Dáil debates

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
  Legislative Programme.
  • Legislative Programme. (26 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach his legislative priorities for the first half of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46606/08]
  • Departmental Committees. (20 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings held to date of the Cabinet committee on transforming public services, which he chairs and when the next meeting is scheduled. [1034/09]
  • Pension Provisions. (12 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the amount expected to be paid by personnel in his Department arising from the pension-related deduction announced by him on 3 February 2009; the personnel...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Marine Accidents.
  • Marine Accidents. (8 speeches)
    Question 43: To ask the Minister for Defence the net amount that will be received by the State as an insurance payment in respect of the sinking of the [i]Asgard II[/i]; the reason it was...
  • Overseas Missions. (10 speeches)
    Question 44: To ask the Minister for Defence if there will be a change in the role of Irish troops serving in Chad as a result of the decision to transfer command of the operation from the EU...
  • Army Barracks. (8 speeches)
    Question 45: To ask the Minister for Defence if work will commence in 2009 on renovating and converting C house, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Dublin, to single officers quarters in order to...
  • Departmental Reports. (8 speeches)
    Question 46: To ask the Minister for Defence if a draft has been received by his Department from the consultants appointed to review the medical services of the Defence Forces; the date on...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Defence Forces Operations.
  • Defence Forces Operations. (6 speeches)
    Question 48: To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions he has had with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in regard to the increased number of hoax call-outs in 2008 to...
  • Constitutional Amendments. (12 speeches)
    Question 49: To ask the Minister for Defence the changes in the role and structures of the Defence Forces that may result should the constitutional amendment enabling the ratification of the...
  • Defence Forces Reserve. (9 speeches)
    Question 50: To ask the Minister for Defence when the 12 members of the Defence Forces Reserve specialists will be dispatched to Kosovo; the length of time in regard to same; and if he will...
• 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 John Perry — to ask...
• Leaders' Questions (10 speeches)
  There will be no dissent with the Government from this side of the House today. On behalf of the Fine Gael Party — I am sure I speak for everybody — I would like to express our sympathy to...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (3 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a notice under Standing Order 32.
• Order of Business (71 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 7, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Planning and Development (Regional Planning Guidelines) Regulations 2009 — back from committee; No. 8, motion...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Investment of the National Pensions Reserve Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2009, without amendment.
• Planning and Development Regulations 2009: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: The Planning and Development (Regional Planning Guidelines) Regulations 2009, copies of which were laid in draft form...
• Partnership and Co-operation Agreement: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the Partnership and Co-operation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Turkmenistan, of the...
• Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: 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...
• Challenges facing the Health Service: Statements (98 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity of addressing the financial challenges that confront the Health Service Executive for 2009. Within the next three weeks or, as the Taoiseach stated, in early April, the...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Unemployment Levels: Motion (23 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes with alarm: the catastrophic increase in unemployment levels that have seen 200,000 people added to the live register since the general election in May 2007,...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Job Losses.
  • Job Losses. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important issue, the imminent closure of the SR Technics facility in north County Dublin and the knock-on effects the loss of 1,100 jobs...
  • Hospital Services. (2 speeches)
    In February I asked the Minister for Health and Children if she could confirm that children from the Health Service Executive south area must travel to Dublin or Limerick for orthopaedic surgery,...
  • Suicide Prevention. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me an opportunity to raise the important issue of the level of suicide during recessionary periods. A report appeared last week in the press about a...
  • Schools Building Projects. (8 speeches)
    I wish to share my time with Deputy Joe Carey.