Dáil debates

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Departmental Expenditure (8 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will identify any red line issues in his Department in terms of the forthcoming spending review. [12834/11]
  • Commemorative Events (15 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will seek from the British Government the return of any personal items or paper belonging to those who were court-martialled by the British army following...
  • Departmental Staff (29 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a progress report on the halving of the size of his Department as committed in the Programme for Government; and the steps he has taken...
  • Northern Ireland Issues (22 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will pursue the issue of the release of files held by the British Government following a failure to reach any agreement on this in his most recent meeting...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Fiscal Policy (18 speeches)
    Question 21: To ask the Minister for Finance when it will be necessary to raise funds outside of the €85 billion EU and IMF loan agreement based on the projected Exchequer deficits; and the...
  • Tax Code (7 speeches)
    Question 23: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the recovery in net financial asset values by €27.3 billion in 2009 (details supplied), if he will propose that the net financial...
  • EU-IMF Agreement (6 speeches)
    Question 24: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to secure a reduction in the interest rate on the European element of the loan facility in the EU and IMF agreement; the progress...
  • Tax Reliefs (9 speeches)
    Question 25: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason he was unable to provide the Commission on Taxation with costings for 42 of the 131 tax expenditures that were in place at the time of...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Job Protection (11 speeches)
    Question 26: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that he can put adequate measures in place to ensure the maintenance of the jobs in Quinn Direct and the Quinn Group. ...
  • Government Borrowing (44 speeches)
    Question 27: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is preparing a plan B if it transpires that, due to unforeseen economic circumstances, he is unable to return to the bond markets in 2013. ...
• 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 Michael Healy-Rae - the...
• Leaders' Questions (54 speeches)
  The Taoiseach will be aware of the unfolding tragedy where at least 22 people have died and approximately 2,100 people are very ill following the outbreak of new E. coli. This outbreak is being...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (10 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I will call on Deputies in the order in which they were submitted their notices.
• Order of Business (85 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 7, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; and No. 3, Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed,...
• Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 9 March 2011, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer,...
• Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts and the Pensions Acts 1990 to 2010, to amend and modify other enactments and to provide for related matters.
• Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Reforming the social welfare system so that expenditure in social welfare is targeted to those who are most in need and to those who have...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Spent Convictions Bill 2011: Second Stage (16 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am happy to introduce the Second Stage debate on the Spent Convictions Bill 2011. The Bill is aimed at addressing a significant gap in our...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  • Ballymanus Mine Disaster (2 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister for Defence, Deputy Alan Shatter, to the House. The issue I raise is a very important one that affected west Donegal. The Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, will be...
  • Parental Rights (2 speeches, 3 comments)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me to raise this matter, which is of some importance. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister, Deputy Shatter, and thank him for coming to...
  • Ambulance Service (2 speeches)
    I am disappointed the Minister for Health is not available to respond to this matter. I am also that none of the Ministers of State at the Department of Health appear to be available either....
  • Guthrie Cards (3 speeches)
    I thank the office of the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter and I thank the Minister for being here. The issue which I want to raise has ramifications for families all over...