Dáil debates
Thursday, 4 March 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 (5 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 (295 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 24, Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad] - Second Stage (resumed); and No. 4, Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2010 - Order for Second...
- Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Review of Rent in Certain Cases) (Amendment) Bill 2010: First Stage (5 speeches)
I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend provisions of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 dealing with the review of rent in certain cases; and to...
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad] Second Stage (Resumed) (6 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Criminal Procedure Bill 2009 [Seanad}: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Orders of...
- Business of Dáil (1 speech)
I move: That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the order of the Dáil of this day, the Dáil shall sit later than 4.45 p.m. and business shall be interrupted on the conclusion of No....
- Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
Bill entitled an Act to amend the law to authorise the taking of bodily samples from persons suspected of certain criminal offences for forensic testing; to provide for the taking of certain...
- Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2010: Second Stage (11 speeches)
I welcome the opportunity to present the Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DMA Database System) Bill to the House. As the title suggests, the Bill has two main aims, namely, to update our...
- Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence and DNA Database System) Bill 2010: Referral to Select Committee (1 speech)
I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights, in accordance with Standing Order 122(1) and paragraph 1(a)(i) of the Order of...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
Priority Questions.
- Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
- Education Grades. (6 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will give details of the preliminary findings of two separate investigations launched by him into grade inflation in secondary and...
- School Management. (15 speeches)
Question 2: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria and methodology he used in selecting the location and patronage of the seven new primary schools which he announced on 16...
- School Staffing. (8 speeches)
Question 3: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of assistant principals and special duty teachers who have retired from primary and post-primary teaching since the embargo...
- Special Educational Needs. (18 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the criteria used to review the special needs assistants in a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
- Teaching Qualifications. (23 speeches)
Question 5: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of mathematics teachers at post-primary level who do not have mathematics as a subject in their degree; and if he will make a...
- Other Questions (0 speeches)
- Student Support Schemes (9 speeches)
Question 6: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post leaving certificate places he envisages that will be provided from September 2010; his views on the removal of the...
- Teacher Education. (15 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 10 December 2009, in regard to each college of education in the State and funded by his...
- Special Educational Needs. (43 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the likely consequences of the reduction and or the removal of special needs assistants from the...
- Inquiry into Child Abuse. (6 speeches)
Question 10: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will publish the findings of the audit into the assets of the 18 religious teaching orders which was ordered in June 2009 when...
- Leaving Certificate Gaeilge. (81 speeches)
Question 11: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a decision has been made on the changes to the Leaving Certificate 2012 Gaeilge literature course, exam format and oral exam format...
- 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 Jack Wall - the need to...
- Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
Services for People with Disabilities.
- Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
Acting Chairman: The Select Committee on Transport has completed its consideration of the Merchant Shipping Bill 2009, and has made amendments thereto.
- Adjournment Debate (Resumed) (0 speeches)
Local Authority Housing.
- Local Authority Housing. (6 speeches)
I raise this issue in the knowledge that practically on a daily basis, Members on all sides of the House raise matters from their own constituencies in respect of housing loans. Usually, the...
- Planning Issues. (7 speeches)
A retail unit in my constituency is built, fitted out, stocked and ready to open, serve the community and provide employment. The problem is that it cannot open because of a national...
- Special Educational Needs. (3 speeches)
I am the last man standing this evening. I take this opportunity to thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating me in raising in an Adjournment debate what is an important matter for parents in...
