Dáil debates
Thursday, 16 December 2010
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (3 speeches)
Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a notice under Standing Order 32. I call on Deputy Finian McGrath.
- Order of Business (175 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 9d, motions re Standing Orders 39, 116 and 117; Nos. 10 - 28, inclusive, motions re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of taxation agreements - back from committee;...
- Council of Europe: Irish Representation at Parliamentary Assembly (1 speech)
I wish to inform the House that the following persons have been selected and nominated as representatives and alternates from Ireland to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe until...
- An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht 2010: An Chéad Chéim (0 speeches)
- Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2010: First Stage (5 speeches)
Tairgim: Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a Leasú. I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution. Ba...
- Climate Change Bill 2010: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to set a target for the year 2050 for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions; to establish the Department of the Taoiseach as...
- Residential Tenancies (Deposit Retention Schemes) Bill 2010: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the making of arrangements for securing that one or more tenancy deposit schemes are available for the purpose of...
- Standing Orders: Motion (1 speech)
I move: (i) That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders and the Resolution of the Dáil of 3rd July, 2007, with effect from January, 2011 and until further notice in the 30th Dáil, the...
- Taxation Agreements: Motions (19 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Double Taxation Relief (Taxes on Income) (Malaysia) Order 2010, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 19th November,...
- Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations: Motion (3 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund (No. 2) Regulations 2010, a copy of which Order in draft was laid before Dáil Éireann on 7th...
- Appropriation Bill 2010: Second and Subsequent Stages (2 speeches)
In accordance with the Order of the House today, I must put the following question: "That the Bill is hereby read a Second Time, that sections 1 to 4, inclusive, Schedules 1 and 2 and the Title...
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (9 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In moving this legislation in the Dáil, I acknowledge the general support accorded to the Bill during its passage through all Stages in the...
- Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 speeches)
Sections 1 and 2 agreed to.
- Student Support Bill 2008: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Student Support Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (103 speeches)
I move amendment No. 1: In page 6, line 2, to delete "vocational education committee" and substitute "Payments and Entitlements Service".
- Carbon Budget: Statements (10 speeches)
It is a privilege to present the fourth annual carbon budget to the House. Since this annual carbon budgetary process began three years ago, it has continued to evolve, increasing interest and...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
FÁS Training Programmes
- FÁS Training Programmes (10 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she first became aware of the need to review all FÁS courses across the country; the outcome of the investigation to...
- School Patronage (10 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if the way in which the patronage of the second post-primary school in Gorey, County Wexford was decided, will now be used...
- Literacy Levels (23 speeches)
Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that literacy levels in Ireland have dropped more significantly than any other OECD country...
- Higher Education Grants (7 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that will be impacted by the change to the student grant criteria; the number of students who will...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
Departmental Expenditure
- Departmental Expenditure (27 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to take any action on foot of the recently published Comptroller and Auditor General Report on Education...
- Higher Education Grants (9 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of mature students that will be impacted by the change to the student grant criteria; her views on whether this...
- Third Level Education (12 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when the Colin Hunt report on the future of the third level sector will to be published; and if she will make a statement...
- Departmental Expenditure (9 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of the reductions in education spending, announced in the recent budget that came from each of the following...
- School Staffing (8 speeches, 2 comments)
Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason she is seeking a 5% reduction in the pay terms upon which school secretaries and caretakers are employed; her...
- Teaching Qualifications (10 speeches)
Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she has held discussions with the Teaching Council with regard to the Education (Amendment) Bill; and if she will make...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has completed its consideration of the Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010 and has made...
- 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 James Bannon - the need...
- Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
School Accommodation
- School Accommodation (2 speeches)
I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise this matter once again. It seems to be my perennial issue. This is the 14th year Gaelscoil Bharra, Cabra, has been based in prefabs. Those...
- Home Tuition Grants (3 speeches)
This Adjournment matter concerns a simple breakdown in the operation of the Department of Education and Skill's bureaucracy. It concerns a 16-year-old boy who is unable to attend school as he...
- Schools Building Programme (2 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this important matter. St. Joseph's secondary school in Tulla, County Clare, has had difficulties with its accommodation...
- Funding for The Heritage Council (6 speeches)
I am sorry to have to beg the indulgence of the House to raise the important matter of a massive reduction in expenditure for the Heritage Council in 2011. The cuts published in the budget for...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010 and the Criminal Law (Insanity) Bill 2010, without amendment.
