Dáil debates

Thursday, 13 March 2008

• 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)
  Anois, iarratais chun tairiscint a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan-Ordú 32. We now move to requests to move the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32. I call Deputy...
• Order of Business (141 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 11b, motion re membership of committees; No. 11a, motion re orders of reference of committee; and No. 15, Student Support Bill 2008 — Second Stage (resumed). It is...
• Cluster Munitions Bill 2008: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the trade in cluster munitions and to provide for connected matters.
• Membership of Committees: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Deputy Noel O' Flynn be discharged from the Select Committee on Social and Family Affairs and that Deputy Michael McGrath be appointed in substitution for him. That Deputy Michael...
• Orders of Reference of Committees: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, notwithstanding the Order of 22 November 2007, requesting that the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children examine the Twenty-Eighth Amendment of...
• Student Support Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (42 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Arts Funding.
  • Arts Funding. (6 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he will report on the value for money being achieved from the per cent for arts scheme; if he will recommend a revaluation of the...
  • National Aquatic Centre. (13 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if the review of the first full years trading at the National Aquatic Centre is complete; when he expects the benchmarking exercise to...
  • Horseracing Ireland. (15 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if he envisages new funding arrangements for Horse Racing Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10976/08]
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Tourism Industry.
  • Tourism Industry. (4 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism whether he has consulted with the Department of Finance regarding the implications of section 74 of the Finance Bill 2008 in respect...
  • Arts and Culture Plan. (9 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the way he is promoting accessibility to the arts for all sectors of society in Government owned and sponsored institutions and...
  • Sports and Public Health. (10 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the role his Department plays in facilitating the level of co-operation between public health policy and promotion and sport policy;...
  • National Archives. (8 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when the new board of the National Archives Advisory Council will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10938/08]
  • Film Industry Development. (4 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism his views on the report by the Irish Film Board to his Department on studio facilities here; if a decision has been taken by him on...
  • Access to Sporting Facilities. (10 speeches)
    Question 12: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the discussions with the Department of Education and Science that have taken place to promote and encourage the use of school halls...
  • Arts Plan. (4 speeches)
    Question 13: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when he proposes to act on the recommendations in the Arts in Education Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10963/08]
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  I wish to inform the House that Seanad Éireann has passed the Finance Bill 2008 without recommendation.
• Adjournment Debate Matters (1 speech)
  I 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 Ruairí Quinn — the reply to...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  School Accommodation.
  • School Accommodation. (2 speeches)
    I want to put on record my dissatisfaction with what I would describe as the Department of evasion and smoke, masquerading as the Department of Education and Science. This is but one example of...
  • Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important matter for discussion on the Adjournment. Sonna is located in the parish of Ballynacarrigy, my own parish, near Mullingar. My wife and...
  • National Monuments. (4 speeches)
    As the Minister is aware, a situation arose today at the location of the Rath Lugh monument where, according to newspaper reports, a young woman has chained her neck to a jack in a tunnel and the...
  • Inland Fisheries. (2 speeches)
    I represent a great riverine constituency. The Nore, Barrow, Slaney rivers, among others, run through Carlow and Kilkenny. They are breathtaking in their beauty and length and a rich source of...