Dáil debates

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 2.30 p.m.
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    Departmental Expenditure.
    • Departmental Expenditure. (15 speeches)
      Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the projected costs to date of the communications unit in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30613/09]
    • Ministerial Staff. (64 speeches)
      Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach the duties and responsibilities of the special political advisers as appointed by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30614/09]
    • Regulatory Reform. (8 speeches)
      Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the recommendations of the OECD report on regulatory reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30618/09]
  • Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    National Drugs Strategy.
    • National Drugs Strategy. (9 speeches)
      Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the actions which will be prioritised under the new National Drugs Strategy to combat the supply of drugs here; the...
    • Departmental Expenditure. (6 speeches)
      Question 56: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress he has made regarding the consideration of the recommendations contained in the report of the special...
    • Job Creation. (15 speeches)
      Question 57: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the funding available to Údarás na Gaeltachta is sufficient to capture the potential for job creation in...
    • Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. (17 speeches)
      Question 58: To ask the Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis a rá go cinnte nach mbeidh aon ghearradh siar ar mhaoiniú do scéim na bhfoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge nuair is...
    • National Drugs Strategy. (9 speeches)
      Question 59: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to tackle the increase in heroin and cocaine use, as outlined in the recently published 2009 annual report...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    Irish Language.
    • Irish Language. (31 speeches)
      Question 60: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on whether the funding spent on translating official documents into Irish would be better spent on reviving...
    • Community Supports for Older People. (12 speeches)
      Question 61: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs how persons benefited from the limited application period for the community supports for older people scheme in...
  • 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 Ulick Burke - the need...
  • Leaders' Questions (29 speeches)
    I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the latest debacle to erupt in banking circles. I understand from comments made today by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Brian Lenihan, that yesterday evening...
  • Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (6 speeches)
    Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I will call on Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my...
  • Order of Business (25 speeches)
    It is proposed to take No. 28, statements re Pre-Budget Outlook. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) the Dáil shall sit later than 8.30 p.m. tonight and...
  • An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Fiche ar an mBunreacht 2009: An Chéad Chéim (0 speeches)
  • Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2009: First Stage (5 speeches)
    Tairgim: Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú. I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution.
  • Order of Business (Resumed) (50 speeches)
    Following the Taoiseach's announcement that Mrs. Máire Geoghegan-Quinn will be Ireland's new EU Commissioner, will he invite her here to discuss her new portfolio when it is agreed, and to...
  • Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (171 speeches)
    Never before has so much information and advice and so many expert reports been published in the run-up to a budget. The publication of the McCarthy report represented a dramatic new departure...
  • Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
  • International Human Trafficking: Motion (15 speeches)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes with alarm that: — a minimum of 102 women and girls have been clearly identified in a recent report as sex trafficked in 2007 and 2008, 11 of whom were...
  • Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
    The Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights has concluded its consideration of the Fines Bill 2009 and has made amendments thereto.
  • Pre-budget Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (118 speeches)
    The forthcoming budget is being framed at a very difficult time for families. These are particularly tough times for the more than 400,000 people on the live register - some of whom are working...
  • Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
    Flood Relief.
    • Flood Relief. (3 speeches)
      On Wednesday 11 November, there was severe flooding in areas of Cork, such as Togher, Rochestown, Passage West, Glenbrook, Monkstown, Carrigaline and Ballygarvan. There was damage to housing,...
    • Hospital Services. (7 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this difficult situation at Navan hospital - which I believe is being replicated in many hospitals around the country - on the Adjournment....
    • Water and Sewerage Schemes. (2 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle for providing me with the opportunity to raise this important issue. It is closely related to the first Adjournment matter raised this evening by my constituency...
    • Schools Building Projects. (2 speeches)
      It is not with any great pleasure that I rise here tonight to state some facts about the ongoing unsatisfactory situation regarding the proposed amalgamation of Cahir boys' national school and...