Dáil debates

Thursday, 25 October 2007

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Visit of US Delegation (1 speech)
  Before proceeding with the Order of Business, I wish, on my behalf and that of Members of Dáil Éireann, to extend céad míle fáilte, one hundred thousand welcomes, to a delegation from the...
• Order of Business (7 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 10e, motion re Orders of Reference of Committees; No. 10f, motion re appointment of members to committees; No. 3, Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007 — Order...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (7 speeches)
  Before continuing with the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I call Deputy Jan O'Sullivan.
• Order of Business (Resumed) (125 speeches)
  There are two proposals to put to the House. Is the proposal for dealing with Nos. 10e and 10f without debate agreed to?
• Spent Convictions Bill 2007: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide that certain convictions may be regarded as spent for certain purposes where the convicted person has not been...
• Competition (Amendment) Bill 2007: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to delimit the application of the Competition Act 2002 to trade unions and trade union members and to certain agreements...
• Legal Practitioners (Qualification) (Amendment) Bill 2007: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Legal Practitioners (Qualification) Act 1929, the Solicitors Acts 1954 to 2002, the European Communities (General...
• Orders of Reference of Committees: Motion (17 speeches)
  I move: that the Orders of Reference of the following Select Committees be amended in paragraph (1)(a) by the deletion of '11 members' and the substitution therefor of '13 members': Select...
• Appointment of Members to Committees: Motion. (6 speeches)
  I move: That the following members be appointed to the Select Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food:— Deputies Bobby Aylward, Johnny Brady, Michael Creed, Andrew Doyle, Martin Mansergh,...
• Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Order for Second Stage. (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to give effect to Council Framework decision of 19 July 2002 on combating trafficking in human beings; to give effect, in part, to the United Nations Protocol to prevent,...
• Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007: Second Stage (36 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to present to this House today the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007. It is a short but important Bill, not only...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions. (6 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the inclusion of aviation emissions in the EU carbon credit trading system and its implications for Irish tourism; and if...
  • Sports Funding. (8 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on the outcome of his meetings with the Gaelic Players Association and the GAA regarding the proposed €5 million...
  • Departmental Expenditure. (5 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the introduction of multiannual funding for the Arts Council in view of the importance of multiannual funding for forward...
  • Swimming Pool Projects. (12 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the swimming pool capital projects; the funding available and the maximum funding in each individual case; and if he...
  • State Airports. (8 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the Shannon marketing initiative, promised in the context of the open skies agreement and valued at €53 million will be...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Sports Capital Programme.
  • Sports Capital Programme. (11 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if sport might benefit to a greater extent through provision of facilities for universal sports education in schools rather than...
  • Arts Funding. (10 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he has given further consideration to arts bodies' requests for increased funding in order to meet the strategy outlined in the...
  • Heraldry and Genealogy. (15 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the situation in respect of the issuing of coats of arms; his views on the issues the controversy raises in respect of the...
  • National Stadium. (8 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on the zoning status of Abbotstown to allow for the provision of sports facilities; and if he will make a statement...
  • Tourism Promotion. (7 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the steps he is taking to promote and develop regional tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23960/07]
  • Arts Plan. (6 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the key recommendations of the arts and education committee report; the action he will take to implement these recommendations; 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 Joe Costello — to take...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Health Services.
  • Health Services. (2 speeches)
    This matter relates to a constituent of mine who had not been able to secure a nursing home place at Hamilton Park Nursing Home, Balrothery, because of the cutbacks which the Government...
  • Social Welfare Benefits. (2 speeches)
    This matter has come to my attention recently as rents in the Kildare North constituency have increased by €200 per month. These increases have left recipients of rent supplement in a...
  • Departmental Investigations. (2 speeches)
    I wish to raise the results of an European Parliament Petitions Committee on the problem of ill thrift, stunted growth and low milk yields on a farm in north County Kilkenny. The case has come...
  • Financial Services Regulation. (2 speeches)
    I am not here to comment on any particular case before the courts as regards solicitors' undertakings and what essentially are allegations of fraud, particularly by solicitors who are namesakes...