Dáil debates

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 14.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Freedom of Information (14 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests that have been received by his Department since he took office; the number that have been acceded to; the number...
  • Official Engagements (65 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with President of the European Council Mr Herman Von Rompuy; the issues that were discussed; and the outcome of this...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Defence Forces Property (6 speeches)
    Question 42: To ask the Minister for Defence if he intends to proceed with the proposal for Connolly Barracks, Longford; and if so, if he will provide an outline of same. [17595/11]
  • Defence Forces Equipment (4 speeches)
    Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will give details of the contracts, the companies involved and their monetary value between the Defence Forces and suppliers and procurers of...
  • Defence Forces Contracts (4 speeches)
    Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence the place from which his Department sources its meat supplies; and if he will confirm that all meat provided to the Army, Navy and Air Corps is...
  • Defence Forces Personnel (6 speeches)
    Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions he has held with PDFORRA regarding their calls to set retirement at 31 years of service. [17596/11]
  • State Visits (9 speeches)
    Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report on the total costs to his Department of the visits of Queen Elizabeth II and the President of the USA [17028/11]
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Army Barracks (4 speeches)
    Question 47: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans regarding closed barracks that are currently unsold to be put to State or community uses, or by Government offices and agencies; and if he...
  • Overseas Missions (9 speeches)
    Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the numbers of Irish troops currently serving overseas; their locations; the numbers, in terms of Commissioned Officers, non Commissioned Officers...
  • Naval Service Operations (15 speeches)
    Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of fishing vessels boarded and detained by the Irish Naval Service each month in 2010 and to date in 2011; and if he will make a...
  • Defence Forces Ombudsman (5 speeches)
    Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence his proposals on the back of the findings of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Annual Report 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • State Visits (6 speeches)
    Question 51: To ask the Minister for Defence the fund from which the recent State visits were paid; if the Defence Forces were allocated additional funds; if so, the amount of same; and if he...
  • National Emergency Plan (5 speeches)
    Question 52: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to streamline the approach to emergency planning to improve this State's preparedness and capacity to cope with emergencies; and if he...
• 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 Marcella Corcoran Kennedy...
• Leaders' Questions (50 speeches)
  Earlier this year, the deputy leader of Fine Gael wrote a series of public letters, giving direct guarantees concerning services in hospitals throughout the country. I have one such letter from...
• Order of Business (198 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 9, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 10, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a directive of the...
• Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 9th March, 2011, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, or in the Order of the...
• European Union Directive: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of...
• Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011, copies of which have been laid in...
• Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to make provision for an effective and expeditious resolution regime for certain credit institutions at the least cost to the State; to amend certain enactments; and for...
• Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) (No. 2) Bill 2011: Second Stage (13 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." There has been much discussion at international level on how best to deal with financial institutions in distress. Clearly, Ireland has much to...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 3) 2011: An Dara Céim (0 speeches)
• Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (11 speeches)
  Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time. I will take 20 minutes and each of my colleagues will have ten minutes.
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  • Scéim Tógála Scoileanna (4 speeches)
    Tá áthas orm an deis seo a fháil labhairt faoi Scoil an Bhaile Nua, Maigh Cuilinn, agus cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Bhí an bheirt againn thiar i Leitir Mealáinn le déanaí agus...
  • Schools Building Projects (2 speeches)
    At the outset, I will give a brief history of Dromclough national school. On the recommendation of a Department inspector, Dr. Pádraig Ó Donnabháin, an application for an extension to the...
• Planning Issues (2 speeches)
  I acknowledge the presence of the Minister of State. The reason I raise this issue is that in most rural constituencies, such as that of the Acting Chairman, one-off housing is a major part of...