Dáil debates

Tuesday, 20 June 2006

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
  Northern Ireland Issues.
  • Northern Ireland Issues. (25 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he has had contact with the family of the late Mr. Pat Finucane following the recent release of the man jailed for his killing under the terms of the Good...
  • Departmental Staff. (43 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a communication from the Standards in Public Office Commission in regard to a complaint made against the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and...
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Social Welfare Benefits.
  • Social Welfare Benefits. (11 speeches)
    Question 45: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the checks and balances in operation in his Department to ensure people who are entitled to receive various social welfare payments...
  • Anti-Poverty Strategy. (6 speeches)
    Question 46: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he has received a copy of the eight year study Day In, Day Out, Understanding the Dynamics of Child Poverty by the Combat Poverty...
  • Pension Provisions. (20 speeches)
    Question 47: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the actions which have been taken by his Department to implement the recommendations of the Pensions Board review of the conditions...
  • Anti-Poverty Strategy. (4 speeches)
    Question 49: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the envisaged timescale for the State to significantly reduce or completely eradicate consistent and relative poverty. [23222/06]
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Pension Provisions.
  • Pension Provisions. (7 speeches)
    Question 50: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the announcement that the country's largest pension scheme, the construction federation...
• 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 Costello — the need for...
• Leaders' Questions. (43 speeches)
  The murder rate in north Dublin is reaching crisis proportions. This week, another murder took place, the third in a small area and the sixth in north Dublin this year, most of which have...
• Visit of Iraqi Delegation. (1 speech)
  Before proceeding with business, I wish on my behalf and on behalf of the Members of Dáil Éireann to offer a céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome to Mr. Adnan Pachachi, and a delegation...
• Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (11 speeches)
  Is the Taoiseach aware of the content of the review published at 3 p.m. in Government Buildings regarding sexual assault treatment services in the State? What is the Government doing to address...
• 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.
• Order of Business. (74 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 12, Revised Estimates for Public Services 2006, Votes 1 to 40, back from committee; No. 1, Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad] — Second Stage. It is proposed,...
• Estimates for Public Services 2006. (1 speech)
  I move the following Revised Estimates:
  • Vote 1 — President's Establishment (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 2 — Department of the Taoiseach (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 3 — Office of the Attorney General (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 4 — Central Statistics Office (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 5 — Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 6 — Office of the Minister for Finance (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 7 — Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 8 — Office of the Appeals Commissioners (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 9 — Office of the Revenue Commissioners (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 10 — Office of Public Works (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 11 — State Laboratory (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 12 — Secret Service (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 13 — Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 14 — Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 15 — Valuation Office (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 16 — Public Appointments Service (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 17 — Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 18 — Office of the Ombudsman (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 19 — Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 20 — Garda Síochána (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 21 — Prisons (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 22 — Courts Service (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 23 — Land Registry and Registry of Deeds (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 24 — Charitable Donations and Bequests (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 25 — Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 26 — Education and Science (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 27 — Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 28 — Foreign Affairs (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 29 — International Co-operation (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 30 — Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 31 — Agriculture and Food (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 32 — Transport (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 33 — National Gallery (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 34 — Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 35 — Arts, Sport and Tourism (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 36 — Defence (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 37 — Army Pensions (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 38 — Social and Family Affairs (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 39 — Health and Children (Revised) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 40 — Health Service Executive (Revised) (0 speeches)
    Votes put and agreed to.
• Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (28 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill represents the sixth major legislative initiative in as many years to underpin and promote road safety. That legislative progression...
• Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
  Waste Management: Motion.
  • Waste Management: Motion. (174 speeches)
    I move: "That Dáil Éireann, —recognising the continued record levels of waste generated per head, as highlighted by the recent Forfás report and the low levels of recycling in Ireland;...
• Message from Select Committee. (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Education and Science has completed its consideration of the Institutes of Technology Bill 2006 and has made amendments thereto.
• Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (11 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Cancer Incidence.
  • Cancer Incidence. (2 speeches)
    I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Power, to the House. The issue I raise is the need for the Minister for Health and Children to address the high incidence of cancer in disadvantaged urban...
  • Road Traffic Offences. (3 speeches)
    I wish to share time with Deputy Mildred Fox. I am here to try to find out from the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, or his representative, what went wrong in the prosecution of...
  • Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
    Tá mé buíoch go bhfuil cead agam an rún seo a phlé. Students, parents and the principal of Gaelscoil Sairséal are so desperate to ensure that there is definite progress in the acquisition...
  • Services for People with Disabilities. (2 speeches)
    I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise this important matter. Catherine was a perfect child until she got encephalitis at the age of three. Her balance went and she...