Dáil debates

Tuesday, 26 June 2007

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
  Northern Ireland Issues.
  • Northern Ireland Issues. (26 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the contacts he has had with the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, regarding the Irish peace process since the dissolution of the 29th Dáil; and if he...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Tax Yield.
  • Tax Yield. (8 speeches)
    Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he had reason to revise his forecast for tax receipts in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17744/07]
  • Price Inflation. (12 speeches)
    Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department's forecast for the level of inflation for 2007; the way this compares to the forecast he gave in his budget speech; his...
  • Pension Provisions. (8 speeches)
    Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on whether the current rules governing the tax relief for pension contributions are equitable in their impact; and if he will...
  • Decentralisation Programme. (11 speeches)
    Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any of the proposed decentralisation moves affecting the Civil Service or the State agencies will be reconsidered over the course of...
  • Departmental Bodies. (10 speeches)
    Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the proposed membership and terms of reference of the planned commission on taxation in regard to the commitment contained in the...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Tax Code.
  • Tax Code. (13 speeches)
    Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the environmental goods currently in the 21% VAT band which are to be subjected to review under the terms of the programme for...
  • Departmental Expenditure. (43 speeches)
    Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the expenditure reviews which have been completed in the first six months of 2007. [17317/07]
  • Carbon Budget. (28 speeches)
    Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the terms of reference of the carbon budget he plans to introduce; if this will be produced as part of the Estimates process; and the...
• 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 Charles Flanagan — what...
• Leaders' Questions (112 speeches)
  We proceed to Leaders' Questions under Standing Order 27. The standing order allows for a brief question on a matter of topical public importance from the leader of the Fine Gael and Labour parties.
• Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State (1 speech)
  I wish to announce, for the information of the Dáil: (1) that, having informed the President that Dáil Éireann had approved my nomination of Deputies to be members of the Government, the...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (9 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I will call on Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my office.
• Order of Business (62 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 4, motion re election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle; No. 5, motion re restoration of Bills to the Order Paper; and No. 2, Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007 — Order for Second...
• Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle (39 speeches)
  I move: "That Deputy Brendan Howlin be elected Leas-Cheann Comhairle." I propose Deputy Howlin, who has been a Member of this House for 20 years. He has been a distinguished Member in many...
• Suspension of Member (21 speeches)
  I move: "That Deputy Ring be suspended from the service of the Dáil."
• Election of Leas-Cheann Comhairle (Resumed) (28 speeches)
  In respect of No. 4, Standing Order 9 states that notice is required, and I accept that. However, today's Order Paper contains the nomination of Deputy Howlin, against whom I have nothing at...
  • Allocation of Time: Motion. (1 speech)
    I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil on this day, the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. and business will be interrupted on the conclusion of...
  • Restoration of Bills to Order Paper: Motion. (2 speeches)
    I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the Bills which lapsed on the dissolution of the 29th Dáil, and are set out in the Schedule to this motion, shall be proceeded with at...
  • Allocation of Time: Motion. (1 speech)
    I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following arrangements will apply to the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: the speech of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main...
• Declaration by Leas-Cheann Comhairle (1 speech)
  As it is the first occasion on which I have taken the Chair since my election, I must perform my first official duty as Leas-Cheann Comhairle. In accordance with Standing Order 9 of the...
• Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Order for Second Stage. (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to provide for the amendment of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999.
• Finance (No. 2) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (33 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am glad to introduce this, my fourth Finance Bill to the House. In my first Bill in 2005, I concentrated on reducing the tax burden on low...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
  Co-location of Hospitals: Motion.
  • Co-location of Hospitals: Motion. (37 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: noting: the electoral success of candidates opposed to the Government's plans to build private hospitals on public lands; that over 1,000,000 voters supported such...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Statute Law Revision Bill 2007, without amendment; the Water Services Bill 2003, without amendment; the Protection of Employment (Exceptional Collective...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Mental Health Services.
  • Mental Health Services. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting the issue of psychiatric services for debate. I feel honoured this is selected as the first matter for an Adjournment debate in the 30th Dáil. I call...
  • Special Educational Needs. (5 speeches)
    I congratulate the Minister on her re-appointment to the Department of Education and Science and thank her for being here for this debate. I welcome the relatively slim paragraph in the...
  • Road Network. (6 speeches)
    The route of the M3 at Tara is very controversial. It is certainly true that the NRA did not recommend the most important route, which was the one that would least damage the archaeology of the...