Dáil debates

Thursday, 10 April 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 (10 speeches)
  Anois, iarratais chun tairiscint a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. We will now deal with requests to move the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32.
• Order of Business (119 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 18, Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008 — Second Stage (resumed), to adjourn at 1 p.m. if not previously concluded; and No. 1, Local Government...
• An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht 2008: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) (0 speeches)
• Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 speeches)
  Atairgeadh an cheist: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois."
• Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) (Confirmation of Orders) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (19 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Before referring to the Bill, I wish to provide some background information on the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971. The...
• Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) (Confirmation of Orders) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, in accordance with Standing Order 120(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of...
• Ceisteanna — Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  Defence Forces Expenditure.
  • Defence Forces Expenditure. (6 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Defence if, in view of a statement to the Houses of the Oireachtas on 27 June 2007, he will take steps to have the Chief of Staff made the accounting officer...
  • Overseas Missions. (15 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Defence the latest position in regard to the deployment of Irish troops to serve with the United Nations mission to Chad; the progress made with regard to...
  • Overseas Development Aid. (6 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Defence if the level of funding available to the Defence Forces for humanitarian purposes will be increased for their various missions; if they could have...
  • Defence Forces Allowances. (7 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Defence when a decision will be made on the proposed increase in overseas allowances for the Defence Forces in view of the Chad mission; and if he will make a...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Defence Forces Medical Service.
  • Defence Forces Medical Service. (11 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Defence if each member of the permanent Defence Forces have been made aware by their employers of the content of the Defence Forces Medical Services Patients...
  • Overseas Missions. (23 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will report in regard to the Irish contingent to Chad. [13551/08]
  • Defence Forces Medical Service. (11 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Defence the percentage of members of the Permanent Defence Force by rank and brigade or formation who had an annual medical examination in each of the years...
• 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 Leo Varadkar — the need...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Services for People with Disabilities.
  • Services for People with Disabilities. (2 speeches)
    Leslie is a 16 year old girl with Down's syndrome who lives in my constituency. She is cared for by her mother in the local authority house in which they live. Her mother is a lone parent in...
  • Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important matter. The new Convent Primary School in Listowel opened in 1990 on a greenfield site. It was then an eight-classroom school...
  • School Accommodation. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle and the Minister of State, Deputy Haughey, for taking this Adjournment debate. The daily e-mails and representations I currently receive about educational facilities...