Dáil debates

Tuesday, 12 October 2004

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Business of Dáil. (2 speeches)
  I propose, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall proceed directly to questions for answer by the Minister for Defence which shall conclude at 4.15 p.m.
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Bullying in the Workplace.
  • Bullying in the Workplace. (6 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Defence the measures he plans to adopt to address the incidence of bullying, discrimination and all forms of harassment within the Defence Forces, according to...
  • Overseas Missions. (12 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has plans to review the €500 charge levied on Irish troops serving in Liberia who wish to return here for holidays; his views on whether it is...
  • Search and Rescue Service. (5 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Defence the future role that will be played by the Air Corps in the provision of search and rescue services, in particular in the safety and welfare of coastal...
  • Bullying in the Workplace. (4 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Defence the details surrounding the proposed appointment of 200 anti-bullying marshals in the Defence Forces to help stamp out negative behaviour; the role and...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Overseas Missions.
  • Overseas Missions. (6 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Defence the overseas peacekeeping and peace enforcement missions contemplated or envisaged for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Search and Rescue Service. (11 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason the Air Corps is continuing to operate the helicopter rescue base in Sligo on behalf of the Irish Coast Guard despite an announcement in...
  • Common Foreign and Security Policy. (19 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Defence the headline goal for Ireland in terms of EU defence capability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24275/04]
  • Defence Forces Equipment. (14 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Defence the details of the new tender competition to purchase four utility and two light helicopters to a value of at least €50 million; the level of...
• 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 Deasy — the need for...
• Leaders' Questions. (21 speeches)
  I congratulate the Tánaiste on her appointment as Minister for Health and Children. Many within her own party have hailed the Tánaiste as some sort of Messiah come to resurrect the health...
• Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (7 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I will call on the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
• Order of Business. (88 speeches)
  The Order of Business shall be as follows: No. 17, motion re leave to introduce Supplementary and Additional Estimates, Votes 16 and 39; No. 18, motion re referral of Supplementary and Additional...
• Estimates for Public Services 2004: Leave to Introduce. (1 speech)
  I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary and Additional Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2004: Vote No. 16 (Public Appointments...
• Estimates for Public Services 2004: Referral to Select Committee. (1 speech)
  I move: That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary and Additional Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2004, the Supplementary and...
• Membership of Committees: Motion. (9 speeches)
  I move: That Deputy Mary Hanafin, Minister for Education and Science, be discharged from the Committee on Procedure and Privileges and Deputy Tom Kitt, Minister of State at the Department of the...
• Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (16 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 amends the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 to implement several recommendations of relevance to adoptive leave made by the...
• Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee. (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of...
• Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
  Health Services: Motion.
  • Health Services: Motion. (117 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting the first statement of the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children in Dáil Éireann on Wednesday, 29 September 2004 that 'the one thing I want for the...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Job Initiative.
  • Job Initiative. (2 speeches)
    I welcome the opportunity to raise this matter on the Adjournment of the House. While I have nothing against my constituency colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Tim O'Malley, I hoped to see...
  • School Accommodation. (2 speeches)
    I am grateful for the opportunity of raising the important matter of a new school at the School of the Holy Spirit, Gaol Road, Kilkenny. The Department of Education and Science designated the...
  • Hospitals Building Programme. (2 speeches)
    I thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, for allowing me to raise this issue. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Mr. Tim O'Malley. I have sought this debate in...
  • Telecommunications Services. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter which is of such serious concern to up to 2,000 householders in my constituency and in adjoining areas of Dublin South-West....