Dáil debates

Tuesday, 28 February 2006

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
  Appointments to State Boards.
  • Appointments to State Boards. (49 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the appointments made by him since June 2002 to the State boards or other agencies under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39771/05]
  • Tribunals of Inquiry. (19 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the cost which accrued to his Department during 2005 in respect of the Moriarty tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39776/05]
  • Decentralisation Programme. (36 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the number of his Department's staff who have applied for relocation under the Government's decentralisation programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Tax Yield.
  • Tax Yield. (30 speeches)
    Question 45: To ask the Minister for Finance the assumptions and methodology underpinning his estimate of the increase in revenue from capital taxes in 2006 (details supplied). [8219/06]
  • Public Expenditure. (9 speeches)
    Question 46: To ask the Minister for Finance, further to Exchequer returns for 2005, the reason for the very significant differences between the forecasts given on budget day for public spending...
  • Financial Services Regulation. (9 speeches)
    Question 47: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review and amend the Credit Union Act 1997 to lift the current operating restrictions being encountered by the Irish League of Credit...
  • Construction Industry Review. (6 speeches)
    Question 49: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps the Revenue Commissioners are taking to deal with the problem of bogus subcontractor and agency worker phenomenon in the construction...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Urban Renewal Schemes.
  • Urban Renewal Schemes. (4 speeches)
    Question 50: To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an appeal mechanism in place for persons who have a property designated under the town renewal scheme for refurbishment; and if he will...
  • Decentralisation Programme. (52 speeches)
    Question 51: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of people who have moved directly with their job in respect of assignments made within his Department to decentralised posts; the number...
• 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 Kelleher — the action...
• Leaders' Questions. (18 speeches)
  The events of last Saturday in the city of Dublin were unprecedented. The consequences could not have been foreseen and the extent of those consequences would have been difficult to anticipate. I...
• 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. (69 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 8, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 9, Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]— Financial Resolution; No. 10, Driver Testing and...
• Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion. (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the resolution of the Dáil of 6 June 2002 setting out the rota in which questions to members of the Government are to be asked, questions for oral...
• Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Financial Resolution. (1 speech)
  I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this resolution for the charging in accordance with the Act of certain fees, being fees in respect of services provided by the Property...
• Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Financial Resolution. (1 speech)
  I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this resolution for the making in accordance with the Act, of such charges as the Road Safety Authority considers necessary and...
• Driver Testing and Standards Authority Bill 2004: Instruction to Committee. (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Transport that it has power to make provision in the Bill to provide for the...
• Public Order Offences: Statements. (47 speeches)
  Last Saturday, 300 men, women and children, all of them Northern Ireland Protestant, Unionist, people, came to Dublin with five bands to hold a peaceful procession, which was to be followed by a...
• Allocation of Time: Motion. (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, or the Order of the Dáil of this day, No. 11a, motion re Public Disorder in Dublin City Centre on 25 February 2006, shall be taken on...
• Public Order Offences: Statements (Resumed). (38 speeches)
  Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis na TeachtaíÓ Snodaigh, Harkin agus Cowley. It was with profound sadness that I heard on Saturday about the appalling hatred shown and the vitriolic...
• Public Disorder in Dublin City Centre: Motion. (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann —condemns the wanton disorder perpetrated by a small minority on Saturday, 25 February 2006, which obstructed the planned demonstration by the victims group FAIR;...
• Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
• School Discipline: Motion. (106 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: —concerned at growing indiscipline in Ireland's schools; —noting the findings of the interim report of the task force on student behaviour that the disruptive...
• Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (19 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Referral to Select Committee. (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Social and Family Affairs, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Services for People with Disabilities.
  • Services for People with Disabilities. (3 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for discussion. There are currently serious deficiencies in the services available in the Ballinasloe area for people with developmental and...
  • Sports Capital Programme. (3 speeches)
    The failure of Government to lead the funding necessary for the scouting project at the Castle Saunderson estate on the Clones to Cavan road along the Border must be explained to this House and...
  • Grant Payments. (10 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this item for discussion. I hope the Minister is again responding on behalf of the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Deputy O'Donoghue, as I believe...
  • Health Services. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann-Comhairle for allowing me this opportunity to speak about orthodontic treatment in the Health Service Executive's southern region. I raise this matter to highlight the plight of...