Dáil debates

Thursday, 26 April 2007

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (13 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 Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
• Order of Business (72 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 18a, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 2007; No. 18b, Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad] — motion to...
• Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme 2007: Motion (58 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following regulations in draft: Risk Equalisation (Amendment) Scheme, 2007, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 24 April...
• Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (18 speeches)
  I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 170, Standing Order 125 is modified to permit an instruction to the Committee to which the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad] may be recommitted in...
• Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2006: Report and Final Stages (38 speeches)
  Bill recommitted in respect of amendments Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive.
• Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective Redundancies and Related Matters) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (66 speeches)
  SECTION 1.
• Commissions of Investigation: Motions (34 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, bearing in mind the public concern arising from the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Gary Douch, a prisoner who had been placed in a holding cell in...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Staff.
  • Departmental Staff. (26 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role played by civil servants in his Department in the preparation of the document entitled Keeping Ireland Working: The...
  • Public Holidays. (9 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish workers have fewer public holidays than workers in most EU countries;...
  • Consumer Protection. (12 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of price surveys conducted by the National Consumer Agency, NCA; the number of prosecutions taken against rogue...
  • State Authorities. (11 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on progress made in the establishment of the Office of the Director of Employment Rights Compliance; and if...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Business Regulation Forum.
  • Business Regulation Forum. (18 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he has not implemented procedures to ensure direct feedback from business on regulatory burdens; and if he will...
  • European Defence Agency. (8 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a representative from Enterprise Ireland is acting as Ireland's representative at meetings of the European Defence...
  • Departmental Travel. (25 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to offset the carbon emissions caused by official travel of staff of agencies under the remit of his...
  • Irish Language. (5 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to his Department of implementing the Official Languages Act 2003; the number of documents that were published in...
  • Literacy Levels. (2 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 25% of the Irish working population lack functional literacy skills; his...
  • Company Closures. (4 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of investigations by the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Employment Appeals Tribunal and other agencies...
  • Job Creation. (6 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for job creation in the south and south west following the recent high-profile job losses at three companies; his...
  • Industrial Development. (2 speeches)
    Question 12: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reconfigure the enterprise development agencies to allow local authorities to participate in strategic...
  • Control of Exports. (7 speeches)
    Question 13: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the Control of Exports Bill 2007 will be amended to require Irish companies to receive prior licensing approval...
  • Employment Support Services. (9 speeches)
    Question 14: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to assist persons who lose their jobs and have particular difficulties finding new employment due to...
  • Official Travel. (8 speeches)
    Question 15: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policies in place in his Department to encourage the use of public transport by staff travelling to and from work; the...