Dáil debates

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  Cabinet Sub-committees.
  • Cabinet Sub-committees. (37 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet sub-committee on climate change meetings which have been held; and the number of times he has attended these meetings. [18718/09]
• Visit of Czech Delegation (1 speech)
  Before proceeding with business, I wish on my own behalf and on behalf of the Members of Dáil Éireann to offer a cead mile fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to a parliamentary delegation from...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (62 speeches)
  The House will resume on Questions Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, which are being taken together.
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Defence Forces Medical Corps.
  • Defence Forces Medical Corps. (4 speeches)
    Question 27: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans in view of the medical service review report conclusions (details supplied) for the implementation of the report; the resources he proposes...
  • Irish Red Cross Society. (6 speeches)
    Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence if concerns have been expressed to him from inside or outside his Department in regard to the alleged underperformance of the Irish Red Cross both...
  • Defence Forces Recruitment. (6 speeches)
    Question 29: To ask the Minister for Defence if the lifting of the moratorium on recruitment in the Reserve Defence Forces will be extended to the Permanent Defence Force; if this will include...
  • European Defence Agency. (4 speeches)
    Question 30: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of projects and programmes entered into by Ireland through the European Defence Agency to date; the number which did not contribute to...
  • Overseas Missions. (6 speeches)
    Question 31: To ask the Minister for Defence if the problems associated with the supply of fuel to members of the Defence Forces in Chad have been resolved; the steps he has taken to ensure...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Defence Forces Recruitment.
  • Defence Forces Recruitment. (20 speeches)
    Question 32: To ask the Minister for Defence when he will confirm if there will be a first year cadet school commencing in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24818/09]
  • Defence Forces Reserve. (14 speeches)
    Question 33: To ask the Minister for Defence when he will reverse his decision on the moratorium on promotions within the Reserve Defence Force, RDF, following his recent decision to exclude...
• 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 - given the...
• Leaders' Questions (13 speeches)
  There has been a great deal of public comment in recent days about the fact that the 148 members of the Judiciary have been put in a position by a political decision of the Government that they...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (5 speeches)
  Anois, iarratais chun tairisceana a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing...
• Order of Business (185 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 5, Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009, Order for Second Stage and Second and Remaining Stages; and No. a 10, Financial Measures (Miscellaneous...
• Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Order for Second Stage. (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to provide for the continuation of certain direct debit mandates after the coming into operation of the Single European Payments Area Direct Debit Scheme; to provide for the...
• Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (52 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This miscellaneous Bill contains a number of distinct, important provisions and it can be broken into four parts. First, there is a provision...
• Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Financial Resolution. (1 speech)
  I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution for the imposition of certain commercial or other terms and conditions in respect of financial support that may be...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (60 speeches)
  I move: "That Dáil Éireann: noting that Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin is the largest children's hospital in the State, providing some 80 per cent of tertiary or highly specialised...
• Financial Measures (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Committee and Remaining Stages (37 speeches)
  Section 1 agreed to.
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Fiscal Policy.
  • Fiscal Policy. (2 speeches)
    Judicial independence is a critical feature of any democracy. The independence of the Judiciary is enshrined in Article 35.2 and subsequent articles of Bunreacht na hÉireann. Article 35.5...
  • Special Educational Needs. (2 speeches)
    I stated previously in the House that I welcome the principle of introducing a preschool year for children. All the research indicates that children do better when they have had that...
  • Rural Transport Programme. (4 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the decision to suspend the transport service in seven rural areas of east and west Cork, Cavan, Sligo, Roscommon, Donegal and Laois. I...
  • Special Educational Needs. (4 speeches)
    "Let no man write my epitaph; ... no man ... knows my motives ...". This is very pertinent to the current Minister for Education and Science. The parents of special needs children cannot...