Dáil debates

Tuesday, 12 December 2006

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannasar 2.30 p.m.
• Appointment of Minister of State (1 speech)
  I wish to announce for the information of the Dáil that on 8 December I accepted the resignation from office of Deputy Síle de Valera, Minister of State at the Department of Education and...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Programmes.
  • Departmental Programmes. (25 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of his Department's quality customer service charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37094/06]
  • Departmental Bodies. (20 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach his plans to alter the functions of the communications unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37095/06]
  • Departmental Expenditure. (33 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the cost of political advisers in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37096/06]
  • Departmental Staff. (19 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Taoiseach the number of staff broken down by grade in private offices and constituency offices in respect of himself and each Minister of State within his Department; the...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Social and Affordable Housing.
  • Social and Affordable Housing. (19 speeches)
    Question 43: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of extra affordable housing units he expects to be built as a result of the measures announced in...
  • Local Authority Housing. (16 speeches)
    Question 44: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of approved applicants for local authority housing in 1996; the number of such applicants in 2005;...
  • Nuclear Plants. (8 speeches)
    Question 45: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the results of meetings he has had recently with British Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Mr....
  • Local Authority Funding. (14 speeches)
    Question 46: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the level of local government funding is adequate to meet the increased...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Special Areas of Conservation.
  • Special Areas of Conservation. (6 speeches)
    Question 48: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason he has closed off the opportunity to appeal special area of conservation designations already...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes. (18 speeches)
    Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the anticipated effect of the national water pricing policy which will result in a new countrywide...
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (4 speeches)
    Question 50: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the European Commission's decision on Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions national allocation...
• 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 Kirk — the need for the...
• Leaders' Questions (135 speeches)
  The Government has always proclaimed itself a low-tax Government, but it has introduced a raft of stealth charges and new taxes in the past few years. Last week in the budget, the health levy...
• 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 (8 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 16, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the World Intellectual Property Organisation Copyright Treaty of 20 December 1996 — back from committee; No. 17,...
• World Intellectual Property Organisation Copyright Treaty: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the ratification by Ireland, at a date to be determined by the Minister for Foreign Affairs following consultation with fellow European Union member states,...
• World Intellectual Property Organisation Performances and Phonograms Treaty: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the ratification by Ireland, at a date to be determined by the Minister for Foreign Affairs following consultation with fellow European Union member states,...
• Estimates for Public Services 2006 (1 speech)
  I move the following Supplementary Estimates:
  • Vote 1 — President's Establishment (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 18 — Office of the Ombudsman (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 19 — Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 20 — Garda Síochána (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 21 — Prisons (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 22 — Courts Service (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 26 — Education and Science (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 30 — Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 32 — Transport (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 35 — Arts, Sport and Tourism (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
  • Vote 37 — Army Pensions (Supplementary) (0 speeches)
• Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2006: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the draft of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) (Amendment) Regulations 2006, a...
• Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) and Fisheries (Miscellaneous Commercial Licences) (Alteration of Duties) Order 2006: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the following Orders in draft: (i) Regional Fisheries Boards (Postponement of Elections) Order 2006, copies of which were laid before Dáil...
• Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (42 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." As the festive season beckons, I am pleased to bring before the Dáil the Local Government (Business Improvement Districts) Bill 2006. The Bill...
• Private Members' Business. (0 speeches)
  Public Transport: Motion.
  • Public Transport: Motion. (24 speeches)
    I move: "That Dáil Éireann, concerned at the serious traffic problems facing the Greater Dublin Area and the inadequacy of the current public transport system; conscious that even if the metro...
• Social Welfare Bill 2006: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts and to amend the Health Contributions Act 1979.
• Social Welfare Bill 2006: Second Stage (44 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce this Bill, the first of two intended to implement the largest social welfare package in the history of the State of...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  General Practitioner Co-operatives.
  • General Practitioner Co-operatives. (2 speeches)
    I do not intend to delay the House, other than to inquire with the HSE, via the Department of Health and Children, when the doctor on call scheme will be extended to all parts of County Louth....
  • Schools Building Projects. (3 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for permitting debate on this important issue and the Minister of State for coming here to reply to it. The issue relates to the need for the Minister for Education...
  • Landslides Prevention. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for this opportunity. I also thank the staff of the House and the Minister of State for staying late to hear what I have to...