Order Paper of Parliament

( ) [ Seventh Parliament -First Session] No. 232.] ORDER PAPER OF PARLIAMENT FOR Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 9.30 a.m. QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWERS 1940/’11 1. Hon. Buddhika Pathirana,— To ask the Minister of Ports and Highways,—(1) (a) Is he aware that the warehouse No. 04 that had been allocated for the storage of items of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority has been provided to an Indian company engaged in oil excavation in Mannar? (b) Will he inform this House of— (i) the reasons for providing that warehouse to the Indian company ; (ii) the basis on which it has been provided ; and (iii) the income expected through the provision of that warehouse to the Indian company? (c) If not, why? 2244/’12 2. Hon. Ravi Karunanayake,— To ask the Minister of Health,—(1) (a) Will he state for the year 2012— (i) the total cost incurred for renting buildings which are not owned by the Ministry of Health; (ii) the rate per square foot and the period of lease or rent of each building separately; (iii) the total amount spent on renting or leasing of vehicles from entities not belonged to the Ministry; (iv) the total number of vehicles rented or leased; (v) the other services outsourced by the Ministry ; (vi) the cost incurred for the aforesaid outsourced services ; (vii) the total staff strength of the Ministry; and (viii) the number of persons contracted on outsourced basis? (b) If not, why? (2) 2273/’12 3. Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara,— To ask the Minister of Education,—(1) (a) Will he state— (i) the date on which the General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) Examination was held in 2011; (ii) the date on which the results of the aforesaid examination were issued; (iii) whether the results of the aforesaid examination were issued again after invalidating the results that had been issued; and (iv) if so, the reasons for doing so? (b) Will he inform this House of — (i) the persons who are responsible for the confusion created in issuing the results of the Advanced Level Examination held in 2011; (ii) the courses of action to be taken or have been taken against them; (iii) the steps that will be taken regarding the parties who became inconvenienced as a result of being disappointed by the revision of the exam results; and (iv) the courses of action that will be taken to prevent the creation of confusing situations regarding examination results in the future? (c) If not, why? 2291/'12 4. Hon. Sunil Handunnetti,— To ask the Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils,—(4) (a) Will he inform this House— (i) whether a decision has been taken to change the Matron posts of pre-schools administered by Local Authorities; and (ii) if so, the reason for it ? (b) Will he state— (i) whether the administration of the pre-schools coming under the Local Authorities has been assigned to other institutions; (ii) the names of the pre-schools of which the administration has been assigned to other institutions as mentioned above; and (iii) the names of the institutions to which the administration of those pre-schools has been assigned? (3) (c) Will he admit that the decision taken not to approve new pre-school Matron posts, which has been mentioned in the letter bearing No. DMS/ D3/97/27/02 issued by the Director General of Management Services, will lead to closure of pre-schools governed by the Local Authorities ? (d) If not, why? 2334/’12 5. Hon. Sajith Premadasa,— To ask the Minister of Indigenous Medicine,—(1) (a) Is he aware that it had been proposed under the ‘Mahinda Chinthana – A vision for the future’ manifesto to introduce a pension scheme for traditional indigenous doctors ? (b) Will he inform this House— (i) whether the aforesaid pension scheme is being implemented at present; and (ii) if so, the number of beneficiaries of the aforesaid pension scheme ? (c) If not, why ? 2884/’12 6. Hon. Wasantha Aluwihare,— To ask the Minister of Co-operatives and Internal Trade,—(1) (a) Will he admit the facts that— (i) resting the financial and administrative powers of the Co-operative Societies in the elected Chairmen and the Board of Directors, lead to corruption and malpractices in administrative and financial matters of those Societies ; (ii) the Matale, Rattota Multi Purpose Co-operative Society has plunged in to a huge financial crisis owing to massive fraud and corruption that has occurred in the financial and administrative affairs of the Society within the aforesaid context; and (iii) the customers of this Co-operative Society are immensely inconvenienced owing to the inability of the Society to run its outlets and ‘Co-op’ cities due to the financial crisis ? (b) Will he state separately and in relation to Rattota Multi Purpose Co-operative Society— (i) the number of outlets and ‘Co-op’ cities, the number of functioning outlets and ‘Co-op’ cities and employees; and (ii) the number of representatives of the General Assembly that should be present at an election from the outlets, and the number of such representatives that were present at the election held on 20.03.2010 ? (4) (c) Will he also state— (i) the measures to be adopted to look into the incidents of administrative weaknesses, corruptions and malpractices taking place in the Co-operative Societies; (ii) whether a formal investigation will be conducted regarding the corrupt deals that have place in the Rattota Multi Purpose Co-operative Society ; and (iii) if so, when ? (d) If not, why ? 