Dáil debates

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Visit of American 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 congressional delegation from...
• Ceisteanna — Questions (0 speeches)
  Job Creation
  • Job Creation (22 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he has received a response to a letter he sent to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on 20 May 2009 in which he proposed the use of social welfare funds to...
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Dairy Industry.
  • Dairy Industry. (14 speeches)
    Question 25: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on whether the market support measures are adequate to address the crisis facing the dairy sector; the measures he...
  • Fisheries Industry Development. (6 speeches)
    Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the progress made in tackling the delays in delivering the Operational Programme for Fisheries arising out of difficulties...
  • Food Industry. (11 speeches)
    Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has had discussions with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with regard to the difficulties facing the...
  • Common Agricultural Policy. (4 speeches)
    Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his plans with regard to the Common Agricultural Policy post 2013; the initiatives he will bring forward in order to sustain...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Tax Yield.
  • Tax Yield. (2 speeches)
    Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the amount raised in 2006, 2007 and 2008 from liquid milk supplier levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Retail Sector Developments. (27 speeches)
    Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the recent debates at the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council on food retail margins; and if he will make a...
  • Milk Quota. (10 speeches)
    Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of applications that have been received to date under the new scheme to attract new entrants to dairying; and if...
• 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 — the...
• Leaders' Questions (21 speeches)
  I will read a short quotation which states: Competitiveness is not a vague concept. It is critical for the creation and retention of jobs . . . [Today] we are 15th out of 16 countries on prices...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 speeches)
  Anois, iarratais chun tairisceana a dhéanamh an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32. Now we come to requests to move the Adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32.
• Order of Business (105 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 1, Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad] — Second and Subsequent Stages. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit...
• Institutional Child Abuse Bill 2009: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act, bearing in mind the report of the Commission to inquire into child abuse and in particular the failure of the state and of...
• Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (35 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Deputies will be aware that this Bill was initiated in Seanad Éireann on 9 June and was passed there on 16 June. I wish to acknowledge the...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Commissions of Inquiry: Motion (20 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: considering that: Mr. Michael Shine was struck off the Medical Register as a result of a Medical Council Fitness to Practice Committee inquiry that found Mr. Shine...
• Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (39 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (69 speeches)
  Sections 1 to 4, inclusive, agreed to.
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Bilingual Messages.
  • Bilingual Messages. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for this opportunity to raise the issue of pre-recorded bilingual messages in lifts and on telephone answering systems in Leinster House and other public...
  • Sport and Recreational Development. (2 speeches)
    I am grateful to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this issue and I am glad the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh is present. This is a very important issue....
  • Crime Prevention. (3 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for this opportunity to raise this matter which relates to problems facing Caher outside Abbeyfeale, County Limerick, on which Deputy Deenihan, other elected...
  • Special Educational Needs. (12 speeches)
    I wish to share time with Deputy Stanton.