Dáil debates

Thursday, 21 January 2010

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Leas-Cheann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• 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 office.
• Order of Business (228 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. a26, statements on Haiti; No. 26, Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed); No. 27, Civil Partnership Bill 2009 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed,...
• Haiti Earthquate: Statements (19 speeches)
  On behalf of the Government I extend our sincere condolences to the people of Haiti and, in particular, those who lost loved ones in last week's earthquake. Our thoughts go out to the family of...
• Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
  I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Health and Children, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that committee.
• Civil Partnership Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Local Authority Funding.
  • Local Authority Funding. (28 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans for severe weather emergencies; if he will support local authorities financially to deal with the...
  • Social Housing Leasing Initiative. (8 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of leasing initiative properties in respect of which full funding approval has been issued that are...
  • Planning Projects. (14 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of a High Court decision in favour of An Bord Pleanála in October 2009, whether he is supporting a...
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes. (9 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in view of water shortages in many parts of the country, he will develop a new national policy initiative...
  • Waste Management. (14 speeches, 8 comments)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the financial liability of the taxpayer in the event of a breach of contract regarding the construction and...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Flood Response Reports.
  • Flood Response Reports. (12 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the local authorities that furnished the requested reports by the suggested date in view of circular letter MEM...
  • FÁS Training Programmes. (10 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will engage with other Departments to explore the possibility of developing new FÁS training programmes...
  • Social and Affordable Housing. (26 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of local authorities that have reduced affordable housing prices in line with the market fall; the...
  • Severe Weather. (19 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the recent cold snap was a severe weather emergency; and if he will make a statement 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) Deputies Chris Andrews - the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  House Repossessions.
  • House Repossessions. (13 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for the opportunity to raise this issue that needs to be urgently addressed. There is a need for the Minister for Finance and the Government to make a...
  • Residential Institutions. (5 speeches)
    The issue of women who were committed to Magdalene laundries is one of the last unresolved issues of the hidden Ireland of institutions, religious orders and the State so eloquently set out in...
  • Foreign Conflicts. (2 speeches)
    On 10 December 2009, the British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs issued technical advice on the labelling of produce grown in the occupied Palestinian territories. It was...
  • Departmental Bodies. (8 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the following issue: the decision of the Minister for Education and Science to dissolve the National University of Ireland, NUI, without...