Dáil debates

Thursday, 14 October 2010

• Prelude (0 speeches)
  Chuaigh an Ceann Comhairle i gceannas ar 10.30 a.m.
• Visit of Canadian 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 cead mile fáilte, a most sincere welcome, to a parliamentary delegation from the...
• Request 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 notices under Standing Order 32 and I will call on Deputies in the order in which they their submitted notices to my office.
• Order of Business (161 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 18, statements re Minister for Finance's announcement on banking of 30 September 2010 (resumed) and No. 4, Education (Amendment) Bill 2010 - Second Stage (resumed).
• Personal Explanation by Minister of State (2 speeches)
  The Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach, Deputy John Curran, has given notice that he wishes to make a personal explanation. I have decided to permit the personal explanation by...
• Announcement by Minister for Finance on Banking of 30 September 2010: Statements (Resumed). (107 speeches)
  I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution in relation to the banks. This is not the first time I have spoken on the banking crisis that has taken us all by storm and rocked us to our very...
• Education (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 speeches)
  Question again proposed: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time".
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (0 speeches)
  Departmental Strategy Statements
  • Departmental Strategy Statements (6 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport her strategy for the development of the Arts over the next three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36951/10]
  • Irish Sports Council (18 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport in view of the revelations arising from the case taken against the Irish Sports Council, by the former chairperson of Athletics...
  • Tourism Industry (8 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport if her Department carried out a review of the impact of the departure tax in the context of the development of the recently...
  • Tourist Accommodation (6 speeches)
    Question 4: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport the progress that has been made regarding the oversupply of hotel accommodation and the difficulty being experienced by the sector...
• Other Questions (0 speeches)
  Performing Arts
  • Performing Arts (9 speeches, 4 comments)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport if her attention has been drawn to the fact that concerns have been raised in relation to the establishment of a national opera...
  • City of Literature Designation (8 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport the plans in place to celebrate Dublin's achievement as a United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organisation City of...
  • Artists' Tax Exemption (10 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport her plans to recommend a review of the artists exemption tax; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36700/10]
  • Arts and Cultural Facilities Audit (4 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport her plans to conduct a national audit of arts and cultural facilities to guide future capital investment in the sector; and if she...
  • Abbey Theatre (15 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport if a feasibility study for the development of the Abbey Theatre has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Arts Funding (13 speeches)
    Question 11: To ask the Minister for Tourism; Culture and Sport if, in view of the campaign carried out by the National Campaign For the Arts in promoting a positive message about the role of...
• 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 Joanna Tuffy - to ask the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  Job Creation
  • Job Creation (2 speeches)
    I was speaking recently with an employer in the tree services industry in the Waterford constituency who in 2009 took three people off the live register and also took on two people who had just...
  • Garda Vetting of Personnel (2 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle for accepting this matter on the Adjournment and the Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Deputy Dermot Ahern, for being present to take it. A serious issue if not...
  • Pension Schemes (2 speeches)
    My colleague, Deputy Lynch, from Cork South-Central, sought an Adjournment matter for the past two days on the problems surrounding defined benefit pension schemes and, in particular, the...
  • Community and Voluntary Sector (7 speeches)
    In the words of the Government's White Paper, the community and voluntary sector "contributes to a democratic pluralist society, provides opportunities for the development of decentralised and...