Dáil debates

Thursday, 11 February 2010

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
  • Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (8 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 (244 speeches)
    It is proposed to take No.13, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of an agreement between Ireland and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on participation...
  • Multilateral Carbon Credit Fund: Motion. (1 speech)
    I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of an AAU Authorisation Agreement (Green Carbon Fund) between Ireland and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Ireland's...
  • Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 speeches)
    Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
  • Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
    I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of Reference of that...
  • Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 speeches)
    I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to present the Criminal Procedure Bill to the House. This very important Bill is a core element of the Government's Justice for...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
  • Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    Hospital Services.
    • Hospital Services. (12 speeches)
      Question 1: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to tackle the number of patients waiting on trolleys in accident and emergency, which was recorded by a union...
    • Health Services. (23 speeches)
      Question 2: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to ensure that the cut in the operational budget of the Health Service Executive for 2010 does not result in overcrowded...
    • Health Staff Work to Rule. (10 speeches)
      Question 3: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the work to rule by staff and the refusal by unions to cooperate in certain work practices and to cooperate in the transfer of staff...
    • Services for People with Disabilities. (12 speeches)
      Question 5: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action she will take to ensure the Health Service Executive engages in discussions with an organisation (details supplied) to provide...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    Hospital Staff.
    • Hospital Staff. (8 speeches)
      Question 6: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress that has been made in carrying out an inquiry into the activities of a doctor (details supplied) in the north east against...
    • Cancer Screening Programme. (12 speeches)
      Question 7: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if parents that paid hundreds of euro to vaccinate their daughters against cervical cancer will be refunded; and if she will make a...
    • Health Service Staff. (17 speeches)
      Question 8: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the categories of workers in the health services who are vetted by the Garda vetting services; her plans to expand this to other...
    • Substance Misuse. (12 speeches)
      Question 9: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on a recent OECD report which shows that Ireland ranks among the top consumers of alcohol; if she will fast-track the...
    • Services for People with Disabilities. (10 speeches)
      Question 10: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when she will introduce legislation to regulate and inspect disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6863/10]
  • 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 Alan Shatter - the need...
  • Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
    Cancer Screening Programme.
    • Cancer Screening Programme. (2 speeches)
      The HSE south relocated the initial diagnostic and surgical symptomatic breast care services from Kerry General Hospital to Cork University Hospital, CUH, in October 2008. At the time, Professor...
    • Deportation Orders. (23 speeches)
      I raised the plight of the child in question in a parliamentary question to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on 10 December 2009. On 16 August 2009, the Nigerian mother of this...
  • Garda Stations (6 speeches)
    I raise the threat of closure of Fitzgibbon Street and Mountjoy Garda stations. There is considerable alarm in the local community about threat of closure of one, or both, of these stations and...