Dáil debates

Thursday, 21 February 2008

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (3 speeches)
  Ar an gcéad dul síos, iarratas chun tairiscint a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan-Ordú 32, request to move the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32.
• Order of Business (203 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 9a, motion regarding presentation and circulation of revised Estimates 2008; No. 16, Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008 — Second Stage (resumed); and No....
• Presentation and Circulation of Revised Estimates 2008: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding Standing Order 154 (1) or (2) of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann relative to Public Business, Revised Estimates for the Public Services for the year ending 31...
• Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Millennium Projects.
  • Millennium Projects. (8 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number, in respect of the millennium trees project, of trees that were eventually planted of the 1.2 million planned; the...
  • Grant Payments. (6 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the steps she is taking to release the current deadlock relating to payments under the rural environment protection, REP,...
  • World Trade Negotiations. (6 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her specific concerns relating to the World Trade Organisation, WTO, talks; the action she will pursue to ensure that the...
  • Grant Payments. (16 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason for her Department's delay in processing REPS payments; the consultations she has had with the European Union on...
  • Aquaculture Licences. (6 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if a new aquaculture licensing regime has been in operation since 1 January 2008, implementing recommendation 6.2 of the...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Animal Diseases.
  • Animal Diseases. (10 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the preventative measures she is considering to avert the spread of the bluetongue virus here; and if she will make a...
  • Alternative Farm Enterprises. (2 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her views on whether changes need to be made to conditions governing the use of agricultural land in order to encourage the...
  • Installation Aid Scheme. (12 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of young farmers who have received installation aid in each of the past five years on a county basis and the number...
  • Potato Sector. (9 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food her plans to improve the incomes of potato farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7117/08]
• Private Notice Questions. (0 speeches)
  Air Services.
  • Air Services. (16 speeches)
    I will call on the Deputies who tabled questions to the Minister for Transport regarding possible industrial action by air traffic controllers in the order in which they submitted their questions...
• 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 Seán Barrett — the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Hospital Services.
  • Hospital Services. (8 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this serious issue on the Adjournment. I discovered yesterday that the HSE intends to change its policy in the mid-west such...
  • Pharmacy Regulations. (2 speeches)
    I have sought this debate because the Health Service Executive, on the direction of the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, intends to proceed with the unilateral imposition of new...
  • Vaccination Programme. (2 speeches)
    The BCG vaccine was last available in the middle of October last year. I was advised by the HSE on 3 December last that a new stock of vaccines would not become available until mid-February. I...
• Schools Building Projects (3 speeches)
  I am endeavouring to find out when a decision will be made to relocate St. Brigid's boys national school, Foxrock, to a new site due to the growing demand for school places and the inability to...