Dáil debates
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
Crime Prevention.
- Crime Prevention. (12 speeches)
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to bring an end to organised crime and gangland culture; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Investigations. (13 speeches)
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received communication from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission regarding a possible public interest inquiry...
- Crime Prevention. (13 speeches)
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures his Department has to track the movements and behaviour of known serious criminals living in housing estates;...
- Garda Recruitment. (22 speeches)
Question 68: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the public service recruitment embargo, announced on 26 March 2009, will apply to the recruitment of full-time members of...
- Asylum Applications. (16 speeches)
Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he is taking to expedite current asylum applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14604/09]
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
Garda Investigations.
- Garda Investigations. (20 speeches)
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in the Garda investigation into the murder of a person (details supplied) in Limerick on 9 April 2009; and...
- Proposed Legislation. (8 speeches)
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the composition of juries; if he plans to introduce legislative reform in this area; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Bodies. (33 speeches)
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his policy in respect of the Equality Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14376/09]
- Leaders' Questions (33 speeches)
I have been following closely the questions tabled by Deputy Charles Flanagan in respect of the issuing of a road haulier's licence to a convicted drug trafficker. As the Taoiseach is aware, one...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
Freedom of Information.
- Freedom of Information. (38 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department during February 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9661/09]
- Cabinet Committees. (62 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet Committee on Economic Renewal has met. [9662/09]
- Adjournment Debate Matters (1 speech)
I wish to advise the House that 15 Deputies have submitted matters under Standing Order 21, which will be listed in the Official Report: (1) Deputy James Bannon - the reason that application...
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (8 speeches)
Anois, iarratais chun tairisceana a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. We now come to requests to move the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32.
- Appointment of Ministers of State (9 speeches)
I wish to formally announce for the information of the Dáil that this morning I accepted the resignations of all outgoing Ministers of State. I thank them all for their work in respect of their...
- Order of Business (123 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 3, Social Welfare Bill 2009 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than...
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts and the Health Contributions Act 1979.
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (57 speeches)
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill will give legislative effect to the social welfare elements of the supplementary budget introduced earlier this month. In the...
- Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
- Social Welfare Benefits: Motion (186 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann: — deplores the mean-spirited decision of the Government to cancel payment of the long standing Christmas bonus paid to most social welfare recipients; — notes...
- Social Welfare Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (65 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
Haulage Licensing.
- Haulage Licensing. (4 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing us to raise this issue on the Adjournment. We are of the view that there is a need for the Minister to review the circumstances surrounding the granting...
- Community Support for Older People. (6 speeches)
I represent a rural constituency where many people live in isolated areas and this scheme allowed them to have the peace of mind and feeling of security brought about by having a monitored alarm...
- Details of uncertified sick leave of officials at the Department of Education & Science 2007, 2008 & 2009. (0 speeches)
Figures for 2009 are up to the 31st, March 2009.
- Pension Provisions. (2 speeches)
Question 711: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the teaching pension entitlements of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [15679/09]
- Departmental Charges. (2 speeches)
Question 712: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the price increases imposed by his Department and its agencies for public services, products or taxes since 1 January 2005 to date in...
- Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
Question 713: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to an application for an extension to a primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [15704/09]
- Site Acquisitions. (2 speeches)
Question 714: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the acquisition of a site for a proposed new primary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [15705/09]
- School Transport. (2 speeches)
Question 716: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will examine the school transport arrangements (details supplied) in County Leitrim which entail two hours extra per day for...
- Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
Question 718: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress on matters previously raised by this Deputy in respect of problems relating to the building programme at a school...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses. (8 speeches)
Question 719: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of colleges operating here that run post-leaving certificate courses; the number of these colleges which will benefit from...
- Institutes of Technology. (2 speeches)
Question 724: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the person who is responsible for administering the new education programme for 700 redundant apprentices as announced in the...
- Schools Building Projects. (4 speeches)
Question 725: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his views on opening a scheme whereby all redundant apprentices and not just the 700 he proposes to retrain, as announced in the...
- Higher Education Grants. (3 speeches)
Question 727: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason he reduced funding for the higher education sector in the supplementary budget on 7 April 2009 despite his commitment to...
- School Transport. (2 speeches)
Question 729: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will explain what the compensatory allowance for the fuel rebate to private contractors who participate in the school transport...
- Psychological Service. (2 speeches)
Question 730: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he expects the National Educational Psychological Service to recruit the 100 additional psychologists promised in Towards 2016...
- School Staffing. (2 speeches)
Question 731: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will list and explain all jobs which are defined as posts or responsibility and which fall under the moratorium on public...
- Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
Question 732: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a preferred tender has been chosen for the contract to build the new National School at Kill, County Kildare; if the contract has...
- School Accommodation. (2 speeches)
Question 733: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of an application for a new school building by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Bodies. (2 speeches)
Question 735: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the status of proposal number seven in Annex D of budget 2009; if this process has been completed; if not, the date by which it will...
- Post-Leaving Certificate Courses. (2 speeches)
Question 736: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will reconsider the cap on student numbers in post leaving certificate courses; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
- School Accommodation. (2 speeches)
Question 737: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he is committed to the establishment of a new and Irish speaking secondary school (details supplied) in County Dublin; when this...
- Special Educational Needs. (2 speeches)
Question 739: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will not cut resource teaching hours for all students with Downs syndrome. [15942/09]