Hon. Rohitha Abeygunawardhana,—To ask the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House of the —
(i) number of Depots tha...
(i) number of Depots that belong to the Sri Lanka Transport Board;
(ii) Depots that make profits and the Depots that incur losses out of those referred to above, separately;
(iii) measures to be adopted in regard to the Depots that incur losses;
(iv) number of buses owned by the Board;
(v) number of those buses that are currently deployed in running operations and the number of buses that have been removed from the fleet out of the number of buses referred to above, separately;
(vi) reasons for removing the buses from the fleet; and
(vii) total number of employees of the Sri Lanka Transport Board?
(b) Will he also inform this House of the —
(i) number of railway stations in Sri Lanka;
(ii) number of trains that are currently deployed in running operations and the number of trains that have been removed from the fleet, separately;
(iii) reasons for removing trains from the fleet;
(iv) number of new trains that are currently deployed in running operations;
(v) total number of employees of the Department of Railways; and
(vi) number of casual employees and the number of permanent employees of that Department, separately?
(c) If not, why?
Hon. S.M. Marikkar,— To ask the Minister of Justice and National Integration,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House —
(i) whether he is aware that the mosque which had exis...
(i) whether he is aware that the mosque which had existed in the Mahara Prison premises for a long time has not been functioning since 2019;
(ii) of the reasons for that; and
(iii) whether it is possible to provide the permission and facilities necessary to resume the functions of the mosque concerned?
(b) If not, why?
Hon. M. Nizam Kariapper, PC,—To ask the Minister of Defence,— (1)
(a) Is he aware that —
(i) a ban was imposed in May 2021 under the directive of the then Secretary to t...
(i) a ban was imposed in May 2021 under the directive of the then Secretary to the Ministry of Defence restricting the import of Islamic religious books into Sri Lanka, except those approved by the Ministry of Defence;
(ii) this ban has caused delays of several months in the release of imported copies of the Quran, even within the past year; and
(iii) this discriminatory ban has caused severe hardships to importers of Islamic books due to prolonged delays in releasing Islamic religious books?
(b) Will he inform this House whether the government take immediate steps to lift/remove the aforementioned ban/restrictions?
Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House—
(i) whether he is aware that...
(i) whether he is aware that a community water project called ‘Kurakkanhenegedara Drinking Water Project’ has been started in Katupotha in the Kurunegala District;
(ii) of the amount spent on the initial activities of the aforesaid project;
(iii) of the present progress of the aforesaid project;
(iv) whether he is aware that the aforesaid project was implemented so that the hospital located in that area and people belonging to more than 700 family units in the areas of Kurakkanhenegedara, Sapumalpuraya, Dangolla and Katupotha are covered by the project;
(v) of the reasons for the aforesaid project to come to a standstill by now;
(vi) whether steps will be taken to fulfill the drinking water requirement of the people in the above-mentioned areas by expeditiously implementing the aforesaid project; and
(vii) if so, of the date on which the aforesaid project will resume?
Hon. Asitha Niroshana Egoda Vithana,—To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation,— (1)
(a) Will he state whether parcels of land have been released to the Dharmayathana Protecti...
(a) Will he state whether parcels of land have been released to the Dharmayathana Protection Council Limited and other parties from the land located in Kothalawala Grama Niladhari Division in Kaduwela which belonged to the Land Reform Commission, on which ‘Silk Factory’ had existed;
(b) Will he state of the number of plots of land —
(i) alienated for residential purposes out of the remaining part of the land apart from those released as aforesaid;
(ii) set aside for roads and reservations;
(iii) set aside for common purposes; and
(iv) extent of each such plot in terms of units of measurements used in land survey?
(c) Will he further state —
(i) of the basis and time of alienating the lands referred to in (b) above;
(ii) of the value of a perch of the land at that time and at present, separately;
(iii) whether he will present the cadastral plan in which the plots of land mentioned in (b) (ii) above have been demarcated; and
(iv) of the purposes for which the plots of land available for common purposes are used at present?
(d) If not, why?
Hon. Kaveenthiran Kodeeswaran,—To ask the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government,— (1)
(a) Is he aware that—
(i) Kalmunai North, whi...
(i) Kalmunai North, which was established as an Assistant Government Agent Division in 1989, has been upgraded as a Divisional Secretariat Division with the Cabinet Approval dated 28.09.1993 given based on the Cabinet Memoranda No. 93/600/034 dated 17.03.1993 and No. 93/600/034(I) dated 31.03.1993 and the Cabinet Sub-Committee report dated 09.07.1993 ;
(ii) it has been functioning as an independent Divisional Secretariat for more than 34 years accordingly; and
(iii) that there are attempts to downgrade the Kalmunai-North Divisional Secretariat Division (Tamil Division) to the level of a sub-office of the Kalmunai-South Divisional Secretariat Division?
