Dáil debates

Tuesday, 26 April 2005

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
  Recycling Policy.
  • Recycling Policy. (18 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the level of recycling taking place in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8690/05]
  • International Agreements. (9 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Newfoundland and Labrador business partnerships which fall within his Department's remit; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Regulatory Reform. (17 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on progress in respect of the implementation of the recommendations of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on...
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Schools Building Projects.
  • Schools Building Projects. (14 speeches)
    Question 51: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the financial support given by her Department to fee-paying schools for building and refurbishment works; and if she will make a...
  • School Staffing. (6 speeches)
    Question 52: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the decreasing number of males entering the teacher profession at all levels; the steps she intends...
  • Special Educational Needs. (5 speeches)
    Question 53: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will clarify her position regarding the education of the deaf community in view of comments made during a debate on 30 June 2004...
  • Irish Language. (5 speeches)
    Question 54: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a full assessment of the teaching of Irish in primary and secondary schools will take place; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Higher Education Grants. (8 speeches)
    Question 55: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give a breakdown, county by county, of the new awards of higher education grants under socio-economic categories for the...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Task Force on the Physical Sciences.
  • Task Force on the Physical Sciences. (14 speeches)
    Question 56: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will establish an implementation group for the task force on the physical sciences; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Completion Programme. (10 speeches)
    Question 57: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of schools participating in each of the school completion programmes and the Giving Children an Even Break initiative; the...
  • Schools Building Projects. (4 speeches)
    Question 58: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount being spent on prefabricated buildings in the education sector each year; and if she 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 Neville — school...
• Leaders' Questions. (91 speeches)
  Inview of the near habitual overrun in recent times, which on a given day can create a perceived lack of balance, I feel obliged once again to remind leaders of the strict time limits laid down...
• 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.
• Order of Business. (74 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 14, Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004 — Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage; and No. 4, Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2005 — Order for Second Stage and...
• Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Bill 2004: Report Stage (Resumed). (119 speeches)
  Debate resumed on amendment No. 16:
• Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
  Class Sizes: Motion.
  • Class Sizes: Motion. (106 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: noting, —the educational needs of children are more difficult to meet in large classes; —the Government has reneged on the commitment contained in An Agreed...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
• Home Care Grants. (2 speeches)
  I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this very important matter of the shortfall in funding to meet the demand of the Cúram home care grant in County Kerry and the...
  • Cancer Screening Programme. (3 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me this opportunity to ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children to immediately place advertisements in the EU Journal for tenders for the...
  • Legal Aid Service. (2 speeches)
    The mission statement of the Northside Community Law Centre is as follows: The [Northside Community Law Centre] . . . is an independent community-based legal centre. [It works] . . . to protect...
  • Job Losses. (2 speeches)
    Gabhaim buíochas don Leas-Cheann Comhairle as deis a thabhairt dom ant-ábhar seo a thógáil sa Dáil arís. Ní seo an chéad nó an dara huair le roinnt míosa anuas a phlé muid an t-ábhar...