Dáil debates

Thursday, 20 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 (15 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. (231 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. a13, motion re report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges on parliamentary standards; No. 1, Inland Fisheries Bill 2009 - amendments from the Seanad; No. 2,...
• Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2010: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide that a by-election be held within a certain period of time following the death or resignation of a sitting TD.
• Electoral Representation Bill 2010: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Electoral Acts to provide for the holding of by-elections within a specified period after a vacancy arising in Dáil...
• Inland Fisheries Bill 2009: From the Seanad (71 speeches)
  The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
• Fines Bill 2009: From the Seanad (42 speeches)
  The Dáil went into Committee to consider amendments from the Seanad.
• Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Diversification of Primary School Provision: Statements (73 speeches)
  I consider the future policy direction we adopt on the diversity of primary school provision to be one that has the potential to impact not just on the educational environment, but on society and...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Euro Area Loan Facility Bill 2010, without amendment.
• Ceisteanna - Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (1 speech)
  I understand that the Minister of State is taking Priority Question No. 4. With the agreement of the House, we can proceed directly to that question, and will resume on the preceding questions...
  • Irish Aid Budget (6 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had with his US counterparts and officials regarding the coordination of the Irish Aid Budget with US aid programmes...
  • False Passports (17 speeches, 1 comment)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the progress of the investigation into the illegal use of false Irish passports in Dubai; and if he will make a...
  • Passport Applications (20 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons working in the passport offices in Dublin and Cork; the current number of applications that are backlogged; and if he...
  • EU Enlargement (10 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding Turkey's accession to the European Union; his views on Turkey's accession; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Other Questions. (0 speeches)
  Northern Ireland Issues
  • Northern Ireland Issues (10 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the progress made to establish the North South Consultative Forum; his views on the outcome of the First...
  • EU Targets (10 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 30 March 2010, in which he stated that in the case of the education and social inclusion...
  • Election Monitoring (7 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will indicate whether Irish observers will be present at the forthcoming Ethiopian elections [20930/10]
  • Tax Policy (8 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports the Nairobi Declaration on Taxation and Development of 8 April 2010 which dealt with the issues of abusive transfer flows by...
  • Membership of International Organisations (9 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in his view, Israel does not fulfill the condition for OECD membership laid down by the OECD Council in 2007 requiring a commitment to...
• Adjournment Debate Matters (1 speech)
  I 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 Dan Neville - the increase in...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Care of the Elderly
  • Care of the Elderly (3 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise the important matter of Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, inspection charges being passed on to individual residents of nursing...
• Garda Vetting (2 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to raise this important and specific matter, namely, delays in clearance for volunteers and participants in forthcoming summer projects. In my constituency, stretching...
  • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (2 speeches)
    A commemoration ceremony took place on 17 May on Talbot Street to mark the deaths in 1974 of 27 people in Dublin and seven people in Monaghan in the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. It was organised by...
  • Departmental Properties (2 speeches)
    I am grateful to the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this unusual issue. It will surprise most people to discover that County Laois does not have any direct social welfare...