(b) Will he inform this House—
(i) whether a cabinet decision has been taken to downgrade the divisional secretariat division mentioned in (a)(iii) above;
(ii) if so, whether he will submit the said Cabinet Paper;
(iii) if not, the basis for the decision regarding such downgrading;
(iv) whether a Ministry Secretary/Government official is vested with the authority to override a Cabinet decision and downgrade a divisional secretariat division into the level of a sub-office; and
(v) if so, of the legal basis of such a measure?
Hon. (Mrs.) Nilanthi Kottahachchi, Attorney at Law,—To ask the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs,— (1)
(i) whether th...
(i) whether there is a Police Mounted Division in Sri Lanka Police;
(ii) if so, of the number of horses in the possession of that division at present; and
(iii) of the numbers of horses according to the age categories, separately?
(b) Will he also inform this House—
(i) whether tenders have been called under the number: LA/SJ/300/2024 to import 15 live horses to the Police Mounted Division;
(ii) if so, of the number of tenders presented;
(iii) of the supplier who has been selected to import those horses; and
(iv) of the amount to be spent to import those 15 horses as per the above tender?
Hon. Lal Premanath,—To ask the Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware that a cess is levied on...
(i) whether he is aware that a cess is levied on finished tea exported from Sri Lanka;
(ii) of the amount cess levy that is imposed upon one kilogram of tea at present;
(iii) of the income that was earned through the imposition of the cess during the year 2024;
(iv) of the amounts that have been given to the Sri Lanka Tea Board, the Tea Small Holdings Development Authority and the Tea Research Institute from that income separately; and
(v) whether he will present a report on how each of the aforementioned institute has spent those amounts of money?
Hon. Ajith Gihan,— To ask the Minister of Plantation and Community Infrastructure,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware that sand was extra...
(i) whether he is aware that sand was extracted from lands belonging to Chilaw Plantations Limited during the recent past and sold;
(ii) if so, what were the objectives of selling this sand was; and
(iii) of the measures that have been taken regarding this course of action, which is also environmentally harmful?
(i) of the annual income earned from the coconut estates of the aforementioned company;
(ii) whether he is aware that previous governments had been engaged in handing over the coconut estates of the aforementioned company to Amul Company in India;
(iii) what its present status is;
(iv) of the reasons for the decline in coconut yield in the coconut estates of the aforementioned company; and
(v) of the measures that will be taken to increase the coconut yield in those estates?
Hon. Ajith Gihan,—To ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism,— (1)
(i) whether he is aware that a large number...
(i) whether he is aware that a large number of people from Puttalam District work in Italy and that the inability to get their driving licenses renewed has become a major issue for them;
(ii) if so, of the steps that will be taken in that regard;
(iii) whether he is aware that Sri Lankan workers engaged in foreign employment are subjected to inhuman torture;
(iv) if so, of the steps that will be taken in that regard;
(v) of the measures that will be taken to enforce the law against institutions/individuals who have swindled money by making promises to provide foreign employment; and
(vi) of the measures that will be taken to recover the money so swindled?
Hon. Imran Maharoof,—To ask the Minister of Energy,— (1)
(i) of the number of hours for which power supply had been disconnected in the Ki...
(i) of the number of hours for which power supply had been disconnected in the Kinniya CEB Consumer Service Center area from 01.01.2023 to 20.12.2024, separately for each area;
(ii) whether he accepts that the public in these areas including the students studying online and people engaged in their jobs were severely inconvenienced due to the disconnections referred to above;
(iii) whether he is aware that disconnecting the power supply to this area occurs frequently;
(iv) if so, the reasons for the frequent power outages referred to above; and
(v) whether remedial measures have been taken regarding the matter so far?
(i) whether he accepts that there is a mechanism of issuing the monthly electricity bill via SMS instead of the printed electricity bill;
(ii) whether he accepts that the system in question causes significant inconvenience for elderly citizens as well as those without smartphones; and.
(iii) if so, whether he will take action to issue the printed electricity bill instead, as per the previous practice?
Hon. Dewananda Suraweera,— To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House whether —
(i) he is aware that the case No. SC FR 55/2...
(i) he is aware that the case No. SC FR 55/2019 dated 13th February 2019 filed before the Supreme Court by petitioner Muthuthanthrige Nilanka Dilshan Cooray and four other petitioners against the Ministry of Health has been settled before the said parties;
(ii) the 1st petitioner has been admitted to study the Ayurveda Shastri course in the year 2019, as per the settlement concerned;
(iii) the petitioners numbers 2 to 5 have taken and completed their examinations; and
(iv) steps have been taken as of now by the Department of Ayurveda to commence the Ayurveda Shastri course?
Hon. Dewananda Suraweera,— To ask the Minister of Urban Development, Construction and Housing,—(1)
(i) whether a group of businessm...
(i) whether a group of businessmen who were conducting business at Olcott Mawatha, Colombo-11 have been removed from their business premises and given shops at the place called "Floating Market";
(ii) whether he is aware that the said shops have now become unsuccessful due to insufficient sale;
(iii) whether he is aware that the above-mentioned businessmen are demanding that their previous business premises be restored to them;
(iv) if so, whether it is possible to restore the previous business premises to them; and
(v) what steps have been taken so far to improve the "floating market"?
