Dáil debates

Wednesday, 23 September 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (33 speeches)
  The Tánaiste is the Minister in charge of Foras Áiseanna Saothar, or FÁS. Any Deputy in the House can point to areas in the country, the city, the town and other places where FÁS has given...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  Oireachtas Reform.
  • Oireachtas Reform. (62 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the progress that has been made in relation to Oireachtas reform; when he will be in a position to publish proposals for Dáil reform; and if he will make a...
• Order of Business (109 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 21, National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009 - Second Stage (resumed). Private Members' Business shall be No. 33, Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2008 –...
• National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (40 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, on Wednesday, 16 September 2009:
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Expenditure.
  • Departmental Expenditure. (8 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding allocated by him to Irish-American groups in 2008 and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31893/09]
  • Human Rights Issues. (6 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent expulsion of UNICEF officials from Sri Lanka for seeking to highlight the detention of civilians...
  • Departmental Expenditure. (14 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the implications of the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes for his Department; and if he will...
  • Foreign Conflicts. (8 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he will take and the initiatives, within the European Union, that he will initiate or support by way of response to the UN report...
  • Overseas Development Aid. (4 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will freeze funding of overseas development aid at current levels and give an undertaking that there will be no further cuts in the ODA...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Strategy Statements.
  • Departmental Strategy Statements. (9 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if cuts imposed in the 2008 and 2009 budgets have impacted on the achievement of the six high-level goals from the statement of strategy 2008...
  • Human Rights Issues. (6 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the situation in Iran, including the statement made by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran was unlikely...
  • Proposed Legislation. (6 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the constitutional or legislative steps he expects will be required following the outcome of the EU summit in Brussels on 18 and 19 June...
  • Human Rights Issues. (7 speeches)
    Question 12: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation as it pertains to a person (details supplied); his views on whether reports that they may soon be released...
  • Foreign Direct Investment. (13 speeches)
    Question 13: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the implications for food security and indigenous rights of the current wave of land purchases in Africa by foreign governments...
• 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) Deputies Joe McHugh and Bernard...
• National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (117 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, on Wednesday, 16 September 2009:
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Public Appointments Transparency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (44 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Foreign Adoptions.
  • Foreign Adoptions. (4 speeches)
    I will take the unusual step of not putting my case myself but of reading a letter from a constituent which says everything. I will not name the people involved, but I received the letter...
  • Urban Renewal Schemes. (7 speeches)
    I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Finneran, for taking the Adjournment this evening as he has responsibility for housing and I ask him to convey our concerns to the Minister for the...