Dáil debates

Tuesday, 7 November 2006

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
  Legislative Programme.
  • Legislative Programme. (29 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his Department's legislative priorities for the remainder of the 29th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28242/06]
  • Official Engagements. (49 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet sub-committee on drugs and social inclusion last met; and when the next meeting is scheduled. [28244/06]
  • Commissions of Inquiry. (11 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Taoiseach the action he intends to take arising from the Report of Mr. Justice Barron into the Dundalk bombing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28248/06]
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Crime Levels.
  • Crime Levels. (23 speeches)
    Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he proposes to put in place to deal with the continual rising levels of crime. [36427/06]
  • Drug Seizures. (4 speeches)
    Question 82: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the increase in the number of drug offences recorded in the Central Statistics Office figures...
  • Garda Deployment. (6 speeches)
    Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which Garda call outs that do not result in an arrest are recorded; the numbers of such call...
  • Proposed Legislation. (18 speeches)
    Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to proceed with the Privacy Bill 2006 or withdraw it. [36428/06]
  • Crime Prevention. (12 speeches)
    Question 85: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the contacts or discussions he has had with the banks or financial institutions to deal with situations...
• Other Questions. (1 speech)
  We have completed Priority Questions. I inform the House that Standing Orders provide that supplementary questions and answers are to be of no more than one minute's duration.
  • Garda Disciplinary Proceedings. (16 speeches)
    Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to two members of the Garda who are reported to have become involved in a fracas...
  • Graffiti Offences. (11 speeches)
    Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made under the anti-graffiti pilot project which was to commence in July 2006; the areas which...
  • Crime Levels. (6 speeches)
    Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of murders in which firearms were used since the beginning of 2006; his views on the continuing...
• 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 Crawford — that the...
• Leaders' Questions. (67 speeches)
  I heard some reports that the Taoiseach referred to a utopian Ireland at the weekend. Olivia Crawford did not realise that her son had been shot until he collapsed in a pool of blood on the...
• Visit of the President of the Hellenic Parliament. (1 speech)
  Before proceeding, I wish on my own behalf and on behalf of the Members of Dáil Éireann to offer a céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to the President of the Hellenic Parliament, Mrs....
• Leaders' Questions (Resumed). (28 speeches)
  This is Anti-Racist Workplace Week and it is appropriate that the Dáil should mark that. It coincides with the publication of the first major survey, conducted by the ESRI, on the incidence of...
• 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.
• Order of Business (152 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 9, motion re Standing Orders Nos. 125 and 170; No. 10, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 15, Citizens Information Bill 2006 — Second Stage,...
• Standing Orders: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 97(1)(a), the Committee on Procedure and Privileges recommends that the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business are hereby amended...
• Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Resolution of the Dáil of 6th June, 2002, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
• Citizens Information Bill 2006: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
  Energy Resources: Motion.
  • Energy Resources: Motion. (120 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann, acknowledging: the likelihood of major job losses in both the manufacturing and services sectors in the wake of recently approved gas and electricity price increases;...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Salmon Management Programmes.
  • Salmon Management Programmes. (2 speeches)
    The predicament of drift net fishermen is another blow to people living in coastal communities. These are a finite number of fishermen eking out a living. They are mostly to be found along the...
  • Special Educational Needs. (2 speeches)
    There is a real danger that Bluebell ABA School for children with autism will have to close if it is not assisted by the Government with funding this year. That is why I am raising the issue as...
  • Ex-Service Personnel. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, for taking this Adjournment debate. The Kildare Town Ex-Service Men and Women's Association is a group of...