Dáil debates

Thursday, 3 June 2010

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Visiting Delegation (1 speech)
  Before proceeding with business I wish on my own behalf and on behalf of the Members of Dáil Éireann to offer a céad míle fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to the Rev. Dr. Ian Paisley and his...
• Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (4 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business I propose to deal with two notices under Standing Order 32.
• Order of Business. (541 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 10b, Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010, financial resolution; No. 10c, motion re sittings and business of the Dáil; No. 21, Adoption...
• Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2010: First Stage (5 speeches)
  I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 and to provide for related matters.
• Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Bill 2010: Financial Resolution. (1 speech)
  I move: That provision be made in the Act giving effect to this Resolution for the charging in accordance with the Act of a levy on such amount of the revenues received by certain electricity...
• Business of Dáil: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, unless the Dáil shall otherwise order: (1) the following arrangements shall apply in relation to the sittings of the Dáil on Wednesday...
• Adoption Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 speeches)
  I move amendment No. 28: In page 24, line 20, after "couple" to insert "or the spouse of the parent of a child". I wish to be of constructive assistance to the House.
• Estimates for the Public Services 2010: Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has completed its consideration of the following Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending 31 December 2010 - Vote No. 31.
• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to provide for the dissolution of the Saint Luke's Hospital Board; to amend the Health (Nursing Homes) Act 1990, the Health Act 2007, the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 10...
• Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (33 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to have the opportunity to introduce to the House today the Second Stage of the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010. The...
• Ceisteanna - Questions. (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions. (0 speeches)
  School Staffing
  • School Staffing (14 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of assistant principals and special duty teachers who have retired from primary teaching since the embargo on...
  • Colleges of Education (20 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of the fact that all five undergraduate primary teacher training colleges are owned and managed by the...
  • State Examinations (29 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of unemployed persons who have been given an opportunity to work by the State Examinations Commission in...
  • School Transport (11 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills her views on the possible increase in school transport costs to families and extending this to primary school children;...
  • School Absenteeism (9 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in primary and post primary education who miss more than 20 school days per year; and if she will...
• 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 John Perry - the need to...
• Adjournment Debate. (0 speeches)
  Health Service Staff
  • Health Service Staff (11 speeches)
    Over two months ago, the day care services for elderly people in the Boyle area were curtailed. These services, for which they each paid €4, transformed their lives by allowing them to meet...
  • Health Services (12 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this matter, specifically the reduction of €1.08 million in the budget of the Brothers of Charity in Bawnmore in Limerick. This 4% cut has...
  • Prison Accommodation (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue once again. There is a crisis in Mountjoy Prison. In recent weeks the governor of Mountjoy men's prison has announced his...
  • Demonstration Library Programme (2 speeches)
    I thank the Office of the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this matter on the Adjournment. The demonstration library project is one of the most important and innovative...
• Message from Seanad (1 speech)
  Seanad Éireann has passed the Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010, without amendment.