Dáil debates

Thursday, 10 May 2012

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (130 speeches)
  The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation's conference is being held in Killarney this week and the issue of health services is very much to the fore at that conference. The general secretary...
• Order of Business (30 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 22, Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed) to adjourn at 1.30 p.m. today, if not previously concluded; No. 23, statements on the update on...
• Energy Security and Climate Change Bill 2012: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision for the adoption of a national policy and the making of plans by the Government in order for the State to...
• Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Topical Issue Matters (1 speech)
  I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Brendan Griffin - the...
• Ireland's Chairmanship-in-Office of the OSCE: Statements (27 speeches)
  I am pleased to have this opportunity to address the Dáil today in my capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Ireland assumed...
• Topical Issue Debate (0 speeches)
  • Departmental Staff (6 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for debate as a Topical Issue. It is a matter of vital importance to the population of Castletownbere on the remote Beara Peninsula. The...
  • Mortgage Resolution Process (4 speeches)
    On the Order of Business on 1 May, I asked the Taoiseach to outline what action the Government was taking to ensure that all financial institutions which provide mortgages for Priory Hall...
  • Housing Aid (4 speeches)
    I thank the Chair for selecting this topic and the Minister of State for attending. He will be aware there is a serious crisis developing across the State in regard to shared ownership. People...
  • Farm Safety (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this matter. As we move into the busiest season in the agricultural calendar, we hope the weather will improve to allow harvesting. There is always...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Rural Environment Protection Scheme (9 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his plans for agri-environment options scheme for REP scheme 3 farmers in 2012, the number of farmers who will be affected by...
  • Agri-Environment Option Scheme (9 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the number of farmers that qualified for the agri-environment option scheme in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Animal Welfare (9 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will provide an account of the consequence to the complaints made to Horse Racing Ireland and the Turf Club in...
  • Fisheries Protection (4 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine the position regarding 16 mackerel negotiations in the North East Atlantic taking into consideration the unanimous...
  • Milk Quota (4 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, by co-op, of the percentage that the milk quota was exceeded by up to the end of March 2012;...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Fisheries Protection (8 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will undertake new research to determine the stock levels of sea bass in Irish waters with a view to looking at the...
  • Genetically Modified Organisms (11 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he has had any discussions with companies that wish to use the GM method to grow crops in Ireland; and if he will make a...
  • Animal Identification Scheme (2 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his plans to address sheep tagging issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23270/12]
  • Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (6 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will clarify the final changes to the disadvantaged areas scheme; the number affected; the amount that will be saved;...
  • Bovine Diseases (5 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his plans to review the TB eradication programme following changes implemented last year; and if he will make a statement...
  • Food Harvest 2020 (7 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if Food Harvest 2020 is his policy; and, if so, the reason there was no strategic environmental assessment in view of the...
  • Sheep Sector (4 speeches)
    Question 12: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine his plans to ensure adequate sheep inspection times are set out to avoid interference with the lambing season into the...