Dáil debates

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (44 speeches)
  Yesterday we saw the rather unedifying spectacle of this House being focused entirely on the job of one person, when the work of this House should have been focused on the lives and the careers...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  Codes of Conduct.
  • Codes of Conduct. (33 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the rules in place in his Department governing the acceptance of hospitality by Ministers from State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Expenditure. (17 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the level of expenditure by his Department during the first half of 2009; the way in which it compares with the forecast in the Estimates; and if he will make a...
  • Departmental Bodies. (5 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach the terms of reference of the recently established Innovation Taskforce to support the development of the smart economy; when he expects that the task force will...
• Membership of the Innovation Taskforce (6 speeches)
  Mr. Dermot McCarthy (Chair) Secretary General, Department of the Taoiseach
• Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (3 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a notice received under Standing Order 32. I call on Deputy James Bannon.
• Order of Business (83 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 12, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions; No. 13, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the Convention on the European Forest...
• National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (36 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)
  Money Advice and Budgeting Service.
  • Money Advice and Budgeting Service. (8 speeches)
    Question 100: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she has satisfied herself with the Government effort to assist people experiencing financial difficulties and struggling to...
  • Pension Provisions. (8 speeches)
    Question 101: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason for the delay in bringing forward a framework for pensions policy. [34913/09]
  • Social Welfare Benefits. (31 speeches)
    Question 102: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she is satisfied that social welfare payments are being processed within an acceptable timeframe; and if she will make a...
  • Social Welfare Fraud. (20 speeches)
    Question 103: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will respond to the criticisms in the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report that significant amounts of money are...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Staff.
  • Departmental Staff. (21 speeches)
    Question 105: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if social welfare offices are currently operating with a full staff capacity; and if extra staff have been allocated to deal with...
  • Public Service Numbers and Expenditure. (12 speeches)
    Question 106: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if she will make public the contents of her initial evaluation paper prepared for the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and...
  • Social Insurance. (21 speeches)
    Question 107: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs her plans to amend the mortgage interest supplement scheme; if she will make revised guidelines publically available; and if she...
  • Back to Education Allowances. (8 speeches, 1 comment)
    Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of persons on a national, county and local social welfare office basis awaiting their application for the back to...
• 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 Martin Ferris - the rural...
• National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (47 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, on Wednesday, 16 September 2009:
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• FÁS: Motion (Resumed) (39 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Róisín Shortall on Tuesday, 6 October 2009:
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Hospital Staff.
  • Hospital Staff. (2 speeches, 1 comment)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise the important issue of St. John's Hospital in Sligo. The hospital looks after young disabled people and the elderly. The...
  • Hospital Services. (5 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for granting me the opportunity to discuss this matter during the Adjournment debate this evening. I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for...
• Social Welfare Benefits (2 speeches)
  The fact that I must raise the issue of a lady's entitlement to contributory widow's pension is no reflection on my colleagues in Kerry South. The lady concerned is a business woman in Macroom...
  • Food Industry. (2 speeches)
    I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this important matter. I do so because I believe the Minister does not understand the dire circumstances facing the cereal, beef and...