Dáil debates

Thursday, 4 November 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 (5 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. (216 speeches)
  It is proposed to take No. 8a, Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2010 - Financial Resolution; No. 8b, motion re statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission; No 8g,...
• Order of Business (Resumed) (5 speeches)
  Is the proposal for dealing with No. 2, on the by-elections, agreed to? Agreed.
• Immigration, Residence and Protection 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 fixed penalties, being penalties on foot of a notice that a carrier has...
• Statements of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (1 speech)
  I move: That Dáil Éireann take note of the Statement of Estimates of moneys required in respect of ongoing expenditure for the period beginning on 1 January, 2011 and ending on 31 December,...
• Issue of Writ: Donegal South-West By-election (54 speeches)
  I call on the Tánaiste to move the writ.
• Issue of Writ: Dublin South By-election (1 speech)
  I move: That the Ceann Comhairle direct the Clerk of the Dáil to issue his writ for the election of a Member to fill the vacancy which has occurred in the membership of the present Dáil...
• Issue of Writ: Waterford By-election (1 speech)
  I move: That the Ceann Comhairle direct the Clerk of the Dáil to issue his Writ for the election of a member to fill the vacancy which has occurred in the membership of the present Dáil...
• Issue of Writ: Donegal North-East By-election (3 speeches)
  I move: That the Ceann Comhairle direct the Clerk of the Dáil to issue his writ for the election of a Member to fill the vacancy which has occurred in the membership of the present Dáil...
• Message from Select Committee (1 speech)
  The Select Committee on Health and Children has completed its consideration of the Nurses and Midwives Bill 2010 and has made amendments thereto.
• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Order for Second Stage (1 speech)
  Bill entitled an Act to amend the law relating to civil liability for acts of Good Samaritans, volunteers and volunteer organisations; to amend the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995; to amend the Private...
• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (15 speeches)
  I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill, entitled the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010 provides, as indicated in the Long Title, for amendment of existing...
• Ceisteanna - Questions (0 speeches)
• Priority Questions (1 speech)
  With the permission of the House we will take Question No. 3 first.
  • Food Harvest 2020 (7 speeches)
    Question 3: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the marketing budget in place to deliver on the marketing objectives outlined in Food Harvest 2020; to outline An Bord Bia's...
  • Grant Payments (27 speeches)
    Question 1: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the efforts he is making to overcome the delays to the processing of single farm payments which has delayed payments to...
  • Afforestation Programme (25 speeches)
    Question 2: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food if the commitment to establish a minimum 10,000 hectare annual planting target is being met as outlined in the programme for...
  • Common Agricultural Policy (6 speeches)
    Question 5: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food his views on the recently leaked document on Common Agricultural Policy and to indicate, on foot of the proposals, the...
  • Agri-Environment Options Scheme (8 speeches)
    Question 6: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the cost of delivering the agricultural environment options scheme in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Tax Code (8 speeches)
    Question 7: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food if he has made representations to the Department of Finance with regard to the retention of tax relief on farm transfers and...
  • Food Harvest 2020 (22 speeches)
    Question 8: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Fisheries and Food the priorities he has identified for the Food Harvest 2020 implementation group; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Organic Food Production (15 speeches)
    Question 9: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his views on the way Food Harvest 2020 can contribute to the development of the Irish organic and horticulture sectors; and...
  • Grocery Sector (25 speeches)
    Question 10: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has held recent discussions with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation with regard to the development of a...
• 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 Terence Flanagan - the...
• Adjournment Debate (0 speeches)
  FÁS Training Programmes
  • FÁS Training Programmes (2 speeches)
    The announcement regarding the closure of the FÁS centre in Cabra is very serious. Participants have received letters to the effect that their courses are likely to cease midway through,...
  • School Accommodation (2 speeches)
    I raise this matter in the context of the fact that €300 million is spent annually in Cork on prefabricated buildings in the primary school sector. Today, we learned through RTE that €330...
  • Homelessness Strategy (6 speeches)
    I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for the opportunity to raise this important matter. I also thank the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Gormley, for...
  • Waste Disposal (2 speeches)
    I thank the Minister for taking this debate. It is the first time I have seen a senior Minister handling an Adjournment matter for a considerable time. The case I am about to outline...