Dáil debates

Wednesday, 13 October 2010

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Leaders' Questions (60 speeches)
  The small business sector in Ireland is in crisis. There are thousands of small, indigenous Irish businesses barely hanging on, with many employing three, five, ten or 15 employees and now...
• Ceisteanna - Questions. (0 speeches)
  Constitutional Amendments
  • Constitutional Amendments (57 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the constitutional referenda, if any, he will hold in the remainder of 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30221/10]
  • Official Travel (23 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Taoiseach Taoiseach when he next expects to visit the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30223/10]
• Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (3 speeches)
  Before coming to the Order of Business, I propose to deal with a notice under Standing Order 32.
• Order of Business (144 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 12a, motion re membership of committees and No. 4, Education (Amendment) Bill 2010 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage. It is proposed, notwithstanding anything...
• Membership of Committees: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Deputies Deirdre Clune and Pádraic McCormack be discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and that Deputies Michael D'Arcy and Olwyn Enright be appointed in substitution for...
• Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to extend the functions performed by vocational education committees, and for that and other purposes to extend the application of the Vocational Education Acts 1930 to 2006,...
• Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (34 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to bring the Education (Amendment) Bill 2010 before the House. The Bill provides for the involvement for the first time of...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Strategy Statements
  • Departmental Strategy Statements (22 speeches)
    Question 68: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if he is satisfied with the effectiveness of the strategy pursued by his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Credit Availability (6 speeches)
    Question 69: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation when the proposed government-backed loan guarantee scheme for viable small businesses will be established; the criteria...
  • Graduate Support Schemes (8 speeches)
    Question 70: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation the way he intends to provide more employment opportunities for unemployed graduates; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Departmental Agencies (6 speeches)
    Question 71: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if has satisfied himself that the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland have sufficient staff and resources...
  • Departmental Guidelines (21 speeches)
    Question 72: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation when he intends to publish Your Business Your Bank; the reason the publication has been delayed; and if he will make a...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Enterprise Support Services
  • Enterprise Support Services (33 speeches)
    Question 73: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if he has satisfied himself with support for business start ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36491/10]
  • Departmental Staff (13 speeches)
    Question 74: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if his Department has employed any persons with experience in private sector management to senior positions within the...
• Public Procurement Contracts (28 speeches)
  Question 75: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if he has conducted a systematic review of the success of Irish small and medium enterprises in getting public procurement...
  • Waste Management (18 speeches)
    Question 76: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation if he has satisfied himself with the cost on business of waste management services; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Employment Rights (16 speeches)
    Question 77: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation the steps he will take to prevent the exploitation of domestic workers, particularly migrant workers in such positions;...
• 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 Frank Feighan - to ask...
• Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
• Private Members' Business (0 speeches)
• Fuel Poverty: Motion (64 speeches)
  The following motion was moved by Deputy Liz McManus on Tuesday, 12 October 2010:
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Flood Relief
  • Flood Relief (3 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this important issue tonight. It is not often I get an opportunity to raise an issue in this Chamber that concerns my own...
  • Hospital Services (5 speeches)
    I wish to share time with Deputy Ciarán Lynch.
  • Passport Security (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this matter. I would have raised it as a priority question but the latest event occurred past the date for submitting such...
  • Social Welfare Benefits (4 speeches)
    I wish to discuss the amount of time it takes to process disability allowance and disability benefit claims. Recently, I spoke to a community welfare officer who told me that either 6,500 or...