Hon. (Dr.) Pathmanathan Sathiyalingam,— To ask the Minister of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government,— (1)
(a) Will he accept that—
(i) ...
(i) the pension of the pensioners who were retired from 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2019 was revised along with the operation of the salary scales specified in Public Administration Circular No. 03/2016 in full, from 01.01.2020, accordingly;
(ii) the Public Administration Circular No. 35/2019 has been issued as per the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers dated 11.11.2019 ;
(iii) the Cabinet of Ministers decided to suspend it temporarily on 02.01.2020; and
(iv) because of that, the pensioners who were retired from 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2019 are aggrieved on account of losing the pension that they should have received from 01.01.2020?
(b) Will he state —
(i) whether steps will taken to enforce the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers dated 11.11.2019 by having the decision dated 02.01.2020 cancelled;
(ii) whether steps will taken to pay the pension receivable from 01.01.2020 from the year 2025;
(iii) if so, the sum of money should be allocated for that in 2025;
(iv) of the number of aggrieved persons as per (a)(iv) above; and
(v) of the number of deceased persons out of the above number?
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Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,—To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,— (1)
(a) Will she separately inform this House of t...
(a) Will she separately inform this House of the number of —
(i) grade one students admitted annually to government and private schools;
(ii) students admitted as per (i) above over the last five years;
(iii) school and private students who sat for and passed the G.C.E. (O/L) and G.C.E. (A/L) examination in the past three years; and
(iv) students who qualified for and gained admission to government universities from the above G.C.E. (A/L) candidates?
(b) Will she also inform this House of the —
(i) steps taken for students who qualified for university admission but did not secure entry;
(ii) number of such students who enrolled in private universities in Sri Lanka;
(iii) number of students went overseas for higher education and annual estimated cost in SLR and USD for students studying at foreign universities over the past five years, separately; and
(iv) total allocation for education and its percentage of Gross Domestic Product over the past five years, separately?
Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake,— To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,—(1)
(a) Will she inform this House —
...
(i) of the number of vehicles assigned to the members of the Government party of the Tenth Parliament;
(ii) of the basis on which those vehicles have been provided;
(iii) whether those vehicles have been provided by the Presidential Secretariat;
(iv) if not, of the institutions that have provided them;
(v) whether government drivers have been provided for those vehicles;
(vi) of the institutions that provide fuel, maintenance costs and periodic services for those vehicles;
(vii) of the amount of money spent monthly on those vehicles?
Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake,—To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,— (1)
(i)&n...
(i) whether she is aware that government teachers have been attached to national schools from provincial council schools;
(ii) whether it has been decided not to extend the period for which those teachers have been attached to; and
(iii) as to how will the vacancies arising in national schools for teachers be balanced due to the said non-extension?
Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake,—To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)
(i) whether a disciplinary inquiry had been conducted...
(i) whether a disciplinary inquiry had been conducted in respect of Dr. Anil Jasinghe, Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Mass Media;
(ii) whether the Auditor General had conducted an audit inquiry about him;
(iii) whether the Auditor General’s inquiry had been concluded by the time Dr. Jasinghe was appointed as the Secretary to the Ministry of Health and Mass Media;
(iv) whether Dr. Jasinghe had been acquitted at the inquiry concerned;
(v) does he accept that Dr. Jasinghe had been subjected to an audit inquiry involving Rs. 2.9 million relating to the period in which he had been functioning as the Director General of Health Services?
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,— To ask the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development,— (1)
(i) of the name of the&n...
(i) of the name of the present Registrar of Companies;
(ii) of the names of individuals who have held the post of Registrar of Companies from 2015 to 2024;
(iii) of the total number of companies incorporated by the Department of Registrar of Companies to date;
(iv) of the number of companies incorporated in each of the following years, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 up to date, separately;
(v) of the average time taken to incorporate a company;
(vi) of the total revenue earned by the department from incorporation of companies as per (iii) above;
(vii) of the number of active companies currently operating as per (iii) above; and
(viii) whether the Department of Registrar of Companies has been fully automated?
Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,—To ask the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House, separately of the —
(i) number of ships...
(i) number of ships arrived at each terminal owned by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and private companies from 2015 to date;
(ii) number of containers handled by each of those terminals during the same period;
(iii) operational profit of each of those terminals for the same period;
(iv) income and profit earned by the Authority for the same period; and
(v) efficiency of the each of the terminals mentioned in the no. (i) above by means of number of containers handled per hour by each of those terminals?
(b) Will he also inform this House, separately of the —
(i) total number of containers and General Cargo (in Tons) handled in Sri Lanka from 2020 to 2024;
(ii) projected number of containers and General Cargo (in Tons) to be handled over the next ten years; and
(iii) Sri Lanka’s world ranking in container handling over the past 5 years?
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