Dáil debates

Thursday, 22 November 2007

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Order of Business (87 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 7b, motion re establishment of Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children; No. 7c, motion re appointment of Members to committee; and No. 11,...
• Parliamentary Committees: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: (1) That a Select Committee consisting of thirteen members of Dáil Éireann be joined with a Select Committee to be appointed by Seanad Éireann to form the Joint Committee on the...
• Appointment of Members to Committee: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That the following members be appointed to the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children:— Deputies Thomas Byrne, Olwyn Enright, Paul Gogarty, Brendan Howlin, Michael...
• Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (30 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. The role of this House is to give time to issues and go into detail on them which may not be easily addressed in a legislative discussion. The...
• Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Appointment of Representatives and Alternates. (1 speech)
  I wish to inform the House that the following persons have been selected and nominated as representatives and alternates from Ireland to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe until...
• Climate Change and Energy Security: Statements (Resumed) (56 speeches)
  The Minister of State has given me another job. Global warming is discussed on a regular basis at the Council of Europe. My party in Europe, the EPP, has produced a draft document on climate...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed its consideration of the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 and has made no amendments thereto.
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Food Safety Standards.
  • Food Safety Standards. (20 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the contents of the recently published report by the EU Food and Veterinary Office on animal health controls...
  • Food Industry. (8 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she will take to combat rising inflation in food prices; if her attention has been drawn to the latest FAO food...
  • Animal Diseases. (6 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the opinion of the NDCC regarding biosecurity threats to Ireland in the future and its view regarding the probability of an...
  • Food Industry. (13 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the revised regulations she will introduce to facilitate the operation of local abattoirs in view of her stated position on...
  • Legislative Programme. (19 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the main aspects of the proposed new forestry Bill; the groups and bodies that have been consulted in the drafting of the...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  European Council Meetings.
  • European Council Meetings. (22 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the main agenda matters for the Council of the European Union, Agriculture and Fisheries meeting on 26 and 27 November 2007...
  • Farmers' Markets. (8 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if her attention has been drawn to a recent Bord Bia report in which it is stated that 29% of respondents to a survey...
  • Animal Diseases. (8 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she is taking to increase the age threshold for BSE testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29906/07]
  • Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (26 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the interim measures she proposes to deal with those people whose farm improvement scheme applications have been suspended,...
  • Organic Farming. (12 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the planned initiatives to promote organic food production and farmers' markets; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Grant Payments. (6 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the investment aid paid to mushroom growers under the scheme of investment aid for the development of commercial horticulture...
• 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 Bernard J. Durkan — the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Health Services.
  • Health Services. (3 speeches)
    I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this matter and thank the Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Smith, for coming to the House to reply. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Minister of State...
  • Cross-Border Health Services. (2 speeches)
    I thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, for affording me the opportunity to raise this important issue. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brendan Smith, who will reply to the matter. One of...
  • Local Government Elections. (2 speeches)
    I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this issue. The need to hold a boundary review of local electoral areas is clear. A review has not been carried out since 1998, which was based on the...