Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha,— To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House,—
(i) of the amount of financial and non-financial assista...
(i) of the amount of financial and non-financial assistance received by the Ministry of Health and the institutes under it from the year 2015 until now, separately for each year;
(ii) whether he is aware that the above assistance has not been accounted correctly according to the report of the National Audit Office; and
(iii) if so, of the actions that will be taken regarding the matter?
(b) If not, why?
Hon. Nalin Bandara Jayamaha,—To ask the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House of the —
(i) number of investment proj...
(i) number of investment projects carried out by China in Sri Lanka from 2015 up to now, along with the name of each such investment project, the value of the investment, and the number of direct and indirect jobs generated, for each year separately; and
(ii) steps that will be taken to attract more Chinese investments to Sri Lanka?
210/2024
Hon. Rohana Bandara,—To ask the Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs,— (1)
(i) n...
(i) number of sites of archaeological value that have been identified in Sri Lanka as of now;
(ii) names of those sites; and
(iii) measures that have been taken to protect the objects of archaeological value found at these sites?
(i) approved cadre and ...
(i) approved cadre and the number of vacancies currently available for each position separately at the Department of Archaeology;
(ii) measures that will be taken to fill the above-mentioned vacancies; and
(iii) measures that will be taken to equip the Department of Archaeology with the necessary resources?
Hon. Rohana Bandara,— To ask the Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House —
(i) of the number of existing vacancies in t...
(i) of the number of existing vacancies in the Sri Lanka Police at present for each position, separately;
(ii) whether he is aware that the promotion process in the Sri Lanka Police is processing slowly;
(iii) of the steps that will be taken to expedite the promotion process; and
(iv) of the steps that will be taken to increase the salaries and improve the welfare facilities of Police officers?
Hon. Rohana Bandara,—To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,— (1)
(a) Will she inform this House of the —
(i) num...
(i) number of government schools functioning in Sri Lanka;
(ii) number of schools that teach Technology as a subject among the said schools; and
(iii) measures that are being taken to teach Technology in other schools as it is a highly important subject?
Hon. Rohana Bandara,— To ask the Minister of Justice and National Integration,— (1)
(i) number of prisons existing in Sri Lanka at...
(i) number of prisons existing in Sri Lanka at present;
(ii) names of those prisons;
(iii) number of prisoners detained in each of those prisons at present, separately; and
(iv) steps that will be taken to reduce congestion prevailing in those prisons?
Hon. Rohana Bandara,— To ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment and Tourism,— (1)
(i) of the number of Sri Lankans who d...
(i) of the number of Sri Lankans who departed for seasonal employment in South Korea under the E.S. visa scheme, separately in each year from 2015 up to now;
(ii) whether he is aware that an external party has intervened in this regard at present; and
(iii) whether he accepts that the Sri Lankans seeking employment in South Korea have been inconvenienced as a result of the above situation?
Hon. Rohana Bandara,—To ask the Minister of Labour,— (1)
(i) number of active accounts in the Employees Provident Fund from 2015 t...
(i) number of active accounts in the Employees Provident Fund from 2015 to the present, separately for each year;
(ii) annual interest rate paid to the contributor in each year during that period, separately;
(iii) factors considered in determining the annual interest rate; and
(iv) measures taken to further strengthen the Employees Provident Fund?
144/2024
Hon. Dewananda Suraweera,—To ask the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation,— (1)
(i) whether he is a...
(i) whether he is aware that it has been decided to close down the organization named Maganeguma;
(ii) if so, whether he will submit a list of movable and immovable property owned by the institute;
(iii) whether any legal action has been filed against that organization;
(iv) whether a case bearing no. HC (CIVIL) 32/2023/CO is being maintained by that organization; and
(v) of the amount which has been paid in respect of the above case as of now?
145/2024
Hon. Dewananda Suraweera,—To ask the Minister of Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development,— (1)
(i) of...
(i) of the number of cooperative societies engaged in financial activities at present;
(ii) whether the Cooperative Rural Bank in Maharagama falls into that category;
(iii) whether he is aware that depositors have not been able withdraw their money because of irregularities on the part of the Chairs and the Board of Directors of the Maharagama Cooperative Society; and
(iv) of the measures that will be taken in order to solve this problem?
Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Transport, Highways, Ports and Civil Aviation,— (1)
(i) exte...
