Dáil debates

Thursday, 23 June 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. (10 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31.
• Order of Business. (247 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 14a, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for an EU Council framework decision to strengthen the criminal law framework for the...
• Treaty of Amsterdam: Motion. (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of a...
• Order of Business (Resumed). (13 speeches)
  On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle——
• Treaty of Amsterdam: Motion. (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the exercise by the State of the option or discretion, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set out in the Treaty of Amsterdam, to...
• Order of Business (Resumed). (77 speeches)
  On a point of order, a Cheann Comhairle——
• Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (276 speeches)
  Debate resumed on amendment No. 12:
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Paramilitary Activities.
  • Paramilitary Activities. (8 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his assessment of the level of criminal activity engaged in by paramilitaries in the State; the types of such criminal...
  • Crime Levels. (22 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of murders in which firearms were used thus far in 2005; the way in which this compares with the same period for...
  • Garda Deployment. (14 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 314 of 20 May 2005, if, in view of the fact that the majority of gardaí performing...
  • Libel Laws. (12 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to move to implement reforms of libel laws designed to bring them into line with those of other states in the...
  • Security Industry. (19 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the establishment and operation of the private security services authority; the number of staff...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Prisons Building Programme.
  • Prisons Building Programme. (17 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 138 of 19 May 2005, when construction will begin on a new prison complex on Spike Island...
  • Crime Prevention. (17 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding strategies to deal with the recent gangland murders in the State. [16882/05]
  • Garda Vetting Procedures. (9 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the resources available to the central vetting unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21327/05]
  • Garda Traffic Corps. (7 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the promised Garda traffic corps is intended to be additional to the 2,000 promised new gardaí; the way in which the...
• Garda Síochána Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (213 speeches)
  Debate resumed on amendment No. 19:
• 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 Carey — the need to...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Job Losses.
  • Job Losses. (3 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me, in partnership with my colleague, Deputy Crowe, to raise this issue. As two Tallaght-based Deputies, we are deeply concerned about the situation...
  • Irish Prison Service. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter. I ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform that Loughan House, Blacklion, County Cavan, be allowed to remain open....
  • Juvenile Diversion Projects. (5 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me permission to raise the circumstances in which the Bris project in the Westside part of Galway city, part of the diversion programme of the Department of...