Dáil debates

Thursday, 7 October 2010

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.40 a.m.
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (5 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32.
• Order of Business (192 speeches, 1 comment)
  It is proposed to take No. 1, Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed) and No. 6, Biological Weapons Bill 2010 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage.
• Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health and Children, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.
• Biological Weapons Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to give further effect to the Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, Done at...
• Biological Weapons Bill 2010: Second Stage (15 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The principal purpose of this Bill is to make further provision in domestic law for the State's obligations under the 1925 Geneva Protocol and...
• Biological Weapons Bill 2010: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.
• Ceisteanna - Questions. (0 speeches)
  Garda Investigations
  • Garda Investigations (16 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform when the Garda file on the investigation into Anglo Irish Bank will be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions; when the Garda...
  • Crime Prevention (10 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the latest information available to him on the security threat posed by dissident paramilitary organisations; and if he will make a...
  • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (9 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the circumstances which resulted in a Garda file containing documentation relating to an investigation into an alleged criminal gang...
• Garda Investigations (38 speeches, 1 comment)
  Question 4: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the steps being taken to prevent family members of bank employees being taken hostage and bank employees being coerced into...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Crime Levels
  • Crime Levels (19 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to recent figures from the World Health Organisation that Ireland has the highest homicide rate of...
  • Deportation Orders (37 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of immigrants who have been the subject of a Deportation Order in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; the number of...
  • Prison Building Programme (47 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the amount of tax payers money that has been spent on plans to build a prison in Thornton Hall; and a breakdown of same [35393/10]
• Adjournment Debate Matters (1 speech)
  I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 21 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Leo Varadkar - the loss...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
• Hospital Beds (2 speeches)
  I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me to raise this important issue which relates to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown, in my constituency of Dublin West. As the Minister will, no...
  • Health Services (18 speeches)
    I regret that the Minister for Health and Children is not here to answer this matter on the Adjournment, not on my own behalf but on behalf of the young people who so desperately need answers on...
  • Preschool Services (2 speeches)
    I take this opportunity to also support Deputy Jan O'Sullivan on everything she has said on the need for beds in St. Vincent's hospital. I have also raised the issue a number of times in this...
• Cycle Paths (15 speeches)
  I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me time to debate this important issue, namely, the need for the Minister for Transport to ensure that County Longford is included in, not excluded from,...