill these vacancies?
Hon. Ananda Aluthgamage,— To ask the Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine,—(1)
16/’18
Hon. Ananda Aluthgamage,— To ask the Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government and Sports,—
(i) the number of preschools in the Kandy District administered by the Ministry of Provincial Councils and Local Government;
(ii) their names and addresses;
(iii) the amount of aid given by the Ministry for the development of physical and human resources of each of the said preschools; and
(iv) the measures that have been and will be taken by the Ministry for the development of preschool system of the Kandy District?
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