Dáil debates

Thursday, 5 March 2009

• 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 (11 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 the Deputies in the order in which their matters were submitted to the...
• Order of Business (87 speeches)
  The Order of Business is No. 12, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a proposal that section 17A of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 shall continue in force for the period ending on...
• Animal Diseases: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann resolves that section 17A (inserted by section 2(1) of the Diseases of Animals (Amendment) Act 2001 (No. 3 of 2001)) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1966 (No. 6 of...
• Overseas Missions: Motion (11 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves: (i) the placing of the contingent of the Permanent Defence Force serving in Chad with the UN-authorised EU-led force, known as EUFOR TCHAD/RCA, under the...
• Appointment of Chairperson to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (16 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government on 3 February 2009 nominated Mr. Dermot Gallagher for appointment by the President to be a member of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman...
• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008: Second Stage. (15 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Notwithstanding the magnitude of the domestic and international recession and the resulting first priority of Government to stabilise the...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Staff.
  • Departmental Staff. (9 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that local office staffing levels are sufficient to process and pay welfare entitlements, particularly...
  • Pension Provisions. (22 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the steps she is taking to improve pension security for members of defined benefit schemes in the private sector. [9408/09]
  • Social Welfare Benefits. (17 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way she plans to reform the rent supplement scheme to ensure that those eligible for the payment can access good quality...
  • Money Advice and Budgeting Service. (8 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the action she will take to assist the money advice and budgeting service in dealing with the increased numbers of people seeking...
  • Social Welfare Benefits. (16 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs whether she agrees that her recent reforms to the back to education allowance do not go far enough and that the requirement for...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Pension Provisions.
  • Pension Provisions. (21 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to establish a State annuity scheme; and if this proposal will be contained in her pension reform proposals. [9286/09]
  • Social Welfare Code. (17 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs when she will change the rules for the back to work enterprise allowance to allow jobseekers to qualify before they become long-term...
  • Employment Support Services. (18 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that 44% of the people referred to FÁS between the period January and October 2008 remain on the live register;...
  • Pension Provisions. (12 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the percentage of pension schemes failing the minimum funding standard; the number of schemes involved; and if she will make a...
• 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 Alan Shatter — the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Children in Care.
  • Children in Care. (11 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the issue, which has been somewhat truncated from the original matter submitted. My concern is with children known to be at risk and notified...
  • National Drugs Strategy. (2 speeches)
    We live in interesting times and virtually every sector of Government funding has been hard hit by cutbacks, a levy, a budget and, next month, a mini-budget, all of which has happened in the...
  • Strategic Development Zones. (5 speeches)
    Early last Saturday I flew across the Dublin north fringe region, returning from Galway with Aer Arann. From the air, the starkness of the construction closedown in the area is immediately...
  • Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me time to discuss this important matter, namely, the need for the Minister for Education and Science, to provide additional funding for Colehill...