Dáil debates

Wednesday, 22 February 2006

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions. (107 speeches)
  I am sure everyone in the House is concerned about the announcement yesterday of the loss of 350 jobs in the NEC plant in Ballivor, County Meath. Every politician is concerned about the impact...
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
  National Archives.
  • National Archives. (30 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the files which were released recently by his Department under the National Archives Act 1986; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39764/05]
  • Chief State Solicitor's Office. (10 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Nally report under the re-organisation of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor; and if he will make a statement...
  • Regulatory Reform. (23 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the recommendation of the OECD report Regulatory Reform in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (12 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31.
• Order of Business. (57 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 14, Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005 — Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 1, Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006 —...
• Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage. (15 speeches)
  Amendments Nos. 1, 6, and 40 to 51, inclusive, will be discussed together by agreement.
• Ceisteanna — Questions (Resumed). (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Decentralisation Programme.
  • Decentralisation Programme. (5 speeches)
    Question 57: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of principal development specialists, senior development specialists and development specialists with Development Co-operation...
  • Human Rights Abuses. (17 speeches)
    Question 58: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the findings of a draft report complied by five independent experts further to an 18-month investigation by the UN Commission on...
  • Foreign Conflicts. (10 speeches)
    Question 59: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the EU has a role in assisting the development of a conflict resolution process in the Basque country. [7291/06]
  • Undocumented Irish. (6 speeches)
    Question 60: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact made with the administration of the United States of America on behalf of undocumented Irish citizens resident in that country;...
  • Northern Ireland Issues. (11 speeches)
    Question 61: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to support the request of the family of the late Pat Finucane for a full public independent inquiry into the collusion...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Overseas Development Aid.
  • Overseas Development Aid. (15 speeches)
    Question 62: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in view of the importance of capacity building to the attainment of the millennium development goals, the way in which Ireland can best...
  • Foreign Conflicts. (7 speeches)
    Question 63: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the further deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, in particular whether he believes that the peculiar command structure and...
• 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 Cassidy — that the...
• Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (208 speeches)
  Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:
• Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
• Labour Affairs: Motion (Resumed). (131 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Morgan on Tuesday, 21 February 2006:
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Hospitals Building Programme.
  • Hospitals Building Programme. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important matter. For the past ten years or more, phase 2B of Longford-Westmeath General Hospital has been a bone of contention to the...
  • Job Losses. (4 speeches)
    I appreciate this opportunity to raise this important matter on the Adjournment. Last Friday's announcement by Magee's of Donegal town that it will cease production of its clothing manufacturing...
  • Road Safety. (4 speeches)
    I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important matter. The term "accident" is unfortunate because it implies that a road accident happens without cause, but...