Dáil debates

Thursday, 9 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. (10 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. (248 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 11, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council decision on the accession of the European Community to the Hague Conference on Private International Law...
• 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...
• Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages. (63 speeches)
  I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: "1.—The Minister shall within 6 months from after the passing of this Act prepare and lay before both Houses...
• National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage. (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as Údarás Forbartha an Champais Náisiúnta Spórt or, in the English language, the National Sports Campus...
• National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill 2006: Second Stage. (23 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It gives me great pleasure to address the House on the occasion of the Second Reading of the National Sports Campus Development Authority Bill...
• Messages from Select Committees. (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Enterprise and Small Business has completed its consideration of the Employment Permits Bill 2005 and has made amendments thereto. The Select Committee on Justice,...
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Garda Reserve Force.
  • Garda Reserve Force. (38 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if members of the Garda reserve force will be entitled to effect arrest under the Public Order Acts and other legislation that...
  • Garda Deployment. (19 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí and other security personnel provided for the two refuelling stops by the US presidential aircraft at...
  • Garda Training. (11 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the firearms training facilities which are available to members of the Garda Síochána; the number of times these facilities...
  • North-South Co-operation. (12 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his response to the policy document recently published by the SDLP entitled North-South Makes Sense; his views on an...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Criminal Prosecutions.
  • Criminal Prosecutions. (2 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the outcome of the Garda investigation into the serious assault on a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; if there is...
  • Departmental Funding. (30 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his Department's budget for implementing the major new provisions of the Garda Síochána Act 2005; and if he will make a...
  • Crime Prevention. (6 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the efforts taken to reduce the level of crime directed against tourists to Ireland; the response of his Department to crime...
  • Explosive Devices. (70 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the series of pipe bomb incidents which occurred in Dublin in recent weeks that required the presence of Army...
• 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 Ned O'Keeffe — if the...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Postal Services.
  • Postal Services. (2 speeches)
    I have been trying to raise the issue of the closure of Priorswood post office on Clonshaugh Avenue, Dublin 17, for the past three weeks. On behalf of the people of Priorswood, I am grateful to...
  • European Enforcement Order. (2 speeches)
    This issue concerns a scam that was the subject of an article by Neil Callanan in The Sunday Business Post on 30 January 2005. The scam is operated by an outfit called European City Guide, based...
  • Asylum Support Services. (2 speeches)
    I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this important matter. I question the reason the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy McDowell, is treating asylum seekers and the...