Hon. Nishantha Perera,—To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House —
(i) whether the Land Reform Commission ha...
(i) whether the Land Reform Commission has granted lands to individuals for the establishment of factories in the Galle District;
(ii) if so, of the number of factories established on those lands upto now, in each Divisional Secretariat Division, separately; and
(iii) of the methodology followed in granting the lands referred to above?
(b) If not, why?
Hon. Chithral Fernando, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development,— (1)
(a) Will he state of the —
(i) average annual sugar dema...
(i) average annual sugar demand in Sri Lanka;
(ii) quantity of sugar that was produced in Sri Lanka in the years 2023, 2024 and from the beginning of the year 2025 up to now, separately; and
(iii) quantity of sugar that is expected to be produced in Sri Lanka and to be imported into Sri Lanka by the end of 2025, separately?
(b) Will he also state —
(i) of the types of taxes and the percentages of taxes imposed on locally produced sugar, separately;
(ii) whether he is aware that the Pelwatte and Sevanagala sugar factories of the Lanka Sugar Company (Private) Limited are currently incurring losses from sugar production;
(iii) of the number of direct and indirect jobs created in relation to the sugar industry in Sri Lanka, separately;
(iv) whether he is aware that the jobs referred to above are currently under severe risk; and
(v) of the measures that will be taken to increase sugar production in Sri Lanka and to reduce the quantity of sugar imported to Sri Lanka?
(c) If not, why?
Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri,— To ask the Minister of Energy,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware that there are petroleum storage tanks in a number of...
(i) whether he is aware that there are petroleum storage tanks in a number of cities including Polonnaruwa, Matale and Anuradhapura;
(ii) of the total number of such tanks available in Sri Lanka;
(iii) of the Ministry to which the tanks concerned belong;
(iv) of the average capacity of the tanks; and
(v) whether there is any preparation for putting the tanks to use at present?
Hon. (Dr.) (Ms.) Kaushalya Ariyarathne,— To ask the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House of the —
(i) reasons for no...
(i) reasons for not supplying adequate amount of aluminum by the government, to meet the demand of aluminum industrialists in Sri Lanka;
(ii) measures that will be taken against the export of aluminum as fake value-added products; and
(iii) measures that will be taken to protect aluminum industrialists?
Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware that thousands o...
(i) whether he is aware that thousands of acres of paddy fields in the Samanthurai and Nindavur areas get submerged when the ‘Thoppi Kuda’ major canal on the Southern Bank Main Canal maintained by the Samanthurai Irrigation Office of the Irrigation Department, overflows;
(ii) whether the Irrigation Department has allocated financial provisions necessary for the permanent reconstruction of the canal referred to above;
(iii) if so, of the amount of the financial provision concerned; and
(iv) of the time needed for completing the reconstruction work of the canal concerned?
Hon. M.S. Uthumalebbe,— To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,— (1)
(a) Is she aware that —
(i) action had been ...
(i) action had been taken to establish separate education zones for the Uhana and Pottuvil areas in the Ampara District, and that the Governor of the Eastern Province had also given his recommendations for the same; and
(ii) however, the Ministry of Education has not granted its approval for the same?
(b) Will she inform this House —
(i) if so, whether steps will be taken to establish separate education zones for the Uhana and Pottuvil areas; and
(ii) of the steps that have been taken in that regard?
Hon. Ajith Gihan,—To ask the Minister of Environment,— (1)
(a) Is he aware that —
(i) the coastal belt in the Puttalam District is severely affected by sea erosion, resu...
(i) the coastal belt in the Puttalam District is severely affected by sea erosion, resulting in the losing of land, property, and even religious statues to the sea; and
(ii) although the Department of Coast Conservation and the Department of Coastal Resources Management intervened and worked to prevent the sea erosion, adequate financial provisions have not been allocated by the previous regimes to address the issue?
(b) Will he inform this House of the measures taken to prevent sea erosion on the coastal belt of the Puttalam District?
Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy,— To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware that the post office ...
(i) whether he is aware that the post office established in the Velanai Divisional Secretariat Division of the Jaffna District is operated in a temporary building as there is no permanent building for the post office;
(ii) if so, whether steps will be taken to construct a permanent building for the said post office; and
(iii) of the time within which the said building will be constructed;
Hon. Rajeevan Jeyachandramoorthy,— To ask the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government,— (1)
(i) wheth...
