Dáil debates

Thursday, 3 March 2005

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Visit of Canadian Delegation. (1 speech)
  Before proceeding with the Order of Business, I wish on my own behalf and on behalf of the Members of Dáil Éireann to offer a céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to a delegation of...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (9 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I will call Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
• Order of Business. (110 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 3, Health (Amendment) Bill 2005 — Second Stage (resumed); No. 17, Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004 — Second Stage (resumed); and No. 18, Land Bill...
• Health (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (42 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (28 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Pension Provisions.
  • Pension Provisions. (8 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the take-up of tax relief for pension contributions across different income categories; if he has satisfied himself with the...
  • Financial Services Regulation. (6 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has plans to extend the remit of the IFSRA or the Central Bank to regulate companies which advance money from their own resources secured on...
  • PEACE II Programme. (6 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on progress to date at EU level to secure the extension of the PEACE II programme until 2006; if he has also pressed for a successor...
  • Tax Code. (12 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has satisfied himself that the tax treatment of different categories of parents with children takes proper account of the financial pressures on...
  • Fiscal Policy. (14 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on his address to the lunch of Financial Services Ireland on 21 February 2005, particularly his reported statement that the...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Banking Sector Regulation.
  • Banking Sector Regulation. (10 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons, companies and trusts being investigated by the Revenue Commissioners arising from the Clerical Medical Insurance-NIB inquiry at...
  • Tax Yield. (8 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax generated from the motor sector in 2002, 2003 and 2004; the main components of tax raised from that sector; and if he will make a...
  • Capital Projects. (14 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of the process whereby different funding options are being assessed for capital projects; and if he will make...
  • State Properties. (14 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the planned sale of State property announced; if he will list the property sold and the amount raised; the way in which the...
  • Benchmarking Awards. (6 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has decided on the membership of the public service benchmarking body for its next phase of work; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• 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 Eamon Ryan — to ask the...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Fisheries Protection.
  • Fisheries Protection. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter of enormous importance. We face the extinction of wild salmon on many of our most important rivers. The Minister has set himself...
  • Industrial Development. (5 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise what is a critical issue for Ireland's economic progress. I hope to get a comprehensive response from the Minister. The...
  • Relocation of Institute. (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this issue with the Minister. In 2002 the Government announced the national spatial strategy for 2002 to 2020. Unfortunately, County...