Dáil debates

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Business of Dáil: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, questions to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government shall be taken now and conclude at 4.15 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Household Utility Charge (11 speeches)
    Question 32: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will provide further clarity on the proposed utility charge for 2012; and if this will involve the...
  • Fire Stations (6 speeches)
    Question 33: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that parts of County Offaly are now without any fire service; if...
  • Waste Management (13 speeches)
    Question 34: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will be using Mechanical Biological Treatment or Incineration to deal with the country's residual...
  • Homelessness Strategy (6 speeches)
    Question 35: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government his plans for reviewing and updating the existing homeless strategy as committed to in the Programme for...
  • Local Authority Staff (6 speeches)
    Question 36: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will remove the embargo on the filling of posts in the Local Government Service in view of the fact...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Housing Advice Services (9 speeches)
    Question 37: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government when the high level expert group on unfinished housing developments will complete its work; and the date on...
  • Local Authority Housing (76 speeches)
    Question 38: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will consider using ghost housing estates held by the National Assets Management Agency for social...
  • Proposed Legislation (4 speeches)
    Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if he will introduce equality proofing of legislation and policy initiatives that come from him. [11512/11]
  • Social and Affordable Housing (32 speeches)
    Question 43: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a procedural problem with social housing applications whereby if a person...
  • 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 Jim Daly - the...
• Leaders' Questions (17 speeches)
  Mar uachtarán Fhianna Fáil, ba mhaith liom fáilte Uí Cheallaigh a chur roimh chuairt Bhanríon na Breataine go dtí an tír seo. Gan amhras, lá stairiúil agus tábhachtach atá ann. I am...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (85 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a notice under Standing Order 32. I call on Deputy Clare Daly to state the matter.
• Report of the Standing Order 103 Select Committee: Motion (16 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: (1) notes the Report of the Standing Order 103 Select Committee on the Proposal for a Council Directive on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (COM(2011)121)...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Dublin-Monaghan Bombings: Motion (26 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, recalling the motion it adopted unanimously on 10 July 2008 which: — noted "the interim and final reports of the sub-Committee of the Joint Committee on Justice,...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  • Modern Language Teaching (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me to raise this matter on the Adjournment. In 2002 the EU set a target of becoming the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in...
  • Hospital Services (2 speeches)
    Last week I tabled a parliamentary question to the Minister for Health and Children on the construction of our new community hospital in Kenmare, County Kerry. I was disappointed with his reply,...
  • Health Services (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this issue which has been the subject of much debate and parliamentary questions in recent days. It relates to one of the...
  • Air Services (10 speeches)
    I wish to share time with Deputy Paudie Coffey.