Dáil debates

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Agencies.
  • Departmental Agencies. (40 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will implement the recommendations of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes in so far as they apply to his Department; and...
• Visit of Australian 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 céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to Rt. Hon. Mr. David Hawker, M.P.,...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Fiscal Policy.
  • Fiscal Policy. (34 speeches)
    Question 90: To ask the Minister for Finance the balance between spending savings on the current side, on the capital side, and additional tax measures which will make up his fiscal strategy...
  • Oireachtas Expense Allowances. (10 speeches)
    Question 92: To ask the Minister for Finance his strategy for the reform of political expenses of office holders and of ordinary Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. [38095/09]
  • Budget Submissions. (10 speeches)
    Question 93: To ask the Minister for Finance if the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes report is the basis of the spending savings which he intends to achieve in...
  • State Banking Sector. (10 speeches)
    Question 94: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for Anglo Irish Bank; the prospect for a return on his investment to date; the opinions of the EU from a State aid perspective; and the...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Financial Services Regulation.
  • Financial Services Regulation. (12 speeches)
    Question 95: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has sought, or will be seeking, an 8% reduction in professional and consultancy fees for 2009 or 2010 from those private sector enterprises...
  • Price Inflation. (14 speeches)
    Question 96: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the contrast between prices set or regulated in the public sector and those in the private sector; and his plans to improve the...
  • NAMA Business Plan. (12 speeches)
    Question 97: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make arrangements that the Comptroller and Auditor General assesses the robustness of the draft National Asset Management Agency business...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the European Union Bill 2009 without amendment.
• Messages from Select Committees (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed its consideration of the Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009 and has made amendments thereto. The Select Committee on...
• 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 James Bannon - the...
• Leaders' Questions (28 speeches)
  In April of this year, the Minister for Finance forecast that some €34.4 billion in taxes would be collected this year. The Minister later indicated that the Government was €2 billion shy of...
• Order of Business (96 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 10, motion re ministerial rota for parliamentary questions, and No. 1, Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding...
• Parliamentary Questions: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or in the Resolution of the Dáil of 14th June, 2007, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be...
• Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: [Seanad] Second Stage (82 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 for the consideration of the House. This Bill places the bus passenger at...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights has completed its consideration of the Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 and has made no amendments thereto.
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Mortgage Arrears: Motion (39 speeches)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann: — notes the rapid rise in unemployment in the past 12 months and the resulting difficulties that many families are having in meeting mortgage payments; — notes...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Air Travel Tax.
  • Air Travel Tax. (10 speeches)
    We raise this matter in the context of fears about the future of Shannon Airport, with particular reference to Ryanair threatening to pull out from April next year. In effect, this would mean...
  • Architectural Heritage. (2 speeches)
    I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. The Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government last week published Ireland's draft new tentative list of potential nominees to the...
  • Institutes of Technology. (2 speeches)
    The Grangegorman Development Agency has the important remit of constructing a new campus for the Dublin Institute of Technology, in advance of the relocation of the institute's seven faculties,...
  • Dental Support Services. (3 speeches)
    Almost three years ago, on 7 November 2006, a primary school student in my local area received an injury when he got a whack of a hurley into the face. He lost four teeth but, as expected, he...