Dáil debates

Thursday, 25 February 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 (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 the Deputies in the order in which they submitted their notices to my...
• Order of Business (228 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 23, Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009 - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 24, Road Traffic Bill 2009 - Second Stage (resumed).
• Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2010: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide that a change of use of a structure to use as a Head Shop or a Sex Shop shall not be exempted development; and to...
• Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (67 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Employment Agency Regulation Bill 2009: 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...
• Road Traffic Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (56 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Reports.
  • Departmental Reports. (80 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a report from the chairperson of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; the findings of...
  • Planning Issues. (6 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has been advised by local authorities of problems in new housing developments in which domestic water...
  • Local Government Reform. (64 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he will publish the White Paper on local government reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Waste Management. (11 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the contact he has had with the Economic and Social Research Institute concerning its report into waste...
  • Social and Affordable Housing. (15 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the amount by which the budget for social housing has been reduced for 2010; the amount of the funding that has...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Water and Sewerage Schemes.
  • Water and Sewerage Schemes. (42 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number and nature of each separate project carried out to develop public water supplies for 2005, 2006,...
  • Local Government Reform. (23 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the White Paper on local government will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Flood Relief. (9 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has assessed the possibility of merging existing agencies or responsibilities of agencies into a single...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Finance and the Public Service has completed its consideration of the Finance Bill 2010 and has made amendments thereto.
• 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 John Perry and Eamon...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Thalidomide Survivors.
  • Thalidomide Survivors. (2 speeches)
    I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this matter. Last Tuesday I met with members of the Irish Thalidomide Association who were in Leinster House to brief the Joint Committee on...
  • Health Services. (3 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's Office for selecting my Adjournment matter for discussion. I have tabled this matter today as we have received notice through the media of substantial industrial...
  • Court Accommodation. (10 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this matter to be raised. I will be sharing time with Deputy Scanlon. Both of us see the importance of court in Ballymote that has served the people of...
  • Passport Controls. (2 speeches)
    I am delighted to have the opportunity of speaking on the Adjournment and I am equally pleased that the Minister of State with responsibility for European Affairs, Deputy Roche, is present. The...