Dáil debates

Thursday, 20 October 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. (6 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31.
• Order of Business. (151 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 18, Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005 — Second Stage (resumed); No. 1, Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004 [Seanad] — Second Stage; and No. 2, Parental...
• Electoral Registration Commissioner Bill 2005: First Stage. (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to establish the office of electoral registration commissioner, to define the functions and set out the duties of that office in...
• Social Welfare Consolidation Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (79 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (18 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill provides for the repeal of 219 Acts that predate the foundation of the State. These are statutes that...
• Statute Law Revision (Pre-1922) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee. (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance and Public Service, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.
• Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (2 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time". The Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2004 amends the Parental Leave Act 1998 to implement a Government commitment in the Sustaining Progress...
• 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 views on the extent of criminal activity being engaged in by paramilitaries or former paramilitaries; his further views of...
  • Garda Investigations. (27 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will establish under the Commission of Investigations Act 2004, an inquiry into the deaths of persons (details...
  • International Agreements. (32 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if representatives from his Department or associated agencies have travelled to Nigeria to monitor the implementation of the...
  • Garda Equipment. (12 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Garda Síochána must continue to operate a radio communications system which is insecure and totally out of...
  • Drug Seizures. (7 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he has taken to address the cocaine and crack cocaine crisis. [29918/05]
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Communications Masts.
  • Communications Masts. (16 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the agreement made in 1997 between the Garda Síochána and Esat Digifone on the erection of masts on Garda stations and the...
  • Child Care Services. (7 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the committees and working groups in his Department, or on which his Department is represented, which deal with the issue of...
  • Garda Operations. (18 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the period of time in which Operation Anvil has been in existence; the cost to date; the number of overtime hours worked by...
  • Crime Levels. (13 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether violent crime connected with gangland activities has got out of hand (details supplied); and if he will...
  • Decentralisation Programme. (6 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress he has made towards decentralisation; the sections of his Department which have been decentralised; the sections...
  • International Agreements. (8 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Government's plans with regard to the United Nations Convention against Corruption as to its ratification; the proposals...
• 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 Costello — the need for...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Extradition Application.
  • Extradition Application. (8 speeches)
    I wish to share time with Deputies Carey and Gormley. The fact that they are from different parties is an indication of the cross-party concern at what amounts to the snatching of an Irish...
  • Social Welfare Benefits. (4 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this matter on the Adjournment. I am disappointed that the Minister for Social and Family Affairs is not present to listen to it....
  • Drug Seizures. (12 speeches)
    The problem of cocaine and crack cocaine has become rampant recently and there has been an explosion in usage. Cocaine was scarcely used in the 1990s. In 1994, Garda seizures of cocaine were...
  • Crime Victims. (2 speeches)
    My motion also concerns crime, but it relates to how victims of crime are treated, and the need to continue the services provided by Victim Support in the Cork and Munster region. Financial...