(i) extent of the lands that has been allocated / acquired to construct the proposed domestic airport in Maberiyatenna in the Medadumbara Divisional Secretariat Division in Kandy District;
(ii) extent of the government plantations and private plantations situated among the lands concerned;
(iii) number of private residences, factories, estate schools and institutions that provide public services in the lands mentioned in (i) above;
(iv) names and addresses of each of those who have been identified as losing their private residences when the lands are acquired for that project, separately; and
(v) policy decisions and the alternative measures that have been taken to resettle the people who lose their houses?
Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)
(i)&nbs...
(i) number of bodies cremated following the government's decision to dispose the bodies of persons who died of COVID-19 infection by cremation;
(ii) name, gender, race, religion, name of the next of kin, address, date, and place of cremation of each deceased person, separately; and
(iii) death certificate number, the date of registration of death and the relevant district for each of the aforementioned deceased, separately?
130/2024
(a) Will he inform this House, separately of the&m...
(a) Will he inform this House, separately of the—
(i) total number of Rapid Antigen Tests and the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests for COVID-19 performed by the government and private sector in Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022; and
(ii) names of the registered local agents for each of the aforesaid tests with the National Medicines Regulatory Authority (NMRA);
(b) Will he also inform this House, separately of the—
(i) unit cost incurred by the government for Rapid Antigen Tests and the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test of the above (a) (i); and
(ii) total cost for the above Tests incurred by the government?
(c) If not, why?
131/2024
Hon. Chithral Fernando, Attorney at Law,—To ask the Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House of the&mdas...
(a) Will he inform this House of the—
(i) number of national schools situated within the Puttalam District;
(ii) number of educational zones within the District concerned;
(iii) number of vacancies exist for teachers within each of the educational zones concerned in respect of each subject separately; and
(iv) measures that will be taken to give a permanent solution to the scarcity of teachers prevailing in the Puttalam District
132/2024
Hon. Chithral Fernando, Attorney at Law,—To ask the Minister of Health and Mass Media,— (1)
(i) number of governm...
(i) number of government hospitals located in the Puttalam District;
(ii) number of vacancies exist in each of the posts of medical officer and nurse and in paramedical services, separately in each of those hospitals;
(iii) measures that will be taken to fill those vacancies; and
(iv) measures that will be taken to further improve the hospital system in the Puttalam District?
Hon. Chithral Fernando, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Justice and National Integration,— (2)
(i) number of civil cases that are pe...
(i) number of civil cases that are pending before courts within the judicial system of Sri Lanka for over five years and for over ten years, separately; and
(ii) measures that will be taken to prevent the delay in ending cases?
Hon. Chithral Fernando, Attorney at Law,— To ask the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,— (1)
(a) Will he inform this House—
(i) of the date on which...
(i) of the date on which the agreement between the government of Sri Lanka and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was inked;
(ii) whether he is aware of the immense pressure that has been exerted on the people due to the terms of the agreement;
(iii) whether the said agreement will be amended giving them some relief; and
(iv) if so, of the measures that will be taken in that regard?
126/2024
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney at Law,—To ask the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,— (1)
...
(i) total amount of loans that Sri Lanka has obtained from the International Monetary Fund during the period from 01.01.2024 to 21.09.2024;
(ii) total amount of loans that Sri Lanka has obtained from the International Monetary Fund during the period from 21.09.2024 to date;
(iii) number of occasions on which the amount of loans referred to in (ii) above were obtained;
(iv) purpose for which the said loans were obtained;
(v) interest rate that is charged on those loans; and
(vi) date on which the repayment of the loan installments of those loans should be commenced and the date on which the loans be completely paid off, separately?
(i) of the value of ...
(i) of the value of the currency notes printed and coins minted after the Presidential Election held in the year 2024 up until now in Sri Lankan Rupees;
(ii) of the number of times it has been done;
(iii) of the denominations of the currency notes and the coins so produced and of the total values of the currency notes and coins produced, separately;
(iv) of the reasons for producing such notes and coins;
(v) by whom approval was given for producing notes and coins referred to above; and
(vi) of the purpose for which such notes and coins have been used?
(b) Will he also inform this House —
(i) whether currency notes and coins are expected to be produced in future; and
(ii) if so, of the values of such notes and coins are going to be?
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