Dáil debates

Thursday, 4 December 2008

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (6 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I will call the Deputies in the order in which their notices were submitted to my office.
• Order of Business (218 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 8, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996, back from committee; No. 8a, Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008 —...
• Planning and Development (Enforcement Proceedings) Bill 2008: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to abolish summary proceedings for certain offences under the Planning and Development Act 2000; to provide, in limited...
• Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann resolves that sections 2, 3,4, 5 and 6 of the Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996 (No. 29 of 1996) shall continue in operation for the period ending on 31...
• Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Allocation of Time Motion (4 speeches)
  With the permission of the House I wish to amend the order on page 1,366 of today's Order Paper be amended to read that sections 1 to 29 to conclude not later than 8 p.m.
• Finance (No. 2) Bill 2008: Financial Resolutions (1 speech)
  I move the following Resolutions: That the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this Resolution to...
• Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (128 speeches)
  Amendment No. 12 is out of order.
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  School Staffing.
  • School Staffing. (43 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of uncertified sick days taken by teachers in 2007-08. [44581/08]
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio. (9 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that the overall average primary school class size of 24.1 which obtained in 2005-06 and 2006-07 according to a...
  • Higher Education Strategy. (8 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person who will chair the forthcoming national strategy on higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44582/08]
  • Obesity Levels. (12 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of the recommendations of the 2005 task force on obesity which have been implemented to date in primary and post-primary...
  • School Accommodation. (17 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if, in view of the contents of reports from the Health and Safety Authority, the risk assessment report and the Health Service Executive...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  School Staffing.
  • School Staffing. (14 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on a newspaper article (details supplied) regarding the issue of bogus teachers taking up teaching positions in schools; and...
  • Higher Education Grants. (4 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the support provisions in place for social welfare recipients, who are marginally over the income levels, due to the Christmas bonus...
  • Residential Institutions Redress Scheme. (20 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of the redress scheme established to compensate victims of abuse in residential...
• 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 Costello — the...
• Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights has completed its consideration of the Legal Services Ombudsman Bill 2008 and has made amendments thereto. The Select...
• Estimates for Public Services 2008: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Health and Children has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2008 —...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Financial Services Regulation.
  • Financial Services Regulation. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this important matter, namely, the need for the Minister for Finance to establish a mortgage rescue scheme to minimise the...
  • Social Welfare Benefits. (6 speeches)
    Having listened to the previous reply, this one will add further grist to the Minister's mill. The case I wish to outline turns the response we have heard completely on its head. In this case...
  • School Accommodation. (2 speeches)
    I wish to draw attention to the need for permanent accommodation for Scoil na Camóige in Clondalkin. The school was not included in the list of school buildings announced recently by the...