Dáil debates

Thursday, 6 May 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 requests under Standing Order 32.
• Order of Business (191 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. a11, motion re membership of committees; No. 4, Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage; and No. 3, Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010 -...
• Membership of Committees: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Deputy Ciarán Cuffe (Minister of State at the Departments of Transport, Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Environment, Heritage and Local Government) be discharged from the...
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Ministerial Pensions: Motion (Resumed) (89 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Richard Bruton on Wednesday, 5 May 2010:
• Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to amend the Competition Act 2002; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
• Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (21 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This is a targeted and focused Bill for the purpose of amending section 35 of the Competition Act 2002 to enable the Minister for Enterprise,...
• Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: 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...
• Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act for the purpose of the enhancement of the protection of the public in its dealings with nurses and midwives and, for that purpose, to provide for a board to be known as Bord...
• Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Second Stage (1 speech)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Nursing and midwifery are the cornerstones of our health service and Irish nurses and midwives have long enjoyed a fine reputation both at home...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  School Curriculum
  • School Curriculum (18 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools that have dropped a science subject in the 2009-10 academic year; and if she will make a...
  • School Patronage (37 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish, without prejudice, a national forum on patronage in primary schools, as suggested by the Catholic...
  • Industrial Relations (20 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on her recent attendance at the INTO and TUI annual conferences. [18573/10]
  • Schools Building Projects (7 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when she will allow a school (details supplied) in County Galway to go to construction in view of the fact that it has been...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Multi-Denominational Schools
  • Multi-Denominational Schools (16 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider proceeding with three new community national schools; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
  • School Utility Services (21 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the action she has taken to address the fact that schools are now treated as businesses for the purpose of paying for gas;...
  • School Curriculum (23 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the way she will introduce bonus points for mathematics in the leaving certificate in view of the lack of consensus among...
  • Institutes of Technology (12 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in progressing proposals in respect of the Grangegorman DIT project, Dublin.. [18314/10]
  • Departmental Agencies (7 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the areas of FÁS that are now under the remit of her Department; if primary legislation is required to make the changes...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratios (11 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the current pupil-teacher ratio in the classroom as compared with the situation at this time five years ago; her...
• 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 Seán Barrett - the way...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Personal Indebtedness
  • Personal Indebtedness (2 speeches)
    At the outset, I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me the opportunity to raise on the Adjournment the important matter of personal indebtedness and its consequences for our country. I was...
  • Pension Provisions (2 speeches)
    A former Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevy, during his reign made some changes to the manner in which the self-employed and company directors could contribute towards a pension fund, which...
  • Dublin Inner City Partnership (2 speeches)
    I am pleased to have an opportunity to raise this very serious and important matter in regard to the expenditure of public moneys. The Minister of State will be aware that the Dublin Inner City...
• Planning and Construction Investigation (2 speeches)
  I am again demanding a commission of investigation into all aspects of the planning, building regulation and development of the North Fringe new urban district stretching from Clonshaugh to...