Dáil debates
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
- Prelude (0 speeches)
Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
- Leaders' Questions. (26 speeches)
Monday of this week marked the third anniversary of the re-election of Fianna Fáil to Government and it has been 13 years in office. During that time the Taoiseach has served in many major...
- Ceisteanna - Questions. (0 speeches)
Ethics in Public Office
- Ethics in Public Office (69 speeches)
Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach his plans to amend the code of conduct for office holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16300/10]
- Consultancy Contracts (14 speeches)
Question 4: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he will report on the recent work of the group established in his Department to oversee the awarding of public relations contracts by Ministers;...
- Chief State Solicitor's Office (5 speeches)
Question 7: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Nally Report on the reorganisation of the State Solicitor's Office; and if he will make a statement on...
- Northern Ireland Issues (22 speeches)
Question 8: To ask the Taoiseach the further action he will take on foot of the Barron, McEntee and Oireachtas Justice Committee reports on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings and other fatal acts...
- Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil Under Standing Order 32 (7 speeches)
Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a number of notices under Standing Order 32. I will call Deputies in the order in which they submitted notices to my office.
- Order of Business. (6 speeches)
It is proposed to take No. 21, Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010 - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 4, Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010 - Second Stage (Resumed)....
- Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (8 speeches)
We have been saddened by the passing of a friend and colleague in the Oireachtas, the late Senator Kieran Phelan, this morning. Kieran was a well-known, much admired and greatly respected Member...
- Order of Business (Resumed) (208 speeches)
There are no proposals to be put to the House today. I call Deputy Kenny on the Order of Business.
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Order for Report Stage (9 speeches)
I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."
- Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (15 speeches)
I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: "2.—The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following for section 35: "35.—(1) The...
- Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010 - Second Stage (Resumed) (6 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
- Priority Questions (0 speeches)
World Trade Negotiations
- World Trade Negotiations (6 speeches)
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the efforts he has made to oppose the proposed Mercosur trade deal; the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on...
- Common Agricultural Policy (6 speeches)
Question 28: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his views on the mechanisms that are needed to address the diversity of production systems and range of risks across the 27...
- Departmental Agencies (19 speeches)
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his views on the corporate governance issues which need to be resolved at the National Stud arising from recent information...
- Grant Payments (28 speeches)
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his views on the historic basis of direct payment; if he has formulated a view in relation to changing from the current...
- Other Questions. (0 speeches)
Common Agricultural Policy
- Common Agricultural Policy (10 speeches)
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the discussions he has had at EU level regarding reform of the Common Agricultural Policy reform; and if he will make a...
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions (11 speeches)
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his views on whether there is a case for reducing livestock numbers as a solution to achieving emissions reductions here;...
- Priority Questions (Resumed) (1 speech)
I propose now to revert to Priority Question No. 31. The question is in the name of Deputy Doyle, who is the only Deputy who will be entitled to ask supplementary questions.
- EU Funding (6 speeches)
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the reason there has been a delay in processing the claims submitted under the aid scheme for crops damaged by frost; and if...
- Other Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
Common Agricultural Policy
- Common Agricultural Policy (16 speeches)
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his views on whether decoupled direct payments remain the best way of underpinning the incomes of small family farms; and if...
- Single Farm Payment Scheme (6 speeches)
As part of proposals on the use of unspent single payment scheme and modulation funds and the European economic recovery programme, I announced in 2009 that, subject to the receipt of EU...
- Forestry Sector (12 speeches)
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food if he will comment on the management of forestry thinning in the private forest sector; and if he will make a statement on...
- 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 Mattie McGrath - the...
- Criminal Justice (Public Order) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 speeches)
Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
- Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
Job Creation
- Job Creation (2 speeches)
I was perturbed to read in this morning's Drogheda Independent a statement by a senior official of IDA Ireland that the agency would be open to considering the possible sale of lands at its...
- Archaeological Sites (2 speeches)
I refer to this very important issue and, in particular, to the issue of the Drumanagh archeological site in Loughshinny, north County Dublin, along the coastline. This area is reckoned to be a...
- Inland Fisheries (6 speeches)
This issue boils down to some simple facts. Fermoy Town Council has been instructed to fix a fish pass on the River Blackwater in Fermoy to adhere to an edict from the European Commission handed...
- Services for Children with Autism (5 speeches)
I am sure the Minister of State is as much aware of this sort of problem as I am . On the north side of Dublin we have a problem with primary schools getting services for the support of autistic...
