Dáil debates

Wednesday, 13 April 2005

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle I gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions. (81 speeches)
  People the world over have an innate fear of flying because of global terrorism. The findings and revelations by the European Civil Aviation Conference of the consequences of an inspection...
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
  Official Engagements.
  • Official Engagements. (35 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he plans to attend the proposed EU-US leaders' meeting in Brussels on 22 February 2005; his priorities for the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (4 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. (121 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 9a, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 16, Disability Bill 2004 — Second Stage (resumed); No. 18, Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad] —...
• Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion. (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Resolution of the Dáil of 6th June, 2002, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
• Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (8 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Ceisteanna — Questions (Resumed). (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Local Authority Housing.
  • Local Authority Housing. (15 speeches)
    Question 56: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will consult local authorities to put in place a uniform national policy on the housing by local...
  • Archaeological Sites. (37 speeches)
    Question 57: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he intends to decide on the application submitted to him from the roads authority for carrying out a...
  • Building Regulations. (26 speeches)
    Question 58: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make a statement on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in regard to the revision of...
  • House Prices. (8 speeches)
    Question 59: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a special meeting of the social partners should be convened to discuss the housing problem, with a view to...
  • Radon Gas Emissions. (6 speeches)
    Question 60: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the call of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland that all homes...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Local Authority Housing.
  • Local Authority Housing. (19 speeches)
    Question 61: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of households and individuals who are living in local authority housing; and if he will make a...
  • Environmental Policy. (8 speeches)
    Question 62: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount generated by the plastic bag levy in 2004; the areas in which these funds were spent ; if he intends...
  • Housing Output. (30 speeches)
    Question 63: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the estimated housing output for 2005; the way in which this is likely to compare with the figure for 2004; and...
  • Environmental Policy. (10 speeches)
    Question 64: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress to date with the proposals contained within the [i]National Climate Change Strategy[/i]; when an...
• 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 Deenihan — the...
• European Council: Statements. (36 speeches)
  I attended the European Council in Brussels on 22 and 23 March 2005. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Cowen, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Dermot Ahern, and by the Minister of State...
• Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (20 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
• Cancer Screening Programme: Motion (Resumed). (35 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Twomey on Tuesday, 12 April 2005:
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Hospital Accommodation.
  • Hospital Accommodation. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue. The Sacred Heart Hospital in Castlebar is a home for the elderly in that it provides a combination of rehabilitation and...
  • Garda Stations. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me raise this matter on the Adjournment. I also thank the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform for being present to respond to me on a matter of...
  • Garda Investigations. (2 speeches)
    In 1991, Donegal Sinn Féin County Councillor, Eddie Fullerton, was assassinated by a British pseudo-gang, a loyalist death squad, at his home in Buncrana. His killing was later claimed by the...
  • Tribunals of Inquiry. (13 speeches)
    I wish to share time with Deputy McGinley. I ask the Minister to make provision for legal representation for the McBrearty family at the Morris tribunal. The Taoiseach stated in the Dáil this...