Dáil debates
Thursday, 19 June 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 (14 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.
- Visit of Sudanese Delegation (1 speech)
Before proceeding with the Order of Business, I wish on my own behalf and on behalf of the Members of Dáil Éireann to offer a céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to a parliamentary...
- Order of Business (199 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 12a, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 19a, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and...
- Ministerial Rota: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Resolution of the Dáil of 14th June, 2007, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
- Planning and Development Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: The Planning and Development Regulations 2008, copies of which were laid in draft form before Dáil...
- Estimates for Public Services 2008 (1 speech)
I move the following Revised Estimates: Vote 1 — President's Establishment (Revised). That a sum not exceeding €3,535,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Transport has completed its consideration of the Dublin Transport Authority Bill 2008 and has made amendments thereto.
- Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (222 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann resolves that sections 2 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 39 of 1998) shall continue in operation for the period of 12...
- Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (EirGrid) Bill 2008: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (EirGrid) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages. (4 speeches)
As there are no amendments on Report Stage, we will proceed to Fifth Stage.
- Fishing Industry: Statements (24 speeches)
I congratulate the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Brendan Smith, and the Minister for State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Deputy Killeen, on their...
- Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
Price Inflation.
- Price Inflation. (21 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions she has taken or plans to take to address the rising cost of consumer goods and services; and if...
- Job Losses. (19 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking, in view of the fact that the numbers on the live register have gone through the...
- County Enterprise Boards. (8 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to review the role of county and city enterprise boards in the development of micro-enterprises; the...
- Job Losses. (11 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the loss of high quality jobs that require quality education and training,...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
Employment Rights.
- Employment Rights. (6 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are secretaries and caretakers in schools who are...
- FÁS Training Programmes. (10 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will instruct FÁS to ensure construction workers who lose their jobs will be facilitated to complete...
- Price Inflation. (16 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action she will take with the main retail bodies here to address high food prices; what she proposes to...
- Social Partnership. (26 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will propose to Government that the National Consumer Agency should be represented at the pay talks and...
- Unemployment Levels. (4 speeches)
Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her strategy to tackle soaring youth unemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24024/08]
- EU Directives. (4 speeches)
Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she has received or sought legal advice with regard to compatibility of sections 48 and 49 of the Consumer...
- 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 Joe McHugh — the...
- Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
Special Educational Needs.
- Special Educational Needs. (2 speeches)
I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Conor Lenihan, to the House. As usual, he will have a standard response. It is important to outline the seriousness of the withdrawal of special...
- School Staffing. (2 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue this evening, which relates to two schools in my constituency of Dublin North-East. I call on the Minister for Education...
- Languages Programme. (11 speeches)
I am grateful for the opportunity of raising this matter and I expect the Minister of State to be as outraged as I am about this incredible blow to integration. Last Thursday, 40 teachers and...
- Waste Management. (5 speeches)
I should like to share some of my time with Deputy Billy Timmins, with the agreement of the House. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise plans by Rentokil and South Dublin County...
