Dáil debates

Tuesday, 5 February 2008

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
  Social Partnership.
  • Social Partnership. (25 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the National Implementation Body's intervention in the recent industrial relations dispute in Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Small Craft Register.
  • Small Craft Register. (10 speeches)
    Question 104: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will establish a register for certain small craft which would, as the Revenue Commissioners have suggested to his Department, be of...
  • Congestion Charges. (9 speeches)
    Question 105: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has been reviewing proposals for the introduction of a congestion charge in Dublin; if he has absolutely ruled out the introduction of a...
  • Carbon Emissions. (10 speeches)
    Question 106: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans in relation to the reduction of carbon emissions from the transport sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3873/08]
  • Proposed Legislation. (7 speeches)
    Question 107: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the calls from the Road Safety Authority to his Department to immediately introduce legislation to give powers to the Garda to seize...
  • Road Safety. (12 speeches)
    Question 108: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has plans to produce a safety audit of roads here to be carried out by the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Road Safety.
  • Road Safety. (32 speeches)
    Question 109: To ask the Minister for Transport if, following his supportive comments on the need to reduce the legal blood alcohol level here, he will push ahead with the lowering of this level...
  • Public Transport. (9 speeches)
    Question 110: To ask the Minister for Transport his plans to ensure that there is no further cost and time overruns in providing integrated ticketing in public transport; and if he will make a...
• 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 Sheahan — the...
• Leaders' Questions (42 speeches)
  I know it is "Super Tuesday" but we have matters we must attend to in our own country. I am genuinely concerned at the leaking confidence evident now in the Irish economy. January saw the...
• 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 (74 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council Framework Decision on combating certain forms and expressions of racism...
• European Council Decisions: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion provided by Article 1.11 of the Treaty of Amsterdam to take part in the adoption of...
• Finance Bill 2008: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to provide for the imposition, repeal, remission, alteration and regulation of taxation, of stamp duties and of duties relating to excise and otherwise to make further...
• Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (15 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am glad to be able to introduce my fifth Finance Bill to the House. In previous Bills I introduced measures that supported business, made the...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Health Services: Motion (67 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting the failure of the Government to implement the recommendations of the Pollock report; recognising the serious deficit in isolation units and the shortage of...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Community Pharmacy Services.
  • Community Pharmacy Services. (2 speeches)
    Every Member of this House has had representations on this issue since we returned in October. It is time that the dispute between the HSE and the IPU is resolved once and for all. We were...
  • Garda Equipment. (2 speeches)
    I am grateful of the opportunity to raise this matter in the hope of advancing a long outstanding matter to conclusion by the end of this year. The lives of emergency services personnel are...
  • Electricity Interconnector. (5 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for being present. It is not that often that Ministers appear in the Chamber to answer questions directly. He should not be...