(i) whether he is aware that the appointments given to graduates of foreign universities as Development Officers, during the previous government’s recruitment of Development officers have subsequently been revoked;
(ii) of the specific reasons for such revocation;
(iii) of the solution that will be given to the graduates of foreign universities aggrieved by it;
(iv) whether graduates of foreign universities will be recruited to the public sector in future without subjecting them to any injustice or discrimination;
(v) if not, of the reasons for it; and
(vi) of the solution that will be given to the persons whose appointments to the post of Development Officer were revoked, including those who had not exceeded the age limit of 45 years at the time of recruitment in 2020 but are above that age limit at present?
Hon. Mayilvaganam Jegatheeswaran,— To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)
(i) of the number of employees re...
(i) of the number of employees required to be in the cadre of a Government Regional Hospital, separately in respect of each position;
(ii) of the number of Government Regional Hospitals situated in Vavuniya, Mannar and Mullaitivu Districts, separately in respect of each district;
(iii) of the names of the hospitals referred to above;
(iv) whether nurses who have received permanent appointments in aforesaid hospitals are currently serving in the hospitals concerned;
(v) if not, of the reasons for that; and
(vi) of the solutions that will be provided regarding that?
(b) Will he also inform this House —
(i) whether the Puthukkudiyiruppu Regional Hospital of the Mullaitivu District has been upgraded to a base hospital;
(ii) if so, of the date of the upgrade; and
(iii) of the number of employees approved for the aforesaid hospital as per the classification of the hospital and, of the number of employees currently serving there, separately in respect of each position?
Hon. Stepni Fernando,— To ask the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware th...
(i) whether he is aware that a portion of the land on which the Welisara Warehouse Complex belonging to the Cooperative Wholesale Establishment is situated has been allotted for the construction of an office complex for the lawyers of the Wattala Court Complex;
(ii) of the procedure that has been followed in allotting the said portion of land;
(iii) whether he is aware that the Wattala Bar Association has leased out the said portion of land to another person to be used as a vehicle park at present;
(iv) if so, of the action that will be taken in this regard; and
(v) of the measures that will be taken regarding the said portion of land?
Hon. Chithral Fernando, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House—
(i) whether there is a po...
(i) whether there is a possibility of obtaining police officers, vehicles and other resources of the Sri Lanka Police for the security of private and commercial activities on paid basis;
(ii) if so, of the legal provisions that are applicable to it;
(iii) of the relevant procedure to be followed;
(iv) whether there is a maximum limit imposed on the provision of police officers and vehicles;
(v) of the methodology for charging money for providing the services mentioned in (i) above; and
(vi) of the revenue earned by the Sri Lanka Police from providing such services in the year 2024 and in the year 2025 up to date, separately?
(b) Will he also inform this House—
(i) of the criteria that are taken into consideration in relation to the party requesting to obtain the services mentioned in (a) (i) above; and
(ii) whether security analysis reports are called in order to determine whether there is any threat to that party?
Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri,— To ask the Minister of Environment,— (1)
(i) current wild elephant population in Sri Lanka;
...
(ii) year in which the Red Data Book was last issued;
(iii) level of threat to wild elephants in Sri Lanka according it;
(iv) number of wild elephants and people who died due to the elephant-human conflict in 2024, separately; and
(v) amount of money paid in compensation in 2024 in respect of those who lost their lives and to those who suffered property damage due to elephant-human clashes?
Hon. Sunil Rathnasiri,— To ask the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development,— (1)
(i) whether the then Mini...
(i) whether the then Ministry of Trade has invested money in the establishment of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT);
(ii) if so, of the amount of money that has thus been invested;
(iii) of the number of students studying in the institution concerned at present;
(iv) of the number of students who studied in the institution in each of the years from the years 2020 to 2024 separately;
(v) if there is any decline in that institution at present, of the steps that have been taken to prevent it; and
(vi) of the legal action that has been taken against the management of that institution, who is responsible for bringing that institution down to a loss-making position?
Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper, PC,— To ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware that c...
