Dáil debates
Thursday, 2 April 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 (12 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 their requests were submitted to the Ceann...
- Order of Business (252 speeches)
It is proposed to take No.a7, motion re sittings and business of the Dáil; No. 7, motion re orders of reference of committee; No. 8, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of a Council...
- Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (1 speech)
I move: "That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, unless the Dáil shall otherwise order, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Dáil on 7th, 8th and...
- Orders of Reference of Committee: Motion (1 speech)
I move: That the Order of Dáil Éireann of 25 November, 2008 in relation to the Joint Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children be amended by the deletion of '9 April 2009' and the...
- Treaty of Amsterdam: Motions (3 speeches)
I move: 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 Protocol set out...
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Motion to Recommit (7 speeches)
I move: "That , pursuant to Standing Order 130 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Broadcasting Bill 2008 be recommitted to the Select Committee on Communications, Energy and...
- Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages. (86 speeches)
Amendments Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together by agreement.
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the dissolution of the National Council on Ageing and Older People, the Women's Health Council, the National Cancer Screening Service Board, the Drug Treatment...
- Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (22 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 has several purposes. First, it gives effect to the Government's policy on the establishment of...
- Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
The Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed its consideration of the Industrial Development Bill 2008 and has made amendments thereto. The Select Committee on Justice,...
- Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
Job Protection.
- Job Protection. (33 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Minister for Transport the contact he had with the Dublin Airport Authority regarding the future of a company (details supplied) at Dublin Airport; if there was...
- Public Transport. (13 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed the public service obligation to CIE; if he will ensure that the fleets and services of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann are protected...
- Road Network. (10 speeches)
Question 3: To ask the Minister for Transport the effect recent Government directions will have on the roll-out of Transport 21 transport infrastructure projects; the amount of financial...
- Road Traffic Offences. (16 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Minister for Transport the reason for the delay in the introduction of legislation to allow for testing of drivers for alcohol and substance abuse at the scene of...
- Road Safety. (12 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has satisfied himself that the Government road safety strategy and the Road Safety Authority are adequately resourced to meet set targets and...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
Public Transport.
- Public Transport. (35 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has strategies to make CIE financially more self sufficient; his plans to reduce subvention to CIE; the amount of public money given in both...
- State Airports. (39 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Transport the cost incurred in implementing the decision to separate the State airports before the decision was taken to postpone this separation; and if he...
- Light Rail Project. (14 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money that has been spent on enabling works for all proposed rail projects; if the Department of Finance has been in contact with him...
- Ferry Services. (9 speeches)
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Transport the ferry links existing between Ireland and the UK and continental Europe; if there are proposals for further such ferry links; 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 Joe Costello — the need...
- Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
Legislative Programme.
- Legislative Programme. (8 speeches)
Last week in reply to a parliamentary question about sub-prime mortgage lenders, the Minister referred to the Financial Regulator's consumer protection code, which he stated requires lenders to...
- Hospital Staff. (2 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording the opportunity to raise this important life-and-death issue, which relates to the need for the Minister for Health and Children to address the threat to...
- Social Welfare Code. (2 speeches)
I raised yesterday with the Taoiseach the issue of the back to work enterprise allowance. I told him I had watched "Prime Time" the other night which carried an interview with a young man. The...
- Garda Stations. (2 speeches)
I was prompted to raise the issue of Garda stations in County Meath by a petition some constituents from Dunboyne sent to me. It is not the first time I have raised the issue of Garda resources...
