Dáil debates

Wednesday, 7 June 2006

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Business of Dáil. (1 speech)
  Proceedings cannot begin until there is a quorum in the House and we have lost almost ten minutes because Members did not turn up to constitute one. They should take note of this because they are...
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Air Services.
  • Air Services. (18 speeches)
    Question 54: To ask the Minister for Transport if it is the Government's long-term intention to retain a minimum share of at least 25.1% in the State airline Aer Lingus; if so, the means by which...
  • Driving Tests. (11 speeches)
    Question 55: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which he will reduce the waiting times for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21883/06]
  • Dublin Transport Authority. (30 speeches)
    Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport when he intends to establish the proposed new Dublin transport authority; the powers the authority will have to direct other local authorities and...
  • Air Services. (4 speeches)
    Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason he has insisted on the privatisation of Aer Lingus without adequate and satisfactory consultation with the unions and without agreement...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  State Airports.
  • State Airports. (55 speeches)
    Question 59: To ask the Minister for Transport when he expects the issues of funding for the new terminal at Cork Airport to be resolved; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Driving Tests. (30 speeches)
    Question 60: To ask the Minister for Transport the terms of the new deal to allow the outsourcing of the driving testing service; when this scheme will commence; the impact it will have on the...
• 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 Cowley — the...
• Leaders' Questions. (89 speeches)
  I welcome the Taoiseach back from New York. That he was absent when such a critical issue was being discussed last week displayed a serious lapse in judgment and a dereliction of duty, which was...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (Resumed). (0 speeches)
  Freedom of Information.
  • Freedom of Information. (17 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department during April 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16025/06]
  • State Prosecution Service. (14 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Nally report on the reorganisation of the State prosecution service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Legislative Programme. (21 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the summer session of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16029/06]
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (8 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...
• Order of Business. (54 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 19, Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Bill 2006 [Seanad] — Second Stage, resumed; and No. 1, Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2005 [Seanad]...
• Private Notice Questions. (0 speeches)
  Extraordinary Renditions.
  • Extraordinary Renditions. (77 speeches)
    We now come to deal with Private Notice Questions to the Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding a report from the Council of Europe on extraordinary renditions in Council of Europe member states....
• Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
• Greyhound Industry (Doping Regulation) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (41 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I wish to share time with Deputy Jim O'Keeffe. I am delighted to have the opportunity to introduce the Greyhound Industry (Doping Regulation)...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Health Services.
  • Health Services. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this matter to be debated. There is great concern in County Louth for the future of its acute hospitals. This concern is accentuated by the lack of...
  • Regional Policy. (4 speeches)
    I am very grateful that the Minister is here for this very important topic. When the Minister was with us recently in Knock airport, he insisted that a huge investment was being made in the BMW...
  • Special Educational Needs. (2 speeches)
    I am pleased that this matter was selected on the Adjournment. A purpose built unit was constructed in 2003 in Celbridge specifically for children with autism. Three years later, the two...
  • Social Infrastructure. (8 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for attending. The development taking place in the north fringe of Dublin city, or the south fringe of Fingal county, is perhaps one of the largest urban...