Dáil debates

Thursday, 18 May 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. (12 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.
• Death of Staff Member: Expressions of Sympathy. (7 speeches)
  It is with sadness I would like to remember one of our reporters, Ms Breda Courtney, who died suddenly this week. Breda had been working with us in Leinster House since 1978. She was at her desk...
• Order of Business. (160 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 16a, motion on membership of committees; No. 16b, motion on referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council framework decision on...
• Health (Hospitals Inspectorate) Bill 2006: First Stage. (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the appointment by the Minister for Health and Children of a hospital inspectorate, to provide for the functions...
• Membership of Committees: Motion. (1 speech)
  I move: That Deputies Brendan Howlin and Kathleen Lynch be discharged from the Select Committee on Enterprise and Small Business and that Deputies Ruairí Quinn and Breeda Moynihan-Cronin be...
• European Council Framework Decision: Referral to Joint Committee. (3 speeches)
  I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of the...
• Address by the Prime Minister of Australia: Motions. (12 speeches)
  I move the following motions: That, to welcome the visit to Ireland of the Prime Minister of Australia, the Honourable John Howard, MP, and to mark the event in a signal manner, the Prime...
• Estimates for Public Services 2006: Message from Select Committee. (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights has completed its consideration of Votes 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23 for the year ending 31 December 2006.
• Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (81 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Animal Diseases.
  • Animal Diseases. (12 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps which are being taken to protect this country from foot and mouth disease in view of the prevalence of foot and mouth disease in...
  • Departmental Investigations. (8 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her views on appointing an independent expert, agreed upon by her Department and a person (details supplied), to investigate the possible...
  • Genetically Modified Organisms. (10 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans in relation to the opposition from most farmers, especially those in the horticultural sector, to an introduction of genetically...
  • Dairy Sector. (13 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps she is taking at EU level to protect the income of dairy farmers; the action she will take at Government level to relieve the...
  • Sugar Beet Industry. (6 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will make a statement on the closure of the Irish Sugar plant at Mallow; and if she will agree to meet workers' representatives...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Food Safety.
  • Food Safety. (17 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the steps her Department has taken in 2006 to raise awareness of animal health conditions regarding personal imports of meat and milk; the...
  • Noxious Weeds. (12 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of cases and the respective charges made under the Noxious Weeds Act 1936; and if a review of the legislation is being planned...
  • Farm Retirement Scheme. (6 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food report on the ERS; and if she will make a...
  • Export Subsidies. (4 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her Department's position regarding the abolition of export credit refunds by the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• 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 Gilmore — to discuss...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Nursing Home Subventions.
  • Nursing Home Subventions. (2 speeches)
    Nursing home subvention levels are payable by the HSE. The subvention is means-tested and there are considerable problems associated with the means by which applicants are measured. The most...
  • Social Welfare Code. (2 speeches)
    This issue concerns a couple who do not wish to be publicly identified so I will refer to them as Mary and Tom. Mary was a lone parent with three children, who are now aged seven, two and nine...
  • Air Services. (2 speeches)
    I wish to discuss an airspace change proposal currently before the Irish Aviation Authority. The proposal was prepared by consultants for Weston Limited in conjunction with the Irish Aviation...
  • School Enrolments. (4 speeches)
    To date, more than 20 children who applied for places next September have been turned away from St. Ciaran's national school in Hartstown, Dublin West, where overcrowding has reached crisis...