Dáil debates

Thursday, 8 November 2007

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32. (5 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. (135 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 1, Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad] — Second Stage and No. 13, statements on the Government statement on the Irish language and the...
• Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (16 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to put before the House the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 for consideration and debate. From the dawn of...
• Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that...
• Irish Language: Statements (147 speeches)
  Níl aon amhras ach gurb é an rud is tabhachtaí atá tarlaithe ó thaobh na Gaeilge de le bliain anuas ná seoladh ráiteas an Rialtais i leith na Gaeilge ag ócáid i dTeach bhFarmleigh mí na...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  • Army Equitation School. (11 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Defence the plans he has to improve the quality of horses available to the Irish Army equestrian school for international competition purposes; and if he will...
  • Overseas Missions. (15 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Defence the role the operations commander of the proposed EU military operation in the Republic of Chad and the Central African Republic will have in the...
  • Defence Forces Allowances. (6 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Defence if agreement has been reached under the C and A scheme for an increase in overseas allowances for the Defences Forces; and if he will make a statement...
  • Defence Forces Strength. (6 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Defence the strength of the Army ranger wing as a percentage of its establishment; the measures that are being adopted to address the current shortfall; and...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  • Naval Service Vessels. (16 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of proposals received following stage 1 of the competition for the purchase of the two offshore patrol vessels with an option of a third,...
  • Defence Forces Recruitment. (6 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has completed his consideration of the possibility of the recruitment of an additional 1,000 personnel to the Defence Forces, which he referred...
  • Defence Forces Provisions. (8 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to concerns expressed by farming organisations regarding the use by the Defence Forces of rations that included...
  • Overseas Missions. (10 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Defence the projected cost of the air transport element of the cost of the Irish participation in the forthcoming EU mission to Chad; and if he will make a...
  • Military Archives. (4 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Defence when his Department intends placing advertisements in the national press seeking to recruit professional archivists who will be dedicated to making...
• 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 — the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  • EU Treaties. (4 speeches)
    I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise this item. I am also pleased that the Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy Roche, who is responsible for this area, is...
  • Community Development. (2 speeches)
    I welcome the interest of the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in local economic and social development and the future of Partnership, Leader and other local companies. As a...
  • Beef Imports. (2 speeches)
    Over the past several years, Deputies from all parties have expressed concerns about the importation of Brazilian beef into the EU. I have heard the issue being raised by Members from all sides...
  • Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
    I raised this issue previously on the Adjournment a number of years ago and raised it in various Dáil questions, yet the school concerned, Gaelscoil Bharra in Cabra, Dublin 7, is still in...