Dáil debates

Thursday, 26 March 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (6 speeches)
  Anois, iarratais chun tairisceana a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32.
• Order of Business (228 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 8a, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a Council Regulation and for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the...
• Treaty of Amsterdam: Referrals to Joint Committee (2 speeches)
  I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves, in accordance with Article 29.4.6° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the exercise by the State of the option, provided by Article 3 of the fourth...
• Industrial Development Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (54 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Industrial Development Bill 2008 and outline its main provisions. The Bill provides for the transfer of shares...
• Industrial Development Bill 2008: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that...
• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Ceisteanns — Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Fiscal Policy.
  • Fiscal Policy. (14 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Finance the borrowing targets for the emergency budget; if the decision that 9.5% borrowing must be met is still in place; and the information that he will...
  • Financial Institutions Remuneration. (8 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Finance when his attention was first drawn to the bonus payments being made to bank executives after the taxpayer guarantee was put in place; the steps he is...
  • Unemployment Levels. (8 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Finance his revised forecast for the numbers and rate of unemployment for end of year 2009; the way this forecast compares with the forecast unemployment...
  • Financial Institutions Support Scheme. (10 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the recapitalisation plans for covered institutions; and if he has assessed the options to isolate impaired loans within banks in order...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Financial Services Regulation.
  • Financial Services Regulation. (8 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has requested a report from the regulator of credit unions on the ability of the sector and of individual unions to manage the problems thrown...
  • Departmental Surveys. (36 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will publish the latest comparison of price before and after tax between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; and the tax difference on...
  • Financial Services Regulation. (7 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the consumer director of the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority to examine the extent to which banks have backed their...
  • Departmental Expenditure. (15 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Finance the Departments which have been reviewed to date by the McCarthy spending review group; if a series of options for expenditure savings in these...
• 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 Leo Varadkar — the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Road Safety.
  • Road Safety. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Transport with responsibility for road safety, Deputy Noel Ahern, for being in the House. I welcome this opportunity to speak on the national...
  • Road Network. (4 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter on the Adjournment. I deplore the Government decision to halt the building of 78 major road schemes, including the N2 Dublin to Derry primary...
  • Planning Issues. (12 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State at the Department of Transport for coming to the House to deal with these matters. I am disappointed, however, that the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and...
  • Institutes of Technology. (2 speeches)
    In February 2006 Waterford Institute of Technology made a formal application to the Department of Education and Science in pursuit of university status. The submission embraces constituent...