Dáil debates

Thursday, 21 April 2005

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• 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. I propose to deal with these topics separately and I will call on Deputies in the order...
• Order of Business. (164 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 16, Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad] — Second Stage (resumed); No. 17, Land Bill 2004 [Seanad] — Second Stage (resumed); and No. 2, Commission to Inquire into...
• Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (21 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Garda Síochána 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...
• Land Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (12 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to amend the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act 2000 and the Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002, to establish a body to be known as An Bord Airgeadais...
• Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005: Second Stage. (9 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce to the House the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Bill 2005. The Bill amends the Commission to...
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Overseas Missions.
  • Overseas Missions. (13 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has had any request to send troops to the Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12521/05]
  • Security Escorts. (6 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Defence the annual cost to his Department of providing military escorts for cash in transit transfers; the total amount of the cost, in cash and percentage...
  • Common Foreign and Security Policy. (8 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Defence the reason Ireland's membership of the European Defence Agency was not brought before Dáil Éireann for consideration; the terms of Ireland's...
  • Hospital Accommodation. (16 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Defence the position with respect to the availability of St. Bricin's Military Hospital to the Minister for Health and Children; and if he will make a...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Decentralisation Programme.
  • Decentralisation Programme. (13 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress being made with regard to the decentralisation of his Department and agencies under his control; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Common Foreign and Security Policy. (14 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the 2004 report commissioned by the EU and written by a task force of the EU's Institute for Security Studies, European Defence: a...
  • Military Escorts. (12 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs to his Department for providing military escorts to banks; the reviews of this practice that are in progress; and if he will make a statement...
  • Defence Forces Reserve. (5 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel currently enlisted in the Reserve Defence Force; the progress which has been made to date on the reorganisation of the Reserve...
  • Civil Defence Board. (8 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in relation to the removal of a person (details supplied) as chairman of the Civil Defence Board, he can reconcile, on the one hand, the statement...
  • Defence Forces Strength. (4 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Naval Service at 1 June 1997 and 1 January 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12456/05]
• 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 Neville — to ask the...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Public Transport.
  • Public Transport. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the matter of the DASH project, which relates to the mobility access works being carried out at DART stations throughout Dublin....
  • Services for People with Disabilities. (2 speeches)
    I wish to raise the issue of the need for the Minister for Education and Science to reconsider her decision to disband the advisory committee for the deaf and hard of hearing. A letter dated 9...
  • Waste Disposal. (13 speeches)
    Gabhaim buíochas don Cheann Comhairle as an seans an cheist a ardú. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil an tAire Stáit anseo. This issue arises following the largest meeting ever of the Association of...