Dáil debates

Wednesday, 23 February 2005

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
  • Leaders' Questions. (23 speeches)
    I am sure the Taoiseach will agree that at a time of great sensitivity in respect of the Good Friday Agreement and the peace process, it is fundamentally important that the Government of which he...
  • Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
    Tribunals of Inquiry.
    • Tribunals of Inquiry. (25 speeches)
      Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the costs which accrued to his Department during 2004 in respect of the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34100/04]
    • National Archives. (28 speeches)
      Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he will identify the files which were released recently by his Department under the National Archives Act 1986; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Decentralisation Programme. (37 speeches)
      Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff of his Department who have applied to be relocated outside Dublin under the Government's decentralisation programme; and if he will make a...
  • Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (6 speeches)
    Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31.
  • Order of Business. (40 speeches)
    It is proposed to take No. 10a, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2005; No. 1, Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences)...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections: Motion. (1 speech)
      I move: "That Dáil Éireann approves the following regulations in draft: Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections (Amendment) Regulations 2005, copies of which regulations in draft were laid before...
  • Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: From the Seanad. (24 speeches)
    The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
  • Ceisteanna — Questions (Resumed). (0 speeches)
  • Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
    Social Welfare Payments.
    • Social Welfare Payments. (7 speeches)
      Question 62: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons with disabilities, resident in institutions, who are in receipt of full and partial payments of the...
    • Social Welfare Code. (4 speeches)
      Question 63: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans for the reform of the social welfare provisions available to lone parents; if he has considered the recent statistics...
    • Social Insurance. (4 speeches)
      Question 65: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has proposals to reverse an anomaly whereby, when the tax and PRSI year starts on a Saturday or Sunday, job sharers who work...
    • Social Welfare Benefits. (4 speeches)
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has completed his considerations of a proposal to extend free travel here to Irish emigrant pensioners in Britain; the...
  • Other Questions. (0 speeches)
    Social Welfare Benefits.
    • Social Welfare Benefits. (9 speeches)
      Question 67: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the treaty or directive of the European Union which prevents the Government from granting free travel to pensioners who live abroad...
    • Social Welfare Code. (6 speeches)
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way in which his Department assesses a person's capital assets for social welfare eligibility; if he considers the present...
    • Social Welfare Benefits. (37 speeches)
      Question 69: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on the recent error which led to some social welfare recipients receiving a double payment in one week and no payment the...
    • Social Welfare Code. (2 speeches)
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the procedures and process for the recovery of child maintenance payments within his Department; the way in which the payments are...
  • 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 Keaveney — the need for...
  • Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Bill 2002: From the Seanad (Resumed). (55 speeches)
    The Dáil went into Committee to resume consideration of Seanad amendment No. 3:
  • Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Order for Report Stage. (1 speech)
    I move: "That Report Stage be taken now." Question put and agreed to.
  • Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage. (86 speeches)
    I draw the attention of Members to an error in amendment No. 14. The reference to (a) is incorrect and should read (b).
  • Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
  • Special Educational Needs: Motion (Resumed). (19 speeches)
    The following motion was moved by Deputy Crowe on Tuesday, 22 February 2005:
  • Message from Select Committee. (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Social and Family Affairs has completed its consideration of the Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2005 and has made no amendments thereto.
  • Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
    Hospital Accommodation.
    • Hospital Accommodation. (4 speeches)
      As the first two items are being taken together, the Deputies will have five minutes each to speak and the Minister of State will have ten minutes to reply.
    • Schools Building Projects. (4 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this issue in the absence of the Minister for Education and Science, who explained to me why she could not be present...
    • Radon Gas Levels. (2 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me raise this matter on the Adjournment. The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland found during the course of a national survey, published in 1999,...