Dáil debates
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Leaders' Questions (26 speeches)
I want to ask the Taoiseach about children's services. I understand there are 7,000 children in north Dublin waiting more than 12 months for an eye test. Recent official figures show there are...
- Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
Freedom of Information.
- Freedom of Information. (38 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department during November 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34140/07]
- Departmental Bodies. (12 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Taoiseach the cross-departmental teams and interdepartmental committees on which his Department is represented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35292/07]
- Cabinet Committees. (17 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committee on climate change meetings that have been held. [35627/07]
- Official Engagements. (29 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings planned by the National Forum on Europe during 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3536/08]
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (6 speeches)
We will now deal with requests to move the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32.
- Order of Business (61 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 2, the Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008 — Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 16, the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008 —...
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The purpose of the Bill is twofold: to provide a permanent legislative basis for the motor tax increases that were approved by Dáil Éireann...
- Ceisteanna — Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
Departmental Expenditure.
- Departmental Expenditure. (19 speeches)
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she is satisfied with the budget allocation she received for her Department for 2008 in terms of meeting the commitments made in the...
- School Staffing. (18 speeches)
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of recent newspaper reports regarding draft procedures to deal with primary school teachers who are not meeting or adhering...
- School Curriculum. (14 speeches)
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the appropriateness, or otherwise of poetry (details supplied) remaining on the leaving certificate syllabus in view of...
- Schools Building Projects. (22 speeches)
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of primary schools using prefab class rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6075/08]
- Adult Education. (12 speeches)
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in terms of extending opportunity to persons who avail of adult education, particularly in view of Government commitments...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
School Funding.
- School Funding. (14 speeches)
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her views on the fact that nearly half the State's private fee-paying schools are claiming to be charities to avail of tax exemptions;...
- School Bags. (19 speeches)
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the possible detrimental effects on the health of children who are burdened by heavy schools bags;...
- School Management. (8 speeches)
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to a no running policy in school yards being adopted by some schools; and if she will make a statement...
- Inservice Training. (10 speeches)
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Integrate Ireland, the body to whom she has given responsibility for training English...
- Public Private Partnerships. (20 speeches)
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the effective rate of interest for each contract, in respect of the third level public private partnership programme, designed to...
- University Status. (22 speeches)
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when she will publish the Port report regarding the need for a new university for the south east; and if she will make a statement on...
- Message from Seanad (1 speech)
Seanad Éireann has passed the Control of Exports Bill 2007, without amendment.
- 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 John O'Mahony — the...
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (92 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Business of Dáil: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the Dáil of 20 February 2008, the proceedings on the Second Stage of the Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008...
- Motor Vehicle (Duties and Licences) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Finance and the Public Service has concluded its consideration of the Finance Bill 2008 and has made amendments thereto.
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Agency Workers: Motion (Resumed) (24 speeches)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Willie Penrose in Dáil Éireann on Tuesday, 19 February 2008:
- Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
Disabled Drivers.
- Disabled Drivers. (5 speeches)
Will the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance consider awarding primary medical certificates to persons with mentally disabilities and Down's syndrome under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled...
- Ambulance Service. (3 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to raise the urgent need to review the provision of an ambulance service in County Clare 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There needs to be a specific emphasis on the...
- Hospital Staffing. (2 speeches)
The people of Mallow, north Cork, south Tipperary and east Limerick fear for the future of Mallow General Hospital, MGH. The 100 general practitioners who wrote to the Minister in September...
- Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
I protest in the strongest possible terms at the unacceptable treatment of three applications for new school buildings in County Mayo. The principal and board of management of Midfield national...