(i) whether he is aware that certain individuals holding dual citizenship are serving as Ambassadors and High Commissioners representing Sri Lanka;
(ii) if so, of the names of such Ambassadors and High Commissioners, their dates of appointment and other relevant details separately;
(iii) whether he is aware that appointing of individuals with dual citizenship to high-level diplomatic positions could give rise to potential conflicts of interest; and
(iv) if so, of the measures that are intended to be taken to prevent/address such conflicts of interest?
Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper, PC,— To ask the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware that the...
(i) whether he is aware that the Colombo- Batticaloa night mail train no longer provides a first-class sleeping berth facility;
(ii) if so, of the reasons for the unavailability of this facility;
(iii) whether this facility will be reintroduced; and
(iv) if not, of the reasons for it;
(i) whether he is aware that the price of a ticket for the first-class sleeping berth (non-air-conditioned) on the Colombo – Batticoloa night mail train was Rs. 5,000/- whereas the price of a ticket for a first-class sleeping berth (with air-conditioned facilities) on other routes is approximately Rs. 2,800/-;
(ii) of the rationale behind this price difference; and
(iii) of the reasons for such an apparent discriminatory treatment?
Hon. T.K. Jayasundara,— To ask the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing,— (1)
(i) of the estimated cost, the date of c...
(i) of the estimated cost, the date of commencement of the project, the amount spent so far, the number of beneficiary families, the number of families that have been provided with water up to now, and the name of the contractor/contracting firm in relation to each community water project initiated in the Galle District from 2010 to 2024 in each Divisional Secretariat Division in Galle district, separately;
(ii) of the projects that have not yet provided water facilities up to now out of the aforesaid water projects;
(iii) of the reasons for the failure of the particular projects;
(iv) of the names of the officials who were responsible for the procurement process of each of the aforesaid projects, separately; and
(v) if any acts of corruption and irregularities have occurred during the procurement process, whether action will be taken against the officers that are responsible for such acts?
Hon. Chandana Thennakoon,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)
(a) Will he state —
(i) whether he is aware that a 76-acre land belon...
(i) whether he is aware that a 76-acre land belonging to the Land Reform Commission in No. 472 Pothuwila Grama Niladhari Division of Ganewatta Divisional Secretariat Division in Kurunegala, was acquired in 1999 for a pilot project of the Ministry of Agriculture;
(ii) of the compensation, interest and the total amount paid to the Commission for aforesaid purpose, separately;
(iii) of the name of the person who made the request to acquire the land;
(iv) of the name of the person to whom the possession was handed over after the acquisition of the land;
(v) of the name of the said agricultural production pilot project concerned; and
(vi) whether he is aware that the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka has borne a large amount of capital expenditure to develop the infrastructure facilities of the project?
(i) whether he is aware that the acquired land has been given to the ‘Hiriyala Farmers Company Ltd’ on a part-time lease basis for 30 years by the Department of the Commissioner General of Lands;
(ii) of the annual lease amount payable by aforesaid company;
(iii) of the name of the chairman of aforesaid company;
(iv) whether he accepts that public money/property has been misused there; and
(v) of the steps that will be taken in this regard?
Hon. (Dr.) M.L.A.M. Hizbullah,—To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (2)
(i) whether he is aware tha...
(i) whether he is aware that people have settled in the state lands for which ‘grant documents’ or ‘land permits’ were given during the period from 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2025 out of the state lands situated in the Divisional Secretariat Division of Manmunai North in the Batticaloa District; and
(ii) if so, of total number of such people, their names and other relevant information?
Hon. (Dr.) M.L.A.M. Hizbullah,— To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware that req...
(i) whether he is aware that requests have been submitted to the Manmunai North Divisional Secretariat by landless persons during the period from 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2025 with the aim of acquiring lands;
(ii) if so, of the number of such persons and their names and the relevant details;
(iii) whether such persons have been issued with Deeds of Grant or Land Permits; and
(iv) if so, of the number of such persons along with their names and relevant details?
(i) whether he is aware that the majority of the persons who have settled down in government lands in the Manmunai North Divisional Secretariat Division have not been issued with Deeds of Grant or Land Permits so far;
(ii) if so, of the number of such persons and their names and other relevant details; and
(iii) of the reasons for not issuing Deeds of Grant or Land Permits to the aforementioned persons so far?
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