Dáil debates

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
  European Council Meetings.
  • European Council Meetings. (23 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the outcome of the special EU summit on Georgia held on 1 September 2008. [30105/08]
  • Northern Ireland Issues. (12 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on his attendance at the commemoration ceremonies to mark the tenth anniversary of the Omagh bombing. [30107/08]
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Human Rights Issues.
  • Human Rights Issues. (8 speeches)
    Question 99: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2310/09]
  • Middle East Peace Process. (24 speeches)
    Question 100: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the call made by a person (details supplied) and supported by Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-Moon, for a full...
  • Human Rights Issues. (10 speeches)
    Question 101: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland has been requested to take any of the detainees from Guantanamo Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2311/09]
  • EU Presidency. (8 speeches)
    Question 103: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the priorities for the new EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2404/09]
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Human Rights Issues.
  • Human Rights Issues. (6 speeches)
    Question 104: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs about the situation in Nepal. [1866/09]
  • EU Treaties. (21 speeches)
    Question 105: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress made towards securing concessions from Ireland's EU partners to take into account the contents of the report of the...
• 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 Eamon Scanlon — the...
• Leaders' Questions (63 speeches)
  It is 40 days since the House last met. In that time the Government and the Taoiseach have wandered through an economic desert bereft of ideas, decisions, direction and, dare I say it, the...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 speeches)
  Anois, iarratais chun tairisceana a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32.
• Order of Business (170 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 8, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; and No. a4, Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2009 — Order for Second Stage and Second and Remaining...
• Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in the Resolution of the Dáil of 14 June, 2007, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral...
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to deem the appointment, or purported appointment, of certain members of the dispute resolution committee to be valid; to deem to be validly constituted any tenancy tribunal...
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second and Subsequent Stages (13 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Before outlining the precise circumstances which have given rise to the need for this legislation I will first provide an overview of the...
• Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (0 speeches)
  Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, agreed to.
• (2 speeches)
  Question proposed: "That the Bill do now pass."
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Child Protection: Motion (10 speeches)
  Before calling on Deputy Shatter to move the motion, I will make a brief statement for the guidance of Members. The motion makes specific reference to matters that were the subject of criminal...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Before calling on the Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children, Deputy Barry Andrews, to speak and move amendment No. 1, there is a message from Seanad Éireann. Seanad...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Child Protection: Motion (Resumed). (45 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Alan Shatter on Tuesday, 27 January 2009:
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Health Services.
  • Health Services. (3 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this issue. It has just come to my attention that there is a proposal before the Health Service Executive to reform the HSE...
  • Employment Action Plan. (24 speeches)
    Once again I am disappointed that the Tánaiste is not in the House. This is a matter of grave importance to Limerick city and county overall. The fact that I, as a Deputy for Limerick city, am...
  • Schools Building Projects. (12 speeches)
    I wish to make an observation regarding the reform of Dáil procedure. It would be much more satisfactory if the Minister were to reply to the question first and the Deputies could question him...