Dáil debates

Tuesday, 3 February 2004

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
  Dublin-Monaghan Bombings.
  • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings. (60 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he has raised the report of the Barron inquiry with the British Prime Minister. [30941/03]
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  National Waste Management Plan.
  • National Waste Management Plan. (18 speeches)
    Question 137: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the national waste management plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on his plans to...
  • Waste Management (29 speeches)
    Question 139: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason it is intended to spend a total of €1,539,348 on the production and airing of a television...
  • Electronic Voting. (80 speeches)
    Question 140: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the introduction of electronic voting for the European and local elections. [2846/04]
  • EURATOM Treaty. (6 speeches)
    Question 141: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the involvement the Government has with EURATOM; the contributions made by Irish taxpayers to EURATOM since...
  • Planning Issues. (38 speeches)
    Question 138: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reasons he did not act in almost one third of the cases in which he had been urged by his Department's...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Nuclear Plants.
  • Nuclear Plants. (16 speeches)
    Question 142: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding his request to the British authorities to allow Irish experts to inspect the...
• 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 Breen — to ask...
• Leaders' Questions (42 speeches)
  I wish to raise a matter of serious concern with the Taoiseach. I am troubled as a public representative and a father because the work we do in this House is supposed to make a difference to...
• Suspension of Member. (37 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business I must deal with a postponed division relating to the suspension of a Member. On Thursday last, 29 January 2004, a division was claimed on the question,...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (8 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31 and I will call Members in the order in which they submitted notices to my office.
• Order Of Business. (231 speeches)
  The Order of Business today shall be as follows: No. 14, European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003 — Second Stage (resumed) and No. 14a, statements on the Third Interim Report of the...
• Third Interim Report of the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse: Statements. (69 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to address the House on the matter of the third interim report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse and related issues. Prior to commenting on the content of...
• Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
  Care of the Elderly: Motion.
  • Care of the Elderly: Motion. (83 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that:—— — approximately 440,000 people or 11% of the State's population are over 65 years of age; — of these, approximately 266,000 are over 70 years,...
• European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Second Stage (Resumed). (51 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Bill 2003: Referral to Select Committee. (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on the Environment and Local Government, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Health Centres.
  • Health Centres. (7 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for coming to the House at this late hour to respond to this matter. This is an important matter and it is very important to the people of Ballymun who are in the process of...
  • Irish Blood Transfusion Service. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Chair for giving me an opportunity to raise this issue tonight. The Irish Medicines Board has warned that the blood screening irradiator which helps to prevent serious complications,...
  • Hospital Inquiry. (5 speeches)
    The final two matters have been taken together. Deputies Brendan Smith and Ó Caoláin, who have raised the issue of the recent difficulties in Cavan General Hospital, including the suspension of...