Dáil debates

Wednesday, 31 March 2010

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
  • Leaders' Questions (114 speeches)
    In September 2004, Deputy Brian Cowen was appointed Minister for Finance. In accepting the seal of office as Minister for Finance, he undertook to defend the interests of the Irish taxpayer and...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
    EU Summits.
    • EU Summits. (22 speeches)
      Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach if he will push for the adoption by the European Council at its meeting on 25 and 26 March 2010 of a commitment from each member state to reduce by 25% the...
    • Departmental Groups. (12 speeches)
      Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the working groups chaired by his Department. [3179/10]
  • 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 (119 speeches)
    The Order of Business today is, No. 8, motion re membership of committees; No. 9, motion re referral to joint committee of proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Defamation Act 2009 (Press...
  • Membership of Committees: Motion (1 speech)
    I move: That Deputy Pat Carey (Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs) be discharged from the Committee on Procedure and Privileges and that Deputy John Curran (Minister of State at...
  • Defamation Act 2009 (Press Council) Order 2010: Referral to Joint Committee (1 speech)
    I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Defamation Act 2009 (Press Council) Order 2010, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil...
  • Message from Seanad (1 speech)
    Seanad Éireann has passed the Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 without amendment.
  • European Council Meeting: Statements (67 speeches)
    I attended the meeting of the European Council in Brussels last Thursday and Friday, 25 and 26 March. The Council's formal agenda indicated that discussion would centre on the new European...
  • Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
  • Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    Tourism Industry.
    • Tourism Industry. (14 speeches)
      Question 66: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism whether she has received representations from tourism operators on the impact that contraction in car rental supply will have on the...
    • Irish Sports Council. (15 speeches)
      Question 68: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if she has received a report from the Irish Sports Council regarding the court settlement involving Athletics Ireland; and if she...
    • Sport and Recreational Development. (11 speeches)
      Question 70: To ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport her plans to progress co-operation between her Department, the Department of Education and Science and the Department of Health...
  • Other Questions (0 speeches)
    Tourism Industry.
    • Tourism Industry. (16 speeches)
      Question 71: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism if she will liaise with public service bodies to ensure that those interfacing with tourists will make facilities and services...
    • Cultural Promotion. (8 speeches)
      Question 72: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism her proposals to utilise culture as a way of creating employment, enhancing Ireland's image abroad and encouraging development and...
    • National Opera Company. (7 speeches)
      Question 73: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the details of the proposed establishment of the national opera company; when it will be fully operational; and if she will make a...
  • 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 Charles Flanagan - the...
  • Private Notice Questions (0 speeches)
    Insurance Industry.
    • Insurance Industry. (34 speeches)
      I will call on the Deputies who tabled questions to the Minister for Finance in the order in which they submitted their questions to my office. Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for...
  • Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Order for Report Stage (1 speech)
    I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
  • Merchant Shipping Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (20 speeches)
    Recommittal will be necessary for amendment No. 1. It is consequential on amendments Nos. 107 and 108. Amendment No. 2 is consequential on amendment No. 107. Therefore, amendments Nos. 1, 2,...
  • Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
    Special Educational Needs: Motion.
    • Special Educational Needs: Motion. (101 speeches)
      I move: "That Dáil Éireann: deplores: — the manner in which the Government has withdrawn educational supports from schools in the middle of a school year, without adequate consultation with...
  • Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
    Firearms Certificates.
    • Firearms Certificates. (2 speeches)
      I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for allowing me raise this matter, namely, the unsatisfactory operation of the requirements for the issue of firearms certificates under the recently amended...
    • Head Shops. (2 speeches)
      I congratulate the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Carey, who in another life as a Minister of State had responsibility for drugs. There is great delight that he...
    • Flood Relief. (5 speeches)
      I wish to share time with Deputy John O'Mahony. I will be very brief because I have raised this issue before. I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I wish him well. I have raised...
    • Rural Environment Protection Scheme. (12 speeches)
      Deputies O'Mahony and Crawford have two and a half minutes each.