Dáil debates

Thursday, 8 June 2006

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannasar 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 and I will call on the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my...
• Order of Business. (161 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 1, the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2005 [Seanad] — Second Stage and No. 3, the National Oil Reserves Agency Bill 2006 — Order for Second Stage and...
• Message from Seanad. (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2006, without amendment.
• Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
• Greyhound Industry (Doping Regulation) Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed). (114 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2005 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (15 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill 2005 is a significant legislative proposal. It gives effect to seven international instruments,...
• Messages from Select Committees. (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on European Affairs has completed its consideration of the European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2006 and has made no amendments thereto. The Select Committee on Justice,...
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Deportation Orders.
  • Deportation Orders. (18 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if all the non-Irish, non-British nationals who were released from prison since the coming into effect of the Immigration Act...
  • Departmental Communication. (25 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he intends to take to improve communications between his Department and the offices of the Attorney General and...
  • Garda Deployment. (21 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will immediately increase Garda numbers in south Tipperary, particularly community and drug unit gardaí in view of the...
  • Probation and Welfare Service. (9 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he intends to put in place to deal with sexual offenders who breach post-release conditions; and if he will make...
  • Crime Levels. (10 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the figures contained in the recent Garda report for 2005 which shows a further increase in the number of...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Human Rights Issues.
  • Human Rights Issues. (12 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent report from the Human Rights Commission on the rights of [i]de facto...
  • Sexual Offences. (15 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the committee on video evidence was established; when it reported to his Department; the action which has been taken...
  • Deportation Orders. (17 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions since June 2002 on which aircraft have been chartered to facilitate the deportation of persons from...
  • Independent Inquiries. (5 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of the inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) while in Garda custody in Clonmel; and if he will make...
• 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 Joe Higgins — concern...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Health Services.
  • Health Services. (2 speeches)
    The news that came with the leaking of the Health Service Executive report that the HSE north-east region is contemplating cuts in services to offset an overrun of almost €10 million in the...
  • Mental Health Services. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to discuss this very important matter. I raise it because I received letters from the very concerned parents of residents at Clonree House on...
  • Graffiti Offences. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise the issue of graffiti vandalism, a problem which is becoming worse by the day in Dublin city and elsewhere. From previous...