Dáil debates

Thursday, 2 March 2006

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
  • Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (11 speeches)
    Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 31. I will call on the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
  • Order of Business. (255 speeches)
    It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council on the law applicable to contractual...
  • European Parliament and Council Regulation: Motion. (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves, in accordance with Article 29.4.6° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the exercise by the State of the option, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set out...
  • European Council Regulation: Motion. (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves, in accordance with Article 29.4.6° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the exercise by the State of the option, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set out...
  • European Council Decision: Motion. (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves, in accordance with Article 29.4.6° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the exercise by the State of the option, provided by Article 3 of the fourth Protocol set out...
  • Competition (Amendment) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage. (153 speeches)
    I call on Deputy Hogan to move amendment No. 5.
  • Building Control Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (37 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Building Control Bill 2005: Referral to Select Committee. (1 speech)
    I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on the Environment and Local Government in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that...
  • Transport Policy: Statements. (1 speech)
    This is the first substantive debate by Dáil Éireann on Transport 21 and I welcome the opportunity to outline the Government's programme for transport investment over the period 2006-15. Unlike...
  • Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
  • Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
    Hospital Staff.
    • Hospital Staff. (6 speeches)
      Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on extending the working date for hospital consultants; if it is part of the present contract negotiations; the...
    • Departmental Investigations. (21 speeches)
      Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received the report of the inquiry chaired by Judge Maureen Harding Clark into the activities of the former...
    • Infectious Diseases. (6 speeches)
      Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied with the preparations for avian flu and a possible flu pandemic; the reason Dáil Éireann was not...
    • Health Services. (5 speeches)
      Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will list the 75 to 100 existing primary care teams to which she referred in her Estimates announcement in November...
  • Other Questions. (0 speeches)
    Departmental Bodies.
    • Departmental Bodies. (4 speeches)
      Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason the 2006 service plan for the Health Service Executive has still not been published; and if she will make a...
    • EU Directives. (12 speeches)
      Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the implementation of the European working time directive would be affected by her plans for public-only consultants; and...
    • Vaccination Programme. (13 speeches)
      Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost to the State of introducing a free flu vaccine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8608/06]
    • Health and Safety Regulations. (11 speeches)
      Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the procedures which are in place to protect patients and visitors to hospitals under the health and safety regulations; if...
    • Eating Disorders. (14 speeches)
      Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, in view of the warning from St. Columcille's Hospital, Ireland's only obesity clinic, that 500 people are on waiting lists...
  • 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 Catherine Murphy — the...
  • Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
    Voluntary Housing.
    • Voluntary Housing. (2 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important matter. Voluntary housing has been one of the success stories of the past decade and it is an area of activity with which I am...
    • Infectious Diseases. (2 speeches)
      I sought this Adjournment debate on learning of the revelations in a study that shows a significant increase in TB infection in parts of Dublin. This has been highlighted and has caused serious...
    • Natural Gas Network. (3 speeches)
      Having raised the issue of Peamount Hospital on a number of occasions, this report needs to be examined in detail because there is an issue regarding the treatment of chronic, recurrent sufferers...
    • Community Employment Schemes. (2 speeches)
      I welcome the opportunity to raise this important issue which is affecting participants and sponsoring groups the length and breadth of the country. Since its introduction in November 2004, the...