Dáil debates
Thursday, 28 January 2010
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 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 (51 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. a13, motion re membership of committees; No. b13, motion re referral of papers to the Joint Committee on Health and Children; No. 24, statements on the mid-west task...
- Membership of Committees: Motion (17 speeches)
I move: That Deputy Seamus Kirk (Ceann Comhairle) be discharged from the Joint Administration Committee and that Deputy Ned O'Keeffe be appointed in substitution for him. That Deputy Seamus Kirk...
- Referral of Papers to Joint Committee on Health and Children: Motion (44 speeches)
I move: That, in relation to the Report of the Commission on Assisted Human Reproduction, the papers connected therewith of the Joint Committee on Health and Children established by orders of...
- Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2010: First Stage (98 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide protection from civil liability or penalisation to employees who make certain protected disclosures in relation to...
- Mid-West Task Force: Statements (203 speeches)
I wish to share time with the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Peter Power. I ask the Leas-Cheann Comhairle to indicate when five minutes of my speaking time...
- EU Scrutiny Report: Motion (19 speeches)
I move: That Dáil Éireann notes the report of the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny, EU Scrutiny Report No. 29: COM (2009) 499, 500, 501, 502 & 503 - Draft legislative package on reforming...
- Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
School Management.
- School Management. (13 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of school days lost due to the recent bad weather; if schools must make up those days between now and the end of the...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse. (16 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the findings of the State audit into the assets of the 18 religious teaching orders which was ordered in view of the...
- National University of Ireland. (25 speeches)
On a point of order, will question No. 13 be answered with this question?
- Schools Patronage. (8 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when he will respond to a request from Educate Together for recognition as a patron for post-primary education provision here; and if he...
- Educational Projects. (8 speeches, 1 comment)
Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to introduce funding for orchestral music projects in primary schools in view of the success of such projects in place in...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
Computerisation Programme.
- Computerisation Programme. (17 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if discretion can be given to schools to use the recent ICT funds dispensed by his Department for the purposes of enhancing ICT,...
- Proposed Legislation. (14 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when the Student Support Bill 2008 will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4063/10]
- School Accommodation. (20 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Science, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1053 of 19 January 2010, the amount of moneys spent on grants aiding the purchase of temporary...
- Schools Patronage. (21 speeches)
Question 9: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a decision will issue on the campaign by Educate Together for recognition as a patron of second level schools. [4232/10]
- School Staffing. (12 speeches)
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Education and Science his plans to review the allocation of English language supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3675/10]
- National University of Ireland. (3 speeches)
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has calculated the rebranding and re-signing costs to constituent colleges of the decision to close the National University of...
- Departmental Correspondence. (5 speeches)
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he has responded to correspondence written by a group (details supplied) on the matter of women who were imprisoned in Magdalene...
- 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 Leo Varadkar - the...
- Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
Medical Cards.
- Medical Cards. (2 speeches)
I am delighted to have the opportunity to raise this very important issue. I am asking the Minister for Health and Children to establish an all-party Oireachtas committee to review the...
- Waste Management. (2 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to speak on this matter. In 2003, Ireland came close to introducing a chewing gum levy. However, ultimately this move did not go ahead...
- Special Educational Needs. (2 speeches)
I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this most important issue on the Adjournment. My request can be simply stated, namely, that funding be provided for sign...
- School Accommodation. (5 speeches)
I thank the Minister of State for his attendance. It is appropriate that he is here as he has children who attended and some of whom still attend this august institution. I am sure he will...