2916/’12 7. Hon. Ajith P. Perera,— To ask the Minister of Public Administration and Home Affairs,—(1) (a) Will he state— (i) whether a pledge has been made by the ‘Mahinda Chinthana - A vision for the future’ policy manifesto presented in 2010 to the effect that a new system through which the pension will be sent directly to the homes shall be implemented to prevent the senior citizens from facing difficulties in the process of receiving the government pension; (ii) if so, as to what the new system through which the pension will be sent directly to the homes as per the aforesaid pledge, is going to be; and (iii) if the aforesaid pledge has not been honoured, the reasons for that ? (b) If not, why ? 2954/’12 8. Hon. Akila Viraj Kariyawasam,— To ask the Minister of Health,—(1) (a) Is he aware that although United Nursing Officers’ Association has held a number of discussions with the health sector authorities regarding 15 demands, they have not been granted up to now ? (b) Will he inform this House— (i) of the demands made by the United Nursing Officers’ Association during the aforesaid discussions ; (ii) of the number of demands that have been granted out of those demands by now ; and (iii) whether action will be taken to grant the demands made by the above mentioned Nursing Officers’ Association, which would be helpful in strengthening the health sector ? (c) If not, why ? (5) NOTICE OF MOTIONS AND ORDERS OF THE DAY *a1. Appropriation Bill (2013)— (Eleventh Allotted Day)—Committee (Progress 21st November). *2. The Minister of Health,— Annual Report and Accounts of the Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital 2009,— That the Annual Report and Accounts of the Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital together with the Auditor-General’s observations prepared for the year ended 31.12.2009 under Section 30(2) of the State Industrial Corporation Act, No. 49 of 1957 and Section 14(3) of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971, which was presented on 19.10.2011 be approved. (Considered by the Consultative Committee on Health on 03.11.2011) *3. The Minister of Health,— Annual Report and Accounts of the Vijaya Kumaratunga, Memorial Hospital, Seeduwa 2008,— That the Annual Report and Accounts of the Vijaya Kumaratunga Memorial Hospital, Seeduwa together with the Auditor-General’s observations prepared for the year ended 31.12.2008 under Section 30(2) of the State Industrial Corporation Act, No. 49 of 1957 and Section 14(3) of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971, which was presented on 24.02.2011 be approved. (Considered by the Consultative Committee on Health on 05.04.2011.) *4. The Minister of Health,— Annual Report and Accounts of the Vijaya Kumaratunga, Memorial Hospital 2009,— That the Annual Report and Accounts of the Vijaya Kumaratunga Memorial Hospital together with the Auditor-General’s observations prepared for the year ended 31.12.2009 under Section 30(2) of the State Industrial Corporation Act, No. 49 of 1957 and Section 14(3) of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971, which was presented on 11.11.2011 be approved. (Considered by the Consultative Committee on Health on 19.06.2012.) *5. The Minister of Health,— Annual Report and Accounts of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation 2009,— That the Annual Report and Accounts of the State Pharmaceuticals Corporation together with the Auditor-General’s observations prepared for the year ended 31.12.2009 under Section 30(2) of the State Industrial Corporation Act, No. 49 of 1957 and Section 14(3) of the Finance Act, No. 38 of 1971, which was presented on 19.10.2011 be approved. (Considered by the Consultative Committee on Health on 03.11.2011.) (6) *6. The Minister of Health,— Annual Report and Accounts of the State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation of Sri Lanka 2010,— That the Annual Report and Accounts of the State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation of Sri Lanka together with the Auditor-General’s observations prepared for the year ended 31.12.2010 under Section 30(2) of the State Industrial Corporation Act, No. 49 of 1957 and Section 14(3) of the Finance Act, No.

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