Dáil debates

Thursday, 6 November 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)
  Anois, iarratas chun tairisceanta a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. We will now deal with a request to move the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32.
• Order of Business (268 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 18, Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad] — Second Stage (resumed); and No. 19, Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005 — Second Stage (resumed).
• Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference...
• Business of Dáil (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, statements on cancer vaccine shall be taken today at 12.30 p.m. and shall be brought to a conclusion not later than 2 p.m., the order...
• Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed) (99 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, on Tuesday, 20 November 2007:
• Cancer Vaccine: Statements (147 speeches)
  In accordance with an order of the House today, we will deal with statements on the cancer vaccine. I will shortly call the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, to make her...
• Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (7 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Deputy Brian Lenihan, on Tuesday, 20 November 2007:
• Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: 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 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Banking Sector Regulation.
  • Banking Sector Regulation. (31 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether experience shows that putting off decisions on restructuring financial institutions only serves to deepen and prolong a crisis;...
  • Budgetary Forecasts. (12 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the forecasts in the Budget Statement 2009 on which he has based his projections of taxation and borrowing are robust; and if...
  • Public Sector Pay. (23 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to contain the growth of the public service pay bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39083/08]
  • Government Borrowing. (19 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received an analysis of the reason Irish debt costs are rising relative to those of other states. [39084/08]
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Expenditure.
  • Departmental Expenditure. (29 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Finance the 2009 funding allocation for disability services under the multi-annual investment programme 2006 to 2009; the expenditure under this programme...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (8 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the progress being made to find a satisfactory system for deposit protection in credit unions. [38802/08]
  • Pension Provisions. (12 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received estimates of the deficits in the pension fund in universities and certain State bodies in meeting EU funding standards, which he...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (17 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the formula used to derive the aggregate amount of the charge to banks and credit institutions covered by the credit institutions...
  • Decentralisation Programme. (18 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Finance his estimate of the current and capital expenditure that has been incurred to date in respect of the 50 decentralisation projects that have not been...
• 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 Terence Flanagan — the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Voluntary Health Insurance.
  • Voluntary Health Insurance. (9 speeches)
    This issue relates to health insurance, the VHI in particular, but not solely. At the beginning of the week one of the national newspapers reported there was a plan to increase fees and private...
  • Fire Safety Standards. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise this serious issue. Inspections of apartment complexes should be made on a regular basis to ensure they meet fire safety...
  • School Accommodation. (3 speeches)
    The next item is the provision of additional accommodation at Bishop Ahern national school, Leamlara, County Cork. I hope my Cork pronunciation is okay.
  • Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
    I want to raise the need for permanent accommodation for Gaelscoil Eiscir Riada in Leamhcán or Lucan in the Dublin Mid-West constituency. As the Minister of State and, I hope, the Minister for...