Dáil debates

Wednesday, 7 November 2007

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (96 speeches)
  I want to return to the central issue of cancer services. They say a week is a long time in politics, but for the eight women in the midlands awaiting the results of a second test, a week can be...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
  Dáil Reform.
  • Dáil Reform. (57 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his proposals for Dáil reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16829/07]
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (5 speeches)
  I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to debate the following urgent matter: in light of the recent lack of confidence in the health system, it is of urgent public...
• Order of Business. (11 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 7, Supplementary Estimate for Public Services — Vote 6, back from committee; No. 11a , statements regarding cancer services and the implementation of the HSE national...
• Estimates for Public Services 2007. (1 speech)
  Vote 6 — Office of the Minister for Finance (Supplementary Estimate).
• Cancer Services: Statements (1 speech)
  I believe all Members are at one in expressing their sincere sympathy for all the women affected by these failings of the Midland Regional Hospital radiology services. As Minister for Health and...
• Business of Dáil: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the proceedings of No. 11a shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. tonight, and the following...
• Cancer Services: Statements (Resumed) (16 speeches)
  In her speech, the Minister for Health and Children stated: "One person applied for the post, the doctor who had been a locum beforehand, was offered the position, and took it up on 1 November...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Crime Levels
  • Crime Levels (27 speeches)
    Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, having regard to the fact that the murder rate in the State is now the highest since the Civil War, he will outline the...
  • Victim Impact Statements. (8 speeches)
    Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the changes he proposes to introduce on the matter of victim impact statements submitted to the courts in criminal cases;...
  • Family Law Courts. (6 speeches)
    Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent report (details supplied) commissioned by the Courts Service, which described...
  • Asylum Applications. (6 speeches)
    Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applicants who have gone missing from State provided asylum accommodation; and if he will make a...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Garda Investigations.
  • Garda Investigations. (10 speeches)
    Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to date with regard to the Garda investigation into the murder of two persons (details supplied) in Walkinstown...
  • Joint Policing Committees. (11 speeches)
    Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason his Department and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government are only now, at the end of...
  • Prison Building Programme. (28 speeches)
    Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to the proposed Thornton Hall Prison plan; the latest estimate available to his Department of the...
  • Criminal Prosecutions. (8 speeches)
    Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 to date in 2007; the number of...
• 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 Tom Hayes — in light of...
• Cancer Services: Statements (Resumed). (121 speeches)
  I wish to share time with Deputy Joe McHugh. It was a mistake that shouldn't have happened even once. And now I can't believe that here has been yet another botched cancer test in our health...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Undocumented Irish in the United States: Motion (Resumed). (39 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Michael Ring on Tuesday, 6 November 2007:
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Tax Code.
  • Tax Code. (5 speeches)
    Tenancies in common and the repercussions with regard to capital gains tax affect several of my constituents. It is not uncommon for farmers at the point of succession to pass on their farms to...
  • State Airports. (16 speeches)
    I welcome the tendency of the Minister of State to ad lib some of the reply to the question. This may keep the reply relevant because the reply often consists of a list of things that have...
  • Air Services. (9 speeches)
    I wish to share time with Deputy O'Donnell.
  • Grant Payments. (12 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important motion for debate. I am disappointed the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, that girl from Donegal, is not here to provide me...